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>Nintendo can pull the Wart card out whenever they like at this point.
Reminder that the ending of the American Super Mario Bros 2 reveals it was all a dream so theoretically Wart might not even exist in Mario lore. Although to be fair that didn't stop Birdo and Shyguys from showing up in other games.

https://mario.fandom.com/wiki/Wart
From what I can find he gets a few mentions in other games but doesn't look like he ever actually shows up outside of Mario's dreams.