Layouts of all the standard levels and bonus levels featured in the Tetris-esque Game Boy block-breaker: Alleyway. Complete with scoring code per block shade/colour and info on each level.

All produced by and (c) Christopher Long (LtCmdData) - originally produced in 2007.

Standard Level layouts

Levels 1-3

Levels 4-6

Levels 7-9

Levels 10-12

Levels 13-15

Levels 16-18

Levels 19-21

Levels 22-24

Bonus Level layouts

Bonus level 1 - featuring Mario

Bonus level 2 features a Koopa Troopa

Bonus level 3 features a Bloober

Bonus level 4 features a Piranha Plant

Bonus level 5 features a Bullet Bill

Bonus level 6 features a Goomba

Bonus level 7 features a Cheep Cheep

Bonus level 8 features Bowser

Cheats & Tips

You can find below all the cheats and tips we have available in our database for Mario Kart (Nintendo 64)

Course ghost racers
Enter time trial mode and complete a course, beating the time indicated below. Then, select "Retry" to race the course again. The phrase "Now Meet the Course Ghost" will appear. The course ghosts are automatically saved to the cartridge for future replay without beating the course time again.

Item select
This trick is very useful in battle mode, versus mode, and grand prix. While controlling your character, drive into an item box and immediately pause the game as soon as the items start to change in the box. The roulette action of the items will stop. Resume the game and immediately press Z or C-Down. The box will usually stop on the item after the item that was displayed on the pause screen.

Mario 64 castle
Follow the yellow road to the right of the big jump on the Royal Raceway course to reach the castle from Mario 64.

Quick start
Press A to accelerate at the instant between the dimming of the second light and the flashing of the blue light at the start of the race. Performed correctly, your kart will rapidly accelerate ahead of the other racers. Note that accelerating too soon will result in a spin out.

Quick restart
After falling off a course, watch as Lukita places your kart back on the track. Press A when your kart is two or three tire widths from the track to immediately resume the race.

Turn off music
Press L during game play to make the music softer. Do it again to turn off the music completely. Do it once more and the music will be back on. A sound will confirm correct code entry.

View Mario Raceway record
Press R at the title screen to see the best time trial record for Mario Raceway.

If you know about any cheats we don't have, or you have some tips not listed below please let us know and we will add them, crediting the submitter.

The Nintendo Co. Ltd began over a century ago as a Japanese playing card company founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Koppai.

We have compiled a timeline for you below to help understand how the transition took place from Nintendo being a small playing card company to becoming the videogame giants we know as today.

1889 - Fusajiro founds Nintendo Koppai to sell his Hanafuda cards, these cards were special collectable playing cards. The deck consisted of only 48 cards which were divided into 12 different suits - each of the twelve suits represented a month of the year and had a designated flower to identify it. These cards became a big hit and soon Fusajiro couldn't keep up with demand, he began training a few apprentices - as his company continued to expand and demand continued to rise Fusajiro knew he was onto a good thing.

The name Hanafuda cards roughly translates to mean "Flower Cards".

To this day Nintendo still make Hanafuda cards - now featuring characters from their own hit video game series such as the Super Mario Franchise.

1907 - The beginning of Nintendo's expansion...
Fusajiro introduced western-style playing cards to the Japanese and foreign markets, and they sold successfully! Next Fusajiro negotiated a deal with Japan Tobacco & Salt Public Corporation so that they'd sell trading cards from there stores.

1929 - Following the retirement of company founder Fusajiro the new runner of the company takes over his name being Sekiryo Yamauchi. At this point in time, Nintendo had become the largest playing card company in Japan.

1933 - Nintendo established an unlimited partnership and became known as Yamauchi Nintendo & Co.

1947 - A distribution company called Marufuku Co. Ltd. was formed. This was used to distribute there new styles of cards, such as poker decks.

1949 - Hiroshi Yamauchi took over as president of the rapidly growing company Nintendo. It would've been his father Shikanojo who took over but he ran away when Hiroshi was very young. Leaving him and his mother (named Kimi) alone. A lot of the Nintendo staff sadly held him in disregard. So he removed the people who questioned him and got new staff.

1951 - This year saw the change of the companies name once more, the company would now be known as Nintendo Playing Cards Co. Ltd. by order of Hiroshi, president of the company.

1952 - Hiroshi decided it was time things changed, he ordered for the production facilities to be optimized, he also changed the location of the HQ to a newer building on the Takamatsu-cho street.

1953 - This was the beginning of the era of plastic coated cards, this increased card value and helped keep them in good condition.

1959 - Nintendo and Disney do a deal for Nintendo to produce cards featuring Disney's characters. With some mass advertising campaigns these sold like hot cakes all over Japan. 600,000 packs were sold that same year!

1963 - The company decided expansion was on the cards (haha! the cards, get it.. sorry) they began design and production of toys and games. Nintendo tried to produce a brand of instant rice (who'd have thought it) which failed quite badly, who'd have thought a company that makes such great games would have so much problem making instant rice! Hiroshi then went on to open a 'love hotel' where rooms were paid for by the hour (your guess as good as mine), he was a very frequent customer (despite that he had a wife, and she knew all about his antics but ignored them). He also tried to branch out a taxi company known as "Daia".

1973 - a Laser clay shooting system was created by Nintendo - this would surpass bowling as a hobby/pastime.

1974 - Nintendo developed an image projection system which used a 16mm~ film projector, this was put to use in amusement arcades, they exported these to Europe and the United states.

1977 - Partnered with Mitsubishi Electric, Nintendo began to develop home use video game systems using an Electronic Video Recording player, the microprocessor was introduced to this system a year later.

Nintendo's first video game system was released in 1977, the "Color TV Game 6"

1978 - The first coin operated video game systems began to be produced.

1979 - Coin operated games became a large part of the Nintendo line of products, and they set aside an operations division for it.

1980 - Nintendo of America began selling GAME & WATCH sets in New York, these were watches, of course, that you could play games on.

1981 - Developed the now famed coin operating game known as "Donkey Kong", this particular game was the most sought after one in the industry at the time.

1983 - Nintendo released the Famicom or "Family Computer" this was Nintendo's first attempt at a cartridge based videogame system. The system did not take off straight away, not even in Japan - and it wasn't until the release of Super Mario Bros which sold 500,000 units in only two months that they realised the potential of this new system.

The Famicom enjoyed a good level of success in the Japanese market.

1984 - Began to design a unique 2 screen arcade console known as "Vs. System".

1985 - Released a home version of the famed video game system "Family Computer" (Famicon) onto the USA Market, known as the "Nintendo Entertainment System", it included games we still hear of today such as Duck Hunt and Mario Bros. Mario and Luigi are good examples of the innovative and creative characters that helped Nintendo become the worlds favourite video game company as we know it today.

Nintendo re-designed and re-released the Famicom to the rest of the world as the Nintendo Entertainment System which would soon become a part of videogame history and one of the most popular consoles of all time.

1989 - Nintendo released the Gameboy; an 8-bit handheld console; it first came out in Japan on April 21st 1989 followed in North America in August 1989 and finally in Europe on September 28, 1990. This was the second handheld console released by Nintendo (the first being the Game & Watch series). Although the Gameboy was less advanced than the Sega Game Gear, Atari Lynx and TurboExpress it was a huge global success with over 118 million units being sold between the Gameboy and its successor the Gameboy colour.

1990 - The SNES "Super Nintendo Entertainment System" was first released in Japan in 1990 where it was known as the "Super Famicom". The console was then released on the 23rd of August 1991 in North America and followed in Europe and Australia in early 1992. This system evolved from the NES. This was the most successful console of the 16-Bit era and continued to be popular well into the 32-bit era. Many Super Mario titles on the SNES have since been re-released due to their huge popularity; example being Super Mario Allstars 25th Anniversary edition on the Wii.

1995 - The Virtual Boy was supposedly the first console that could display "true 3D graphics". It came out in Japan in July, 1995 and followed shortly after in America, because the console did very badly in terms of commercial sales a PAL (European) version was never released.

(Left) Nintendo 64 logo, (Right) Standard Nintendo 64 console and the different coloured controller variations.

1996 - Nintendo released the Nintendo 64 in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe then eventually followed in Australia in September 1997. The Nintendo 64 aka N64 was so named because of its 64-bit processor. Launch titles included Super Mario 64 and Pilot Wings 64.

The Nintendo 64 although moderately successful and the most technologically capable of the 64-Bit era was held back by the fact that it still used cartridge based medium whereas some of the more advanced consoles in competition at the time had begun to use compact disc's which had more storage capacity.

Different variations of the N64, from left to right: Pikachu Ltd Edition PAL/JAP console, Pikachu Ltd Edition JAP console, U.S Ltd Edition Gold Toys R Us Edition console, AUS only Pokemon Edition console.

2001 - Nintendo released the Gamecube known as NGC in Japan and GCN in North America and Europe. It first arrived in Japan on September 15th 2001, then into North America on November 18th 2001 and then finally Europe and Australia on May 3rd/17th respectively. The Gamecube was the first Nintendo home console that used optical discs and finally stepped away from the cartridge medium we had been so used to seeing utilised by past Nintendo consoles.

This was the first home Nintendo console to offer internet multiplayer capabilities; although they were limited to only a handful of games and required the GameCube broadband adapter and modem adapter which were sold separately. The main competitors in this sixth generation of console were; Microsofts XBox and Sony's Playstation 2; additionally Sega had also released the Dreamcast but this had been written off before the GameCube even made its release in North America. The GameCubes total global sales fell just short of 22 million units. Another feature of note is that the GameCube offered connectivity with the Gameboy Advance; in some games resulting in access to exclusive features which could only be reached by connecting the two consoles.

2006 - The Nintendo Wii arrives to compete with Microsofts XBox 360 and Sony's playstation 3. The Wii was the first console to utilise wireless controller devices with movement sensitivity; detecting the movements of the user. Some versions of the Wii were also backwards compatible with its predecessor the GameCube and were capable of playing GameCube games.

A reconfigured edition of the console known as the "Wii Family Edition" was later released in Europe and North America that did not have backwards compatibility with GameCube titles. The console broke the record for most videogames sold in December 2009 in the USA.

Super Mario Bros; the most prominent Nintendo character franchise celebrates its 25th birthday in Retro style.

