Franchise: Mario
Donkey Kong
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Super Mario Advance
Mario Party
Luigi's Mansion
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart Arcade GP
NES Remix 2
Mario Bros. Classic Serie
Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Mario Tennis Open
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Strikers
Nintendo Puzzle Collection
Mario Party DS
Donkey Kong: Original Edition
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Mario Golf: Advance Tour
Donkey Kong Circus
Wrecking Crew
Mario Tennis
Super Mario FX
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
Mario Bros.
Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
Mario Superstar Baseball
Dr. Mario
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass
Mario Party 9
Mario Party Superstars
Mario Pinball Land
Mario Kart 8
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
Photos with Mario
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet
Mario Is Missing!
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Mario's Time Machine
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
BS Super Mario Collection
Mario Party: Star Rush
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Koopa troopas' Japanese name, “Noko-noko” (ノコノコ), is the Japanese term for doing something without much care.
subdirectory_arrow_right Wrecking Crew (Game)
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In the 2023 film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", the Japanese name for the character Spike (the foreman from Wrecking Crew) was changed in the corresponding dub. Although no specific reason was given as to why the change was made, it can be assumed it was done to avoid controversy as the character's original Japanese name is "Blackie", which is also a derogatory racial slur in English-speaking countries used to refer to dark-skinned people of African descent.
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Years prior to the animation studio Illumination having a film based off the Mario franchise with the 2023 film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", the series had been referenced in a handful of films by the same studio, including Donkey Kong references in "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" and "Despicable Me 3", and an homage to kicking a Koopa Troopa shell featured in "The Secret Life of Pets".
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HzcSLDw32A
The Secret Life of Pets:
https://twitter.com/Alberto9Herrera/status/1514247031539253258
Despicable Me 3:
https://www.tzr.io/yarn-clip/af5ac4db-f8c1-445d-82d8-92a11170648b
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HzcSLDw32A
The Secret Life of Pets:
https://twitter.com/Alberto9Herrera/status/1514247031539253258
Despicable Me 3:
https://www.tzr.io/yarn-clip/af5ac4db-f8c1-445d-82d8-92a11170648b
subdirectory_arrow_right Donkey Kong (Game)
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"He was Mario, he had that Italian background, we knew what his occupation was, and we knew he was a really good guy, in my brain, if there were kids in the neighborhood, he’d always pat them on the head and say hi. He’d look out for everyone, so he became the real good guy."
Nintendo never gave the team behind Donkey Kong Goes Home any form of guidance for the project, and did not give any word - positive or negative - about the finished album beyond approving it.
Mario's voice:
https://youtu.be/P7_77lkZkMQ?t=598
Retrospective article:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/donkey-kong-goes-home-retrospective/
https://youtu.be/P7_77lkZkMQ?t=598
Retrospective article:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/donkey-kong-goes-home-retrospective/
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As of 2023, Mario has prominently appeared in at least one theatrical film per decade since he was created in 1981:
•1986’s Super Mario Bros: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, which is one of the first film adaptations of a video game.
•1993’s Super Mario Bros, the first live-action film adaptation of a video game.
•2007’s The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a documentary that revolves around Steve Wiebe attempting to usurp Billy Mitchell’s high score on Donkey Kong.
•2015’s Pixels, which incorporates Donkey Kong as the final boss of the film’s climax (alongside Mario making a brief cameo).
•2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is the first video game film to make $1 billion dollars at the box office.
Interestingly, the two films that weren’t direct adaptations of the games, The King of Kong and Pixels, were directed and produced respectively by Seth Gordon, who considered making a 3D film adaptation of Super Paper Mario back in 2008.
•1986’s Super Mario Bros: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, which is one of the first film adaptations of a video game.
•1993’s Super Mario Bros, the first live-action film adaptation of a video game.
•2007’s The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a documentary that revolves around Steve Wiebe attempting to usurp Billy Mitchell’s high score on Donkey Kong.
•2015’s Pixels, which incorporates Donkey Kong as the final boss of the film’s climax (alongside Mario making a brief cameo).
•2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is the first video game film to make $1 billion dollars at the box office.
