Mario

Mario (originally called **Mr. Video Game Himself** and **Jumpman** and also called **Super Mario** or **Mario Mario**) is the overall protagonist of the long-running and highly successful Nintendo video game franchise of the same name. He is a mustached Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario also sometimes rules his own land, Mario Land. As confirmed in DiC Cartoons, Mario and his twin brother, Luigi, used to live in Brooklyn as plumbers. Mario mainly fulfills the role of rescuing Princess Peach and other innocents from the clutches of power-hungry villains such as Bowser, the ever-persistent King of the Koopas, in Super Mario games. While not adventuring, Mario participates in a variety of parties, races, sporting events and even works as his alter-ego, Dr. Mario. Mario also has a baby counterpart named Baby Mario, introduced in *Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island* as his infant counterpart but later made a standalone character in *Mario* spinoffs.

He was created by Shigeru Miyamoto as a stand-in for Popeye. According to a 1993 Nintendo character guide, Mario is classified as "Homo nintendonus", and according to the Insiders' Calendar included in the second issue of Nintendo Power, Mario's birthday is October 11; however, later sources have contradicted this citing his birthday as January 1.

Games have usually portrayed Mario as a silent, straightforward character. According to Nintendo's philosophy, this allows Mario to fit in many different genres and roles. In nearly all of his spinoff appearances, Mario is defined as an all-around character.

Since his debut, Mario has appeared in nearly every title in the *Super Mario* series. In addition, he has appeared in multiple television programs, comic books, and even two feature films. He is currently one of the most recognizable video game characters in the world, having appeared in over 200 games.

## Profile

### Physical description

Mario is a twenty-four to twenty-five year old Italian human. Mario has fair skin, is short and stocky in stature, and is a bit portly. He has bright blue eyes, a big nose and a thick dark-brown mustache with six bumps. Mario has short brown hair with two sideburns, three large bangs pointing upwards, four short bangs point upward the back of his neck and a sprout-shaped cowlick.

He wears a red shirt and blue overalls with yellow buttons. He wears a red cap that has the "M" symbol for his name and wears white gloves and brown shoes.

Prior to *Super Mario Sunshine*, he wore a long-sleeved shirt (in *Super Mario Sunshine*, he wore a short sleeved shirt). In the arcade version of *Donkey Kong*, he had a blue mustache, hair, and overalls, along with a red cap and shirt. In the arcade version of *Mario Bros.*, he had a brown mustache and hair and wore a red shirt, blue cap and overalls. In *Super Mario Bros.*, he had beige eyes, mustache, and shirt, red cap and overalls. In *Super Mario Bros. 3*, he wore the red cap and shirt, and black overalls.

### Personality traits

Mario is known for being kind, cheerful, playful, daredevil, courageous, and headstrong and is also eager and cocky in certain occasions. Officially, however, Nintendo producers have stated that Mario's biography is kept simple in order to make the character versatile and reusable in many different games and situations. As such, Mario is considered one of the most underdeveloped characters in the *Mario* series; in contrast, his brother, Luigi, has gained more of a personality over the years. In most media and some games, though, Mario is depicted as an Italian plumber from Brooklyn who stands for what is right and has a love for Italian food. Mario has proven himself to be a competent fighter, all-around sports player, and party lover in *Mario* spin-off titles.

Mario shows generally good sportsmanship, even complimenting his opponents, as shown in instances like *Mario Kart 8* and *Fortune Street*, as well as smiling if he loses in *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*. However, in other spin-offs, he is usually sad after a loss and sometimes sobs. For example, in *Mario Kart 64*, if he does not place on the podium, he is shown wiping a tear. In *Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour*, if he attains a Double Bogey, he throws a small fit. Finally, it has been said that Mario loves animals, especially the most unusual ones, and he also enjoys music, particularly opera or new-wave Europop, although there is no further comment for these statements. *Mario Strikers Charged* gives Mario a rock-n'-roll theme for his entrance and scoring animations and an orchestrated theme for his Super Ability. It is revealed that Mario can play the piano, guitar, synthesizer, timpani, xylophone, saxophone, and trumpet.

Mario has been shown on various occasions to have an almost overbearing attitude towards his brother, as displayed by certain cutscenes in *Mario Power Tennis*; this is shown most often in *Super Mario-Kun*. However, this could also just be Mario's outgoing "big brother" personality interacting with Luigi's more introverted nature. Additionally, Mario is much more impulsive and aggressive than his brother, Luigi, and is willing to enter dangerous situations all alone. In *Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars*, Mallow even had to physically restrain Mario from brawling several times, such as before the battle with Bowyer, so that the heroes could figure out what exactly was happening to their world.

Mario has occasionally shown aggressive or vulgar tendencies throughout his appearances, albeit in a lighthearted and comic-relief manner; a notable exception is in *Super Mario Momotarō*, when Mario is shown holding a gun and aiming at Bowser, albeit to intimidate him. In *Super Mario-Kun*, Mario is short-tempered and resorts to yelling at his friends for failing or taking uncalled-for actions; Mario himself is not above certain vulgar actions, such as farting to taunt his opponents or urinating on Yoshi, and he also cross-dresses several times. The title itself and the art style of the *Super Mario-Kun* manga also depict Mario with a childish personality. "Kun" is a generally masculine Japanese honorific for juniors such as boys or teenagers.

In a virtual magazine for the Japan-exclusive Satellaview, his vulgar and aggressive tendencies are exaggerated for the purpose of adult-oriented humor. Mario is shown smoking a cigarette and abusing his friends and love interest; he abuses Toad in particular often due to the latter's own perverse behavior in the magazine (or else for no reason at all), stomps on both Toad and Peach repeatedly for having oral sex behind Mario's back, and kills the former character with a gun.

The *Super Smash Bros.* series makes Mario a much more serious character in comparison to his typical playful depiction, whereas his younger brother is made into somewhat of a "comical and childish, yet depressive" character. This is evident in Mario's actions, since all of his attacks are "straightforward and serious," while his brother looks unwilling, hesitant, or too drowsy to be on the offense. Mario also keeps a straight face or firm expression when battling, unlike Luigi. Mario's other facial expressions are not wild or gloomy like his brother's, since he will appropriately smile during his side taunt and victory poses; appear surprised or shocked when grabbed, pummeled, or launched; or appear angry when hanging on to ledges or attacking. However, Mario's personality does not change drastically, since he is still a person who values fairness. This is evident in his losing animation, where he claps for his opponent with a smile. In The Subspace Emissary, Mario assumes a leadership role, since he makes it his job to unite the playable roster of *Brawl* to combat the evil Tabuu and the Subspace Army. Mario is friendly, since he is able to bond with most characters, including Kirby and Pit, and is very happy to cooperate with them. However, one of Mario's aggressive tendencies arises, where he and Pit witness Link and Yoshi defeating the False Peach (thinking she is the real Peach), and Mario decides to fight them. In *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*, Mario is more whimsical and lighthearted during battle. One of his new taunts has him flash a thumbs-up.

Mario seems to have a fixation with food. This is evident in *Super Mario 64* and its remake, where Mario came to the castle is that Peach was baking him a cake, which becomes a recurring trend in future games, such as *Super Mario Galaxy 2* and *New Super Mario Bros. Wii*, although Mario, as well as his friends, has also fallen for false invitations to a big feast, shown in *Mario Party DS*. Mario also dreams of pasta when he falls asleep in *Super Mario 64*, in *Super Mario Odyssey*, and in the Game Over screen of *Mario vs. Donkey Kong*. In the opening of *Super Mario Sunshine*, Mario is apparently daydreaming about seafood. In *Fortune Street*, he offers Yoshi to help by finding Yoshi's cookies but before playfully saying, "Just give me a second to brush these cookie crumbs out of my mustache!" Quite a few characters in other games also advised Mario to refrain from eating much. For instance, when Mario holds on to Hoot for too long, Hoot may complain about Mario's eating habits before getting exhausted and letting him go. Additionally, the Star Gate from *Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time*, while praising Mario for his pure heart, has criticized his diet, advising him to limit the Alfredo sauce and carbonara in tandem with more exercising.

