141-555: Koopa Troopas are a fictional turtle-like race of characters from the Mario media franchise . They are commonly referred to as Koopas , a more broad classification of creatures that includes Bowser , his Koopalings , and Lakitu . Predecessors to Koopa Troopas, Shellcreepers , first appeared in the 1983 game Mario Bros. , while Koopa Troopas themselves debuted two years later in Super Mario Bros. (1985). Koopa Troopas are
282-407: A Game & Watch port and sequel were later produced. Like the first game, it is an early example of the platform genre. There are four stages of this game and don't give you a score like the original Donkey Kong game does. Mario Bros. is the first game to feature "Mario" in the title and to feature Luigi . The objective of Mario Bros is to defeat all of the enemies in each phase . Each phase
423-600: A real-time strategy battle system and following Bowser's underlings as they search for their leader. In 2005, Partners in Time for the Nintendo DS introduced their younger selves: Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Toadsworth the younger, Baby Peach and Baby Bowser. In 2009, Bowser's Inside Story also for the DS introduced Mario, Luigi and the others inside of Bowser's body. In 2018, Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey for
564-435: A "bah bah" sound clip plays in the game's background music. In the clip, they stop and dance, and it cancels all of their progress on traversing the spinning platform, keeping them stuck in a loop. The video elicited much commentary on Koopa Troopas being forced to dance at inopportune times. The Koopa Troopa clip amassed 20 million views in under a month, and inspired over 20,000 similar videos related to Koopa Troopas dancing to
705-412: A "globally magnificent" composition. Both Goyon and Jason Schreier of Kotaku felt its rhythmic sound effects were important and helped to reinforce the game's atmosphere. Miller liked Super Mario World ' s upbeat music, and particularly enjoyed the echoing sound effects heard when Mario was underground – a sentiment shared by other reviewers. Both Sleeper and Navarro wrote that
846-448: A Koopa Troopa and its shell are central one of the parks central games, "Koopa Troopa POWer Punch". In it, players in real life attempt to hit POW Blocks to knock over Koopa Troopas, similar to early Mario games. Mario (franchise) Mario is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto for Japanese video game company Nintendo , which produces and publishes its installments. Starring
987-452: A Nintendo designer, but the initial draft came out looking like a very realistic looking turtle that Miyamoto felt did not fit in well with the rest of the Mario art style. Instead, Miyamoto drew the concept art himself, emphasizing a cartoonish large head and more of a tortoise -like shape. With discussing the anatomy of turtles with fellow Nintendo staffer Hirokazu Tanaka , they came up with
1128-457: A cape as they begin their journey. Bowser receives news of Mario and Luigi's approach and dispatches his Koopalings to dispose of them. After the brothers defeat the children and rescue Yoshi's friends, they eventually reach Bowser's Castle, where they fight him in a final battle. They send Bowser flying into the sky and save Princess Toadstool, restoring peace to Dinosaur Land. The game was directed by Takashi Tezuka , while Shigeru Miyamoto ,
1269-548: A common staple in most Super Mario and spin-off games. When defeated, they may flee from or retreat inside their shells , which can usually be used as weapons. Koopa shells are a recurring weapon in the franchise, particularly popularized in the Mario Kart series, in which they can be fired as projectiles against other racers. Despite making up the bulk of Bowser's army, Koopa Troopas are often shown to be peaceful, sometimes even teaming up with protagonist Mario . After
1410-513: A dinosaur companion ever since Super Mario Bros. , but Nintendo engineers could not add such a character into the game due to the limitations of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The inspiration for Yoshi can be traced back even further; Miyamoto designed a green dragon for the 1984 game Devil World which shared many similarities with Yoshi. During the development of Super Mario Bros. 3 , Miyamoto had
1551-623: A faster and "cooler" alternative to Mario. After the game's release, Miyamoto admitted publicly he felt it was incomplete and development was rushed toward the end. Super Mario World was first released in Japan on 21 November 1990 under the name of Super Mario World: Super Mario Bros. 4 . It was one of two launch games for the SNES in Japan, along with F-Zero . The game was released in North America on 23 August, 1991. Nintendo also issued
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#17327838743301692-479: A final stage with a boss to defeat; each of the seven worlds features fortresses controlled by one of the Koopalings , and the player also battles Bowser in his castle in the seventh and final world. Super Mario World includes a multiplayer option which allows two players to play the game by alternating turns at navigating the overworld map and accessing stage levels; the first player controls Mario, while
1833-422: A graphically-upgraded continuation of its predecessor, Super Mario Bros. 3 . In contrast, Frédéric Goyon of Jeuxvideo.com thought the game brought out the full potential of the SNES (albeit less so than Donkey Kong Country ), and Nadia Oxford from USGamer also felt the game was a less rigid version of its predecessor. AllGame ' s Skyler Miller and Alex Navarro of GameSpot both praised
1974-539: A launch title. Nintendo has sold 20.61 million copies of the game worldwide, making it the best-selling game for the SNES . In the United States, Super Mario Advance 2 for the Game Boy Advance sold 2.5 million copies and earned $ 74 million in revenue by August 2006. During the period between January 2000 and August 2006, it became the second highest-selling portable game in
2115-465: A limited number of badges at a time. There have been five Paper Mario games released for home consoles and one game on 3DS. As the series has progressed, each new game has introduced new elements to keep the gameplay fresh such as a new story, new partners, and new gameplay mechanics. In 2004, The Thousand-Year Door for the GameCube introduced the ability of Mario turning into and folding up into
2256-576: A mechanism that allows the player to go off-screen to the left and appear on the right, and vice versa. The game has since reappeared in various forms, including as a minigame in Super Mario Bros. 3 and the Super Mario Advance series, and reimagined as Mario Clash . Nintendo has released several Mario and Donkey Kong LCD video games for the Game & Watch line . Eleven were released between 1982 and 1995. Nintendo also licensed
2397-685: A new gameplay mechanic of "punch balls", small balls which Mario and Luigi can kick into enemies to stun them, instead of hitting them from below, as in the original. Hudson Soft was originally responsible for the Mario Party series until Mario Party DS in 2007, but as of March 2012, this has been taken over by NDcube since Hudson has become a part of Konami . Many of Hudson's employees now work for NDcube. Three games were planned for development by Philips Interactive Media for use on its CD-i machine: Super Mario's Wacky Worlds , Hotel Mario , and Mario Takes America . Only Hotel Mario
2538-471: A number of sketches around his desk, including an image of Mario riding a horse. As development of Super Mario World progressed, the team opted to set the game in a "dinosaur land", so Tezuka asked designer Shigefumi Hino to draw a reptile-like creature based on Miyamoto's sketches. Hino originally produced a design that Tezuka deemed too reptilian, and "didn't really fit into the Mario world", so he encouraged
