Franchise: Mario
Super Mario 64: Shindou Pak Taiou Version
Nintendo World Championships 1990
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Mario Kart Arcade GP
Yoshi's New Island
Mario Bros. Classic Serie
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
New Super Luigi U
Mario Strikers Charged
Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Captain Rainbow
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Mario & Wario
Super Mario RPG 2
Super Mario Advance
Mario Party 8
Mario Party Advance
Wrecking Crew
Super Princess Peach
Mario Superstar Baseball
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Super Mario Bros.
NBA Street V3
Yoshi's Woolly World
Mario Teaches Typing
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Donkey Kong
Mario Tennis Open
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Waluigi's Foot Fault
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Super Mario All-Stars
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Mario Party 7
Donkey Kong
Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Bros.
Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge
Game & Watch Gallery
Mario Golf
Mario Super Sluggers
Super Mario Maker
New Super Mario Bros. U
Super Mario Maker 2
Mario 128
Yoshi Touch & Go
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When Super Mario Bros. 35 and Super Mario 3D All-Stars were released, they were criticized for being preemptively planned to be pulled from digital storefronts on March 31, 2021. This, along with the DIC Mario cartoons coincidentally being moved from Netflix to Paramount+ on the same day, spawned an internet meme depicting Mario as receiving a medieval public execution by Nintendo on that date.
Article on March 31 meme:
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-internet-dubs-march-31-the-day-mario-dies
Article on Netflix removal of DIC Mario cartoons:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/03/netflix_joins_marios_doomsday_celebrations_will_remove_super_mario_bros_3_cartoon_on_31st_march
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-internet-dubs-march-31-the-day-mario-dies
Article on Netflix removal of DIC Mario cartoons:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/03/netflix_joins_marios_doomsday_celebrations_will_remove_super_mario_bros_3_cartoon_on_31st_march
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According to Super Mario Bros. Wonder's art director Masanobu Sato, Shigeru Miyamoto reportedly explained during the development of the first Super Mario Bros. that the reason why Goombas damage Mario when walking into them is because they bite Mario on impact. Due to graphical and hardware limitations, this could not be shown at the time. However, while Super Mario Bros. Wonder is thought to be the first game in the mainline series that shows this detail in gameplay, it's not the first game in the overall franchise to show it, as Goombas had been seen biting in earlier spin-off games like Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder developer interview:
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2023/October/Ask-the-Developer-Vol-11-Super-Mario-Bros-Wonder-Chapter-2-2460633.html
Super Mario RPG Goombas biting:
https://youtu.be/uoggsLQDf5I?t=148
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2023/October/Ask-the-Developer-Vol-11-Super-Mario-Bros-Wonder-Chapter-2-2460633.html
Super Mario RPG Goombas biting:
https://youtu.be/uoggsLQDf5I?t=148
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In the 2023 film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", Mario and Luigi's family are prominently featured. This includes:
• Their Father, voiced by Charles Martinet (and bears a resemblance to Talon from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
• Their Mother, who previously appeared in "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" and is voiced here by Jessica DiCicco
• Uncle Arthur, voiced by John DiMaggio
• Uncle Tony, voiced by Rino Romano (and was coincidentally mentioned in live-action segment "Glasnuts" from the TV series "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!")
• Aunt Marie, who's presumably married to Uncle Arthur
• An unnamed niece, who's most likely Marie and Arthur's daughter, being a first cousin once removed that's referred to as a "(second) niece"
• An unnamed grandfather, who's implied by the co-director Aaron Horvath to previously have been a boxer and wears an outfit similar to Luigi in the 1983 commercial for the Atari ports of Mario Bros.
Interestingly, all of the credited voice actors for the family are all of Italian descent to stay true to the family's Italian heritage.
According to Shigeru Miyamoto, the design of the family were based on character design sheets that former Nintendo illustrator Yoichi Kotabe drew decades before the film began production.
• Their Father, voiced by Charles Martinet (and bears a resemblance to Talon from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
• Their Mother, who previously appeared in "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" and is voiced here by Jessica DiCicco
• Uncle Arthur, voiced by John DiMaggio
• Uncle Tony, voiced by Rino Romano (and was coincidentally mentioned in live-action segment "Glasnuts" from the TV series "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!")
• Aunt Marie, who's presumably married to Uncle Arthur
• An unnamed niece, who's most likely Marie and Arthur's daughter, being a first cousin once removed that's referred to as a "(second) niece"
• An unnamed grandfather, who's implied by the co-director Aaron Horvath to previously have been a boxer and wears an outfit similar to Luigi in the 1983 commercial for the Atari ports of Mario Bros.
Interestingly, all of the credited voice actors for the family are all of Italian descent to stay true to the family's Italian heritage.
According to Shigeru Miyamoto, the design of the family were based on character design sheets that former Nintendo illustrator Yoichi Kotabe drew decades before the film began production.
Polygon article:
https://www.polygon.com/23673074/mario-movie-family-members-dad-mom-uncles-aunt
The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Family Dinner scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9S6M_l2FrE
The Super Mario Bros. Movie - End credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhM8c5sUhPg?t=239
Mario Bros. 1983 Atari commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dduvx-dEySY
https://www.polygon.com/23673074/mario-movie-family-members-dad-mom-uncles-aunt
The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Family Dinner scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9S6M_l2FrE
The Super Mario Bros. Movie - End credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhM8c5sUhPg?t=239
Mario Bros. 1983 Atari commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dduvx-dEySY
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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.
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.
