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Also known as Super Mario or Super Mario Bros., the Mario franchise is a series of highly popular and acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo's mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi and his best friend Yoshi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping on and defeating enemies. The games usually feature simple plots; the most common theme is that of Bowser, the primary antagonist, kidnapping Princess Peach, whom Mario saves. Despite the plots usually being very simple, the Mario role-playing games tend to have deeper plots, often involving enemies other than Bowser (many of which involve Bowser actually teaming up with Mario), with aspirations for world domination. Mario and friends have been featured in 200 games, and the series has sold over 200 million copies total, making it the best-selling video game series of all time.
Characters
Major
Minor
- Birdo
- Blooper
- Bob-omb
- Boo
- Bowser Jr.
- Bullet Bill
- Buzzy Beetle
- Chain Chomp
- Cheep Cheep
- Goomba
- Hammer Brothers
- Kamek
- Koopa Troopa
- Lakitu
- Magikoopa
- Piranha Plant
- Shy Guy
- Thwomp
- Toad Brigade
- Banktoad
- Captain Toad
- Hint Toad
- Mailtoad
- Yellow Toad
- Toadette
- Toadsworth
Unofficial Characters
Items
- 1up
- ? block
- ! block
- coin block
- coin
- fire flower
- frog costume
- koopa clown car
- goomba's shoe
- starman (mario)
- super crown
- super leaf
- super mushroom
- warp pipe
Games
Main
- Donkey Kong (1981)
- Mario Bros. (1983)
- Super Mario Bros. (1985)
- Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986)
- Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
- Super Mario Land (1989)
- Super Mario World (1990)
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
- Super Mario 64 (1996)
- Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
- Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
- Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
- Super Mario 3D World (2013)
- Super Mario Run (2016/2017)
- Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
Spin-off
- Dr. Mario (1990)
- Mario Kart (1992)
- Wario Land (1994)
- Donkey Kong Country (1994)
- Yoshi's Island (1995)
- Super Mario RPG (1996)
- Mario Party (1998)
- Super Smash Bros. (1999)
- Mario Golf (1999)
- Mario Tennis (2000)
- Paper Mario (2001)
- Luigi's Mansion (2001)
- WarioWare (2003)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004)
- Super Princess Peach (2005)
- New Super Mario Bros. (2006)
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014)
- Super Mario Maker (2015)
Adaptations
Animated
- Saturday Supercade (Donkey Kong segments, 1983)
- Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Daisakusen! (1986)
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)
- Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. (1989)
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
- Super Mario World (1991)
- Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bouken Land (1993)
Comics
- KC Super Mario (1989)
- Nintendo Comics System (Mario comics, 1990)
- Super Mario-kun (1991)
- Super Mario Adventures (1992)
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