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Also known as Super Mario or Super Mario Bros., the Mario franchise is a series of highly popular and acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo's mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi and his best friend Yoshi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping on and defeating enemies. The games usually feature simple plots; the most common theme is that of Bowser, the primary antagonist, kidnapping Princess Peach, whom Mario saves. Despite the plots usually being very simple, the Mario role-playing games tend to have deeper plots, often involving enemies other than Bowser (many of which involve Bowser actually teaming up with Mario), with aspirations for world domination. Mario and friends have been featured in 200 games, and the series has sold over 200 million copies total, making it the best-selling video game series of all time.
Characters
Major
Minor
- Angry Sun
- Birdo
- Blooper
- Bob-omb
- Boo
- Bowser Jr.
- Bullet Bill
- Buzzy Beetle
- Chain Chomp
- Cheep Cheep
- Dry Bones
- Goomba
- Hammer Bro
- Kamek
- King Boo
- Koopa Troopa
- Lakitu
- Luma
- Magikoopa
- Piranha Plant
- Shy Guy
- The Koopalings
- Thwomp
- Toad Brigade
- Toadette
- Toadsworth
- Wart
- Warupeach
Unofficial Characters
- Bowsette
- Bowsette Jr.
- Crownette
- Lord Peach
- Peachyboo
- Princess Bullet Bill
- Princess Chain Chomp
- Princess King Boo
- Princess Petey Piranha
- Princess Piranha Plant
- Princess Thwomp
- Shy Gal
Items
- 1-up mushroom
- ? block
- ! block
- blue shell
- coin block
- coin
- fire flower
- frog costume
- goomba's shoe
- green shell
- hammer suit
- junior clown car
- koopa clown car
- pow block
- red shell
- super crown
- super leaf
- super mushroom
- super star
- tanuki suit
- warp pipe
Games
Main
- Donkey Kong (1981)
- Mario Bros. (1983)
- Super Mario Bros. 1 (1985)
- Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986)
- Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
- Super Mario Land (1989)
- Super Mario World (1990)
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
- Super Mario All-Stars (1993)
- Super Mario 64 (1996)
- Super Mario 64 DS (2004)
- Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
- Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
- Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
- Super Mario 3D World (2013)
- Super Mario Run (2016/2017)
- Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Spin-off
Dr. Mario series
- Dr. Mario (1990)
- Dr. Mario 64 (2001)
- Dr. Luigi (2013)
- Dr. Mario World (2019)
Mario Kart series
- Super Mario Kart (1992)
- Mario Kart 64 (1996)
- Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003)
- Mario Kart DS (2005)
- Mario Kart Wii (2008)
- Mario Kart 7 (2011)
- Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013)
- Mario Kart 8 (2014)
- Mario Kart Tour (2019)
- Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (2020)
Mario Party series
- Mario Party 1 (1998)
- Mario Party 2 (1999)
- Mario Party 3 (2000)
- Mario Party 4 (2002)
- Mario Party 5 (2003)
- Mario Party 6 (2004)
- Mario Party 7 (2005)
- Mario Party 8 (2007)
- Mario Party DS (2007)
- Mario Party 9 (2012)
- Mario Party: Island Tour (2013)
- Mario Party 10 (2015)
- Mario Party: Star Rush (2016)
- Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017)
- Super Mario Party (2018)
- Mario Party Superstars (2021)
- Super Mario Party Jamboree (2024)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010)
Mario + Rabbids series
New Super Mario Bros. series
- New Super Mario Bros. (2006)
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012)
- New Super Mario Bros. U (2012)
RPGs
- Super Mario RPG (1996)
- Paper Mario
- Paper Mario 64 (2001)
- Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (2004)
- Super Paper Mario (2007)
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012)
- Paper Mario: Color Splash (2017)
- Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020)
- Mario & Luigi RPG
Sports games
- Mario Golf (1987)
- Mario Golf (N64) (1999)
- Mario Golf: World Tour (2014)
- Mario Golf: Super Rush (2021)
- Mario Tennis (1995)
- Mario Tennis (N64) (2000)
- Mario Power Tennis (2004)
- Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015)
- Mario Tennis Aces (2018)
- Mario Superstar Baseball (2005)
- Mario Basketball 3on3 (2006)
- Mario Sports Mix (2010)
- Mario Sports Superstars (2017)
- Mario & Sonic series
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009)
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011)
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013)
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016)
- Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (2019)
- Mario Strikers series
- Super Mario Strikers (2005)
- Mario Strikers Charged (2007)
- Mario Strikers: Battle League (2022)
Super Mario Maker series
- Super Mario Maker (2015)
- Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
Wario series
- Wario Land
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994)
- Virtual Boy Wario Land (1995)
- Wario Land II (1998)
- Wario Land 3 (2000)
- Wario Land 4 (2001)
- Wario Land: Shake It! (2008)
- Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (1994)
- Wario's Woods (1994)
- WarioWare (2003)
- Wario World (2003)
- Wario: Master of Disguise (2007)
Yoshi series
- Yoshi (1992)
- Yoshi's Cookie (1992)
- Yoshi's Safari (1993)
- Yoshi's Island (1995)
- Yoshi's Story (1997)
- Yoshi Touch & Go (2005)
- Yoshi's Island DS (2006)
- Yoshi's New Island (2014)
- Yoshi's Woolly World (2015)
- Yoshi's Crafted World (2019)
Other games
- Wrecking Crew (1985)
- Mario is Missing! (1992)
- Mario Paint (1992)
- Mario Teaches Typing (1992)
- Mario's Time Machine (1993)
- Mario & Wario (1993)
- Hotel Mario (1994)
- Super Smash Bros. (1999)
- Luigi's Mansion (2001)
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013)
- Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019)
- Mario Pinball Land (2004)
- Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005)
- Super Princess Peach (2005)
- Fortune Street (2011)
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014)
- Princess Peach: Showtime! (2023)
Adaptations
Animated
- Saturday Supercade (Donkey Kong segments, 1983)
- Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986)
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)
- Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. (1989)
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
- Super Mario World (1991)
- Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bouken Land (1993)
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Comics
- Super Mario (Kodansha manga) (KC Mario) (1988)
- Nintendo Comics System (Mario comics, 1990)
- Super Mario-kun (1991)
- Super Mario Adventures (1992)
Live action
- Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Other
- Lego Super Mario (2020)
See also
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