Collection: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

There are a total of 19 modern-day countries Mario has been to in an official Mario game to date.

Mario’s Time Machine has him visit Greece, Egypt, China, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States, Austria, India, and Japan.

The Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series adds Canada, Brazil, and Russia.

Finally, Mario Kart Tour features tracks based on cities from a few new countries: Australia, Singapore, The Netherlands, Thailand, and Spain.

According to Takashi Iizuka, the crossover between Mario and Sonic came to be when SEGA acquired the license to make video games based off the Olympic Games. He said that having both series compete with one another was something that he had already discussed with Nintendo in the past, and since the Olympics are known to offer an atmosphere of competitive sportsmanship, this allowed SEGA and Nintendo the perfect premise to include characters from both the Mario and Sonic series of video games and compete against each other.