2679-531: A paper airplane and/or a paper boat to interact with the overworld. In 2007, Super Paper Mario deviated into the 2D action RPG genre and introduced the ability to "flip" into a 3D perspective in which the level rotates to reveal a hidden z-axis , placing Mario in a 3D environment. In 2012, Sticker Star for the Nintendo 3DS introduced the use of stickers in both the environment and in turn-based battles. They can be found and peeled off from various areas in
2820-503: A playable character in single player with his characteristic behaviour and appearance from Super Mario Bros. 2 , Game Link Cable support for four players in the Mario Bros. Classic mode, and the ability to save anywhere, rather than just after beating Ghost houses or Castles. Difficulty is lowered as being hit by an enemy no longer makes him lose all current power ups. Additionally, the alternate overworld map and enemy sprites that
2961-671: A port titled New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch in January 2019. Super Mario Bros. -styled gameplay is further offered by the level creator game Super Mario Maker , released on Wii U in 2015. A sequel, Super Mario Maker 2 , was released on Nintendo Switch in June 2019. In June 2023, Nintendo announced Super Mario Bros. Wonder , the first 2D Mario game (excluding rereleases, level creators, and mobile games) in 11 years. It released October 20, 2023. In 2016,
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#17327838743303102-410: A projectile to attack other enemies or alter the game environment. They are also featured prominently in many spinoff series as well. They have been included as a playable character in most entries in the Mario Kart racing series. Koopa Shells are used as an obtainable projectile weapon to shoot at other players in every entry as well. Similarly, Koopa Shells are used in the same manner in entries of
3243-417: A speed boost, Koopa Troopa Shells to be thrown at opponents, and banana peels that can be laid on the track as hazards. There have been six Mario Kart games released for home consoles, one enhanced port, three portable games, one game for smartphones, and four Namco codeveloped arcade spin-off games, for a total of fifteen. As the series has progressed, each new game has introduced new elements to keep
3384-635: A version for arcade cabinets so players could try the game before buying it. The game was re-released in a special version of Super Mario All-Stars , Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World , as a pack-in game for the SNES in December 1994. All-Stars contains enhanced remakes of the first four Super Mario games released for the NES: Super Mario Bros. , Super Mario Bros. 2 , Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels . In contrast to
3525-481: Is a crossover with Ubisoft's Rabbids franchise and features both single-player and cooperative multiplayer gameplay. The game's story sees players controlling Mario, his friends, and a group of Rabbids dressed as them, dealing with the aftermath of a sudden invasion by a group of Rabbids, who have accidentally misused a powerful invention that has brought chaos to the Mushroom Kingdom. Shigeru Miyamoto
3666-524: Is a multiplayer party game featuring Mario series characters in which four human- or computer-controlled characters compete in a board game interspersed with minigames . There have been numerous sports games in the Mario franchise. The first appearances of Mario in tennis games were as a referee in Tennis for the NES and Game Boy. These games did not use the Mario branding and only featured Mario in
3807-456: Is a puzzle game developed by Fantasy Factory and published by Philips Interactive Media for the CD-i in 1994. The primary characters of the game are Mario and Luigi , who must find Princess Peach by going through seven Koopa Hotels in the Mushroom Kingdom. Every hotel is divided into multiple stages, and the objective is to close all doors on each stage. The game has been criticized as one of
3948-472: Is a canceled video game planned for the CD-i, developed by NovaLogic , which attempted to duplicate the gameplay of Super Mario World . Though the game sprites are based on those in Super Mario World , the level design is based on Earth locations rather than Dinosaur Land. Due to the limitations of the CD-i, several features could not be included in the game, such as large numbers of sprites on
4089-407: Is a series of platforms with four pipes at each corner of the screen, and an object called a "POW" block in the center. The mechanics of Mario Bros. involve only running and jumping. Unlike future Mario titles, players cannot jump on enemies until they are flipped over; this can be accomplished by jumping under the platform they are on or by using the "POW" block. Both sides of every phase feature
4230-484: Is a video game released in 1984 for the Japanese computers NEC PC-6001mk II, NEC PC-6601 , NEC PC-8801 , FM-7 and Sharp X1 . It is a remake of the original Mario Bros. , with new stages, mechanics and gameplay. Punch Ball Mario Bros. is a video game released in 1984 for the Japanese computers NEC PC-6001mkII, NEC PC-6601, NEC PC-8801, FM-7 and Sharp X1. It is similar to the original Mario Bros. but featured
4371-414: Is an early example of the platform genre. In addition to presenting the goal of saving Pauline, the game gives the player a score . Points are awarded for finishing screens; leaping over obstacles; destroying objects with a hammer power-up ; collecting items such as hats, parasols , and purses (presumably belonging to Pauline); and completing other tasks. The game was surprisingly successful. "Jumpman"
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4512-485: Is one of gaming's most successful and renowned franchises, with many of its games, in particular within the Super Mario subseries, considered some of the greatest video games ever made . It is the best-selling video game franchise of all time , with more than 830 million copies of games sold, including more than 430 million for the Super Mario games alone. Mario is also Nintendo's flagship franchise. After
4653-418: Is the first Mario game for the SNES and was designed to make the most of the console's technical features. The development team had more freedom compared to the series installments for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Yoshi was conceptualised during the development of the NES games but was not used until Super Mario World due to hardware limitations. Super Mario World is often considered one of
4794-454: Is the first American TV series based on the Mario NES games. It was broadcast in syndication from September 4 to December 1, 1989. Based on Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2 . The show was produced by DIC Entertainment and was distributed for syndicated television by Viacom Enterprises (full rights have since reverted to DiC through Nintendo ). King Koopa's Kool Kartoons
4935-555: The Donkey Kong and Game & Watch series. The Mario games have been developed by a wide variety of developers. Mario games have been released almost exclusively for Nintendo's various video game consoles and handhelds, from the third generation onward. The flagship Mario subseries is the Super Mario series of platform games starting with 1985's Super Mario Bros. , which mostly follows Mario's adventures in
5076-526: The Mario Party board game / minigame series, and is a playable character in Mario Party 9 and Super Mario Party . Koopa Troopas commonly appear in other Mario media as well. They were featured prominently in the 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie as part of Bowser's army. The film introduced the Spiny shell Koopa Troopa; Mario Kart has prominently feature the infamous blue shell item, but