### Speech

Similar to many other protagonists of Nintendo games, Mario rarely speaks, his dialogue being primarily limited to numerous grunts and yells, making him a mostly semi-silent protagonist. When he does speak, he speaks English, sometimes broken, with a heavy Italian accent, often referring to himself in the third person. With Charles Martinet as his most recurring voice actor, Mario's voice is soft and high-pitched, but in a few other games and in the cartoons, Mario has a gruff voice usually associated with a Brooklyn accent. In the Mario vs. Donkey Kong titles, Mario speaks fully, shouting sentences such as "Come back here, you big monkey!" He can be clearly heard shouting, "Welcome! Welcome, new galaxy!" in the ending of Super Mario Galaxy, as well as saying, "Thank you so much for playing my game!" after the credits of several games. Mario has also been given full dialogue in Itagaki Street DS and Fortune Street. Despite Nintendo's emphasis on Mario as a silent protagonist, Mario is the most often heard speaking in full sentences, if occurrences outside the games (especially in special events in real life) are counted. In the Super Smash Bros. series, Mario is far less vocal than in the Mario games; specifically in Super Smash Bros. Brawl onwards, where he speaks in a far deeper voice than any of his installments.

Likewise, in some cases, Mario is a true silent protagonist, or he does not speak in English. In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Mario is completely silent, communicating solely through pantomime. In the Paper Mario titles, he mainly communicates through simple nodding and hand gestures; while he is completely silent in Paper Mario, however, he is given his usual voice in the latter games. Mario is also silent during dialogue scenes in the Mario Baseball, Mario Tennis Aces, Mario Golf, and Mario & Sonic series, although he can technically talk. In these games, other characters speak for him, mainly Lakitu and Toad. In the Mario & Luigi titles, he and Luigi speak in unintelligible gibberish that the other characters can understand. In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario is "heard" speaking in the opening scenes, but his dialogue is completely inaudible, although this is present only in the American version of the game, while in the Japanese version, Mario is heard speaking coherently, such as saying, "Looks like Mario's gonna have to find a job!" to Toadsworth after landing on the Delfino Airstrip, although he still speaks more than in most games in the series.

He has full speech capabilities demonstrated in some sports titles and other games (including when being portrayed in real life), and he also speaks regularly in such mediums like the DiC cartoon trilogy, though he speaks perfect English with a Brooklyn accent in the latter. Mario has been shown to be able to speak in full sentences in promotional videos, such as a press conference released for Mario Sports Mix, the Nintendo 3DS system demonstration, and Play Nintendo's series of Mario reading letters. In the Cat Mario Show, however, Mario has an entirely different voice and can speak perfect English. Also, in promotional venues people can communicate with Mario by asking various questions; there, too, Mario can fully speak, although his Italian accent is less exaggerated.

### Powers and abilities

#### Powers

* **Superhuman Strength** - Mario can lift and press objects that are several times his weight. The exact upper limits of his strength are unknown, but in *Super Mario World*, Mario can easily lift a castle, as shown after defeating Larry Koopa. In *Super Mario 64*, Mario is shown to lift King Bob-omb. He demonstrates his skill when fighting against Bowser.
* **Superhuman Leap and Jumping** - Mario's strength also extends to his legs, allowing him to perform his signature jumping. Mario is extremely good at jumping and is capable of leaping two stories high.
* **Superhuman Durability** - Mario can endure great impacts, such as falling from a height of several stories or being struck by an opponent with superhuman strength. Mario can also endure extreme environments, such as volcanoes and tundra. Also, he can withstand fire, electricity, and ice.
* **Superhuman Stamina** - Mario can maintain continuous physical activity for an indefinite time.
* **Superhuman Speed** - Mario is capable of running up walls in *Super Mario World*, and is capable of outpacing sound in *Super Paper Mario*. Koopa the Quick has referred to Mario as a "human blur".
* **Superhuman Reflexes and Agility** - Mario has shown himself time and time again to be very agile and nimble. This power allowed him to survive many dangerous situations that would kill a normal human.
* **Enhanced/Master Combatant** - Mario has his fighting style as shown in *Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars*.
* **Indomitable Will** - Mario is shown to have a powerful force of will, completely free of evil or temptation.
* **Weapon Proficiency** - Despite not usually using guns, Mario has shown that he is very skilled with weapons. In Yoshi's Safari, Mario has shown he is competent and skilled with guns.
* **Expert Vehicular Driver** - As shown in the Mario Kart series, Mario is skilled in driving vehicles, such as karts and motorbikes. As shown on *Mario and Sonic at the Olympics series*, Mario is good in all-around type.
* **Dimension Flipping** - In *Super Paper Mario*, Mario can flip 3D after Bestovius grants the ability, but he will slowly lose a life if he stays 3D too long.
* **Pyrokinesis** - Mario can create and manipulate fire. This ability changes throughout the games he has appeared. In the platform games, such as *Super Mario Bros.*, Mario needs a Fire Flower to obtain this power. But in the RPGs, Super Smash Bros. series, and some of the sports titles, Mario already has this ability. Also, in the *Super Smash Bros.* series, Mario uses the Mario Finale, in which he unleashes a powerful blast of fire. In spinoffs, Mario is always associated with the element of fire.
* **Supernatural Survivability** - Mario constantly died in his games. Despite dying from hard injuries, Mario cheated death and returned to where he had left off.

#### Abilities

* **Leadership** - Mario has proven to be a capable leader, inspiring others with his charisma, ardor, and idealism.
* **Olympic Competitor** - As shown on *Mario and Sonic at the Olympics* series, Mario is good at all-around type.

### Alter-egos

Mario can appear in different forms when he uses a power-up. Power-ups grant special abilities to Mario; making his adventures simple. He works as a doctor, referred to as Dr. Mario. In the *Super Smash Bros.* series, Mario and Dr. Mario are separate characters.

### Occupations

Mario and Luigi were Italian plumbers in Brooklyn before they resided in the Mushroom Kingdom. However, Mario and his brother retained their plumbing talents; they fixed the Beanbean Castle Sewers in *Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga* and fixed a clear pipe in *Super Mario 3D World*.

Mario works as an unlicensed doctor. Dr. Mario aims to heal patients and defeat viruses. Dr. Mario randomly throws medication to treat virus.

In the *Super Mario Maker* series, Mario is a builder.

## Biography

### Early life

The Stork was carrying Mario and Luigi. Kamek snatched Baby Luigi and the Stork with Mario falling onto Yoshi. Yoshi and his travel companions work together to help Mario save Luigi while the Toadies attempt to chase them. After the defeat of Baby Bowser, Mario reunited with Luigi and Yoshi freed the stork. The stork continued carrying Mario and Luigi to the parents' home and leaves Mario and Luigi by the porch.

### Donkey Kong

The original Donkey Kong (now Cranky Kong, with his grandson taking up the mantle) had kidnapped Pauline onto a dangerous construction site in 1930s New York City. Donkey Kong taunted and teased Mario until the plucky carpenter defeated Donkey Kong, and rescued Pauline. In order to make sure nothing like that happened ever again, Mario put Donkey Kong inside a cage. He then prevented Donkey Kong Jr. from rescuing Donkey Kong, but Donkey Kong Jr. caught up with Mario, releasing his father in the process.

### Plumbers

Mario and Luigi meet each other again, the first documented time since their childhood. The Italian brothers worked as plumbers inside the sewers of New York.

### Mushroom Kingdom

After having traveled to the Mushroom Kingdom from New York through a pipe, Mario and Luigi heard about Bowser summoning dark magic into the Mushroom World turning Toads into inanimate objects, Princess Peach was also kidnapped by Bowser so that she cannot undo the spell. Mario defeated Bowser and rescued Peach, who assigned him a new quest.

#### Exploring Subcon

Mario had a strange dream. He saw a staircase leading to a doorway. Mario fell into another world, Subcon. A faint voice told Mario that Wart kidnapped the citizens of Subcon. The voice said that Wart placed a curse on the world, however, the curse will not affect Mario and his friends. The voice hinted Mario that Wart hates vegetables.