2010 - Nintendo Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Super Mario Bros with the re-release of classic SNES Super Mario titles; Super Mario Bros 1,2,3 and Super Mario Bros the Lost Levels. (these titles were previously released as a compilation called Super Mario Allstars for the SNES in 1993). They were re-released as Super Mario Allstars 25th Anniversary edition on the Wii.

2011 - The Nintendo 3DS; the first handheld console that gives 3D Graphics without the use of any sort of 3D graphics is released; this console has backwards compatibility with the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi. This eighth generation console was to compete with the Sony PlayStation Vita. After 6 months of being released the price of the console was dropped quite significantly globally due to disappointing sales. Later on in 2012 a modified version of the Nintendo 3DS the 3DS XL would be released, this was fundamentally the same console but with a much larger display.

(Left) Wii-U white "basic", (Right) Wii-U black "deluxe".

2012 - The Wii U arrives to succeed the Wii, first released in North America on November 18th, 2012 and then in Europe on November 30th. The first entrant into the eighth generation console market and the first console to allow full 1080P HD display output. The Wii U was released in two versions a "basic" white version with 8gb of flash storage space and a "deluxe" black version with 32gb of storage space. The deluxe version also includes a stand which charges the controller. The Wii U is backwards compatible with its predecessor the Wii. Launch titles included New Super Mario Bros U.

The gamepad for the Wii U was the first of Nintendo's home console controllers to feature touch screen; the controller also features an accelerometer, gyroscope, camera and two analog sticks with a built in sensor strip and microphone.

The Wii U had an extremely slow start in terms of sales for a number of reasons including weak advertisement of the console and its concept, to the point where there was actually some ambiguity as to whether the Wii U was a console in its own right or an addon for the original Wii console. Further compounding the Wii U's problems was a very weak game catalogue.

Meanwhile in July 2012, the 3DS XL was released, a 90% larger screened version of the original, it had been released globally by the start of August 2012.

The Nintendo 3DS (left) and the Nintendo 3DS XL (right)

2013 - The Year of Luigi, this Year celebrated the anniversary of the 30th year since Luigi appeared in a videogame - and the previously understated bro had a year of marketing, starring appearances in games, special cameos and much more increasing his popularity as a character exponentially (or maybe just realising how popular he already really was) - Read our Timeline of the Year of Luigi for more information.

The Nintendo 3DS & XL continued their steady sales success and domination of the handheld market whilst the Nintendo 2DS, a budget version of the console aimed at first time gamers was released in the U.S, Europe and Australasia on the 12th of October, 2013. The Nintendo 3DS adds popular games to its catalogue including: Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros and Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon.

E3 2013 saw some renewed hope for the fortunes of the Wii U, with the announcement of major first party titles such as Mario Kart 8, Super Mario 3D World and Super Smash Bros for both the 3DS and Wii U although competition from rivals Sony and Microsoft remained fierce.

The release of Super Mario 3D World in November 2013 saw a small spike of Wii U pre-Christmas sales, but nothing major enough to turn things around & make the console profitable.

Probably as a result of the marketing ambiguity which harmed the Wii U launch so badly Nintendo vowed to make a much greater effort with marketing, advertising and getting themselves and their franchises back into the public eye in 2014.

Mario Kart 8 is the biggest selling title on the Wii U to date, and increased sales significantly across the globe on its release.

2014 - The hype train for Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros 3DS / Wii U continued with frequent teaser videos, screenshots and facts about the game as well as regular Nintendo Direct updates.

A plethora of promotions and special offers on Nintendo consoles, games and specially put together bundles began, to help tempt those 'on the fence' gamers over to the Wii U and 3DS. Nintendo also began to sell merchandise on their own websites stores including models, figurines and clothing where traditionally they have only really sold games and consoles there. They also licensed much more official Super Mario merchandise in neglected areas such as the UK & Europe which has scarcely seen more than an overpriced plush toy or small figure set in decades.

Nintendo also made a much better effort on marketing, striking the first deal since the early 90's with McDonalds for Happy Meal toys featuring Mario and the gang, as well as holding lots of live events and publicising them with the help of their partners, independent media sites and increased television advertising. There was particular emphasis on the advertising and marketing of Mario Kart 8, with lots of Nintendo Direct coverage, a multitude of TV commercials, a free game promotion and even a Mario Kart 8 themed car at the Charlotte Speedway NASCAR races driven by Matt Kenseth.

The arrival of Mario Kart 8 at the end of May 2014 gave the considerable sales boost that Super Mario 3D world was unable to provide (despite being an excellent, critically acclaimed game in its own right), selling over 1.2 million copies in its first weekend. Mario Kart 8's arrival increased Wii U hardware sales by around 600% - an impact that even the Xbox One's mighty Titanfall didn't match.

Super Smash Bros for the Wii U and 3DS soon followed which was relatively succesful selling 8.72 million units on the Nintendo 3DS and a further 5.2 million units on the Wii U. The Wii U had pretty much achieved what it was going to achieve by this point though Splatoon for Wii U did reasonably well to move 4.5 million units on a console which was, despite it's big first party games being pretty successful was nstill earing the end of it's life.

2015 - After many years of loyal servitude Toad finally got his first starring role in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for Wii U. The still very popular Nintendo 3DS & XL version were re-released with a number of enhancements including increased processing power.

Tatsumi Kimishima became the president of the Nintendo Co Ltd in September, 2015. Another landmark of note is that Super Mario Maker released this year and for the very first time fans of the Super Mario series were able not only to play their way through preexisting levels but to craft their own and share them with the world.  The year continued to be a success for the globally loved Nintendo 3DS with major titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask being remastered in 3D for the console.

2016 - In November, 2016 Nintendo released the Nintendo Mini Classic NES which sold out all over the place seriously quickly and shows no sign of being restocked in a hurry. Want one? like myself you should've been quicker... these retailed at 60USD / 60GBP and can now be obtained basically via eBay for the bargain price of £189.99 as I write this now. The console contains 30 games and Mario fans certainly weren't left out with Super Mario Bros 1,2,3, Dr. Mario all being included. 

2017 - Nintendo unveiled the Nintendo Switch as it's next console at a press event in Tokyo on January 13th, 2017. The console was launched less than 3 months later on March 3rd, 2017 with the best first party title being The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild which is highly regarded by critics and players as one of the great games of all time. In terms of Mario we didn't get much new on release other than the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition.

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Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Animal Crossing and F-Zero are the other popular Nintendo franchises Miyamoto is in some way responsible for. No doubt that on every Nintendo console you will see the work of Miyamoto, from the earliest arcade machines up to the modern day consoles like Wii U and 3DS.
 

Acknowledgement and tributes to Shigeru Miyamoto's work

• In a PC game called Daikatana the main character is called Hiro Miyamoto as homage to Shigeru Miyamoto.
• Gary Oak the rival of Ash Ketchum in the Pokemon series is known as SHIGERU in Japan. (Ash was known as Satoshi in Japan - the namesake of Pokemon creator Satoshi Tajiri)
• Shigeru Miyamoto was mentor to the Pokemon creator Satoyshi Tajiri.
• Miyamoto was the first person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
• The French minister of Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres made Miyamoto a Chevalier (Knight) of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
• In 2006 Miyamoto was named in TIME ASIA's "60 years of Asian heroes" list alongside Mahatma Gandhi, Hayao Miyazaki, Mother Teresa, Bruce Lee and the Dalai Lama.
• Time Magazine had Miyamoto featured in their top 100 most influential people list in both 2007 and 2008.
• Miyamoto was given a lifetime achievement award at the Game Developers Choice Awards in 2007.
• There was an article about Shigeru Miyamoto's work on Super Mario Bros. 3 in the tenth edition of Nintendo Power magazine
• In 2009 the Escapist Magazine reported that in a survey taken by videogame developers that Shigeru Miyamoto topped the Ultimate Game Development Hero vote with 30% (the largest majority by far) of the total votes.
• On March 19th, 2010 at the British videogame awards Shigeru Miyamoto was made a fellow of BAFTA
• Regarded by many gamers and industry professional as the Grandfather of Videogames
• Has been referred to as the Steven Spielberg or videogames

Background

Born in the town of Sonobe, Kyoto, Japan on November 16th, 1952, Miyamoto's surroundings and upbringing influenced his work greatly. Sonobe was a rural town surrounded by forest. His sense of adventure and willingness to explore these surrounding forests and caves as a child was a key element to his success.

Other hobbies of the Miyamoto as a child included painting and reading. He also enjoyed softball and swimming as well as the guitar and piano. Miyamoto graduated from Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial arts. He had no job waiting for him after graduation and was at first a freelancer.

Early Career (1979-1984)

As Nintendo tried its hands at various different projects, Miyamoto was part of the design team who worked on the first coin operated arcade game called Sheriff. At this same time, Nintendo was having good success in the Japanese market and was trying to break into the North American market for video games. Unfortunately Nintendo's initial attempt to break the North American market with their Radar Scope had flopped terribly. There were such high volumes of unsold units that the company was at risk of total financial collapse.

The president of Nintendo at that time, Mr. Hiroshi Yamauchi, entrusted Miyamoto under the supervision of Gunpei Yokoi (head engineer) with the task of converting these unsold Radar Scope units into an all new arcade game. Miyamoto trawled his rich imagination for a tapestry of ideas as to what the plot of this game could be about, coming up with a love triangle between an Ape, a carpenter and a girl. Had he worded it like this in the modern day, I'm sure he'd have been arrested.

After much going back and forth with the small team of design engineers he had to work with, they had finally come up with the idea of a game which was not too complex to program - a game featuring ladders and levels to move about on with barrels as obstacles. This game if you didn't guess already was the original Donkey Kong.

After the success of Donkey Kong, helping Nintendo break the North American market at last, Miyamoto soon set to work on sequels, Donkey Kong Jr. (The first game to feature "Mario" as opposed to Jump Man) and Donkey Kong 3. Nintendo recognised and rewarded Miyamoto's talent and allowed him to work on other titles such as Excitebike and Devil World.

Keen to return to the characters that gave Nintendo such great success in Donkey Kong, Miyamoto then looked back at Jumpman, who was now known as Mario. He gave Mario a brother, Luigi who would also get a starring role in his next game--Mario Bros. Due to the graphical restrictions of Donkey Kong, Jumpman was seen to have overalls and a cap, and looked more like a plumber than a carpenter. So that was it - Mario was from then on a plumber. To this date Miyamoto's "Mario Bros" has been seen on over a dozen consoles.
 