5217-593: The Mario Tennis and Mario Strikers ( soccer ) series as well, with playable character options sporadically occurring across entries. They are playable in some Mario Golf entries as well. While not present as playable characters in the Super Smash Bros. series, their shells have appeared as projectile weapons to be launched at other characters in every entry of the series. Koopa Troopas appear as hosts or extra minor characters across all entries of
5358-785: The Rolla Koopa - a Koopa Troopa who moves around on roller skates , was created. More powerful hardware also lead to a more vibrant yellow and green color scheme for the character. Since their creation and first appearances in Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. , Koopa Troopa have become a staple in the Mario series and subseries. Koopa Troopa has reappeared in most entries of the Super Mario line of platform games . They commonly retain their original traits of wandering aimlessly through levels, and requiring to be knocked out of their shell prior to their defeat. After defeat, their shells often remain, and can be grabbed, thrown, or bumped as
5499-448: The Mario NES games. It aired on NBC from September 8 to December 1, 1990. Based on the Super Mario Bros. 3 video game, the cartoon shows Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad fighting against Bowser and his Koopalings , who went by different names on the show (Hip, Hop, Kooky, Kootie Pie, Big Mouth, Cheatsy, and Bully). Like the previous Mario cartoon series, the animation was done by Sei Young Animation Co. Ltd, however this show
5640-536: The Mushroom World in Super Mario Bros. 3 , the brothers Mario and Luigi decide to go on vacation with Princess Toadstool to a place called Dinosaur Land, a prehistoric-themed world swarming with dinosaurs and other enemies. While resting on the beach, the princess is captured by Bowser. When Mario and Luigi wake up, they try to find her and, after hours of searching, come across a giant egg in
5781-522: The Nintendo Entertainment System hardware. Instead, to save on memory he decided to build off of the established Koopa Troopa design by adding wings to the top of his shell. While Miyamoto expressed hesitation at first, he was convinced when he saw the final design, and thus, the Koopa Paratroopa was born and implemented into the game. As Nintendo progressed with developing games for more powerful hardware, this allowed for further developments on
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5922-614: The Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi series. Paper Mario is a spin-off series of RPG video games developed by Intelligent Systems and produced by Nintendo Software Planning & Development. The first game in the series, Paper Mario , was launched in 2000 on the Nintendo 64 to critical and commercial success. In the Paper Mario series, the player controls Mario in a mixture of 3D environments and 2D characters who look as if they are made of paper. Mario can jump and use his hammer to overcome physical obstacles placed in
6063-623: The Wii U . It is a spin-off of the Super Mario series which builds upon the isometric minigames starring Captain Toad from Super Mario 3D World . Enhanced ports were released for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch on July 13, 2018, including additional bonus levels themed around Super Mario Odyssey , but excluding the Super Mario 3D World bonus levels from the Wii U version. The Nintendo Switch port has sold over 1 million copies, making it one of
6204-568: The best-selling games on the system. A free update for the Nintendo Switch version was released on February 13, 2019, adding co-op multiplayer where another player controls a new purple Toad with white spots in the regular chapters alongside Toad/Toadette, and Toadette in the DLC Special Episode . The first role-playing game in the Mario franchise was Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars . It has since expanded to
6345-532: The 3DS introduced a remake of the original game with added graphics, an improved map allowing players to place pinpoints, and an additional mode called Bowser Jr.'s Journey . In 2013, Dream Team for the 3DS introduced Dreamy Luigi, where Luigi sleeps in the Dream World in celebrating the Year of Luigi . In 2015, Paper Jam also for the 3DS also included Paper Mario as a playable character when Luigi knocks over
6486-581: The GameCube, Mario Golf: Advance Tour for the Game Boy Advance and Mario Golf: World Tour for the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo released Mario Golf: Super Rush for the Nintendo Switch in summer of 2021. Mario and Luigi were team captains in Baseball for the Game Boy. Mario Superstar Baseball was released for the GameCube and Mario Super Sluggers for the Wii. The game of football
6627-463: The Nintendo 3DS featured optional stereoscopic graphics and introduced hang gliding and submersible karts, an alternate first-person perspective, and kart customization. In 2014, Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U introduced anti-gravity racing, ATVs , uploading highlights to YouTube via Mario Kart TV, up to four local players in Grand Prix races, and downloadable content and is the first in
6768-486: The Nintendo Switch. The first use of Mario's likeness in a golf game was that the golfer in Golf for NES and Game Boy featured a mustached man resembling Mario. Later, NES Open Tournament Golf was released. It featured Mario and Luigi as the golfers, with Princess Toadstool and Princess Daisy as their caddies. Mario Golf was released for the Nintendo 64 in 1999. It was followed by Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour for
6909-614: The SNES and was re-released for the Game Boy Advance as Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 in 2001, on the Virtual Console for the Wii , Wii U , and New Nintendo 3DS consoles, and as part of the Super NES Classic Edition . In 2019, it was released for Nintendo Switch Online as part of the classic games service . Super Mario World is a 2D side-scrolling platform game in which
7050-566: The SNES, Super Mario World helped popularise the console, and became the best-selling game of its generation. Shigeru Miyamoto has said that Super Mario World is his favourite Mario game. Yoshi became one of the most important characters in the Mario franchise, re-appearing in later Super Mario games and in nearly all Mario sports and spin-off games. Yoshi appears as the main playable character in Super Mario World ' s 1995 prequel Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island , which helped lead to multiple video games focused on
7191-463: The Star World areas and feeding it either five enemies, a Super Mushroom, a Fire Flower, a Cape Feather, or a Starman causing the baby Yoshi to mature. Although the main objective is to navigate through seven worlds to reach the end of the game, the player can beat the game much faster by using secret Star Road routes. To access a hidden world, the player needs to find keys scattered throughout
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#17327838743307332-673: The United States in 1993 under the title Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels as part of the Super Mario All-Stars title for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System , a console that also features iterations of the game known as Super Mario World . While Super Mario Land and two sequels were the Game Boy installments in the series, the Game Boy Advance did not receive any original entries, only remakes . Super Mario 64 debuted as
7473-401: The United States. Super Mario World received critical acclaim. In December 2019, review aggregator GameRankings ranked Super Mario World as the 78th highest-rated game of all time, with an aggregate score of 94% based on nine reviews. The visuals and presentation were two of the most praised aspects of the game. After its release, Rob Swan of Computer and Video Games noted that