Interestingly, the two films that weren’t direct adaptations of the games, The King of Kong and Pixels, were directed and produced respectively by Seth Gordon, who considered making a 3D film adaptation of Super Paper Mario back in 2008.
subdirectory_arrow_right Yoshi's Story (Game)
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Yoshi's Story was the first Mario series game to be rated E for Everyone instead of K-A for Kids to Adults due to the changeover by the ESRB from the previously used K-A rating in 1998.
subdirectory_arrow_right Paper Mario: Color Splash (Game)
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Paper Mario: Color Splash concept art:
https://www.spriters-resource.com/wii_u/papermariocolorsplash/sheet/84046/
Pronto in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So1O3wAB5LE#t=346
https://www.spriters-resource.com/wii_u/papermariocolorsplash/sheet/84046/
Pronto in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So1O3wAB5LE#t=346
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Mario 64 (Game)
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Best Service Voice Spectral Volume 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWCEgbkTJTY#t=89
Koopa Troopa voice clips from different games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbecF6Kn4U4?t=56
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWCEgbkTJTY#t=89
Koopa Troopa voice clips from different games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbecF6Kn4U4?t=56
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Goomba's name in the Japanese version is "Kuribo" (クリボー), which means "Chesnut boy" or "Chesnut people". They were named like this because the character sprite was mislabelled by one of the programmers of the original Super Mario game, saying that it looked like a chestnut.
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Paratroopa's Japanese name, 'Pata-pata' (パタパタ), comes from the Japanese onomatopoeia for flapping wings.
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In the Super Mario World official guidebook interview, the game's composer Koji Kondo was asked how he came up with Mario's main theme, and revealed that it was originally very different, and went through multiple iterations. He commented:
"My first image was of “walking around an open grassy field.” That got me thinking about how carefree it must feel, and I wrote a relaxed, light melody to match. However, when I played it back alongside the actual game, it didn’t match the speed of the game or its rhythm at all! I tried adding a swing feel to it, but many people told me this made the melody sound weird, so that was out too. After trying this and that, I came up with the idea of a “cha cha cha” melody, and it all expanded from there."
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Lakitu's Japanese name, 'Jugemu' (ジュゲム); or 'Jugem' as it was romanized in later games of the series, comes from a rakugo folk tale. In the tale, a couple could not think of a suitable name for their newborn baby boy and so the father went to a temple and asked the chief priest to think of a name. The priest suggested several names, but they couldn't decide on one, so they decided to mix all of those names into one, the final result being:
Jugemu-jugemu Gokonosurikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyomatsu Unraimatsu Furaimatsu Kunerutokoroni-sumutokoro Yaburakojino-burakoji Paipopaipo-paiponoshuringan Shuringanno-gurindai Gurindaino-ponpokopino-ponpokonano Chokyumeino-chosuke
Jugemu-jugemu Gokonosurikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyomatsu Unraimatsu Furaimatsu Kunerutokoroni-sumutokoro Yaburakojino-burakoji Paipopaipo-paiponoshuringan Shuringanno-gurindai Gurindaino-ponpokopino-ponpokonano Chokyumeino-chosuke
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Before Super Mario World, Koopa Troopas walked on all four legs.
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According to the Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Kart Wii official guides, the character Daisy is Princess Peach's cousin. However, there are no official sources or in-game evidence that confirms this.
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According to a Nintendo documentary, Wario is Mario's childhood friend who grew up with the same plumbing skills.
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According to a Nintendo Documentary, Mario's favorite music is not only Opera, but Euro-Pop as well.
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According to Eiji Anouma, Miyamoto got the idea of naming Mario from Marionette. Marionette is a puppet controlled from above with strings or wires. Miyamoto also made puppets during his days at school where he would display his puppets in front of the class.
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In the Mario Kart games, Rosalina is a heavy/large class character. However, in the Super Smash Bros. series she is a light class character. The reason she is a heavy class character in Mario Kart is most likely due to her height.
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Mario Spikers (Game)
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Unseen 64 article:
http://www.unseen64.net/2011/08/06/super-mario-spikers-wii-prototype/
IGN article [link and attached image provided by KnowledgeBase]:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/19/super-mario-spikers-the-cancelled-volleyballwrestling-mashup
http://www.unseen64.net/2011/08/06/super-mario-spikers-wii-prototype/
IGN article [link and attached image provided by KnowledgeBase]:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/19/super-mario-spikers-the-cancelled-volleyballwrestling-mashup
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Mario has starred in over 200 different games.