Classic gaming in the making (1985-1989)

Still working alongside Gunpei Yokoi his friend and mentor, Miyamoto set out to work on several different projects including Ice Climber and Kid Icarus. There was to be another game based on his obvious favourite character too; Super Mario Bros would soon be released. Not only that but this was around the time the original Legend of Zelda began production.

A photo of Shigeru Miyamoto at a seminar with a Super Mario Bros backdrop

Miyamoto's continued focus on games which were played for the enjoyment and fun of playing them as opposed to being played in an attempt to gain high scores was what made his titles memorable and unique.

A lot of the inspiration for the Legend of Zelda was taken from exploring the forests and lands around his home as a child. Miyamoto set out to provide a sense of adventure and exploration as he created magical lands that gamers would enjoy for years to come. Later Miyamoto worked on sequels to the Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros. - the sequel to Super Mario Bros. known in Japan as Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels, which was perceived as being too difficult to release in North America. 

It is for this reason that a little known title called Doki Doki Panic would be revamped with Mario characters & released as Super Mario Bros. 2 in the rest of the world. The Zelda sequel the Adventure of Link featured more rpg elements such as magic spells and experience points as well as much more contact and communication with NPC's (non player characters) adding more of a story element to games. The sequel to Super Mario Bros. 2 (Or the Lost Levels as it was known in Japan) was developed by a core group of Nintendo R&D Team 4 and was two years+ in the making. The development team thrashed out various ideas during this time such as the idea of Mario becoming a centaur - this idea was dropped and replaced by a racoon tail and limited flying ability.

For Super Mario Bros. 3, Miyamoto's aim was to spice up the series with the addition of new enemies while holding onto the classic Mario enemies we'd come to know such as Goombas, Koopa Troopas, etc. This title also featured seven Koopa kids; Miyamoto based each Koopa Kid on a member of the programming team as tribute and acknowledgement to their work and efforts. In the English localization versions of the games, however, the Koopa kids names were changed to resemble names of Western Musicians. ie. Iggy Koopa as Iggy Pop etc..

Nintendo EAD (1990-2000)

The separate departments for research and development merged, creating the Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development department which was overseen by Miyamoto. This team would test its true potential by making early SNES titles starting with Super Mario World and F-Zero, which was fifteen months in the making. Miyamoto also had a hand in the development and design of Star Fox. Next, Miyamoto and the merged Nintendo EAD department that he oversaw teamed up with Square Co to work on a SNES Mario title called Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

Together, Square and Nintendo took a year to develop the graphics engine - the story for this game was set in The Mushroom Kingdom which they tried to portray as best they could to be exactly how players of the Super Mario Bros. series would have expected to see it. In October 1995 Square announced that the game was 70% complete. The technique used for the graphics in Super Mario RPG was called ACM or Advanced Computer Modelling this was particularly vital in the internal design of the buildings and the objects within them throughout the game.

A photo from Edge Magazine issue 21 in June, 1995.

With the pace of videogame technologies advancement increasing by the day the Nintendo 64 was soon released, and there was no better a man to harness the power of this new platform than Miyamoto, he continued his ever popular Mario franchise with the release of Super Mario 64 as his debut for this console. Top priorities for Miyamoto on the development of Super Mario 64 would be character design and a revolutionary camera view system.

It took many long months for Shigeru Miyamoto and his team of designers to agree on the appropriate camera view and layout for the game before they all settled on the free-roaming 3D design which was eventually implemented. There were still however some underlying linear elements to the game pushing players to eventually end up at Bowser's Lair rather than simply explore the 3D world the game was based in. After this, Miyamoto then worked on the production of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with the original intention of the game being played from a first person perspective to enable players to better observe the vast lands of Hyrule better. 

The Nintendo 64 would also see another couple of titles of note from Miyamoto's two most successful franchises including Mario Kart 64, Mario Party and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Miyamoto also acted as the producer of Star Fox 64.

Gamecube and beyond (2000-2008)

Miyamoto was responsible for many games on the Gamecube including its launch title Luigi's Mansion - the first title-role for Mario's brother Luigi, this game was first revealed at Nintendo Space World in 2000 as a tech demo which was designed to demonstrate the gamecubes graphical capabilities.

Shigeru Miyamoto proudly presents, the Gamecube console.

Miyamoto while still aiding the development of Mario spinoff titles also produced a 3d game series called Metroid Prime. Sadly it was in this same time period that Gunpei Yokoi, Miyamoto's friend and mentor passed away.

Other titles on this system that Miyamoto had a hand in included Pikmin and its sequel - Pikmin 2, Star Fox, Donkey Kong, F-Zero. Miyamoto was also an influence in the development of the Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS consoles. On the Nintendo DS he helped with Super Mario 64 DS (a remake of his hit Nintendo 64 title) as well as Nintendogs.

The newest Nintendo console at the time, the Nintendo Wii was still in its development stages and known as the "Revolution" when it was announced that there would be continuation of Miyamoto's Zelda and Mario franchises in the form of new games such as Super Mario Galaxy. Miyamoto's Shetland Sheepdog named Pikku was one of his inspirations for the Nintendogs title. Another note of interest is that Miyamoto was also a semi professional dog breeder at this point.

It was around this time that Shigeru Miyamoto was noted to say "Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about Rock N Roll" in one of his press conferences - as well as confessing that it was a hobby of his to guess measurements of objects then check whether or not he was correct and that's the reason he always carries around a tape measure with him!

2011 onward - the 3DS and Wii U era

Since the Wii U and 3DS era began in 2011 Miyamoto is still very much playing an active role; he acted as the producer for both Super Mario 3D Land and Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon for the 3DS and for Pikmin 3 on the Wii U.

After producing the above mentioned titles directly, Miyamoto has taken on more of the role of an overseer and guide, presumably to help instil a little of his unique creativity into the Nintendo producers of tomorrow in order to try and leave Nintendo in a good position when he eventually retires.

In June 2014 it was rumoured that Miyamoto, an admirer of the Minecraft series was interested in bringing the title to the Wii U though this has not yet come into fruition.

Shigeru Miyamoto holding the Basic Wii U gamepad (left) and Premium Wii U gamepad (right)

Shigeru Miyamoto Gameography

Shigeru had a role in the production of all the following titles be that on the games concepts, as a general producer, senior producer or in later years even as a supervisor. As you'd expect from the guy responsible for both the Super Mario and Legend of Zelda series' it's one hell of a list!

• 1990 - Super Mario World (Nintendo)
• 1990 - F-Zero (Nintendo)
• 1991 - The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the past (Nintendo)
• 1993 - Starfox (Nintendo)
• 1993 - The Legend of Zelda - Links awakening (Nintendo)
• 1994 - DonkeyKong on the Gameboy (Nintendo)
• 1994 - DonkeyKong Country (Nintendo)
• 1995 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Nintendo)
• 1995 - Kirbys Dreamland 2 (Nintendo)
• 1995 - DonkeyKong land (Nintendo)
• 1995 - DonkeyKong country 2 - Diddys Kong Quest (Nintendo)
• 1996 - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 Stars (Nintendo)
• 1996 - Super Mario 64 (Nintendo)
• 1996 - Star Wars: Shadows of the empire (Nintendo)
• 1996 - PilotWings 64 (Nintendo)
• 1996 - Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kongs Double Trouble (Nintendo)
• 1997 - StarFox 64 (Nintendo)
• 1998 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time (Nintendo)
• 1998 - Esoteria (Kirin Entertainments Inc)
• 1998 - 1080º Ten Eighty Snowboarding (Nintendo)
• 2000 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Nintendo)
• 2000 - Mario Tennis 64 (Nintendo)
• 2000 - Excitebike 64 (Nintendo)
• 2001 - Wave Race: Blue Storm (Nintendo)
• 2001 - Pikmin (Nintendo)
• 2002 - Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo)
• 2002 - Star fox adventures (Nintendo)
• 2002 - Metroid prime (Nintendo)
• 2002 - Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (Nintendo)
• 2002 - Disneys Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse (Nintendo)
• 2003 - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Nintendo)
• 2003 - F-Zero GX (Nintendo)
• 2003 - Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
• 2003 - Donkey Konga
• 2003 1080 Avalanche
• 2003 - Pac-Man Vs.
• 2003 - The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
• 2003 - Kirby Air Ride
• 2003 - Donkey Kong Country
• 2003 - Mario Kart: Double Dash
• 2003 - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
• 2003 - GiFTPiA
• 2003 - Hamtaro: Rainbow Rescue
• 2004 - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
• 2004 - Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
• 2004 - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
• 2004 - Pikmin 2
• 2004 - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• 2004 - Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
• 2004 - Mario Vs. Donkey Kong
• 2004 - Super Mario 64 DS
• 2005 - Star Fox: Assault
• 2005 - Geist
• 2005 - Chibi-Robo!
• 2005 - Nintendogs
• 2005 - Mario Kart DS
• 2006 - Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
• 2006 - New Super Mario Bros
• 2006 - Wii Sports
• 2006 - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• 2007 - Super Paper Mario
• 2007 - Mario Strikers Charged
• 2007 - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
• 2007 - Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
• 2007 - Super Mario Galaxy
• 2007 - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
• 2007 - Link's Crossbow Training
• 2007 - Wii Fit
• 2008 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• 2008 - Mario Kart Wii
• 2008 - Wii Music
• 2009 - Punch-Out!!
• 2009 - Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
• 2009 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii
• 2010 - Super Mario Galaxy 2
• 2010 - Donkey Kong Country Returns
• 2011 - Nintendogs + Cats
• 2011 - Steel Diver
• 2011 - The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D
• 2011 - Star Fox 64 3D
• 2011 - Super Mario 3D Land
• 2011 - Mario Kart 7
• 2011 - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• 2012 - Nintendo Land
• 2012 - New Super Mario Bros. U
• 2013 - Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
• 2013 - Pikmin 3
• 2013 - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
• 2013 - Super Mario 3D World
• 2014 - Mario Golf: World Tour
• 2014 - Mario Kart 8
• 2014 - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
• 2014 - Super Smash Bros for 3DS
• 2015 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D on 3DS
• 2015 - Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars on Wii U & 3DS
• 2015 - Puzzles & Dragons: Super Mario Bros Edition on Nintendo 3DS
• 2015 - Platoon on the Wii U
• 2015 - Super Mario Maker on the Wii U
• 2015 - The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes on the 3DS
• 2015 - Mario Tennis Ultra Smash on the Wii U
• 2015 - Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam on the 3DS
• 2016 - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD on the Wii U
• 2016 - Star Fox Zero on Wii U
• 2016 - Star Fox Guard on Wii U
• 2016 - Paper Mario: Color Splash on Wii U
• 2016 - Super Mario Run on iOS and Android
• 2017 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Wii U/Switch
• 2017 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch

Super Mario Kart (SNES) - The Ending

When you finish in 1st-3rd in a cup, it shows the top three characters in that cup on a pedestal, a huge floating fish then floats by and barfs up a trophy to you. The 1st place guy then pops the cork and it hits the floating fish. Then the character who won does a celebratory animation.