7614-453: The Wii U version of Skylanders: SuperChargers , being summoned by Bowser during one of his special moves. Their signature shell was included as a player piece in the Nintendo version of the Monopoly board game. Koopa Troopa has gone on to become one of the most commonly recognizable enemies in the Mario franchise alongside Goomba . IGN ' s Audrey Drake listed Koopa Troopa as one of
7755-460: The ability that corresponds to its color: a blue shell enables Yoshi to fly, a yellow shell causes him to emit dust clouds that defeat nearby enemies, and a red shell allows him to produce three fireballs that defeat enemies. Flashing Koopa shells produce all three abilities, while green shells produce none. The default Yoshi is green, but the game also has hidden blue, yellow, and red Yoshis; the player can obtain each colored Yoshi by finding its egg in
7896-404: The ability to entirely remove the body from the shell would be a key difference between a turtle and a Koopa Troopa. For the Mario Bros. game the character would be named "Shellcreepers", but in subsequent Super Mario games, the character would be renamed Koopa Troopa. Up until very late pre-release builds of its follow up game, Super Mario Bros. (1985), Koopa Troopa was the only enemy in
8037-483: The best Mario enemies, saying that it is one of the most "iconic Mario enemies out there. In fact, they're pretty much synonymous with the franchise." In October 2022, The Daily Dot reported that a Koopa Troopa video clip from a New Super Mario Bros. game went viral on TikTok . In the video, two Koopa Troopas running in unison slowly make progress in crossing a spinning circular platform. However, in this game, Koopa Troopas always stop and briefly dance whenever
8178-422: The best games in the series and is cited as one of the greatest video games ever made . It sold more than twenty million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling SNES game . It also led to an animated television series of the same name and a 1995 sequel, Yoshi's Island . The game has been re-released on multiple occasions: It was part of the 1994 compilation Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World for
8319-399: The best platform game of all time, while USgamer listed it as the best Super Mario platform game ever in 2015. In 1996, GamesMaster ranked Super Mario World 3rd on their "The GamesMaster SNES Top 10" list. In 1995, Total! listed the game 11th on its Top 100 SNES Games, at the time they opined Super Mario World is "a contender for the best game ever." As a pack-in game for
8460-725: The book containing him. In 2024, a new entry in the series titled Brothership was announced during a Nintendo Direct in June of 2024, around nine years after the release of Paper Jam . In 1998, the Hudson game Mario Party was released for the Nintendo 64. Following this, nine numbered sequels have since been released, making for ten numbered titles, along with three unnumbered main series titles: Mario Party DS (2007) , Super Mario Party (2018) , and Mario Party Superstars (2021) . The series also has four spins-offs that differ in gameplay, including Mario Party Advance , Island Tour , Star Rush , and The Top 100 . Mario Party
8601-473: The capacity of a cameo. He then appeared in Mario's Tennis for the Virtual Boy. After this, Camelot Software Planning released Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. They would subsequently develop other games in this series: Mario Power Tennis for the GameCube and Wii, Power Tour for the Game Boy Advance, Mario Tennis Open for the Nintendo 3DS, Ultra Smash for the Wii U, and Aces for
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#17327838743308742-495: The character . A Super Mario World clone , Super Mario's Wacky Worlds , was in development for the Philips CD-i device by NovaLogic from 1992 to 1993, but was cancelled because of the console's commercial failure. In a poll conducted in 2008, Yoshi was voted as the third-favourite video game character in Japan, with Cloud Strife and Mario placing second and first. DIC Entertainment produced an animated series of
8883-577: The character after Segale as a joke because Segale was so reclusive that none of the employees had ever met him. James repeated this account in 2018. Mario next appeared in Donkey Kong Jr. as the game's antagonist. Players control Donkey Kong Jr. as he climbs vines and collects keys to save his kidnapped father from Mario. The game was later ported to several platforms including the Famicom/NES and several Atari home consoles. Additionally,
9024-607: The character was part of Nintendo's float at the Toronto Santa Claus Parade . They've also become an integral part of the Super Nintendo World theme park area in Universal parks. Koopa Troopa animatronics are found wandering throughout the park, while restaurants serve up Koopa Troopa calzones . A Koopa Troopa also serves as one of the bosses of the their real world adventure games, while
9165-599: The characters from Sonic the Hedgehog in the sports game, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games , developed by Sega as the crossover series. A follow-up, Olympic Winter Games , was released in 2009 and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games was released between November 2011 ( Wii ) and February 2012 ( Nintendo 3DS ). On November 15, 2013, a third sequel called Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
9306-449: The commercial failure of Radar Scope , Nintendo's company president, Hiroshi Yamauchi , referred to designer Shigeru Miyamoto to create an arcade game to save the company. Miyamoto came up with the idea of a game in which the playable character has to make his way through an obstacle course consisting of sloped platforms, ladders and rolling barrels. Miyamoto named the game Donkey Kong , and its main protagonist "Jumpman". Donkey Kong
9447-525: The creation of Luigi and his trademark green color scheme. Koopa Troopa's design also influenced Bowser 's final design. Miyamoto's initial instructions to character designer Yoichi Kotabe resulted in more of an ox -like character design, and their efforts to revise his art to make him look more like Koopa Troopas resulted in Bowser's final design. Koopa Troopa has later been used by Nintendo in larger scale promotions outside of video games as well. In 2015,
9588-415: The creator of both Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda , served as producer. Shigefumi Hino took the role of graphics designer. Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development handled development with a team of ten people, including three main programmers and a character designer, most of whom had worked on past Super Mario titles. In a retrospective interview, the core team said Miyamoto wielded
9729-444: The current world and has several paths leading from the world's entrance to a castle. Paths connect to action panels, fortresses, ghost houses, castles, and other map icons, allowing players to take different routes to reach the world's goal. Moving the on-screen character to an action panel or castle grants access to that course. The majority of the game takes place in 2D linear levels, populated with obstacles and enemies, which involves
9870-431: The designer to create a "cuter" character. Tezuka speculated that Miyamoto's love of horse riding, as well as country and western themes, influenced Yoshi's creation. Reflecting on how he had created different melodies for Super Mario Bros. 3 , composer Koji Kondo decided to reuse the same themes for Super Mario World , albeit in a rearranged form. By doing this, he assumed players would be able to recognise
10011-459: The evolution of Koopa Troopas. Super Mario World (1991), the first Super Mario game for the more powerful Super Nintendo platform, allowed for more advanced movement and animations, including unshelled Koopa Troopas who flew around in capes and slid down hills. This later influenced the development of Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) as well; when developers were looking for ways to update old character designs with new animations and designs,
