Super Mario

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Super Mario
Developer Shigeru Miyamoto
Publisher Nintendo
Platforms As noted below
Released 1985-present (video games)
1986-present (films)
1989-present (television)
1990-present (comics)
Added to
Museum
As noted below

Super Mario is a multimedia series featuring the Nintendo character Mario that consists of video games, television shows, films, books, magazines, music, and comic books.

It was spun off from the Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. series.

Fictional character biography

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Mario is an Italian-American plumber, who travels to the Mushroom Kingdom, sometimes bringing his brother Luigi along. The Princess Toadstool of the Mushroom Kingdom, Peach, is repeatedly kidnapped by Bowser, King of the Koopa. Each time Princess Peach is captured, Mario, and sometimes Luigi, have to travel across several different worlds to rescue her.

There are a few exceptions to this. In Super Mario Land, Mario travels to Sarasaland to rescue Princess Daisy from the evil alien Tatanga. In Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, Mario's evil counterpart Wario steals his castle and seals it shut with six golden coins. Mario has to find and recover the coins so that he can unseal the magic keeping him out of his castle and defeat Wario.

Video games

Title Developer System Release Notes
Super Mario Bros. Nintendo R&D4 NES 1985
VS. Super Mario Bros. Nintendo R&D4 Arcade 1986 Less power-ups and warp pipes than Super Mario Bros., with six new levels.
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Nintendo R&D4 FDS 1986 Released in Japan as Super Mario Bros. 2 for the Family Computer Disk System in 1986.
Contained new features and levels, including the new levels from VS. Super Mario Bros..
First released outside of Japan in 1993 as The Lost Levels as part of the Super Mario All-Stars remake in 1993.
All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. Nintendo R&D4 FDS 1986 Released by Fuji Television, under license from Nintendo, as a prize on the "All Night Nippon" radio show.
Some characters were replaced with Japanese celebrities.
Included elements from Super Mario Bros., VS. Super Mario Bros., and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.
Super Mario Bros. Special Hudson Soft PC-8801, Sharp X1, SPC-1500 1986 Developed and published by Hudson Soft, under license from Nintendo.
Included elements from Donkey Kong and Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. Nintendo R&D1 Game & Watch Crystal, Special, Widescreen 1986 Released in a "Crystal" format in 1986.
Yellow version with a case shaped like Diskun was awarded to winners of the F-1 Grand Prix contest in 1987.
Released in a "New Wide Screen" format in 1988.
Super Mario Bros. 2 Nintendo R&D4 NES 1988 Remake of Dream Factory: Doki Doki Panic. Released in Japan as Super Mario USA.
Super Mario Bros. 3 Nintendo R&D4 NES 1988
Super Mario Land Nintendo R&D1 Game Boy 1989
Super Mario World Nintendo EAD SNES 1990
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Nintendo R&D1 Game Boy 1992 First game in the Wario Land series
Super Mario All-Stars Nintendo EAD SNES 1993 Enhanced remakes of Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2, and Super Mario Bros. 3.
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Nintendo EAD SNES 1994 Enhanced remakes of Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2, and Super Mario Bros. 3, plus Super Mario World with modified Luigi sprites.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Nintendo EAD SNES 1995 First game in the Yoshi's Island series
BS Super Mario USA Power Challenge Nintendo EAD Super Famicom Satellaview 1996 Episodically broadcast over Japan's Broadcast Satellite system through the Super Famicom Satellaview over a period of four weeks.
Super Mario 64 Nintendo EAD Nintendo 64 1996
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe Nintendo EAD Game Boy Color 1999 Enhanced ports of Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels.
Super Mario Advance Nintendo EAD Game Boy Advance 2001 Enhanced remakes of Super Mario Bros. 2 and Mario Bros..
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Nintendo EAD Game Boy Advance 2001 Enhanced remakes of Super Mario World and Mario Bros..
Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo EAD GameCube 2002
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo EAD Game Boy Advance 2002 Enhanced remakes of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Mario Bros..
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Nintendo EAD Game Boy Advance 2003 Enhanced remakes of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Mario Bros..
Super Mario 64 DS Nintendo EAD Nintendo DS 2004 Enhanced remake of Super Mario 64.
New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo EAD Nintendo DS 2006
Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo EAD Wii 2007
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Nintendo EAD Wii 2009
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo EAD Wii 2010
Super Mario 3D Land Nintendo EAD Nintendo 3DS 2011
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Nintendo EAD Nintendo 3DS 2012
New Super Mario Bros. U Nintendo EAD Wii U 2012
Super Mario 3D World Nintendo EAD Wii U 2013
Super Mario Maker Nintendo EAD 3DS, Wii U 2015
Super Mario Run Nintendo EPD Android, iOS 2016
Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo EPD Nintendo Switch 2017
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Nintendo EAD Nintendo Switch 2019 Enhanced ports of New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U.
Super Mario Bros. 35 Arika Nintendo Switch 2020
Super Mario 3D All-Stars NERD, Nintendo EAD Nintendo Switch 2020 Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy enhanced through emulation.
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Nintendo EAD Nintendo Switch 2021 Enhanced port of Super Mario 3D World with a new open world chapter titled Bowser's Fury.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo EPD Nintendo Switch 2023

Amiibo toys-to-life figures

Several Amiibo toys-to-life figures based on Super Mario characters have been released.

Image Name Developer Date Released
Hammer Slam Bowser.png Bowser (Hammer Slam) Nintendo September 20, 2015
Wedding-bowser.png Bowser (wedding) Nintendo October 27, 2017
Delicious amiibo.png Delicious Amiibo (Super Mario Cereal) Nintendo December 11, 2017
Wedding-mario.png Mario (wedding) Nintendo October 27, 2017
Wedding-peach.png Peach (wedding) Nintendo October 27, 2017
Peach-amiibo.png Peach (Super Smash Bros.) Nintendo November 21, 2014
Waluigi amiibo.png Waluigi Nintendo October 4, 2016
Yoshi-amiibo.png Yoshi ( Super Smash Bros.) Nintendo November 21, 2014
Blue Yarn Yoshi.png Yoshi (blue yarn) Nintendo October 16, 2015
Green Yarn Yoshi.png Yoshi (green yarn) Nintendo October 16, 2015
Pink Yarn Yoshi Amiibo.png Yoshi (pink yarn) Nintendo October 16, 2015

Playing cards

Title Designer Release Notes
Super Mario Karuta Nintendo 2010 Club Nintendo reward.