Mario woke up from his dream and told Peach, Luigi, and Toad about his strange dream. The group decided to go to a nearby mountain for a picnic. They enjoyed looking at the scenery until they spot a small cave. Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad curiously approached the cave finding a long staircase leading to the door. As they opened the door, they fell into Subcon, the land of dreams. Mario remembered the advice from the voice from his dream, Wart hates vegetables. Mario confronted Wart and defeated him with vegetables. He saved the Subcons. Mario, Luigi, Toad, Peach, and the Subcons celebrate their rescue from Wart's evil spell. While sleeping, Mario wondered if the events were true.

#### Koopalings' invasion

Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Peach learned that Bowser sent his children called Koopalings to Mushroom World to make mischief. The seven Koopalings stole the seven wands from the seven kings of the seven lands and transformed them into animals. Peach and Toad said goodbye to Mario and Luigi, wishing them luck as the two brothers set off on their journey. Peach sent letters to help Mario and Luigi and enclosed jewels. Mario defeated six Koopalings and saved the six kings. After Mario rescued the Pipe Land King from the last Koopaling, Ludwig von Koopa, Mario received a letter from Bowser who had kidnapped Peach when the Brothers were away, and taken her to the Dark Land. Mario ran to Bowser's castle and confronted him. Mario defeated Bowser and saved Peach.

### Yoshi's Island

Mario, Luigi, and Peach agreed to have a vacation on Yoshi's Island. Mario and Luigi relaxed on the beach. They realized Princess Toadstool disappeared. Mario and Luigi search for her until they approached an enormous egg, a Yoshi Egg. Yoshi thanked Mario and Luigi for rescuing him. He told Mario and Luigi that "monstrous turtles" sealed his friends inside eggs. Luigi realized Bowser and the Koopalings returned. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi eventually arrived in the Valley of Bowser. Mario and Luigi fought against Bowser and rescued Peach. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, and the eggs traveled back to Yoshi's Island. The Yoshis hatched from the eggs.

### Sarasaland

Tatanga brainwashed the people of Sarasaland and conquered the entire land. He kidnapped Daisy, and plotted to marry her, and for her to be his queen. When Mario learned of this incident, he traveled as fast as he could through the four kingdoms and fought Tatanga. Upon his defeat, Mario rescued Daisy, and the people were free from Tatanga's control.

### Mario Land

While Mario was rescuing Sarasaland and Daisy, Wario conquered Mario Land and his castle and brainwashed the citizens. Wario scatters the six coins in Mario Land. Mario was determined to take down Wario. After Mario collected the six coins from different areas, Mario proceeded to enter Wario's castle. Mario confronted Wario and defeated him. Wario surrendered and Mario conquered his own castle.

### Warp Paintings

Peach sent an invitation to Mario, mentioning that he is invited to eat cake. Mario headed to Peach's Castle. Upon entering, Mario heard Bowser speaking and learned Bowser held Peach and the Toads captive in paintings. Mario entered different paintings and gathered scattered Power Stars. After saving the Toads, he collected enough Power Stars to enter Bowser’s third and final lair, and faced the Koopa King in combat and ended his terrible reign. Princess Peach was saved, and she thanked him with a kiss and baked him a cake.

### Isle Delfino

Upon arriving on Isle Delfino, inhabitants branded Mario as a criminal. An impersonator of Mario, known as Shadow Mario, was vandalizing Isle Delfino with goop. Mario denied that he vandalized the island. Security forced Mario to clean the goop and return the Shine Sprites to the Shine Gate. Mario started cleaning up the isle and found out Bowser Jr. was the impersonator. He kidnapped Princess Peach and took her to the Corona Mountain. After Mario defeated Bowser Jr., he flooded Delfino Square. Mario went to Corona Mountain and found Bowser and son, bathing in a tub of hot slime goop. When Mario flipped the tub upside down, Bowser and Bowser Jr. fell onto an isolated island, saving Isle Delfino. Mario, Peach, and F.L.U.D.D. landed onto the beach. Inhabitants apologized for accusing Mario. Mario continued enjoying his vacation.

### Vibe Island

Bowser ordered his minions to kidnap Mario, Luigi, and the Toads in Peach's castle while Princess Peach, Toadsworth, and Toad were strolling in the Mushroom Kingdom. Army Hammer Bro held Mario captive in the cage. Upon Peach, Toadsworth, and Toad's arrival, they witnessed Toads with different emotions and found out Bowser kidnapped the target victims. Peach was determined to rescue the brothers and Toads. Toadsworth gave Peach an extraordinary talking umbrella named Perry. Peach and Perry headed off to Vibe Island. After rescuing Toads and Luigi, the duo went to Bowser's villa and confronted Army Hammer Bro and Bowser. Defeating both of them, Perry freed Mario. Peach, Perry, Toads, Mario, and Luigi left the island and returned to the Mushroom Kingdom.

### Galaxy Reactor

Mario was sent a letter by Peach inviting him to celebrate the Star Festival, telling him there was something she wanted to give him. Unable to resist, Mario immediately left for the castle. However, Bowser and the Koopa Troop once again attack, lifting Peach's Castle into space via a huge spaceship, seemingly of alien origin, when Mario was about to get in. He is blasted into space by Kamek before he reaches Peach and is left for dead. He is found by the Lumas, who make him play a game of tag before explaining what is going on to him. Mario also meets the Luma's "mother" Rosalina, who agrees to help him fight Bowser and rescue Peach, whom she calls Mario's "special one". She reveals that Bowser attacked her Comet Observatory and stole all their Power Stars, leaving the Observatory in a state of darkness. Mario, being paired with a Luma that gives him a powerful spin attack, is tasked with getting all of the stars to get the ship moving. Along the way, he meets several monsters, other weird characters (including a cosmic doppelgänger), and meets up with a ragtag group of Toads and his brother Luigi. After successfully getting the Power Stars, the Observatory is able to get moving to Bowser's galaxy reactor where Bowser plans to create his own galaxy and rule "every pitiful corner of the universe". The two enemies fight in a massive battle (fittingly named "The Fate of the Universe"), and Mario wins, sending Bowser plummeting into the sun, saving Peach and taking his Grand Star. However, without the grand star powering up the sun, it causes an explosion leading to a massive black hole that pulls in everything and kills nearly everyone in its vicinity. All of the Lumas, including the one who accompanied Mario throughout his journey, are forced to sacrifice themselves to contain the black hole and recreate the universe, but not before the Luma waves goodbye to the plumber. After the massive explosion, Mario is protected by Rosalina, being the only one who survived it. She tells him that new baby stars are being born as a result. Afterward, Mario wakes up in the Mushroom Kingdom, only it is now a combination of all the worlds he visited. Additionally, everyone survived the black hole, though several of them do not remember anything.

### Galaxy Generator

Peach invited Mario to her castle for the cake. When Mario arrived, Bowser, who had grown to massive proportions, kidnapped Peach and took her away to the center of the universe. Mario, after another long space journey, defeated Bowser's Galaxy Generator. Peach then appeared with the Grand Star and landed on the garden planet with Mario. The Comet Observatory was then set free from Bowser's fortress, and Rosalina was pleased to know that Luma is safe. Luma also takes Mario's cap as a souvenir. Mario and Peach rode on Starship Mario and returned to the Mushroom Kingdom.

### Sprixie Kingdom

Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Blue Toad were enjoying the fireworks on a walk one peaceful night in the Mushroom Kingdom. On their path, they found a slanted Clear Pipe. After Mario and Luigi used their plumbing skills to fix the pipe, a green Sprixie Princess escaped in a panic, and told them that she escaped Bowser, but he kidnapped the other Sprixie Princesses. Bowser came out of the pipe and trapped the green Sprixie Princess in the jar and went to the plains area. Peach checked for Bowser inside the pipe but fell into the pipe. Mario and company caught up to her and fell into the plains area where they found the green Sprixie Princess trapped inside a jar.

After Mario and the others rescued the green Sprixie Princess, they continued to save more Sprixie Princesses in other areas. Rescuing the last Sprixie Princess, Bowser kidnapped all the Sprixie Princesses in a large jar and ran to the amusement area.

The foursome rescued the Sprixie Princesses again from Bowser as Meowser. Bowser was trapped in the jar as Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad returned to the Mushroom Kingdom.