10152-596: The fictional world of the Mushroom Kingdom and typically rely on Mario's jumping ability to allow him to progress through levels . The franchise has spawned over 200 games of various genres and several subseries, including Mario Kart , Mario Party , Mario Tennis , Mario Golf , Mario vs. Donkey Kong , Paper Mario , and Mario & Luigi ; several characters introduced in the Mario franchise, such as Donkey Kong , Wario , and Yoshi , sparked successful franchises of their own. The Mario series
10293-431: The field, similarly to Tetris . The player manipulates the capsules as they fall so that they are aligned with viruses of matching colors, which removes them from playing field. The player progresses through the game by eliminating all the viruses on the screen in each level . There have been 4 Dr. Mario games released for home consoles, two portable games and one mobile game, for a total of seven original titles. As
10434-515: The film was first to see the shell used on actual characters. They largely retain their roles from the game as minions in Bowser 's army, and general appearance from the modern games, albeit with wearing armor and spiked shells. Toys of a Koopa Troopa riding a bike were released in promotion of the 2023 film as well. In addition to toys, they were also featured in multiple toys-to-life iterations, including getting his own Amiibo in 2017. They appear in
10575-522: The first game in the series to be released on the Nintendo Switch , and was released in 2017. In 2006, a sub-series with retro gameplay called New Super Mario Bros. was inaugurated on the Nintendo DS, featuring the mechanics of the Super Mario Bros. games. It continued on the Wii as New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009), on the 3DS as New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012) and on the Wii U as New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) and New Super Luigi U (2013) ((stylized as New Super Luigi Bros U )), with
10716-458: The forest. It suddenly hatches and out of it comes a young dinosaur named Yoshi, who tells them his dinosaur friends have also been imprisoned in eggs by Bowser's kids, the evil Koopalings. Mario and Luigi soon realise that Bowser's forces must have captured Toadstool as well. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi set out to rescue the princess and Yoshi's dinosaur friends, traversing through Dinosaur Land for Bowser and his Koopalings. To aid him, Yoshi gives Mario
10857-513: The form of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass , which added 48 courses and 8 additional racers during the span of spring 2022 until the end of 2023. The contents of this DLC were based heavily on courses and content found in Tour , which the pack received backlash for. Possibly the most popular spin-off series in the franchise, the Mario Kart series began in 1992 and is currently
10998-707: The game 7th in a list of the greatest Nintendo games of all time. In its final issue in October 2014, Official Nintendo Magazine ranked Super Mario World the third-greatest Nintendo game of all time, behind The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Super Mario Galaxy . In 2012, Nintendo Power similarly named Super Mario World the fifth greatest game of all time, a step up from its eighth best ranking in their 2006 poll. The game has appeared on several "best video games of all time" lists such as those from Electronic Gaming Monthly , Game Informer , Retro Gamer and GameSpot . In 2007, Retro Gamer ranked it as
11139-525: The game featured the best music in the entire Super Mario series, with Sleeper praising Kondo's "timeless" soundtrack and memorable melodies. The game received 1991 Game of the Year awards from Nintendo Power and Power Play . Many retrospective critics declared Super Mario World one of the greatest video games of all time . In 2009, a poll conducted by Empire voted it "the greatest game of all time". In 2009, Official Nintendo Magazine placed
11280-426: The game utilised the SNES' PCM chip to its fullest potential, and both he and Glancey agreed that the game's sound effects were "mindblowing". Thomas labelled the soundtrack "another one of Koji Kondo's classics," but in hindsight remarked that it was not as memorable as his earlier work. Goyon praised the originality of the game's soundtrack, and thought the technical contribution of the SNES allowed players to enjoy
11421-403: The game's non-player characters (NPCs), who will often offer clues or detail the next event in the storyline. As in other RPGs, the player can find or purchase items from NPCs to help in and outside of combat. Badges can be obtained that yield bonuses ranging from added moves to gradual health restoration during combat; each consumes a set number of Badge Points (BP), meaning Mario can only equip
11562-404: The game's overworld . Additionally, the player accumulates partners as they advance into different locations, who each have a specialized skill required for progression in the game. These characters assist Mario in the game's turn-based battles. Damage inflicted to the player reduces the amount of HP . Attacks in the game are similar to those in traditional RPGs, although the player can influence
11703-554: The game's levels. When a key is found, it must be brought to a keyhole to unlock either a new level or a Star Road. Exploring these secret stages can lead to other stages, such as the Special World. Completion of the Special Zone permanently changes some of the enemies' sprites and alters the overworld map's color scheme. The plot of Super Mario World is detailed in the instruction booklet. After bringing peace to
11844-442: The game's number of secrets and diversity among its levels, expressing appreciation that Nintendo did not recycle assets from Super Mario Bros. 3 . Swan and Glancey enjoyed the addictive gameplay and the vast number of levels, while Dan Whitehead of Eurogamer lauded the game's divergence from linear platforming and asserted that Super Mario World was an evolutionary leap for gaming in general. Likewise, Goyon appreciated
11985-441: The game's overall length to be its strongest aspect, while Oxford thought Super Mario World ' s gameplay could be both straightforward and complex, owing to the myriad of secrets the game contained. In retrospect, Sleeper believed the game's biggest achievement was its level design , calling it an "unrivalled master class" with a constant sense of momentum. The game's audio was also well received by critics. Swan believed
12126-503: The game's well-drawn characters, colourful visuals and pleasing animation. Morgan Sleeper of Nintendo Life said Super Mario World was the "graphical holy grail" that retro-styled games aspire to, and he insisted that its design holds up well today. Critics commended the game's replay value and unique gameplay in comparison to older Super Mario games. Four reviewers in Electronic Gaming Monthly praised
12267-402: The game; however, playtesting found that his 2-step process of defeating him was too difficult for early stages of the game. Rather than change Koopa Troopa, this led to the creation of another long-running Mario character - Goomba . Similarly, when developer Takashi Tezuka wished to create a new enemy character that could fly - he found himself unable to due to size and memory restrictions of
12408-518: The gameplay fresh such as new courses, new items, and new playable characters. In 1996 and 1997, Mario Kart 64 for the Nintendo 64 introduced 4-player racing and 3D graphics . In 2001, Super Circuit for the Game Boy Advance introduced the ability to unlock retro tracks from previous installments. In 2003, Double Dash for the Nintendo GameCube introduced cooperative LAN multiplayer and two-player karts with one player driving and