A video of the ending sequence from Super Mario Kart (SNES)

Images from the Super Mario Kart (SNES) Ending

General information First Aired 26th September 1989 Written by Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley Guest Stars David Horowitz (Himself)

Episode 14 - The Fire of Hercufleas

Hercufleas, a legendary hero and Toad’s friend, who, just recently, became overweight and lazy, was met by Mario and friends. His job is to guard The Great Balls of Fire but ends up being stolen by some Beezos.
When the Mario Bros. failed to get the thing back they return to Hercufleas and ask for help. But before that, they need to turn back Toad into shape.

The Mario's Fight Back (Live Action Sketch)

A monster was accidentally created after Mario and Luigi gave a demonstration of their expertise plumbing skills for David Horowitz's news report.

Watch this episode online

Super Paper Mario credits - The people who made the game

Mario Super Sluggers (Wii) - Cheats & Tips

You can find below all the cheats and tips we have available in our database for Mario Super Sluggers (Wii)

Final ending
To unlock a different ending you have to beat Bowser twice.

Graffiti the Koopa Troopa's billboard

Obtain the paintbrush in challenge mode then go to Wario city and talk to the Koopa who is stood next to the billboard. When the Koopa joins your team he will let you paint / graffiti / whatever you like all over his billboard - what you paint here will serve as your icon to help you remember that saved file apart from another one.

Lots of bonus characters to unlock

Here's a table showing all the unlockable characters in Mario Super Sluggers and how to access them

Night games

In order to unlock the Night games you must first beat Bowser Jr's playroom in challenge mode.

If you know about any cheats we don't have, or you have some tips not listed below please let us know and we will add them, crediting the submitter.

Donkey Kong (e-Reader) - Cheats & Tips

You can find below all the cheats and tips we have available in our database for Donkey Kong (eReader)

None yet

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Mario Party 7 (Gamecube) - Cheats & Tips

You can find below all the cheats and tips we have available in our database for Mario Party 7 (Gamecube)

Items available in the Duty Free Shop with prices
Birdo (playable character): Pay 1000 mileage points
Dry Bones (playable character): Pay 1000 mileage points
Brutal difficulty: Pay 1000 mileage points
King of the River (minigame mode): Pay 2000 mileage points
Stunning Background: Pay 2000 mileage points
Staff Records: Pay 3000 mileage points
Ice Moves (Rare Minigame): Pay 3000 mileage points
Stick and Spin (Rare Minigame): Pay 3000 mileage points
Annoy Mode (All Taunts): Pay 500 mileage points
Map Sounds (Solo Cruise Only): Pay 1000 mileage points
Tour Sounds: Pay 1000 mileage points
Character Voices: Pay 1000 mileage points
Cruise Mileage Secret 1: Pay 500 mileage points
Cruise Mileage Secret 2: Pay 500 mileage points
Aquarium Secret: Pay 500 mileage points
Orb Shop Secret: Pay 500 mileage points
Team Secret: Pay 500 mileage points
Souvenir Secret: Pay 500 mileage points

Special Orbs
There are 5 special orbs for each board.

Grand Canal/Bowser's Enchanted Inferno: Flutter Orb, Brings you to star space
Pagoda Peak: Cannon Orb, Brings you further up the mountain
Pyramid Park: Snack Orb, Stops Chain Chomp from stealing from you for 3 turns
Neon Heights: Lakitu Orb, Gives you nearest treasure chest
Windmillville: Bandit Orb, Whoever lands on it loses coins from one of their windmills

Unlockable Souvenirs
(CMP = Cruise Milage Points; purchase in the Duty-free shop)

Miracle Treasure Chest - Complete the Easy course in King of the River mode.
Magic Lamp - Complete the Normal course in King of the River mode.
Power Star Statue - Complete the Hard course in King of the River mode.
1000 CMP - Chop Chop Helicopter - Play the Deluxe Cruise many times
1000 CMP - Free Play Sub - Play every type of game in the Minigame Cruise
1000 CMP - MSS Sea Star souvenir - Play every board in Party Mode

Unlock Bowser's Enchanted Inferno Board
To unlock this secret board, win all of the battles in solo cruise, and defeat Bowser. Bowser's Enchanted Inferno will be playable in party mode.

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Release dates Australia N/A Europe June 24th, 1997 Japan December 14th, 1996 N.America February 12th, 1997   General information Platform: Nintendo EAD Developed by Camelot Published by Nintendo Players: 1-4

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Three... Two... One... GO! The signal light changes and you drop the pedal to the metal. Take on up to three friends in the split-screen VS games, or race solo in the Mario GP. Tell your friends to bring it on in the highly competitive Battle mode. Advanced features allow you to race with your "Ghost". The driving data from your best run appears as a transparent character on the screen. No longer must you simply race against the clock - you can actually race against yourself!

Mario Kart 64 is the sequel to Super Mario Kart (SNES) on the Nintendo 64, it features enhanced graphics compared to its predecessor with a 3D element not seen before in a Kart Racer. It was one of the first games to be released on the Nintendo 64.

The game could be played with up to 4 players at once and had the following available modes of play:-

• vs. Mode

• Time Trial Mode

• Grand Prix Mode - available in 50cc class, 100cc class or 150cc class as in its predecessor.

• Battle Mode

There are eight players available to choose from including Peach, Yoshi, Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Toad, Bowser and Wario, each player was slightly different in their stats - but the karts were all pretty much statistically the same.

Interesting Facts

• Luigi's first feature on the Nintendo 64

• Super Mario 64's Castle is part of the scenery on Royal Raceway

• Royal Raceway was known as Peach Circuit in Japan

• In America, Europe and Australia the "Circuits" in the race courses titles were renamed to "Raceways"

• In the development stage Mario Kart 64 wasn't as we know it, it was going to be titled "Super Mario Kart R." and wasn't going to feature Donkey Kong, but Magikoopa in his place, Donkey Kong replaced him however before the games eventual release

• Kalimari desert is named after the South African Kalahari desert.

• Released on Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the wii in January 2007.

• When released on Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the wii the flash effect from the lightning powerup was less intense so as to avoid finger pointing at Nintendo regarding seizures etc.

• Charles Martinet the voiceover for Mario in many a title also did the voice of Luigi and Wario. He was the voiceover for Mario in Super Mario 64 also.

• Some of the characters voiceovers from Mario Kart were re-used in Mario Party.

• Fake item boxes can block enemy projectiles! This is the only Mario Kart game where this works.

• The only Mario game where Special Cup is selectable from the start

Reference / Information

• Mario Kart 64: Cheats and Hints

• Mario Kart 64: Credits

• Mario Kart 64: Driving Tips

• Mario Kart 64: Nintendo Power Vol. 91 Preview

• Mario Kart 64: Nintendo Power Vol. 93 "Crash Course" Guide

• Mario Kart 64: Nintendo Power Vol. 94 Competition

• Mario Kart 64: Nintendo Power Vol. 94 Driver Guide

• Mario Kart 64: Nintendo Power Vol. 94 Ghost info and times

• Mario Kart 64: Nintendo Power Vol. 97 Questions & Answers

• Mario Kart 64: Nintendo Power Vol. 102 Taco Bell Advertisement

• Mario Kart 64: Playable Characters

• Mario Kart 64: Shortcuts and Glitches

• Mario Kart 64: Track information

Media / Downloads

• Mario Kart 64: Virtual Console Screenshots

Release dates Australia Unconfirmed Europe Unconfirmed Japan June 19th, 2008 N.America August 25th, 2008   General information Platform: Nintendo Wii Developed by Namco Bandai Published by Nintendo Players: 1-4

GAME INFORMATION

Continuing the tradition started by such games as Mario Power Tennis and Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Mario Baseball brings a new brand of fun to the world of baseball. The game combines an intuitive hitting system with easy-to-learn fielding and pitching controls making it an arcade-like experience that will appeal to baseball novices and hard-core fans alike.

Players can try their hands at Challenge Mode, where they must wander the land clearing baseball-related trials. Or they can sit down for a game in the Toy Field, where they hit balls at circles in the outfield to earn coins and other prizes.

Mario Super Sluggers official trailer

With multiplayer options for up to four players, wild, character-specific power moves, crazy mini-games and more than 50 characters from the Mario universe, Mario Baseball is sure to be the new favourite pastime.

Reference / Information

• Mario Super Sluggers - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario Super Sluggers - Replacement Game Manual (1.56mb PDF)

• Mario Super Sluggers - Review by SuperPhillip

Media / Downloads

• Mario Super Sluggers - Box Art

• Mario Super Sluggers - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario Super Sluggers - Rendered Artwork

• Mario Super Sluggers - Screenshots

Release dates Australia September 14th, 2007 Europe April 14th, 2007 Japan April 19th, 2007 N.America April 9th, 2007   General information Platform: Nintendo Wii Developed by Intelligent Systems Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Terrible news interrupted Mario and Luigi while they are enjoying one lazy afternoon at their house. It is said that Princess Peach has been kidnapped! The two brothers’ headed straight for Bowser's castle to confront him and get her back. But to their surprise, Bowser is just as shocked about Peach's kidnapping as they are. Meanwhile, everyone was abducted by a strange top-hated villain, everyone, except Mario.