### Cap Kingdom

Mario discovered much to his dismay that Peach was once again kidnapped by Bowser. This time, however, Bowser did not do it to spite Mario; instead, he planned on forcing Peach to marry him. Furious, Mario intercepted the Koopa King in his sparsely-decorated airship but was quickly defeated thanks to Bowser's large mechanical hat outfitted with boxing gloves. Knocking Mario off the airship with extreme force, Bowser mocked the plumber and destroyed his beloved red cap.

Crashing into the Cap Kingdom, Mario met a sentient hat ghost named Cappy, who revealed he was also chasing Bowser. Apparently, Bowser had recently attacked the kingdom (wrecking several of the local Bonneter's airships) and took his sister Tiara, using her as Peach's new headwear for the wedding. Realizing they share a common goal, Cappy offers to work with Mario, using what remained of Mario's cap to transform into it. This gave Mario the ability to throw Cappy and make him come back like a boomerang, as well as the "CAPture" ability, allowing the plumber to take control of living creatures and inanimate objects. After defeating the Broodals, Bowser's newest minions, and making their way to the Cascade Kingdom, they discover an old airship known as the Odyssey and empower it using Power Moons, allowing them to travel to new kingdoms.

Despite all his new abilities at his disposal, Mario fails to prevent Bowser from escaping to other kingdoms and taking each kingdom's precious artifacts, such as the Lake Kingdom's Lochlady Dress. After numerous run-ins with the Broodals and other monsters, Mario and Cappy confront Bowser in his kingdom and find out that Bowser plans not to marry Peach on his kingdom, but literally on the Moon. He smacks the two away with his mechanical hat and leaves them at the mercy of the Broodals, who came back with a gigantic robot dubbed "RoboBrood". After destroying the robot, the two make their way to the moon. Cappy gives Mario a flashy new white tuxedo before arriving at Bowser and Peach's wedding.

Intercepting the "royal wedding", Mario finally defeats Bowser and frees Peach, only for the platform they were standing on to fall away, causing them to fall to the Underground Moon Caverns. With no other way to escape, Mario is forced to use Cappy to hijack Bowser's body, using the Koopa King's brute strength to get himself and everyone else out of the caverns, conveniently landing next to the Odyssey. After reuniting Cappy and Tiara, Mario attempts to propose to Peach, but the now-conscious Bowser ruins everything by smacking him out of the way and proposing himself. Outraged, the two fight over their proposals, but Peach, angered at their immaturity, refuses both advances, leading to Bowser crying and the equally sad Mario having to comfort him. Peach then calls them to come back home on the Odyssey with Cappy and Tiara. However, only Mario makes it to the ship, kicking Bowser away and stranding him on the moon.

Returning to the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario and Cappy continue looking for Power Moons. After grabbing numerous Power Moons, visiting Peach and Tiara in other kingdoms (they apparently wanted to visit said kingdom on their own terms), fighting the Broodals again (they are mad at the plumber for driving them out of a job), and fighting a harder version of Bowser in the Moon Kingdom, they are able to fully power up the Odyssey. After that, Mario, along with everyone else, takes a photo in front of Peach's Castle and gets a replacement cap from Cappy.

## In the *Donkey Kong* series

### *Donkey Kong*

Mario made his debut in *Donkey Kong* and was originally called **Mr. Video** and **Jumpman**. As a playable character, Mario must avoid touching the barrels and collect items. He can jump over obstacles such as the barrels Donkey Kong throws, or Mario can use hammers to destroy the barrels and defeat other enemies.

## In the *Mario Bros.* series

### *Mario Bros.*

Mario is a playable character in *Mario Bros.*. Only Mario's physical appearance was used from earlier games. Luigi is portrayed as the green palette swap of Mario.

## In the *Super Mario* series

### *Super Mario Bros.*/*The Lost Levels*

Mario appeared in *Super Mario Bros.* as a playable character. He can run, jump, crouch and swim. He can also warp pipes. Mario can defeat enemies by punching, stomping, knocking a moving object, and using special abilities (Fire Flower, Starman).

Mario also appeared in *Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels*. As a playable character, he does not have any mechanic changes from *Super Mario Bros.*.

### *Super Mario Bros. 2*

Mario is one of four playable characters in *Super Mario Bros. 2*, the other three being Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad. Mario in particular replaces Imajin from *Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic*. Mario has balanced statistics and no special abilities. As a playable character, he can run and jump. Additionally, he can pick up enemies and certain objects beneath him, such as Vegetables or Mushroom Blocks. Mario can attack enemies and bosses by throwing objects, sometimes including enemies, at them.

### *Super Mario Bros. 3*

As a playable character in *Super Mario Bros. 3*, Mario can perform basic moves. He can also grab new power-ups: Tanooki Suit, Ice Flower and Hammer Suit.

### *Super Mario Land*

Mario goes on a journey to save Princess Daisy, the princess of Sarasaland. He can access to Superball Mario through using the Superball Flower and using Starman grants him invincibility.

### *Super Mario World*

Mario and Luigi appear as playable characters in *Super Mario World*. As a playable character, Mario has no advantages and disadvantages. He can transform with power-ups and ride on Yoshis.

### *Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins*

Mario is the sole playable character, like in *Super Mario Land*. He goes on a journey to retrieve the six Golden Coins and take back his castle from Wario.

### *Super Mario 64*

*Super Mario 64* is Mario's first appearance in a three-dimensional game. Mario is the sole playable character, and he has to make his way through several paintings and recover the stolen Power Stars while going on a journey to rescue Princess Peach.

Mario can perform new abilities. He can also perform a triple jump, wall jump, long jump, side somersault and backward somersault. Mario can pick up and swing enemies and bosses. Additionally, Mario can also punch, kick, and jump kick. Mario can slide attack, slide kick, ground-pound, body slam, and trip enemies. However, Mario will lose lives when falling from extreme heights.

Mario returns in the remake *Super Mario 64 DS*. Mario has been trapped by Goomboss, and Yoshi is the only character that can rescue him. In addition, Mario is required to unlock Luigi, who has been trapped by King Boo. Mario is the most balanced of the four characters and plays similarly as in the original *Super Mario 64*.

### *Super Mario Sunshine*

As a *Super Mario Sunshine* playable character, Mario can perform new moves via F.L.U.D.D.. He can use it to clean up the goop all over the island, as well as attacking enemies. Additionally, he can now sidestep and spin jump. In this game, Mario cannot perform some of the moves from previous installments.

### *Super Princess Peach*

Mario once again ends up needing rescue during the events of Super Princess Peach. Bowser sends an army of Hammer Bros. (led by Army Hammer Bro) and Goombas to invade Peach's Castle. Mario, Luigi, and the Toads, busy defending the castle, are subdued by the power of the Vibe Scepter and captured by a group of Hammer Bros. Princess Peach is not in the castle at the time and so escapes the attack. Mario and the others are sent to Vibe Island, the source of the enemies' power. There they have no power to escape, so Princess Peach, along with a magical umbrella named Perry given to her by Toadsworth, goes there to rescue them. After defeating many of Bowser's minions and rescuing Luigi and a number of Toads, Princess Peach defeats Bowser by using emotional powers called Vibes, and Mario escapes himself. Princess Peach kisses him, and he gives her a bunch of flowers.

### *New Super Mario Bros.*

As a playable character in *New Super Mario Bros.*, Mario can now climb fences and hang on ledges. This game marked Mario first appearance in a 2.5 side-scrolling platform video game. The traditional Super Mushroom and Fire Flower return, but power-ups also include further size-changing effects induced by the Mega Mushroom and the Mini Mushroom. The Mega Mushroom lets Mario grow to a giant size, allowing him to crush all enemies and obstacles such as pipes, while the Mini Mushroom has Mario shrink to a tiny size, which gives him access to small pipes.