12549-487: The games. Most were released in the late 1980s to early 1990s, and have since become obscure. The series launched three films. The anime Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! was released in 1986. The 1993 live action film Super Mario Bros. lost a large amount of money at the box office and was widely considered to be a failure . In contrast, the 2023 animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie broke box office records. Saturday Supercade
12690-402: The graphics were an excellent example of what the then-new SNES was capable of, while in the same review, Paul Glancey similarly remarked that the visuals were stunning, and he was grateful the game came free with the console. Four reviewers echoed this in Electronic Gaming Monthly, but commented that the game took little advantage of the SNES's capabilities compared to other games available for
12831-417: The idea of a turtle getting stuck after getting knocked upside down on its shell. So the gameplay was set up so that the player would now hit the turtle from below, knocking it on its back, and then jump directly on it to defeat it before it was able to correct itself. With the premise established, they turned to creating the turtle character itself. Miyamoto initially dictated what he wanted it to look like to
12972-410: The idea of the player attacking enemies from one level below, making Mario hit his ceiling so that it would bump the enemy's floor and defeat them. However, this method of defeating enemies was deemed too easy in playtesting, so they instead implemented a two-step approach of having to stun the enemies first. When thinking about what types of enemies it would make sense to stun like this, they came up with
13113-412: The idea of the turtle character getting knocked out of its shell entirely. While conceding that this is not how turtle shells work , Miyamoto liked the idea because it helped with visualizing when the turtle was still in a stunned state; out of its shell, it was stunned, and once it returned, it was active again. While initially wondered if this was a form of "lying to children", in the end, he decided that
13254-639: The launch title for the Nintendo 64 console in 1996 . Super Mario Sunshine was the series' entry for the GameCube , and Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel continued the franchise for the Wii . Super Mario 3D Land was the series' flagship title for Nintendo 3DS . The Wii U saw the release of Super Mario 3D World in November 2013. A rerelease titled Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury released February 2021. Super Mario Odyssey would be
13395-420: The most authority during development. Super Mario World was the first Mario series game developed for the then-upcoming Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). As such, the team anticipated some difficulty in working with new and more advanced hardware. According to Tezuka, the software tools were not yet fully developed, and the team had to "go along with starting something new". Miyamoto acknowledged
13536-814: The most successful and longest-running kart racing series, having sold over 150,000,000 copies worldwide. In the early 1990s, many educational games have been released in the Mario series, with one example being Mario Teaches Typing . Few of these games were platformers; most sought to teach skills such as typing, mathematics or history. They are officially licensed but not officially recognized by Nintendo. The games were developed independently by Software Toolworks , Interplay Entertainment and Brainstorm. Nine educational games were released from 1991 to 1996. This section covers games developed by other companies without significant Nintendo involvement. Hudson Soft released two games based on Mario Bros. and another similar to Super Mario Bros. Mario Bros. Special
13677-474: The new Spin Jump move, which allows the player to crush enemies, bounce off normally-invulnerable ones safely or break certain blocks, with the latter only being possible if the player has a power-up active. The game has 96 level exits in total. The player navigates through the game via two game screens: an overworld map and a side-scrolling course. The overworld map displays an overhead representation of
13818-458: The option of being able to finish the game by using alternative routes. Bianco opined that the game was "one of the smoothest platformers in existence" while Thomas thought its "masterful" and innovative level design enhanced the overall experience. Navarro similarly felt the game featured some of the best and most challenging levels the series has offered thus far, saying "nothing about the game feels out of place or superfluous". Miller considered
13959-404: The other games in the collection, Super Mario World is largely identical to the original version, but Luigi's sprites were updated to make him a distinctive character rather than a palette swap of Mario. Super Mario World was ported to the Game Boy Advance as Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 between 2001 and 2002. It features the same number of levels as the original, Luigi as
14100-466: The other player on the back of the vehicle throwing out hazards. In 2005, Mario Kart DS for the Nintendo DS introduced dual-screen play and online multiplayer via Wi-Fi . In 2008, Mario Kart Wii introduced motion controls , 12-player racing, motorbikes , and playable Mii characters, as well as three new items: the POW Block, Mega Mushroom, and Thunder Cloud. In 2011, Mario Kart 7 for
14241-464: The overworld, and can be purchased or received from non-playable characters . In 2015, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam also released for the 3DS, in which all the Paper Mario world enters the real one. In 2016, Color Splash for the Wii U was announced that introduced the use of colors in both the environment and in turn-based battles, just like in Sticker Star . In 2020, The Origami King
14382-431: The player can manually release the stored item at any time. The game introduces Yoshi , a dinosaur companion Mario can ride who is able to eat most enemies. If Yoshi attempts to eat a Koopa or its shell, he can spit it out and fire it at enemies. If the player fails to spit the shell out within a certain amount of time, Yoshi will swallow it, rendering it useless. When holding any Koopa shell in his mouth, Yoshi gains
14523-486: The player controls Mario or Luigi , the protagonists of the game. The game has similar gameplay to earlier games in the Super Mario series – Super Mario Bros. , Super Mario Bros. 2 , and Super Mario Bros. 3 – but introduces new elements. As well as dashing and jumping, the player can also fly or float with the aid of the Cape Feather and P-Balloon and can execute
14664-497: The player traversing the stage by dashing, jumping, and dodging or defeating enemies. The player is given a number of lives, which are lost if Mario comes into contact with an enemy while Small Mario, falls off the screen, gets crushed, touches lava, or runs out of time. The game ends when the player runs out of lives, although the player can continue from the most recent save point (a successfully completed castle, fortress or haunted house) by selecting " Continue ". Each world features
14805-466: The power of a move when attacking or defending by timing a button-press accurately or performing some other action command as required. Mario and his partners have a finite capacity to perform special moves, with each of these consuming a particular number of flower points (FP) when performed. Such statistics can be increased by earning Star Points ( experience points ) in combat to level up . Progression through Paper Mario depends upon interaction with