Peach and Bowser was forced by this mysterious villain to get married, that creates a rift of dark force threatening to tear apart the universe! The only one who can save the day is none other than Mario! Yet, he can't do it alone!
This game appeared at first glance to be a classic 2-D adventure that breaks out straight from the artistic pages of the Paper Mario universe but soon turns out into a hysterical 3-D action game, which is possible only on Wii!

Earlier, 2-D side-scrolling game play appeared to be reminiscent of New Super Mario Bros. But players will be constantly flipping between 2-D and 3-D, as soon as Mario learns the ability to flip between dimensions. To pass dangerous pits, search for hidden coins and passages, and even talk to characters that are visible only in 3-D.

In The Super Paper Mario there are eight chapters: 

• Chapter 1. Lineland

• Chapter 2. Gloam Valley

• Chapter 3. The Bitlands

• Chapter 4. Outer Space

• Chapter 5. Land of the Cragnons

• Chapter 6. Sammer's Kingdom

• Chapter 7. The Underwhere

• Chapter 8. Castle Bleck

A video of the full story introduction to Super Paper Mario

One of the official TV commercials that advertised Super Paper Mario

Interesting Facts

• At the beginning of the game, you can see pictures of Marios partners from the other Paper Mario games, if you look closely in Mario's house.
• Originally, this game was designed for Gamecube, but, it had been released on the Wii instead, due to prolonged development.
• 32 Levels split up into eight chapters.
• A script change on one line in the European/PAL version of Super Paper Mario compared to the versions released elsewhere. In the version of Pal/European, Dimentio said that Luigi is a pushover, while other versions of the game, Dimentio said, as translated into English, that Luigi's moustache was“shag”.
• As an upcoming game, reference to Super Paper Mario was made in Paper Mario TTYD.
• RPG with side scrolling.
• As items of importance, Stars replaced by Hearts, unlike in the other Mario RPG Games.
• The only game in the Super Mario Series, Super Paper Mario, where in Mario and co's max attack can go as far as 150,000 and it is not capped at 99.
• There is no gold fuzzy in the game yet there was a picture of gold fuzzy on the back of the games manual.

Bowser in Super Paper Mario

Reference / Information

• Super Paper Mario - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Super Paper Mario - Credits

• Super Paper Mario - Replacement Game Manual (1.75mb PDF)

• Super Paper Mario - Review by SuperPhillip

Media / Downloads

• Super Paper Mario - Box Art

• Super Paper Mario - Desktop Wallpaper

• Super Paper Mario - Rendered Artwork

• Super Paper Mario - Screenshots

Release dates Australia June 26th, 2008 Europe June 27th, 2008 Japan January 31st, 2008 N.America March 9th, 2008   General information Platform: Nintendo Wii Developed by Game Arts Published by Nintendo Players: 1-4

GAME INFORMATION

The Brawl to End Them All: An action-packed fighting game that features an outrageous number of characters that have appeared on different Nintendo platforms. From Mario to Link to Pikachu and even to Solid Snake! As they battles in famous milieus drawn from the rich history of Nintendo, literally anything is possible, and usually does happen. With infinite customizing options, items and weapons that astonished the mind and a rich modes, this game has truly endless replay ability.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the game that features an extensive adventure mode which was called The Subspace Emissary, is a full game in and of itself. Players can jump and brawl their way through a side-scrolling levels with full of enemies, meeting other characters, watching incredible cinematic and takes on massive bosses.

This celebrated series is going Wi-Fi for the first time, allowing up to four players to brawl no matter where they are.

Welcome! To a brawl for the ages, where all bets are off, anyone can show up and anything can happen. 

Storyline

Characters from all Nintendo universes meet up in Nintendo locales to fight it out in multiplayer games. In the solo mode called The Subspace Emissary, Smash Bros. world was invaded by The Primid, the army of creatures called by the entities known as the Ancient Minister. Usually, characters in the world of Smash Bros. come alive in order to do battle, and then turn back into trophies when they are defeated. On the other hand, the Ancient Minister started turning characters into trophies to be able to harness their powers, after that detonates bombs that suck pieces of the world back into the his kingdom of Subspace. Finally, all the characters, to defeat the invading creatures from Subspace, must unite to work together. This can be accomplished by playing through side-scrolling levels.

How to progress through the game

Players pick for their characters, set the rules and locations where they want to play and duke out for multiplayer games. While in Solo Mode, players can play their characters through long, side-scrolling adventures, beating up their enemies along the way as they watch short cinematic, starring their favorite characters.

Playable characters

• The sword-manipulator adversary of Kirby - Meta Knight.

• The virtuous archer from Kid Icarus – Pit.

• The powerful heroine of Metroid series, minus her flexible armour - Zero Suit Samus.

• Wario: with his lethal attacks of gastronomic proportions.

• Snake: the determined soldier from Konami's hugely popular Metal Gear series and Mario

Special powers/weapons/moves/features

Anything that a Nintendo game could have is conceivably is in this game. Be it a musical score, a vague item or any character that shows up to help the fighters. Super Smash Bros. Brawl is tremendously customizable that players can choose the frequency of items appeared, can adjust the musical scores and basically play the game however they want to. Items that range from baseball bats to proximity mines, to Poké Balls, to Assist Trophies, that produced characters like Sim City's Dr. Wright and Hammer Bros. to assault others.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl official trailer U.S release.

Super Smash Bros TV Commercial advertisement as aired in the USA

Reference / Information

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Credits

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Replacement Game Manual (4.06mb PDF)

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Review by SuperPhillip

Media / Downloads

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Box Art

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Desktop Wallpaper

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Rendered Artwork

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Screenshots

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Soundtrack (OST)

Release dates Australia June 7th, 2007 Europe May 25th, 2007 Japan September 20th, 2007 N.America July 30th, 2007 General information Platform: Nintendo Wii Developed by Next Level Games Published by Nintendo Players: 1-4

GAME INFORMATION

Mario Strikers: Charged Football is different from the average football game and is even more exciting and engaging than ever before, with a strong emphasis on each team’s captain. These star players each have unique abilities and enhanced skills, which allow them to really influence the outcome of a game.

The team captains all feature a Super Ability which can be used to devastate their opponents, ranging from Mario growing to giant proportions and trampling other players, to Peach taking a photo and freezing the entire opposing team on the spot. Tactical use of these super abilities can break down even the most stubborn defence. To top this off, in Mario Strikers: Charged Football players can choose 3 side-kicks (from a total of 8) who each have their own unique features which allows for tactical team customisation.

The Wiimote brings a dynamic new element to Mario Strikers: Charged Football, encouraging the player to make instinctive physical movements to achieve the desired effect within the game. Basic movement and strikes are executed using the analogue stick and buttons on the Wiimote and Nunchuk, but when the pressure is on, players can use their instinctive movements to affect the gameplay. Flicking the Wiimote will cause the character to check their opponent, hopefully stealing the ball in the process. Players can also use the Wiimote to perform cat-like saves, defending their goal from Megastrikes by grabbing the balls out of the air.

In Mario Strikers: Charged Football the sense of fair play is thrown out the window along with the rulebook. Fouled players get special treats with which to avenge themselves, ranging from Red Spiky Shells, which knock everything out of their path, to the Chain Chomp that chases players from the opposing team around the pitch.

One of the many modes this game features is the multiplayer mode which can see up to four players in any one game (players must split between two teams). Players can also utilise Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Service to take on players from across the globe. Multiplayer modes include Ranked mode where players can compete to climb up leaderboards and Unranked mode where they can quickly select and play friends.

The game’s main mode, Road to the Striker Cup, pits players against increasingly difficult opposition as they compete to win three different cups. For quicker pick-up and play action the game’s Domination Mode allows players to set-up a game to suit them, defining the rules as well as selecting stadium and cheats. With an in-depth main mode and a plethora of extra features you won’t take your eye off the ball in Mario Strikers: Charged Football. There is a wide and varied choice of 17 stadiums in which to defend your crown. Many of them have varying features and characteristics to put you off your game and challenge you to even greater heights.

The introduction video for Mario Strikers Charged

Reference / Information

• Mario Strikers Charged - Credits

• Mario Strikers Charged - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario Strikers Charged - Replacement Game Manual (1.88MB PDF)

• Mario Strikers Charged - Review by luckylime

Media / Downloads

• Mario Strikers Charged - Box Art

• Mario Strikers Charged - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario Strikers Charged - Rendered Artwork

• Mario Strikers Charged - Screenshots

Release dates Australia November 29th, 2007 Europe November 16th, 2007 Japan November 1st, 2007 N.America November 12th, 2007 General information Platform: Wii Developed by Nintendo Published by Nintendo Players: 1-2

Quick links: Overview / Story / Gameplay / Galaxies & Worlds / Characters / Enemies & Bosses / Items & Power-Ups / Mini Games / The Making of Super Mario Bros. 3 / The Wizard / Videos - Gameplay, Trailers & Commercials / Reception / Glitches / References to other Nintendo titles / References in other games / Trivia & Facts / Reference & Information / Media & Downloads

Overview

What's the one place large enough to stage Mario's biggest adventure? Outer space, of course. Super Mario Galaxy is the latest in a long line of Mario platformers that will make you change the way you look at video games. From the amazing diversity of galaxies and a new array of special suits for Mario to the incredible control scheme offered through the Wii Remote, Super Mario Galaxy is the ultimate Mario experience.

Whether you're a Mario master or playing one of his adventures for the first time, you'll actively jump from planet to planet with the motion-sensing and pointing capabilities of the controller. Mario's newest move - the spin move - is performed by giving the Wii Remote a quick shake. It's the most versatile move in the game and can aide Mario in his many discoveries. Additionally, the Wii Remote's pointer is used to collect Star Bits, which can be thrown at enemies to stun them.

Story & Plot

Gameplay & Controls

Galaxies & Worlds

Characters

Enemies & Bosses

Items, Power-Ups and Stars

Mini Games

The Making of Super Mario Bros. 3

The Wizard movie

Videos - Gameplay, Trailers & Commercials

A gameplay video of Super Mario Galaxy released at Nintendo's Press conference at E3 2007.

A North American TV commercial for Super Mario Galaxy

A Super Mario Galaxy "Lets Play Together" commercial targetted at couples

Reception, Sales & Accolades

Glitches

References to other Nintendo titles

References to Super Mario Galaxy in other games

Trivia & Facts

• Super Mario Galaxy begins with a letter being sent from Peach to Mario, as in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS.