### *New Super Mario Bros. Wii*

Mario's role and basic abilities in New Super Mario Bros. Wii remain the same as in its predecessor, although there are a few added power-ups, such as the Propeller Mushroom and the Penguin Suit. The story, while still basic, is slightly different—in the cut scene at the beginning of the game, Mario, Luigi, and many Toads, including Blue Toad and Yellow Toad, are celebrating Princess Peach's birthday when a cake suddenly walks into the castle. When Peach moves closer to the cake, Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings jump out of the cake and throw it onto Peach. Mario, Luigi, and the Toads then give chase, and Mario once again fights his way through eight worlds in his attempt to rescue Peach. After Mario rescues Princess Peach, the princess tells Mario about secret World 9, extending his adventure and having him face much tougher levels.

### *New Super Mario Bros. U/New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*

Mario reappears in *New Super Mario Bros. U*/*New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe* as a playable character. He still performs basic moves from the previous games.

### *New Super Mario Bros. 2*

Mario reappeared in *New Super Mario Bros. 2* as a playable character along with Luigi. As a playable character, he can now obtain a new power-up, called the Gold Flower.

### *Super Mario Galaxy*

As a playable character in *Super Mario Galaxy*, Mario can perform many of the same moves from the previous installments. However, in this game, Luma assists Mario, allowing him to perform a spin-jump. Mario can perform various moves from previous installments.

### *Super Mario Galaxy 2*

Mario appeared in *Super Mario Galaxy 2* as a playable character, he can do all the same moves from *Galaxy*. Additionally, he can now ride on Yoshi and Fluzzard. Mario can also obtain new power-ups: Cloud Flower and Rock Mushroom. Luigi is able to swap in for Mario from time to time. He also has his own ship called Starship Mario.

### *Super Mario 3D Land*

Mario appears in *Super Mario 3D Land* for the Nintendo 3DS. Mario and Luigi are playable characters. As a playable character, Mario can store power-ups (ex. Super Leaf). Mario can now roll and perform a rolling jump.

### *Super Mario 3D World*

Mario appeared in *Super Mario 3D World* for the Wii U. Mario is an optional playable character along with Luigi, Peach, Blue Toad and Rosalina who is available after completing the game. Mario is represented with his trademark color, red. As a playable character, he has no special abilities. However, he can perform various moves from the previous video games.

### *Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury*

Mario appears in the remake of *Super Mario 3D World*, *Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury* for the Nintendo Switch. Mario keeps his role as an optional playable character along side Luigi, Peach, Blue Toad, and Rosalina who is available after completing the game. Mario is also the main playable character for Bowser's Fury, along with Bowser Jr. In Bowser's Fury, Mario has no special moves, and can perform various moves from the previous video games.

### *Super Mario Odyssey*

Mario and Cappy are the protagonists of *Super Mario Odyssey*. As a playable character, Mario can perform all of the moves from past games, with the exception of the abilities granted to him via other characters. He can also perform special moves with Cappy. Mario can throw Cappy to reach objects. Additionally, Cappy can capture enemies; Mario can control the captured enemy's body. Mario can choose different costumes from different stores; many of the clothes reference Mario's previous installments.

## In the *Dr. Mario* series

Mario takes in a different alias in the first game of the puzzle subseries, *Dr. Mario*. Mario works alongside Nurse Toadstool (Princess Peach) at Mushroom Kingdom Hospital to combat three types of viruses: Fever, Chill, and Weird. Here, he must drop Capsules to destroy these viruses.

*Dr. Mario 64* features a story behind the gameplay. During a flu outbreak, Dr. Mario attempts to use his Megavitamins to heal the citizens. Wario, however, steals the Megavitamins and wishes to profit from them. Mad Scienstein intervenes and takes the Megavitamins, so after Dr. Mario beats Wario, the two follow Mad Scienstein, defeating enemies from Wario Land 3. Mad Scienstein then reveals himself to be a worker for Rudy, who is afflicted with the cold. Dr. Mario proceeds to cure Rudy after beating him, though. If Dr. Mario has not lost any matches, however, Wario takes the Megavitamins and transforms to Vampire Wario. Or, if the player is using Wario, Dr. Mario becomes Metal Mario after ingesting the pills.

*Dr. Mario Online Rx* has similar gameplay to the original *Dr. Mario*, although there is an additional Virus Buster minigame. *Dr. Mario Express* is similar to *Dr. Mario Online Rx* but features no Virus Buster minigame.

In *Dr. Mario World*, Dr. Mario hunts down viruses to save infected Koopa Troopas, Toads, and Shy Guys after a virus outbreak happens in the Mushroom Kingdom. Other Mario characters join him as playable characters.

## In the *Yoshi* puzzle series

### *Yoshi*

Mario is the playable character. The enemies are held on four different plates, and Mario has to vertically eliminate the enemies to score points.

## In the *Mario Kart* series

### *Super Mario Kart*

Mario appears as a standard racer who is in the Balanced Class like his brother Luigi. Mario fair acceleration, top speed, weight, and control. Mario's AI item is the Starman, which grants him invincibility for a brief period of time. His main rival is Donkey Kong Jr.

### *Mario Kart 64*

In *Mario Kart 64*, Mario is one of the eight playable characters. His personal course is Mario Raceway.

### *Mario Kart: Super Circuit*

In *Mario Kart: Super Circuit*, Mario and the other seven playable racers from *Mario Kart 64* make a reappearance. Mario's personal course is Mario Circuit. His rival is Donkey Kong.

### *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*

In *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*, Mario is one of twenty playable characters. Mario's main team partner is Luigi, his personal kart is the Red Fire, and his personal course is Mario Circuit.

### *Mario Kart DS*

In *Mario Kart DS*, Mario's karts are the iconic B Dasher, Standard MR and the Shooting Star. Another iteration of Mario Circuit serves as Mario's personal course, but is in the Star Cup instead of the Flower Cup like in other *Mario Kart* games. Mario Circuit 1 from *Super Mario Kart* also appears in the Shell Cup.

At first, Mario can only choose from his personal karts. Once the player completes all cups in either the Nitro or Retro Grand Prix on 150cc, he can choose from Toad's 4-Wheel Cradle, Princess Daisy's Light Dancer, Dry Bones' Banisher and Waluigi's Gold Mantis, before being able to choose between every other kart upon completing all Mirror Mode cups.

### *Mario Kart Wii*

In *Mario Kart Wii*, Mario is a Medium-sized racer. While his signature color remains red, his secondary color is blue. Mario can use any of the Medium karts and bikes. Another iteration of Mario Circuit appears as his personal course.

### *Mario Kart 7*

In *Mario Kart 7*, Mario's personal course is Mario Circuit. His signature kart is the returning B Dasher. During Grand Prix races and Battle Mode, his rivals are Bowser and Metal Mario. However, if the latter has yet to be unlocked yet, Princess Peach will replace him until Metal Mario has been unlocked (which is by winning the 150cc Special Cup).

### *Mario Kart 8* / *Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*

In *Mario Kart 8*, Mario gets another circuit in the Flower Cup. His main rivals are Princess Peach and Bowser, whom he and Luigi will compete as his competitors and serves as a rival to both Luigi and Wario, along with Daisy. His signature karts are the B Dasher, and most likely the P-Wing. Metal Mario and Baby Mario return in the game, as well as Mario's Tanooki form, Tanooki Mario.

In the Nintendo Switch port, *Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*, Mario's role is unchanged. Mario also gets another separate variation, which is Metal Mario's variation, Gold Mario.

## In *Mario & Wario*

Mario is a playable character, and he wears a bucket on his head, obstructing his vision. Because of this, Wanda has to guide Mario through the different levels.

## In the *Mario Tennis* series

### *Mario's Tennis*

Mario is one of seven playable characters. He and Luigi both share average stats.

### *Mario Tennis* (Nintendo 64)

Mario is featured as one of the playable characters.

### *Mario Tennis* (Game Boy Color)

Mario is featured as one of the playable characters.

### *Mario Power Tennis*

Mario is a playable character available at the start, classified with an All Around playstyle. With the game introducing Power Shots, Mario's offensive Power Shot is called Iron Hammer and his defensive Power Shot is Spin Jump Return.

### *Mario Tennis: Power Tour*

Returning in *Power Tour* as a playable character, his playstyle and Power Shots retained from *Mario Power Tennis*.

### *Mario Tennis Open*

Mario is a playable character who is classified as an All-Around. He is available at the start.

### *Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash*

Mario is a playable character who is classified as an All-Around. He is available at the start.

