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I mean, sure, Land 3 would be the closest thing given it's progression, even if that'd be a bit of a stretch still.

On the subject of Land 3, funnily enough, that is exactly why I couldn't stomach it. Progressive movement is the bane of a platformer, specially when prior entries had your full movement from the get-go. Metroid and Castlevania get away with it because they are adventure games first and foremost where platforming and/or combat come as a supplement for the experience... Wario Land 3 attempts to be a platformer first and foremost while also borrowing the progressive movement from an adventure game and that simply does NOT work.
I have a lot of respect for Wario Land 1, and I ADORED Wario Land 2 and 4, but Wario Land 3 was just not fun to go through for the little I played it (and we don't talk about Wario Land Shake It).