Survivor Mario

Survivor Mario is the first season of Survivor Video Games Edition and featured 24 mario contestants split up between two tribes: Fireflower and Blue Shell. Wario was the winner with Mario as runner up

Wario, Mario, Bowser, Petey Piranha, and Pauline returned for Survivor All Stars where they placed 13th, 3rd, 10th, 4th, and 22nd respectively.

Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong returned for Survivor Donkey Kong, where they placed 4th & 17th respectively.

Wario returned again for Survivor Winners where he placed 6th.

Luigi returned for Survivor Second Chances where he placed 9th.

## Season Summary

Throughout the entirety of the season the two tribes stayed evenly matched. On Fireflower, many contestants had a focus of getting Bowser out of the game, but instead got caught up first with eliminating camp liability Lubba, weak challenge competitor Toadsworth, and camp annoyance Waluigi. During this time Luigi made an alliance with Yoshi and Petey Piranha, while Daisy and Rosalina, Bowser and his son, and Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong all solidified alliances between each other. On day 13, Donkey Kong suffered a minor injury to his arm, but wasn't pulled from the game. Around this time the tribe was organizing a plan to vote out DK, believing he had the idol, but thinking he would play it because of his injury, they targeted his ally Diddy. After Peach's elimination, Bowser manipulates Luigi into believing Mario is outplaying him by eliminating the biggest threats in the game rather then sticking to his alliances (even though Mario had nothing to do with either Peach's or Birdo's elimination) and that he needed to turn on his ally Yoshi in order to keep up. Luigi fell for the lie and through a massive split vote Yoshi was voted out. Petey Piranha, irritated at Luigi, aligned with Bowser to get Luigi out. Knowing Luigi would target him next, on the wishes of Daisy and Rosalina, Petey Played his idol sending Luigi home. Donkey Kong then found the idol, and proceeded to side with Bowser, Bowser Jr., and Petey Piranha to get rid of Rosalina and avoid a tie vote.

On Blue Shell, Mario led one alliance Faction consisting of Peach, Toad, Toadette, Birdo, Professor E Gadd, & Pauline. The villains on the other hand struggled initially to trust and align with each other. Pauline and Honey Queen formed an unlikely bond, and seized the opportunity to unite the villains and take control of the tribe while also weakening Mario by sending Birdo home. Mario & Peach managed to quickly turn the tables on the two by promising a final four deal to King Bob-omb and Nabbit, who jumped at the opportunity and helped vote out Honey Queen. Though Pauline was their next target, Mario & Peach used their new alliance to blindside Toadette, who they believed was the biggest strategic threat on the tribe. When they next tried to vote out Pauline next, she played her idol and sent home King Bob-omb for betraying her. The rivalry between Peach and Pauline came to a head with each targeting each other at the next vote. Peach ultimately was voted out after Nabbit betrayed her feeling the final four deal they made was dead, and Professor E Gadd determined she was a bigger threat than Pauline (E Gadd had already betrayed the alliance before, playing a role in voting out Birdo by "mistakenly" voting for the wrong person). His biggest ally gone, Mario put aside his differences with Pauline and E Gadd and promised a final four pact with the two and Toad, which stayed true and voted out Nabbit, then King Boo, who became the first member of the jury.  Wario also found the rehidden idol.

On Day 27 the tribes merged, and two alliance packs emerged. Mario's final four group essentially absorbed Daisy, while Bowser and the villains took in Wario. Pauline however, began feeling that Daisy was replacing her in the final four pact, while Donkey Kong felt wary of the power Bowser was gaining, and didn't trust anyone in the alliance. The two struck up an alliance, recognizing no-one would see it coming and that they could pick apart both groups from the inside. Because Bowser was immune at the first tribal, they considered targeting Mario, but Pauline worried Donkey Kong's injury may force him out of the game sooner then later, and didn't want to burn that bridge yet. Instead, the duo voted out Bowser Jr. first, knowing he would only be loyal to Bowser. Their sites set on Mario or Toad next, Donkey Kong's minor injury did indeed become aggravated and worsened at the challenge resulting in him being pulled from the game, forcing Pauline to reconfirm her alliance with Mario. The next immunity challenge temporarily split the contestants into two groups. With his group winning, Mario used the opportunity to bond with Petey Piranha (unaware the role he played in Luigi's exit). Daisy was voted out that tribal council after Bowser forced Wario to play his idol by having everyone vote for him, in the hopes that it would take all idols out of the game.  Feeling Petey Piranha was a better ally then E Gadd or Pauline, Mario voted with the villains the next two tribals and sent the two home (with Pauline infamously playing Wario's fake idol). Feeling himself on the chopping block, Wario exposed Petey Piranha's duplicity and Mario turned on him sending him to the Jury. At the next tribal, the votes for Bowser and Mario came back in a tie, and the two competed in a sudden death immunity challenge, which Mario won, sending Bowser to the jury. Wario won the final challenge, and sent Toad to the jury wanting to beat Mario in the final vote.

At final tribal Wario was criticized for his laid back and under the radar style of gameplay, which Wario countered by saying it kept the target off his back, which was necessary while on Blue Shell since he rarely had the numbers. He was praised for taking a tougher opponent to the end in Mario, and for staying true to his alliances, which Mario was heavily criticized for, in addition to his constant paranoia. Mario defended himself by arguing he couldn't play under the radar and had to make new deals all the time since people he thought were allies (Professor E Gadd & Pauline) voted against him before, which feuled his paranoia. In the end the jury awarded Wario the win in a 5-4 vote.