### *Mario Tennis Open*

Mario is a playable character who is classified as an All-Around. He is available at the start. His Trick Shots are called Hand Spin and Racket Twirl. His Special Shot is called Blazing Wall Jump. Unlike the previous *Mario Tennis* installments, Mario wears a tennis sporting outfit. He has two alternate costumes involved his overalls and a Lucien Replica of his tennis outfit.

## In *Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island*

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Mario appeared in *Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island* as Baby Mario. Baby Mario cannot be controlled, but Yoshi must avoid touching hazards and enemies. Baby Mario will be trapped in the bubble if Yoshi touches the enemy or hazard. If Yoshi does not catch Baby Mario, Toadies will take Baby Mario.

## In the *Mario Party* series

### *Mario Party*

Mario is one of six playable characters, the other five being Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong and Wario. Mario aims to become the Super Star much like everyone else in the game.

### *Mario Party 2*

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Mario is one of six playable characters in *Mario Party 2*. He, like the other characters, all retain their goal of becoming the Super Star.

### *Mario Party 3*

Mario is playable character in *Mario Party 3*. In Story Mode, Mario will compete against the player in Mr. Mover unless the player chooses Mario. In Duel Mode, Koopa Troopa is Mario's default partner. Mario and the other characters yet again retain their goal of becoming the Super Star.

### *Mario Party 4*

Mario is playable character in *Mario Party 4*. He is represented with a red icon and his silhouette. The Mega Mushroom is Mario's favorite item.

In the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario and the other characters were in Peach's Castle Garden when they saw something big landing in the garden. They found out that Toad, Goomba, Boo, Shy Guy and Koopa Troopa discovered a mysterious Party Cube.

### *Mario Party 5*

Mario appeared in *Mario Party 5* as a default playable character.

One day, in the Dream Depot, the Star Guards invited Mario and other people to a party. The Stat Guards allowed them to visit the world of dreams. Bowser planned to invade Dream Depot and destroy everyone's dreams. However, Mario and the others fought Bowser and defeated him. While the two people were floating, Bowser sulked for his loss and realized his dream came true. Bowser told Mario his dream that he wished for a strong opponent; despite his loss in the battle, he won his dream and Bowser said farewell to Mario.

### *Mario Party 6*

Mario is a default playable character in *Mario Party 6*.

During the story, Brighton and Twila fought to know who is the more impressive. Mario and the others tried to get them to make up, but Brighton and Twilight continued. The group decided to throw a Mario Party and gather the power of the Star and to use their power to calm down the arguing beings.

### *Mario Party 7*

Mario is a default playable character in *Mario Party 7*.

Mario and his friends received an invitation from Toadsworth to go on a luxury cruise. Bowser wanted to sabotage Mario's party, so they fought Bowser.

### *Mario Party DS*

Mario is one of eight playable characters in *Mario Party DS*.

In Story mode, Mario and his friends received a letter from Bowser who "apologized" for his behavior and invited them to his place. When they arrived, Bowser and Bowser Jr. locked them in a cage. Bowser used the Minimizer to shrink them to the size of chess pieces. Kamek threw the group out from a distance. While traveling, they helped other characters in their quests, obtaining pieces of the Sky Crysal along the way. Mario and company encountered Bowser in his pinball machine. Mario prepared to fight against Bowser thus grew back to his normal size to defeat Bowser. Mario and company tied up Bowser and Bowser Jr.. The Sky Crystals combined into a crystal DS, allowing them to play Triangle Twisters. They included Bowser and Bowser Jr. to play the game too.

### *Mario Party 8*

Mario appeared in *Mario Party 8* as a playable character. Mario, MC Ballyhoo and the rest of the crew attend the Star Carnival. MC Ballyhoo hosted an event in the Star Battle Arena. After Mario won the event, Ballyhoo was about to give the Star Rod until Bowser snatched it. Mario chased Bowser to complete the final board in Bowser's Warped Orbit. After Mario triumphed Bowser's minion, Bowser returned the Star Rod, however, he decided to start the final showdown. Mario used the Star Rod and defeated him and returned to the carnival. MC Ballyhoo declared him as the superstar.

### *Mario Party 9*

Mario is a default playable character in *Mario Party 9*. In Solo Mode, Mario and his friends watched the stars from Peach's Castle. However, Bowser and Bowser Jr. stole the Mini Stars. The crew ran to retrieve the Mini Stars. Mario and his ally retrieved more Mini Stars than Kamek and Shy Guy. The Mini Stars break free from the machines and return to the sky. The crew continued watching the stars.

### *Mario Party: Island Tour*

Mario is a playable character in *Mario Party: Island Tour*. At the prologue, everyone was roaming around Mushroom Kingdom. Mario received a letter that they were invited to the party. They were trapped in the bubbles carrying them to the sky.

### *Mario Party 10*

Mario is a default playable character in *Mario Party 10*. Additionally, the player can use Mario's six different amiibos during the *amiibo Party*.

### *Mario Party: Star Rush*

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Mario is one of the fifteen playable characters (including the four playable Toads in Toad Scramble) in *Mario Party: Star Rush*. This game reused the artwork and animations from *Mario Party 10*.

In Toad Scramble, the Super Dice Block is Mario's personal Dice Block. Mario can stomp on Goombas in the grass to earn coins. Luigi has the same ability as Mario. if the player uses Mario's amiibo, Mario will be the starting player, but the colored Toad is the ally. Additionally, the opponent cannot take Mario to their team if the opponent wins the duel. In Coinathlon, if the player uses Mario's amiibo, Mario will have the Red Coin Bag available at the start of the game. Mario's name is mentioned on Mario Shuffle. In Balloon Bash, if the player uses Mario's amiibo, Mario will grant the Double Dice Block to the player. Like other characters, Mario can be viewed in the Character Museum.

### *Mario Party: The Top 100*

Mario is one of the eight playable characters in *Mario Party: The Top 100*. *The Top 100* reused *Star Rush's* sprites of Mario.

### *Super Mario Party*

Mario is one of the twenty playable characters in *Super Mario Party*. He is one of the sixteen default playable characters. *Super Mario Party* reused Mario's *Mario Party 10* victory and losing animations. The Mario Dice Block is Mario's personal Dice Block. On boards, Mario and Luigi are the only characters who has Toad speaking for them.

### *Mario Party Superstars*

Mario is one of the playable characters in *Mario Party Superstars*. Mario has no changes from *Super Mario Party* as he retained his design, voice clips, and his victory and losing animations.
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## In the *Mario Golf* series

### *Mario Golf* (Nintendo 64)

Mario is one of the playable characters in *Mario Golf* for the Nintendo 64. He drives about 270 yards, and his shot type is draw.

### *Mario Golf* (Game Boy Color)

Mario makes another playable appearance in *Mario Golf* for the Game Boy Color. He still drives about 270 yards like in the Nintendo 64 version, but his shot type is now high draw.

## In the *Mario Strikers* series

### *Super Mario Strikers*

Mario appears as a playable captain. His Super Strike in *Super Mario Strikers* is the Fire Strike.

### *Mario Strikers Charged*

Mario returns as a playable captain again. His Super Ability in *Mario Strikers Charged* is Super Mario!

### *Mario Strikers: Battle League*

Mario is one of the starting characters in *Mario Strikers: Battle League*.

## In the *Mario & Luigi* series

### *Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga*/*Bowser's Minions*

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Mario teams up with his younger brother Luigi in this video game series. In *Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga* and *Bowser's Minions*, Mario is depicted as a well-known hero while Luigi is seen as Mario's not-as-famous brother. Mario can perform Firebrand after he obtains it at the Oho Oasis.

### *Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time*

In *Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time*, Mario and Luigi used E. Gadd's Time Machine to travel to the past and find Princess Peach. The Bros joined forces with their past selves. In the game, Mario and Luigi carry Baby Mario and Baby Luigi respectively. The player can separate the brothers and their younger counterparts to freely control two partners at once, allowing the player to progress through the story.

### *Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story*/*Bowser Jr.'s Journey*

In *Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story* and *Bowser Jr.'s Journey*, Fawful gave a Vacuum Mushroom to Bowser, inhaling the citizens in the Mushroom Kingdom and Mario, Luigi and Starlow. The player can control Mario and Luigi, and Bowser separately.