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One criticism that the 2023 film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" received is that while composer Bryan Tyler collaborated with Nintendo veteran composer Koji Kondo to create a score that incorporates orchestrated rearrangements of iconic songs from the Mario franchise, there were too many moments of Illumination-mandated pop songs replacing the score in certain scenes. The most infamous example of this being the replacement of the original composition "Driving Me Bananas", a medley of songs from the Donkey Kong Country games, with a-ha’s "Take on Me" feeling somewhat out of context.
According to Jamey Scott, who worked in the film's sound department, Tyler fought hard to keep his orchestrated rendition of the Super Star theme in the film over the studio's suggestion of Van Halen's "Jump", and succeeded.
According to Jamey Scott, who worked in the film's sound department, Tyler fought hard to keep his orchestrated rendition of the Super Star theme in the film over the studio's suggestion of Van Halen's "Jump", and succeeded.
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Mario 64 (Game)
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A popular internet joke upon the release of Super Mario 64 was "What happened to Super Mario 4 through 63?" If one is to calculate every Mario game released before Super Mario 64, including outliers such as ports and titles not released on Nintendo hardware like Mario Teaches Typing, the game would be the 113th title on the series. However, if you were to only count games released on non-devoted Nintendo hardware and remove ports, the title would be, very anti-climactically, the 63rd Mario game.
Article analysing the Mario numerical placement:
https://kemono.su/patreon/user/12809227/post/21844567
Note: the article concludes at Super Mario 64 being the 62nd game. However, this article's rules are "No games with the same name", not "No ports", which doesn't account for 1994's Donkey Kong on Game Boy, which was marketed as a remake, but in reality a completely unique game.
https://kemono.su/patreon/user/12809227/post/21844567
Note: the article concludes at Super Mario 64 being the 62nd game. However, this article's rules are "No games with the same name", not "No ports", which doesn't account for 1994's Donkey Kong on Game Boy, which was marketed as a remake, but in reality a completely unique game.
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Mario 64 (Game)
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The audio used for Bob-ombs, Monty Moles and Goombas in various games starting with Super Mario 64 is actually pieces of Mario's voice saying "Here We Go" after being pitch-shifted.
Mario - Here We Go Reused Voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e4PUW0CQag
Evolution of Bob-omb voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sNA_6ooWGo
Evolution of Monty Mole voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grRBgQGYUqA
Mario Kart Tour - Monty Mole voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF2j5afew_w
Evolution of Goomba voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4vI4eYGUlo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e4PUW0CQag
Evolution of Bob-omb voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sNA_6ooWGo
Evolution of Monty Mole voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grRBgQGYUqA
Mario Kart Tour - Monty Mole voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF2j5afew_w
Evolution of Goomba voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4vI4eYGUlo
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Charles Martinet, the voice actor for Mario from 1990 to 2023, first officially voiced the character as part of a motion-capture Silicon Graphics interactive exhibition used at Nintendo trade shows (with the role at the time sometimes split between him and musician Steve Coyle). The first commercially-released product to feature his voice acting is purported to be the Super Mario Bros. pinball machine released in 1992 and produced by Gottlieb. According to Martinet when asked by a fan in 2018, Gottlieb "stole" his voice clips and did not credit or pay him for his acting. While the 1995 PC game Mario's Game Gallery is often cited as Martinet's first official role as Mario in a video game, the actual first credited video game to feature him as Mario is the 1994 PC educational title Mario Teaches Typing, where he replaced the DOS version's voice actor, Ronald B. Ruben.
Gottlieb pinball machine voice clips and demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUdCd5x9Hrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aLaj10XfxE
Summer Consumer Electronics Show 1992 demonstration of Nintendo interactive exhibition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1t6iNG28zI
Charles Martinet 2018 question:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/nintendo-pinball-mystery-solved-voice-of-mario-in-super-mario-bros-/
[Below additional links were contributed by VinchVolt]
TheGamer article naming the CD-ROM version of Mario Teaches Typing as Martinet's first time voicing Mario in a video game:
https://www.thegamer.com/charles-martinet-how-long-voiced-mario/
Kiro 7 article:
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/marios-voice-charles-martinet-steps-down/KM6ZTKNXI5FHNKBZKSWJ4EA3QA/
Destructoid gallery incorrectly listing Mario's Game Gallery as Martinet's first time voicing Mario in a video game; an update is provided at the start of the article stating that it was actually the CD-ROM version of Mario Teaches Typing (though the update misdates it to 1995):
https://www.destructoid.com/behold-the-first-mario-game-voiced-by-charles-martinet/
Behind the Voice Actors page for the MS-DOS version of Mario Teaches Typing:
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Mario-Teaches-Typing/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUdCd5x9Hrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aLaj10XfxE
Summer Consumer Electronics Show 1992 demonstration of Nintendo interactive exhibition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1t6iNG28zI
Charles Martinet 2018 question:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/nintendo-pinball-mystery-solved-voice-of-mario-in-super-mario-bros-/
[Below additional links were contributed by VinchVolt]
TheGamer article naming the CD-ROM version of Mario Teaches Typing as Martinet's first time voicing Mario in a video game:
https://www.thegamer.com/charles-martinet-how-long-voiced-mario/
Kiro 7 article:
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/marios-voice-charles-martinet-steps-down/KM6ZTKNXI5FHNKBZKSWJ4EA3QA/
Destructoid gallery incorrectly listing Mario's Game Gallery as Martinet's first time voicing Mario in a video game; an update is provided at the start of the article stating that it was actually the CD-ROM version of Mario Teaches Typing (though the update misdates it to 1995):
https://www.destructoid.com/behold-the-first-mario-game-voiced-by-charles-martinet/
Behind the Voice Actors page for the MS-DOS version of Mario Teaches Typing:
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Mario-Teaches-Typing/