• The first playable version of Super Mario Galaxy was at E3 in 2006.

• This was the first 3D Mario game where a Wiggler was not a boss, but a standard enemy.

• The game was released under a slightly different name in Korea, roughly translating to Super Mario Wii: Galaxy Adventure

• The third 3D Based platformer of the Mario series.

• Super Mario Galaxy won a BAFTA.

• The sequel to Super Mario Galaxy was announced at E3 in 2009.

• A trading card game based on Super Mario Galaxy was released featuring items, characters etc from the game.

• There are distinct similarities between Ricco Harbor minigame Blooper Safari from Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy's Surfing 101 and the Galaxy's Greatest Wave.

• A planet in SMG looks very much like a huge version of a Megavitamin from Dr. Mario

• Yoshi (well his head at least) can be seen as a small planet in Space Junk Galaxy. There are also eggs which are very much alike to that of Yoshi's in the Good Egg Galaxy.

• The soundtrack for Super Mario Galaxy includes many remixes (albeit heavily remixed) of the Super Mario Bros. 3 soundtrack

• Like in Paper Mario, Bowser steals the whole castle in order to capture Princess Peach.

Reference / Information

• Super Mario Galaxy - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Super Mario Galaxy - Credits

• Super Mario Galaxy - Replacement Game Manual (8.17MB PDF)

• Super Mario Galaxy - Review by creepyguywithastick

Media / Downloads

• Super Mario Galaxy - Box Art

• Super Mario Galaxy - Desktop Wallpaper

• Super Mario Galaxy - Rendered Artwork

• Super Mario Galaxy - Screenshots

Release dates Australia November 12th, 2009 Europe November 20th, 2009 Japan December 3rd, 2009 N.America November 15th, 2009 General information Platform: Wii Developed by Nintendo Published by Nintendo Players: 1-4

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Quick links: Overview / Story / Gameplay & Controls / Enemies & Bosses / Items & Objects / Reception / Videos: Trailers, Commercials & Gameplay / Mentions in later Nintendo games / Trivia & Facts / Reference & Information / Media & Downloads

Overview

While everyone in 2009 were basically fighting over and blurting out stuff like 1080p, or better horsepower and graphics, or next gen everything, our famous Italian plumber was just laughing it off as he went out to release his next game that would go on to sell millions and millions of copies, even making it the fastest ever selling game in the gaming market. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is, well, the new Super Mario game for the Wii, which is the successor of the 2006 Nintendo DS game, New Super Mario Bros, and is followed by New Super Mario Bros 2 for the 3DS. It’s got everything that one who has experience with the different Mario platformers would expect, with added extra features that would make it even more enjoyable. Aside from giving it the new and revamped look that was given to the DS (which by the way is just awesome), the game also receives a Drop-in Drop-out multiplayer mode (making it the first ever Mario platformer that lets you play simultaneously with other players), letting 3 more other players join in on the fun as Luigi and 2 other Toads at any point in the game. The fun platforming adventure becomes even more fun with more people, but be warned though, this also turns the pace of the game into complete chaos, but not without the laughs and giggles.

New Super Mario Bros Wii just captures what we loved about the original Super Mario Bros games, puts in a pinch of the gameplay of Super Mario World, and then mushes them all together to create one game that feels fresh and new, but nostalgic at the same time. That formula is what took me by surprise, as this is a game that took a whole generation of gamers by storm, and that generation enjoyed the storm to its fullest, and seeing and playing New Super Mario Bros Wii proves to me that this franchise, no matter how old it gets, has not aged one bit.

The game puts you in the same premise as almost all of the Super Mario games in the past. The Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, Princess Peach, is once again kidnapped by the game’s main antagonist, Bowser the Koopa King. You would think that by now, she’d have better security. In any case, you control Mario, the italian plumber mentioned earlier, and lead him through different worlds and castles to save Peach. Mario will go through Koopas, Goombas, Hammer Bros, and a lot more of the usual cast of Bowser’s henchmen with the help of all his usual power ups like the Star, the Mushroom, and the Fire Flower, but also with new items like the Penguin Suit (which lets the player shoot out Ice balls that freeze the enemy and also lets the user slide through ice or water) and the Ice Flower (same as Penguin Suit, but without the ability to slide). It’s everything you have come to know and love in a Mario game, but with a few additional twists, including the chaotic yet totally amazing simultaneous multiplayer.

Story

The story of Super Mario Bros. Wii begins with Mario in Peach’s castle along with Luigi and a couple of Toads to celebrate the Princess’ birthday. Gifts can be seen around them, but suddenly, a huge birthday cake comes in next to them. When they come closer to inspect the cake, Bowser Jr. pops out of it, along with the other Koopalings, and proceeds to pick up the enormous cake and throw it at Princess Peach, effectively trapping her inside the cake, and they take her out to their airship. As they are chasing the ship, the Toads left in the castle are then shown and takes out a cannon to shoot out two of the gifts that were supposed to be presented to the Princess, and the gifts explode in mid-air, revealing a bunch of powerups (the Penguin Suit and the Propeller Head), and the four continue on the chase for the kidnapped Princess.

At one point in their adventure, Mario with Luigi and the Toads will eventually get to the last castle where Bowser would be waiting for them. The platforming and dodging battle ensues and one of the 4 will have to step on the !switch that can be found behind the Koopa King Bowser, and he is sent plummeting to the lava underneath him. The 4 celebrate the defeat of Bowser and approach the Princess, who is on the other side, caged, and crying. They soon realize that it was Kamek, acting as the Princess while wearing a different variation of his robe, having it the same color as the one Princess Peach regularly wears. While they are shocked, Kamek helps out Bowser by powering him up and turns him into a larger, scarier Bowser. A chase ensues as the huge Bowser tries to chase our heroes down, and would successfully do as he brings them to a dead-end. But at that dead-end, they find a new switch with the same !mark, only a bit bigger. The moment they pressed it, Bowser comes falling down through the very floor he was standing on, and they spot the Princess in a cage, for real this time. After all of this, we see Luigi and the 2 toads that came along with them arrive with how air balloons. Luigi opens his balloons basket to let both Mario and the Princess in, but the balloon flies up before Luigi can get it with them. The toads does offer Luigi a ride though.

The next scene will show Peach and Mario as the Princess asks our moustached hero if she has already told Mario about the Secret World hidden in the kingdom (she will say “Tell me about your adventures again” if you have already finished the game twice), and we later see Larry Koopa who limps toward the castle that Mario and Peach just came out of. He sees Bowser Jr. who then points out to show the Koopaling crew trying to prop up Bowser, who is now back to being a normal sized version of himself. They get the job done, but with Bowser being too heavy, the impact of flipping him over causes a thunderous thud, making the castle quake a bit, and ultimately falls on Bowser and Bowser Jr., along with the Koopalings.

Mario, Luigi and the Toads set out to rescue the Princess.

Gameplay & Controls

The gameplay is the same as the Mario games starting from Super Mario Bros 3, where you start off in an overworld and move through a fixed path to get to a level. You finish a level and you are back on the overworld with a path opened, letting another level become available. It is something that many of the Mario fans are familiar with, but is also at the same time, something that’s pretty easy to get into if you are new to the franchise, which is really, a very strong point for the Mario franchise, it’s a pretty simple game, with a pretty simple premise, with a ton of fun to be had. Every level starts you off at the right of the screen, giving you the hint that you need to go left. Along the way you’ll see a lot of intractable stuff like bricks and blocks with different signs on it. Most of them can be busted or opened by jumping and hitting it with Mario, and will sometimes reveal coins. Coins can be collected all throughout the game, and will give you an extra life if you can collect up to a hundred. There are new gameplay mechanics here that was introduced in the New Super Mario Bros for the DS that was carried over to the Wii, like the mini mushroom and the Star Coins, a larger version of the generic coin scattered throughout each level (usually 3 pieces each level) that you can collect and use in different parts of the overworld map. Aside from those mentioned, there is nothing really new in terms of gameplay in this Mario game, which is surprisingly nice with all the people looking for new stuff in old franchises, Mario has kept to his roots, but added features that will become a main stay feature for the newer Mario games to come.

The controls are as simple as it was back in the NES days. You hold your Wii remote sideways and use is like you would a NES controller. The few additions for this is the use of the motion controls, where you would shake to make your character spin (useful for some power ups and giving your character a very slight boost in his jump). The controls are as precise as ever, giving you great control over you character. The D-pad is used to move your character in the direction you are pressing. The 1 button is your dash and attack button (if you have a power up that allows it). The 2 button is you jump button. It’s a simple control scheme, and it works well the entire game. Precise movement has always been a key skill in playing Mario games, and the controls for the New Super Maro Bros Wii does not slip up in this category.

The world and level design in the game is as anyone who has every played Mario would expect. It has that gorgeous, colorful feel that would make you want to be just lost in it. The backgrounds are absolutely beautiful and the attention to detail is superb, but that’s not to say the foreground isn’t as great. The level designs are wacky and fun and refreshing. There’s really never a dull moment in every world that it makes you keep coming back for more at times. There are 8 worlds overall (not including the bonus world) which gives you a lot of levels to go through. The game holds your hand at first, giving you a bit of an easy platforming experience during the first few levels, but will later on become more and more challenging as the game progresses.

Enemies & Bosses

Bosses & Encounters

World 1

• Enemy Courses – Goombas – can be seen roaming in the overworld. Going to their spot will start an enemy encounter (will be the same for all enemy encounters).

• Boss in Fortress – Larry Koopa – mid overworld Fortress. The fight will have Larry Koopa with a wand that shoots out a blue magic type shot. Jump on his head 3 times to defeat.

• Boss in Castle – Larry Koopa – World 1 end castle. Larry will have the same ability as in the fortress, but the floor will be divided into 5 and will alternate going up and down.

World 2

• Enemy Courses – Spinies

• Boss in Fortress - Roy Koopa – Both Mario and Roy will be on a platform on lava while fighting. Will also have a wand which shoots out purple magic, but will mostly use his air stomps

• Boss in Castle – Roy Koopa – Roy will jump up into one of 5 warp pipes on the ceiling and will pop out of one, stomping to the ground. Jump on head 3 times to beat Roy.

World 3

• Enemy Courses – Ice Bros.