### *Mario & Luigi: Dream Team*

In *Mario & Luigi: Dream Team*, Mario and Luigi are playable characters. In the Real World, Mario and Luigi can gain access to special attacks. In the Dream World, Dreamy Luigi can fuse Mario, allowing Mario and Dreamy Luigi to access Luiginary attacks. Luigi but Mario can open the Dream Portal.

### *Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam*

Mario, Luigi and Paper Mario are playable characters in *Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam*. Out of battle, the player controls Mario with the Template:Button. The player can control the three characters simultaneously by pressing Template:Button.

## In *Mario Sports Mix*

Mario appears in *Mario Sports Mix*. He is an All-Rounder type character, and all of his stats are average. His stadium in the game is Mario Stadium. Most of his attacks involve spinning. In Basketball, he spins into his opponent if he is blocking his opponent for too long. In Hockey, his hits involve a two-hit combo followed by a spin. In Dodgeball, he rolls forward to avoid any incoming hit. In Volleyball, he spins when he spikes. In all sports, his special move is a fire blast that is so powerful that opponents have to resist the force while sliding backwards if they do not want Mario to score.

### *Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle*

Mario appears as a playable character in *Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle*. His primary weapon is the Blaster and his secondary weapon is the Melee.

### *Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope*

Mario appears as a playable character in *Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope*. Unlike *Kingdom Battle*, he cannot use secondary weapon anymore. His weapon is the Dual Slinger.

## LEGO Mario

In 2020, LEGO and Nintendo teamed up to make the first LEGO Mario sets. The first character to be released was Mario, followed by Luigi and Princess Peach as of 2023. The main characters are electronic and use scanners located below their feet to sense colors and codes. Characters are bought through starter courses, in which Mario is bought through the Mario Starter Course, where he's included with a Goomba and Bowser Jr.. Buying power-up sets gives Mario special abilities, including ground pounding with Builder Mario and sliding with Penguin Mario.

## *Super Smash Bros.* series

### *Super Smash Bros.*

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Mario is one of the playable characters from *Super Smash Bros.*. He is the first character on the selection screen and is available at the start of the game. Mario and Luigi represent the *Mario* universe. Mario's pose on the official artwork resembles his *Super Mario Bros. 2* artwork. Mario's character selection portrait screen strongly resembles his official artwork from *Super Mario 64*. While he is the only character who speaks in one of his victory poses, he is also to the first character to do it.

### *Super Smash Bros. Melee*

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Mario is one of the playable characters in *Super Smash Bros. Melee*. He has the second-longest taunt with Young Link overtaking him. In PAL versions, Mario's weight decreased from 100 to 98.

### *Super Smash Bros. Brawl*

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Mario is one of the playable characters in *Super Smash Bros. Brawl*. Mario has an alternate costume with a blue shirt and red overalls. In Subspace Emissary, Mario and Luigi never interacted with each other. Mario cannot crawl in *Brawl* despite his ability to crawl in the *Super Mario* series. While he does not appear as Dr. Mario, unlike in the previous game, Dr. Mario's name can be found in the files for the game along with 6 other characters.

#### Subspace Emissary

Mario is the main protagonist and the leader of the army of the heroes in The Subspace Emissary, and he is the first character to be formally introduced. In the beginning, trophies of Mario and Kirby are thrown into the Midair Stadium, where they come to life and have a friendly fight (a reference to the introduction in the first game of the series, where Mario and Kirby prepare to fight each other towards the end). The player chooses the one they want to play as, where the character not chosen is the opponent. After the battle between the two, the winner revives the loser, they shake hands, and wave to the crowd. Suddenly, ominous red clouds appear above the stadium, and the Halberd emerges from them. It releases Shadow Bugs which form into Primids. Peach and Zelda, who were watching the match, come to help, and after defeating all of the enemies, they are all confronted by the Ancient Minister. After seeing two R.O.B.s setting up a Subspace Bomb, Mario runs to try and stop it, only to be blasted out of the stadium and Star KO'd by a cannonball apparently fired by Petey Piranha. During his descent from Skyworld, Pit finds Mario's trophy and revives him. Once Mario recounts what happened, the two proceeded on their journey. When they reach the ground, they fight Primids across the Plain and attempt to stop the Ancient Minister from delivering another Subspace Bomb. Mario attempts to reach the Minister, but falls short; Pit also tries to get him by using a Footstool Jump on Mario, but he also fails. They then continue on their quest. Eventually, Mario sees Peach's trophy form apparently dissolving. Thinking Link and Yoshi have done this, Mario and Pit attack them, only to be defeated and stolen by King Dedede. Kirby, however, saves them both, and Pit shoots an arrow at the Cargo that Dedede was driving, blowing its engine out. Keep note that this happens only if Peach was rescued from Petey Piranha.

If Zelda is rescued, Mario and Pit end up facing a False Zelda, with Pit destroying her Dark Cannon that she was about to fire at Link and Yoshi. Link sees the Zelda trophy dissolve, and he and Yoshi attack Mario and Pit. Mario and Pit defeat them, but Mario sees the Peach trophy in the Cargo before Dedede takes Yoshi and Link. When Kirby saves them, Link is the one that blows out the engine.

Regardless, Mario and his team chase Dedede through a cave and into his castle, only to find his throne room a mess and himself and the trophies he had nowhere to be found. They go through a secret passage and see Bowser trying to get away. Mario attacks, only to find that he has the princess not rescued from Petey Piranha. Pit fires an arrow, but Bowser dodges and the badge that the princess was wearing falls. Bowser gets away and Kirby eats the badge.

Mario and his team encounter the Ancient Minister again later and chase him through the Wilds, but the R.O.B.s stop them and detonate the Subspace Bomb that the Ancient Minister was carrying. Mario and his team escape and end up fighting the Subspace Army at the Canyon, where they meet the Ice Climbers, Marth, Lucas, the Pokémon Trainer, and Ike. The ten of them camp out for a while, until Mario spots an enormous explosion of Subspace Bombs from the Isle of the Ancients. Shortly afterward the Halberd lands, which has been retaken by Meta Knight, Lucario, Snake, Peach, Zelda, Fox, Falco, and Mr. Game & Watch. Next to it is the Falcon Flyer, containing Samus, Pikachu, Olimar, Captain Falcon, Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong, and R.O.B..

Mario and company destroy the Subspace Gunship, enter Subspace itself and eventually reach Tabuu. Unfortunately, Tabuu turns all of the fighters into trophies using his Off Waves. Mario is later resurrected by King Dedede, Ness, and Luigi and helps the other heroes through the Great Maze. In Tabuu's Residence, Tabuu poises to unleash more Off Waves. However, Sonic appears and impedes this by damaging his wings. Mario joins the battle against Tabuu, eventually defeating him and ending the Subspace invasion.

### *Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS*/*Wii U*

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Mario is a default playable character in *Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS* and *Wii U*. Mario's artwork shows him with a fireball, however, it does not appear in the official game. The fireball does not appear on Mario's alternate costumes too. This game marks the first time Mario has eight alternate costumes. This is also the last game where his Wario-based costume and Fire Flower-based alternate costumes appear. Additionally, Mario appears on five trophies.

### *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*

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Mario is one of the playable characters that reappeared in *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*. Mario is available at the beginning of the game. Additionally, Mario has two alternate costumes: his builder costume based on his appearance in *Super Mario Maker* and his wedding costume in *Super Mario Odyssey*. Mario is classified as #1 on the fighter roster. Cappy's eyes appears in Mario's side taunt.

In the World of Light, Mario is one of the three characters' who must be unlocked by fighting them in the Neutral-type Fighter Battle. Unlike most fighters, Mario appeared in every World of Light cutscene. Being the first fighter unlocked, this depicts Mario as the deuteragonist of *Ultimate*.

Due to the presence of his builder and wedding costumes, he has three Fighter Spirits. In total, Mario appears in twenty different spirits.