14946-587: The release and success of the arcade game Donkey Kong (1981), Nintendo began work on a follow-up game more prominently focusing on the character of Mario , which released as Mario Bros. (1983). The idea of creating a turtle enemy came as a result of developing its core gameplay mechanics. After designers Gunpei Yokoi and Shigeru Miyamoto established that the game would revolve around Mario possessing superhuman jumping abilities that were to be used to jump between different floors of platforms, they approached how enemies would be attacked. They came up with
15087-405: The release of six LCD games for Nelsonic 's Game Watch line between 1989 and 1994. Many remakes of Game & Watch games have changed the protagonist from a generic Mr. Game & Watch character to Mario. In 2020, a rerelease of Super Mario Bros. in the form of a Game & Watch titled Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. was released for the game's 35th anniversary . Mario then became
15228-602: The return of Donkey Kong , Pauline , and the former's rivalry with Mario . The sub-series introduces the Mario-like toys known as Mini-Marios, who later replace Mario as the sole playable characters in all future installments starting with Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis onward. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a 2014 action puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo for
15369-549: The same melodies, while exposing them to new variations of music as they progressed through the game. As Super Mario World was the first game developed for the SNES, Kondo felt "overjoyed" at being able to compose music by using eight sounds at once. To express the technological novelty of the new console, he used several different instruments, implementing them all one after the other in the game's title song. As development progressed, Kondo grew concerned over how people would react to his unusual combinations of instruments as he noted
15510-432: The same name , consisting of thirteen episodes, which ran on NBC from September to December 1991. Super Mario World has a large ROM hacking scene, with fans using applications such as Lunar Magic to create levels and insert new graphics, music, and mechanics; Kaizo Mario World is notable for being featured in many Let's Play videos and popularizing the word Kaizo to signify hacks of extreme difficulty. In
15651-429: The screen, and many visual effects. The nature of the pointing device controller provides difficult controls for Mario, as the game has the default controls of running and jumping. Mario Takes America was proposed about Mario's trip to Hollywood to make his own movie. The game's concept initially impressed Philips, but was canceled due to the company being unsatisfied with the game's development progress. Hotel Mario
15792-416: The screen. For example, if the player obtains a Fire Flower or a Cape Feather, then a Super Mushroom will appear in the box. Collecting a star grants Mario temporary invincibility from minor dangers. However, it does not protect the player from falling into lava or off the screen, nor if the player runs out of time. If Mario gets hit by an enemy, the stored item in the box will automatically drop. Alternatively,
15933-469: The second player controls his brother, Luigi. In addition to the power-ups from previous games, such as the Super Mushroom and Fire Flower , Super Mario World has a new power-up named the Cape Feather, which gives Mario a cape and the ability to fly, glide in the air, and use the cape as a sail. The game also introduces the ability to "store" an extra power-up in a box at the top centre of
16074-482: The series has progressed, each new game has introduced new elements to keep the gameplay fresh such as new game modes. In 2001, Dr. Mario 64 for the Nintendo 64 introduced new game modes such as a Story mode, Score Attack and Marathon , Wario as a playable character and four-player multiplayer. After a seven-year hiatus, in 2008, Dr. Mario Express for the Nintendo DSi 's DSiWare service re-introduced
16215-484: The series to boast HD graphics . In 2017, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch was released as an enhanced port of the Wii U version, featuring an improved battle mode and several new characters. In September 2019, Mario Kart Tour launched for mobile devices, and it received mixed reception due to the simplified controls and heavy emphasis on loot boxes and microtransactions. Beginning in 2022, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe received downloadable content of its own in
16356-400: The series to the portable gaming market. Also in 2008, Dr. Mario Online Rx for the Wii 's WiiWare service introduced online multiplayer to the series. In 2013, Dr. Luigi for the Wii U 's Nintendo eShop introduced Luigi as the playable character as well as an Operation L game mode in which all capsules assume the shape of the letter "L". A mobile game titled Dr. Mario World
16497-469: The series' antagonist Bowser and the Koopalings . The gameplay is similar to that of earlier Super Mario games; players control Mario through a series of levels in which the goal is to reach the goalpost at the end. Super Mario World introduces Yoshi , a ridable dinosaur who can eat enemies. Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development developed the game, led by director Takashi Tezuka and producer and series creator Shigeru Miyamoto . It
16638-548: The series, Dr. Mario , was launched in 1990 on the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy to critical and commercial success. In the Dr. Mario series, the player character Mario , who assumes the role of a doctor, is tasked with eradicating deadly viruses. The player's objective is to destroy the viruses populating the on-screen playing field by using falling colored capsules that are dropped into
16779-554: The series, Super Mario Kart , was launched in 1992 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to critical and commercial success. In the Mario Kart series, players compete in go-kart races , controlling one of a selection of characters from the Mario franchise. One of the features of the series is the use of various power-up items obtained by driving into item boxes laid out on the course. These power-ups include Super Mushrooms to give players
16920-428: The sound clip. The design of Koopa Troopa would influence and impact the creation of other Mario characters as well. In creating a second playable character for Mario Bros. , the developers decided to make a palette swapped version of Mario, and due to hardware limitations regarding how many different colors could be appearing on screen, they decided to use the green color used for Koopa Troopa, eventually leading to
17061-498: The star of his own side scrolling platform game in 1985 , titled Super Mario Bros. , which was the pack-in game included with the Nintendo Entertainment System console. It was also later sold in a package with Duck Hunt . In Japan, a game titled Super Mario Bros. 2 was released in 1986 , but a different game with the same name was released internationally in 1988 , followed by Super Mario Bros. 3 later that same year. The Japanese version would subsequently be released in
17202-425: The system. Retrospective reviewers agreed the game's visuals were still of a high quality. Karn Bianco from Cubed3 enjoyed the game's relaxed visual style, and praised Nintendo for keeping everything "nice and simple" designing a game perfect for children. IGN ' s Lucas Thomas heralded the game as a significant leap over the visuals of the 8-bit era , but in retrospect felt it did not distinguish itself from being
17343-466: The team behind New Super Mario Bros. released Super Mario Run , Nintendo's first real smartphone game and one of the few instances a Mario game was developed for non-Nintendo hardware. Dr. Mario (stylized as D℞. Mario ) is a series of arcade-style action puzzle video game originally developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1, and later developed by Arika and produced by Nintendo Software Planning & Development . The first in
