Mario (franchise)
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Mario
The flagship Mario subseries is the
The Mario series is one of gaming's most successful and renowned franchises, with many of its games, in particular within the Super Mario subseries, being considered to be 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.[1] Mario is also Nintendo's flagship franchise.
Video games
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Origin games
Donkey Kong
After the commercial failure of
Donkey Kong Jr.
Mario next appeared in
Mario Bros.
Mario Bros. is the first game to feature "Mario" in the title and to feature
Game and Watch
Platform games
Super Mario series
Mario then became the star of his own side scrolling platform game in
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 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, 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.[9]
Puzzle games
Dr. Mario series
Dr. Mario
There have been 4
Mario's Picross series
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's Picross
- Picross 2
- Mario's Super Picross
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Enhanced ports were released for
Role-playing games
The first role-playing game in the Mario franchise was
Paper Mario series
Paper Mario
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,
Mario and Luigi series
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 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 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 the book containing him.
Party games
Mario Party series
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 non-numbered 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 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.
Sports games
There have been numerous
Mario Tennis series
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 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 the Nintendo Switch.
Mario Golf series
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 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 Baseball series
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.
Mario Strikers series
The game of football 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.
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games series
In 2008, Mario and his friends appeared alongside 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 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.
Racing games
Mario Kart series
Mario Kart
There have been six Mario Kart games released for home consoles, one enhanced port, three portable games, one game for smartphones, and four
Possibly the most popular spin-off series in the franchise, the Mario Kart series began in 1992 and is currently the most successful and longest-running kart racing series, having sold over 150,000,000 copies worldwide.[24]
Educational games
In the early 1990s, many educational games have been released in the Mario series. One example of an educational Mario game is "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 and Brainstorm. Nine educational games were released from 1991 to 1996.
Games not published by Nintendo
This section covers games developed by other companies without significant Nintendo involvement.
Hudson
Hudson Soft released two games based on Mario Bros. and another similar to Super Mario Bros.
, with new stages, mechanics and gameplay.
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.[25] Many of Hudson's employees now work for NDcube.
Philips
Three games were planned for development by
Super Mario's Wacky Worlds 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 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.[29]
Hotel Mario 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 the worst Mario-centered games, mainly because of its cutscenes and simple gameplay.[30][31]
Ubisoft
On E3 2017, Ubisoft officially announced that they were making a game based on the Mario and Rabbids franchises.
A sequel, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, was released on October 28, 2022, for the Nintendo Switch.[33][34]
Others
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.
Other media
The Mario franchise includes many comics, manga and TV series based on 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.[35] In contrast, the 2023 animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie broke box office records.[36]
Television
King Koopa's Kool Kartoons 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.
Films and anime
Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! is a Japanese anime film released on July 20, 1986. Directed by Masami Hata and produced by Masakatsu Suzuki and Tsunemasa Hatano, it stars Mario and Luigi, who get stuck in a Famicom video game, in which they must save Princess Peach from King Koopa. A manga adaptation of the film was published in Japan around the same time as the film's release.
A series of three
1993 live-action film
Super Mario Bros. is an American 1993
The film grossed $39 million on a $48 million budget.
2023 animated film
The Super Mario Bros. Movie was released on April 5, 2023, by Universal Pictures in North America and Oceania. Produced by Illumination and Nintendo, the film featured the voices of Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek, and Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong. Charles Martinet, Mario's in-game voice actor, also provided cameo roles.[39][40] The directors were Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, the developers of Teen Titans Go!, while Matthew Fogel wrote the screenplay.[41] Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri are the producers.[42]
2026 animated film
An upcoming film "set in the world of Super Mario Bros." was announced on March 10, 2024, and set to be released on April 3, 2026.[43]
Comics and manga
The
The
Super Mario Adventures[k] is an anthology of comics, drawn in a Japanese manga style, that ran in Nintendo Power magazine throughout 1992, featuring the characters from Nintendo's Mario series and based loosely on Super Mario World.
Immediately following the end of Super Mario Adventures, Nintendo Power concluded the epic with a ten-page story based on Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins titled Mario VS Wario, which ran in their January 1993 issue and was later reprinted in the graphic novel.
At one point, Archie Comics made a pitch to Nintendo for a new Mario comic similar to its Sonic the Hedgehog series, but it was turned down.[45]
An encyclopedia based on Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan in October 2015.[46] In February 2017, Nintendo announced that the encyclopedia would launch in North America and Europe in June 2017.[47]
Another encyclopedia based on the series up until Super Mario Maker was published by Dark Horse Publishing on October 23, 2018.[48]
Merchandise
Mario has appeared on lunch boxes, T-shirts, jeans,[49] magazines, commercials (notably, in a Got Milk? commercial),[50] in candy form, on shampoo bottles, cereal, badges, and as a plush toy.[51] In 1992, Gottlieb created a Super Mario themed pinball machine.[52] A Monopoly board game based on the Mario franchise has been confirmed by the website USAopoly.[53] In April 2017, a board game developed by USAopoly titled Super Mario Level Up! was announced for release.[54][55] Another Monopoly-inspired board game called Monopoly Gamer was released in August 2017.[56] In addition, Monopoly Gamer adds a Mario Kart version with courses from Mario Kart 8 serving as properties. LINE released four voiced Mario sticker sets. Mario-themed Lego sets were released in August 2020.[57][58][59][60][61] These sets feature an electronic Mario figure that interacts with other parts of the set.[62]
Concerts and performances
The Super Mario Bros. theme has been featured in many concerts, including "PLAY! Chicago",[63] the Columbus Symphony Orchestra,[64] the Mario & Zelda Big Band Live,[citation needed] Play! A Video Game Symphony,[65] and others.
The Video Games Live concert featured the theme performed by Koji Kondo.[66]
Reception
The Mario series has received highly positive reception from critics and audiences. A 1996 article in Next Generation declared that "The evolution of the Mario series led the rest of gaming by the hand, blazing a trail, and teaching lessons in game mechanics, structure, and sheer playability to any who would study its secrets".[67]
Impact and legacy
Mario has been featured in 256 games of various genres (including sports, puzzle, party, racing and first-person shooter), and the Mario franchise is the
See also
Notes
- ^ Japanese: マリオ, Hepburn: Mario
- ^ Japanese: ドクターマリオ, Hepburn: Dokutā Mario
- ^ Japanese: マリオVSドンキーコング, Hepburn: Mario tai Donkī Kongu
- ^ Known in Japan as Advance! Captain Toad (進め! キノピオ隊長, Susume! Kinopio-taichō)
- ^ Japanese: ペーパーマリオ, Hepburn: Pēpā Mario
- ^ Japanese: マリオカート, Hepburn: Mario Kāto
- ^ Japanese: スーパーマリオくん, Hepburn: Sūpā Mario-kun
- ^ Japanese: 沢田ユキオ, Hepburn: Sawada Yukio
- ^ Japanese: 嵩瀬ひろし, Hepburn: Takase Hiroshi
- ^ Japanese: スーパーマリオくん, Hepburn: Sūpā Mario-kun
- ^ Japanese: SUPER MARIO ADVENTURES マリオの大冒険, Hepburn: Mario no daibōken[44]
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With more than 60,000 units sold in the United States, Donkey Kong was Nintendo's biggest arcade hit. ... Nintendo released Donkey Kong Junior in 1982 and sold only 30,000 machines, 20,000 Popeye machines (also 1982), and a mere 5000 copies of Donkey J (1983).
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