• Boss in Fortress – Lemmy Koopa – Lemmy and Mario will be on a platform covered in ice (making it slippery) and Lemmy will be on a ball while he shoots out yellow balls that bounce, it can be jumped on and Mario will bounce upward. Jump on Lemmy three times to end battle.

• Boss in Castle – Lemmy Koopa – You are once again pitted with Lemmy on an icy platform, but this time Lemmy will be on a much bigger ball, making him even harder to reach. Use the balls that Lemmy will shoot out to reach him and stomp on his head 3 times to progress to next world.

World 4

• Enemy Courses – Porcupuffer

• Boss in Fortress – Wendy Koopa – Wendy will shoot out rings that will bounce off the floor and walls that can damage Mario. Stomp on her head 3 times to defeat.

• Boss in Castle – Wendy Koopa – She will still shoot out bouncing rings, but both Mario and Wendy will be submerged underwater every few seconds (the water will drain out in a moment)

• Airship Battle – Bowser Jr. – Bowser Jr. will be up in the air with his Mini Clown Copter, and Mario will need to use the Propeller Boxes in the room to reach him. Stomping his head 3 times will end the battle.

World 5

• Enemy Courses – Stalking Piranha Plants

• Boss in Fortress – Iggy Koopa – The room will have 3 platforms that move up and down, the middle one being different in timing (while the two on the sides are on top, the middle will be on bottom) while Iggy shoots out green magic. Stomp on his head 3 times to defeat him.

• Boss in Castle – Iggy Koopa – Iggy will be on a platform that is chained to a Chain Chomp, which pulls the platform in the direction he is facing every time he jumps. Jumping on Iggy’s head will trigger the Chomp to get angry and chase you down. Avoid the Chomp until Iggy is back up, and jump on him again. Do this 3 times to beat Iggy.

World 6

• Enemy Courses – Bullet Bills

• Boss in Fortress – Morton Koopa Jr. – The battlefield will be a platform on lava, but with the 2 sides elevated slightly. Morton will shoot out magic, step on him as he charges his magic. The elevated platforms will have a log (shaped like a pencil) with spikes that will go down on it (similar to the logs in the whole fortress) so be careful when on those elevated platforms. Jump on his head 3 times to defeat Morton.

• Boss in Castle – Morton Koopa Jr. – The arena is a room that has 6 log shaped floors. Every time Morton stomps on one of them, the ones directly adjacent to it will push up into the ceiling, which may kill Mario or any other character, so avoid the adjacent logs when Morton starts to jump. Stomp on his head 3 times to beat him.

• Airship Battle – Bowser Jr. – This time both of you will be riding Mini Clown Copters (with a slight variation to the look for your characters), and you will have to push Bowser Jr. to the side of the room, which is rigged with electricity. Push him to the electricity to shock him. Do this 3 times to defeat him.

World 7

• Enemy Courses – Lakitu

• Boss in Fortress – Ludwig Von Koopa – Ludwig will shoot out blue magic shots and will jump up to try and stomp on Mario, he will flutter a bit in his jump the same way Yoshi does. Stomp on his head when he lands. Do this 3 times to beat Ludwig.

• Boss in Castle – Ludwig Von Koopa – This time, Mario and Ludwig will be fighting on 3 platforms that are moving upward, and will alternate speeds giving each platform a different height. Ludwig will shoot out a spread of 5 blue magic shots and then jump off screen. He will flutter above the platform that Mario is standing on in an attempt to stomp on him, so move platforms, then stomp his head when he lands. Make sure to move to a different platform after stomping as he will shell slide on the small platform and you may get hit. Do this 3 times to defeat Ludwig and move on.

World 8

• Enemy Courses – Podoboos

• Boss in Fortress – Kamek – The battle will be in a room with platform blocks of different sizes moving from the right of the room to the left. Kamek will be teleporting in and out of the screen, and then shoot out a blue magic shot, if his shot hits a platform, it is transformed into a Koopa. Stomp on him as he charges or fires his shot 3 times to defeat him.

• Airship Battle – Bowser Jr. – Bowser Jr.will be riding a larger Clown Copter. His Clown Copter will now spit out a huge spiked ball on the ground and the ball will keep rolling. Mario will have to ground pound the floor, creating a wave on either side that will launch the ball up. You will need to hit Bowser Jr. with the ball 3 times to defeat him.

• Boss in Castle – Bowser – Before reaching Bowser’s room, you will be running in a corridor where Bowser will shoot fire at you, similar to the Super Mario Bros. game from the NES. When the battle begins Bowser will slowly walk forward, shoot a fireball, then walk slowly backwards. Wait until he jumps high into the air and dash under him to reach the button on the other side. Jump on the button to defeat Bowser.

• Boss in Castle – Bowser – After defeating Bowser the first time, Kamek will appear and power up Bowser, turning him into a giant. Bowser will chase you and you will have to dodge his fireballs. His fireballs will wreck the walls, giving you a way to move on. Keep running until you see Princess Peach in a cage with a switch under her. Jump on the switch to finish off Bowser.
   

The Koopa Kids, a whole lotta trouble.

Items & Objects

• Super Mushroom: Turns any regular charater into a larger version, also called super i.e. Super Mario.

• 1 UP Mushroom: Grants player that takes it an additional life.

• Coins: Can be collected from different sources like ? Blocks and shooting fireballs at enemies. If players can collect a hundred coins, the coin counter will reset and players will be given an additional life.

• Fire Flower: Turns any character who touches it into a Fire character (Fire Mario, Fire Luigi, etc.), and will be able to shoot out fireballs.

• Red Ring: A ring that when passed through, will make 8 red coins appear in varying places.

• Red Coins: Coins that pop out once a Red Ring is passed. Collecting all 8 of these coins before the timer runs out will give the players either a Powerup or a 1 UP Mushroom, depending on the characters state.

• Blue Coins: Pretty much like regular coins, but these appear in troves and only appear when a P-Switch is activated.

• Star – Makes any character that touches it invincible, letting them pass through enemies and boosting their jumps slightly.

• Star Coins: A larger variation of the regular coins, Star Coins are 3 coins that can be collected per level and can be used to buy various stuff, and can also be used to unlock different paths in the overworld.

• Mini Mushroom: Will turn a character into a mini character. Mini’s can walk through very tight spaces and can run on water. They can also jump very high.

• Propeller Mushroom: These mushrooms will give a character a propeller hat. Propeller hats can be used by shaking the Wii remote, in which the character will spin and fly upwards.

• Penguin Suit: Transforms any character into a Penguin character. Penguin characters can slide on ice and can shoot iceballs.

• Ice Flower: Will turn character who touches it into an Ice character, which will let them shoot out iceballs.

• Dash Coins: In some levels, there will be outlines of a regular coin. These outlines will turn into coins if a character dashes through them.

• Berry: Berries can be eaten by Yoshi’s. A Yoshi will release an egg containing an item if they have eaten 5 berries.

• Barrels: Barrels can be picked up and thrown at enemies by shaking the Wii remote while pressing the dash button.

• Tilt Lift: These are platforms that can be tilted in any direction by tilting the Wii remote to the desired position.

• Toad Balloons: Balloons that must be collected in Enemy Courses to release a Toad and clear that course.

• P-Switch: If pressed, will turn brick blocks into coins, and coins will turn to brick blocks, until the timer runs out. Will also reveal hidden Silver coins.

• ?-Switch: This switch will alter an area for a brief amount of time, mostly to help out the character.

• !-Switch: When activated, the !-Switch will turn all dotted lines into platforms that can be used to cross gaps. This can be seen in World 3-4 and the final battle with Bowser.

• Spring Boards: A board with a spring that will let any character jump higher if jumped on while pressing the jump button.

• Donut Lifts: A little yellow platform with a hole in it. It will drop if a players stays on it for a couple of seconds. Mini characters will not trigger it to drop.

• Midway Checkpoints: Flags that works as a checkpoint, places where you will be brought to if everyone dies and repeats the level. It is usually a black flag with the Bowser logo, and will change to the symbol of the character who touches it. Any character that is regular sized that changes the flags state will be turned to a Super character, as if he used a Super Mushroom.

• Beanstalks: Stalks that will grow and can be climbed to reach secret areas or Coin Heaven. They will pop out of designated secret brick blocks and some ? blocks.

• Ice Blocks: Blocks that are created by hitting an enemy with an iceball. Can be picked up and thrown at enemies.

• Mario Clown Copter: Clown Copters that look like the copters used by Bowser and Bowser Jr., but used by Mario and the gang. Used in one Airship battle to fight Bowser Jr.

• Water Balls: A floating ball of water. Any character caught in it will act as if they are underwater.

• Yoshi Eggs: An egg that Yoshi will release after eating 5 berries. They hatch and reveal a random powerup.

Reception

Though a lot of praise is in order for the game because it actually deserves it, there are a few flaws that can be noticed in the game. This game was obviously made with multiplayer in mind, and as I said, the multiplayer aspect of the game is fun and addictive if you can get a family member or a friend in on the fun by coming over to your house, and there lies the problem. Mario Kart Wii was a game released earlier than New Super Mario Bros Wii and it had online functionality that would let you play with your friends or anyone else across the globe in the comfort of your couch, so it was a bit of a headscratcher that New Super Mario Bros Wii did not have online functionality, even if it was just with friends, or even forget about the online multiplayer, at least add an online scoreboard with high scores. This would have probably made the game even better and added a lot of replayability. Also, another gripe of mine is that they give the 3rd and 4th player 2 generic Toad characters. Super Mario Bros. 2 had 4 characters each with their own abilities, and they just give you generic filler characters for the newer game. Granted though that you cannot use Princess Peach since she has been held captive, I kind of wish that Nintendo at least put in a bit of effort and thought with the character as there have been a massive amount of different characters for the entire franchise now.

All of these flaws though are minor and unimportant when compared to the awesomeness that this game sets out to give. In every mode you can play in this game, you’d be sure to have fun. The controls are tight, the 2.5D graphics is absolutely gorgeous in every respect, and the gameplay is simply delightful, for both the new and old players of Mario alike. For those that are looking for a nostalgic trip to the past where games where all about sitting on a couch with friends and laughing your butts off instead of this generations push for blood and gore and better graphics, then New Super Mario Bros Wii is just the right trip for you. For those looking for a challenging platformer that every other platformer has tried to be, this game can get you to where you want to be. And that is whats good about New Super Mario Bros Wii, it caters to all types of audiences, and it does so without letting go of its roots, all the while become a new game that everyone and anyone can enjoy.