17484-454: The team no longer had restrictions on certain mechanics such as scrolling and the number of colours they could implement. As a hardware experiment, the team ported Super Mario Bros. 3 to the SNES. However, it felt like the same game to them, despite the improved colours and sprites. After that, Miyamoto realised the team's goal would be to use the new hardware to create something "totally new". Miyamoto said he had wanted Mario to have
17625-431: The titular Italian plumber Mario , it is primarily a video game franchise but has extended to other forms of media, including television series , comic books, a 1993 feature film , a 2023 animated film , and theme park attractions . The series' first installment was 1983's Mario Bros. even though Mario made his first appearance in 1981's arcade game Donkey Kong and had already been featured in several games of
17766-402: The use of more traditional square waves and triangle waves had "gained acceptance" with consumers. For the game's sound effects, Kondo decided to use a variety of musical instruments, as opposed to square waves, to emphasise that the game used traditional technology with a hybrid of new materials. It took Kondo around a year and a half to write all the music for the game. Super Mario World
17907-399: The worst Mario -centered games, mainly because of its cutscenes and simple gameplay. On E3 2017, Ubisoft officially announced that they were making a game based on the Mario and Rabbids franchises. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is a turn-based tactical role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Milan (Ubisoft's Italian studio division) for the Nintendo Switch. The game
18048-488: Was a live action children's television show broadcast in Southern California during the holiday season of 1989–90. The show starred King Koopa (also known as Bowser ), the main antagonist of the Mario series. The 30-minute program was originally broadcast during the after-school afternoon timeslots on Los Angeles-based KTTV Fox 11 . The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 is the second TV series based on
18189-468: Was an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Ruby-Spears Productions . It ran for two seasons on CBS , beginning in 1983. Each episode comprised several shorter segments featuring video game characters from the Golden Age of Arcade Games . Donkey Kong , Mario and Pauline (from the Donkey Kong arcade game) were featured in the show. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
18330-585: Was announced on the Switch with the use of origami . The Mario & Luigi spin-off series, developed by AlphaDream , was formed exclusively throughout handheld consoles. The series began with the release of Superstar Saga for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. In 2017, Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions for the Nintendo 3DS introduced a remake of the original game with added graphics, an improved map allowing players to place pinpoints, and an additional mode called Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser , featuring
18471-430: Was called " Mario " in certain promotional materials for the game's release overseas; his namesake was Mario Segale , the landlord of Nintendo of America (NOA)'s office/warehouse, who, according to one version of events, barged in on a meeting to demand an overdue rent payment. This story is contradicted by former NOA warehouse manager Don James , who stated in 2012 that he and then-NOA president Minoru Arakawa named
18612-427: Was co-produced by Reteitalia S.P.A., hence the slight differences in character design. Super Mario World Super Mario World , known in Japan as Super Mario World: Super Mario Bros. 4 , is a 1990 platform game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). The player controls Mario on his quest to save Princess Peach and Dinosaur Land from
18753-479: Was initially impressed by the prototype of the game, that was presented to him by creative director Davide Soliani in 2014, which later caused Nintendo to greenlight the game for a Nintendo Switch release. It was released in Europe and North America on August 29, 2017, and was met with generally favorable reception from critics, who praised its gameplay, depth, and graphics. A sequel, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope ,
18894-487: Was introduced in one of the minigames in Mario Party 4 as "GOOOOOOOAL!!". The Mario Strikers series ( Mario Football in Europe) made its debut for the GameCube with Super Mario Strikers in 2005, developed by Next Level Games . Mario Strikers Charged was released for the Wii in 2007. Mario Strikers: Battle League was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2022. In 2008, Mario and his friends appeared alongside
19035-481: Was normally unlocked by beating the Special World is now instead unlocked by finding every exit in each level. It received positive reviews; critics enjoyed its new inclusions and retention of the SNES original's "feel". GameSpot named it the best video game of February 2002. The SNES version was released on the Wii 's Virtual Console in Japan on 2 December 2006, in the United States on 5 February 2007, and in Europe on 9 February 2007. It
19176-409: Was produced during the console wars – a result of the rivalry between Nintendo's SNES and Sega 's two-year-old Mega Drive system – which outsold the console and led to intense competition between the two, being the first time since December 1985 Nintendo did not lead the market though it eventually overtook Sega. Sega's mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog , was seen by many as
19317-616: Was released exclusively on the Wii U , with a fourth sequel, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and arcade in 2016. A fifth sequel, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 , was released on Nintendo Switch in November 2019, with an arcade version of the game releasing in 2020. Mario Kart is a series of go-kart -style racing video games primarily developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development. The first in
19458-683: Was released for the Wii U in North America and Japan on 26 April 2013, and in Europe on 27 April 2013, along with the full launch of the Wii U Virtual Console. On March 3, 2016, the game was released for the Virtual Console service of the New Nintendo 3DS . Super Mario World was also one of the 21 SNES games included in the Super NES Classic Edition released in September 2017. On 5 September 2019, Nintendo released Super Mario World on their Nintendo Switch Online service as
19599-515: Was released in 2019, but was permanently discontinued in July of 2021. This series is a collection of nonogram logic puzzles involving a grid with numbers for every row and column, which refer to the amount of marked squares within the grid. The games features Mario as an archaeologist who chisels away to form images on the grid. Mario vs. Donkey Kong is a sub-series of the Mario and Donkey Kong series, based on puzzle video games , making
19740-502: Was released on October 28, 2022, for the Nintendo Switch. Electronic Arts (creator of games such as FIFA, Battlefield, Apex Legends and many other games) developed and released NBA Street V3 and SSX on Tour in 2005, both of which included Mario, Luigi, and Peach as playable characters in the GameCube versions. Square Enix released Itadaki Street DS & Wii including many characters from Mario games. The Mario franchise includes many comics, manga and TV series based on
19881-424: Was released; Super Mario's Wacky Worlds and Mario Takes America were eventually canceled. Philips was given permission to use Nintendo characters in CD-i games due to their taking part in developing an unreleased add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Hotel Mario did not gain much success, with Nintendo never acknowledging it as part of the Mario series. Super Mario's Wacky Worlds
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