Mario's Classic Mode route is based off *Super Mario Odyssey*, fighting a group of fighters from various universes referencing him travelling different kingdoms. Mario appears in Peach's congratulations screen, it may be based off the scrapped ending of *Odyssey*. Mario also appears in Bowser's congratulations screen that may be referencing the reversed roles in *Super Princess Peach* and the events in *Odyssey*.
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## Non-canon appearances

### *The Legend of Zelda* series

Mario makes a cameo in the Japanese-only Captain Rainbow as a portrait above Tracy's throne (from *The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening*). An empty portrait and Link are sitting to the left of his picture. The portrait is Mario's *Mario Party DS* artwork.

In *The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past*, he appears in several portraits within NPC homes.

Mario made a cameo in *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time*. A picture of him along with other Mario characters, such as Luigi and Yoshi could be seen outside of a window in Princess Zelda's room in Hyrule Castle.

Mario made a cameo in *The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask* as a mask hanging on the Happy Mask Salesman's backpack.

### *Kirby* series

In *Kirby Super Star*, as well as its remake *Kirby Super Star Ultra*, he and Luigi can be seen in the crowd watching Kirby fight King Dedede. Rock Kirby can transform into a golden Mario statue.

### *Captain Rainbow*

Mario makes a cameo in Captain Rainbow. He appears as a portrait above Tracy's (from *The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening*) throne. An empty portrait and Link are sitting to the left of his picture. The portrait is Mario's artwork from *Mario Party DS*.

### *Punch-Out!!*

Mario makes a cameo as the referee in *Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!* and its remake. He also appeared in a new paper cut out. Next to him are two lines of text. One reads "Daddy, come home!" and "I Found a Key!" What one of these lines apply to the Mario photo in unknown.

### *Bayonetta* series

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Mario appeared in *Bayonetta* and *Bayonetta 2* as Bayonetta's attire for the Peach-based costume.
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### *Just Dance* series

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Mario made his first appearance in *Just Dance 3* as the coach for his own song, Just Mario. He reappeared in *Just Dance Wii*, *Just Dance 2018* and the Chinese version of *Just Dance Unlimited*.

Prior to *Just Dance 2018*, the song's background is based on World 1. In *2018*, the background takes place in Mushroom Kingdom where Peach's castle is present.
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## In other media

### *The Donkey Kong Show*

Mario, Pauline, and Donkey Kong all starred in an animated television show based on *Donkey Kong*, and *Donkey Kong 3*.

### *The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!*

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In *The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!*, Mario is a plumber who lives in Brooklyn with Luigi. Mario and Luigi work in a business called Mario Bros. Plumbing. Mario wears a blue shirt and red overalls as depicted with Mario's appearance before *Super Mario Bros. 3*.

### *Super Mario-kun*

Main article: Mario (Super Mario-kun)
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In *Super Mario-kun*, Mario is a plumber who resides in Mushroom Kingdom with Luigi.
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### *Super Mario Bros.*

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Mario appears in the comic *Super Mario Bros.*.
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### *What The--?!*

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A character that resembled Mario appeared in the *What The--?!* comics. His name was never identified in the comics but he was meant to be Super Mario.

### Nintendo Power comics

Main article: Mario (Nintendo Power comics)
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Mario appeared in the *Super Mario Adventures* comics in the Nintendo Power magazines. He also appeared in *Mario & Wario*.

### *The Super Mario Bros. Movie*

Main article: Mario (The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
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Mario is the main protagonist in the 2023 computer-animated feature film, *The Super Mario Bros. Movie*, where he is voiced by Chris Pratt. In this iteration, Mario and his brother Luigi are two Italian-Americans from Brooklyn, New York City on Earth, just as they were in the original canon of the first games, and are sucked into the alternate universes that the Mushroom Kingdom and Bowser's domain exist within through a warp pipe.
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## Timeline

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## Behind the scenes

### Creation and development

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Shigeru Miyamoto was developing a video game called *Donkey Kong*. Nintendo had to draw Mario as a small character and look human. His developing team needed to draw Mario with distinctive features. Mario was based off Popeye. Fans mistook the gap between his nose and mouth was his mustache. Shigeru Miyamoto drew Mario's mustache that he did not need to draw the mouth. American commercials for the original *Donkey Kong (game)* depicted Mario in 1930s clothing.

### Etymology

Mario is an Italian name from the Old Latin name, *Marius*. The name connects to Mars, the god of war in Roman mythology.

### Portrayals

* **Charles Martinet** currently voices Mario, having begun in *Super Mario 64*.
* Toru Furuya voiced Mario from 1986 to 1991 in the original video animation series. He also voiced him from 1992 to 1993 at the *Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium* commericals.
* Takeshi Aono voiced Mario in the *Mario Paint* commercial.
* Marc Graue voices Mario in *Hotel Mario*
* Ronald B. Reuben voices Mario in the original *Mario Teaches Typing*

## Real-world influences

### Cultural impact

Mario is a famous character in Japan. People dress up as Mario characters and race in go-karts.

There was a family-owned restaurant nearby Nintendo of America called "Mario and Luigi's"." "Mario" and "Luigi" was represented with their respective colors. During the Olympic Games Rio 2016, the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe dressed up as Mario in the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Mario has appeared on Death Battle! where he fought Sonic and lost and he fought him in a rematch but this time Mario regained triumph due to his Power, Durability, and Arsenal.

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Mario made his appearance in Google Maps to celebrate Mario Day. Mario riding on a Pipe Frame replaces the navigation arrow.
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### Puppet Mario

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### Reception

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Game Savvy ranked Mario as #4 on the "Our 50 Favorite Video Game Characters" blog. Mario was ranked #1 as the best video game character in Nintendo Power's 250th issue.

Charles Martinet, the voice actor of Mario, held the for most video game voiceover performances as the same character for 100 times.

Willow Green ranked Mario as #2 on "The 50 Greatest Characters", considering Mario as "the most recognisable gaming hero of all time".

## Trivia

* Mario makes more playable appearances than any other character in video game history.
* According to the team name *Super Mario Bros.*, many among the fanbase had inferred that Mario and Luigi's last names were "Mario." Miyamoto states that this information is untrue before eventually going along with it, thus making "Mario" the brothers' canon surnames.
* In the classic games and in the DIC cartoons, Mario's attire consisted of a blue shirt with red overalls; this color scheme would later be inverted. However, the classic blue shirt and red overalls color scheme appears in a number of games as an alternate costume.
	+ Strangely enough, said color scheme is not available in *Super Smash Bros. 4* or *Ultimate.*
* Mario has always had his signature Cap, ever since he was a baby.
* Mario used to have a very low New York voice.
* Mario is one of the Nintendo characters who talks in sentences.
	+ In the *Mario and Luigi* series, neither Mario or Luigi talk with speech bubbles.
* Mario's name before **Jumpman** was supposed to be **Mr. Video**.
* Mario, along with Luigi, were intended to have cameo appearances in the 2012 Disney film, *Wreck-It Ralph*, but Bowser made an appearance instead. But since the producers of the movie were unable to put him into the plot, and they did not want to make him make a cameo, he was not included. However, Mario is mentioned by Fix-It Felix Jr. during the party scene as being "fashionably late as usual." The director had promised that he will return for Wreck-It-Ralph 2, but again he does not.
* In the first appearance from Donkey Kong in 1981, Jumpman was a carpenter. Then in his own game as Mario in 1983, he appears as a plumber throughout the rest of the *Super Mario* series.
* In a 1993 Nintendo Character Guide, created to ensure that third party companies did not misrepresent the characters, Mario is revealed to be of the species "Homo Nintendonus."
* Through Mario's career, he was a rival of Sonic the Hedgehog from Sega. Their rivalry may have been the "cause of the Console Wars".
	+ Despite Nintendo being victorious, Sonic and Mario having been to the Olympics together since implies that Sega and Nintendo made up after the long battle.
* Mario was planned to be the character in Wii Sports and Splatoon's development but was scrapped.
* Despite people assuming that Mario says "*So long, gay Bowser*" when throwing Bowser far in *Super Mario 64*, Charles Martinet has confirmed that Mario is, in fact, saying "*So long, king-a Bowser!*."
* Many fans argue "when was Charles Martinet's first role as the plumber". Two common arguments are Mario's Game Gallery and an old Mario pinball machine.

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