I don't know, a new 2D Wario Land entry on a home console? That seems pretty A-List to me.
Wario's most recent platformers are Wario World and Master of Disguise. So yeah I think those two titles put him clearly in B-list territory until proven otherwise. He's like Star Fox. After a few duds he needs a big smash to put him back in the saddle.
I'm also iffy about Shake because like World and Disguise it is being farmed off to another developer. I don't think it's a coincedence the Wario Land titles were all developed in house and were all well received and the two farmed off Wario games were considered very "meh".