Sales

The game was a huge hit, and was such a success that it sold almost 937 thousand copies in just 4 days or release in JUST Japan, and it has hit a record as the biggest and fastest selling debut as a Wii game for Japan, as the sales bump up to over 1.4 million copies the next week. The game also sold out 3 million copies in Japan, making it the fastest selling game in the shortest time ever, making it to 3 million with only 7 weeks out in the market. After it’s release in the North American market, it sold 1.39 million copies in November of 2009, putting it in the 3^rd spot as the best selling game for that month. The game will continue on to sell 4 million copies in the United States and help the game get to the 10 million mark of sales, giving it the title of the fastest single-system selling game throughout history. In March of 2014, the game reached more than 28.65 million units sold. This made the game the 4^th best selling game on the Wii, and the 2^nd best selling game in the Mario series for the Wii, in which the first place holder is Mario Kart Wii.

A New Super Mario Bros Wii art sketch the text on the image roughly translates to Please enjoy playing multiplayer in 2010

Videos: Trailers, Commercials & Gameplay

New Super Mario Bros Wii official trailer from E3

A commercial advertising the 4 player mode of the game

A TV commercial advertising family fun in New Super Mario Bros. Wii

A general TV advertisement for New Super Mario Bros Wii

Mentions in later games

• Alleyway: The design for Ice Mario strikes an uncanny resemblance to an appearance he made in the game Alleyway’s cover art.

• Donkey Kong: In some of the stages in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, we can see Broozer throw out barrels at Mario in a similar fashion to Donkey Kong.

• Mario Bros.: The earthshaking block, POW block, makes a return appearance in this game, and is used the same way it was used before, to shake the ground and sometimes make things flip and drop. It can be carried and thrown to the ground, just like in Super Mario Bros. 2. There is an arena in Coin Battle the takes the look of the arena in Mario Bros.

• Super Mario Bros.: There is a secret tune in the game that will give you the Level Clear music from the original Super Mario Bros game, and if you are familiar with the game, you will also recognize the fireworks at the end of the levels, which was also taken from the aforementioned game. One of the most famous of all the tunes in Mario history, which is the overworld theme from Super Mario Bros, also can be heard in the staff roll of the New Super Mario Bros Wii. A few levels after the start of the game, a Toad will announce a letter sent by Bowser Jr. stating that he told his henchmen to take every Toad they can find and put them in ?blocks, which is said to reference the Super Mario Bros instruction manual, which says that Bowser turned the citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom (Toads) into ? blocks. You may also notice that the castle of Roy Koopa will have a corridor with 3 paths, and only one of them will let you progress, which is a homage to levels 4-4, 7-4, and 8-4 of Super Mario Bros. Also in Coin Battle, one of the levels that looks like World 1-1 appears.

• Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels: The World 2-4 also features wind.

• Super Mario Bros. 2: The characters in the Wii game have the ability to pick up, carry, and throw different items that they come across in the game, an ability that has been carried over from the Super Mario Bros. 2 game. Also, this is also the first game after Super Mario Bros. 2 to have Toad as one of the available playable characters.

• Super Mario Bros. 3: The power up, Penguin Suit, is actually based off of the suits from this game. The theme played when battling Koopalings has been remixed and brought back to the Wii, as this is the same music played while fighting the Koopalings. Along with the Koopalings theme, the Airship theme is also covered and is the same theme that plays while you are on the Airship. The Fortresses’ design has also been influenced by the sprites of this game. The game picks up the Enemy Courses that was introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3, and the Wii game pays homage to it by playing the same music in its Enemy Courses. In addition, the item inventory makes a return, and can be used only when the player is in the World map, same as before. The Koopaling also retain their own fighting arenas that they used back in Super Mario Bros. 3.

• Super Mario World: Players of this game might find the doors in New Super Mario Bros Wii’s fortresses might find them familiar, as they have the same design. Yoshi makes a return in the Wii game with the same sound that he makes when you mount him and also takes in the same music used from his first game. Some of the music from the castles of Super Mario World can be heard in the Wii game’s castle levels. The music played when invincibility from the Star powerup is the same music that plays when an activated P-switch is about to end. The Wii’s World 9 should be familiar to those who have played Super Mario World’s Star and Special Worlds because they have similar features. Super Mario World is the first Mario game in the series that put in checkpoints (in the form of gates) and if a small Mario got to a checkpoint, he transforms to big Mario, as if he got a mushroom, this was carried over to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, except the checkpoints are now flags.

• Mario Kart Series: The 9th world is a bit similar to the track Rainbow Road.

• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island: In the games last boss, Kamek is seen flying around the boss area and will use magic on Baby Bowser, this is similar to the New Super Mario Bros. Wii’s final boss scene. If playing on multiplayer, a character who dies or presses the A button while other players are still alive will be put in a bubble, similar to baby Mario in Yoshi’s Island when Yoshi takes damage.

• Donkey Kong Country: Mario and the gang can use Yoshi’s only on specific stages and levels and the Yoshi’s will be left behind at the end of the level, this is the same mechanic with the Donkey Kong Country’s animal buddies and is clearly taken from that game.

• Super Mario 64: the level named “Inside the Castle Walls” is a level that is played inside the castle of Princess Peach. When you lose the Powerup Panel minigame, the short melody that can be heard is the same tune that plays when you try to enter a door that is locked in Super Mario 64.

• Mario Kart 64: Around thirty seconds, if you are playing the level Rainbow Path, theme from Mario Kart 64’s Rainbow Road will be heard.

• New Super Mario Bros.: This is the prequel to the Wii game, and many of the music heard in the Wii game are remixes or covers of the one from the DS game, most notably the tune that plays when you clear a level.

• Yoshi’s Island DS: Kamek will once again use magic on Bowser to turn him into a Giant.

• Mario Kart Wii: The same icons that are in New Super Mario Bros. Wii is used as their respective icons in Mario Kart Wii.

Interesting Facts

• Four player side scrolling fun!

• Propeller suit added

• New power-ups Penguin suit and Propeller suit makes their debut appearances

• First previews of New Super Mario Bros. Wii was at E3 2009

• Enemies and powerups sometimes move to the beat of the soundtrack - could this be a reference to how the Goombas moved to the music in Mario Bros. The Movie?

• Upon completion of a level if the last two numbers of the timelimit are the same (ie it ends in 22) then the original SMB Soundtrack plays

• Character appearances from Dorrie and Sushi last seen in Super Mario 64 (and its DS version)

• When a player has collected all the Star coins from all the different worlds and beats the end boss nothing will say 'new' in the end credits

• As the credits are scrolling if the player presses letters in the credits sounds will play, each letter makes a different sound.

Reference / Information

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Credits

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Replacement Game Manual (7.83MB PDF)

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Review by ratiosu728

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Review by StephenYap3

Media / Downloads

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Box Art

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Desktop Wallpaper

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Rendered Artwork

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Screenshots

Release dates Australia October 15th, 2009 Europe October 16th, 2009 Japan November 5th, 2009 N.America October 13th, 2009   General information Platform: Nintendo Wii Developed by Sega Published by Sega/Nintendo Players: 1-4

GAME INFORMATION

Overview / Storyline

The biggest Olympic superstars are back and the only country they're representing is video game land. The team-up that fans could previously only dream of is back, as the worlds of Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog combine at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

Donkey Kong is added to the line-up of gaming's biggest superstars

• New addition Metal Sonic faces off against Mario in the ice hockey game

• The Dream Ski Cross event looks suspiciously similar to Mario Kart Wii

• Princess Peach looks particularly fetching during the figure skating

• Following the same format of the 2008 summer games tie-in you and your friends can choose to compete in authentic Olympics disciplines as everyone from Mario and Sonic to Bowser, Dr Eggman, Yoshi and Tails.

All the disciplines you'd expect are here, including alpine skiing, ice hockey, speed skating, bobsleigh, figure skating and snowboard halfpipe. There will also be new fantasy events such as Dream Ski Cross, which sees everyone competing in a Mario Kart style race complete with familiar looking power-ups and speed boosts. Realism isn't the goal here, just good old fashioned multiplayer fun.

Key Features

• Superstar team-up: Only the second game to include Mario and Sonic characters together, featuring the official Olympics license and input from Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto.

• Worlds collide: Play as any of the characters from the original game - from Prince Peach to Vector the Crocodile, as well as first-timers Donkey Kong and Metal Sonic.

• Added balance: For the first time in a Sonic & Mario game you'll be able to use the Balance Board for some events, if you have one.

• The full monty: The new Festival mode lets you play through the whole of the Olympic Winter Games, including all the disciplines and an opening and closing ceremony.

• Friendly rivalry: Mountains of multiplayer options, including four-player competitive tournaments and co-operative games.

A video of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games - this was originally released by Nintendo as a gameplay teaser prior to it's release.

Reference / Information

• Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games - Replacement Game Manual (3.34mb PDF)

• Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games - Review by DetroitDJ

Media / Downloads

• Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games - Box Art

• Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games - Rendered Artwork

• Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games - Screenshots

Release dates Australia April 24, 2008 Europe April 11, 2008 Japan April 10, 2008 N.America April 27, 2008   General information Platform: Nintendo Wii Developed by Nintendo Published by Nintendo Players: Up to 12 via Wi-Fi

GAME INFORMATION

Drivers, start your engines!

Nintendo is bringing Mario and his friends with their finely tuned racing machines back and this time to the Nintendo Wii. With 3 different control styles and a Wii Wheel included in the box, Mario Kart Wii is bound to be the best in the series. The worldwide race is on with a whole new set of tricks, tracks, and ways to play! Place first in Grand Prix circuits or clear skill-based missions.

Mario Kart Wii draws on courses and battle arenas from every game in the series – not to mention tons of new ones – the true king of the Mushroom Kingdom racing circuits will finally be crowned.

Mario and his friends are back and ready to race once again in Mario Kart Wii! Experience new tracks, enhanced Wii graphics, extraordinary gameplay and much more! Place first in Grand Prix circuits or clear skill-based missions to open up increasingly difficult and thrilling circuits. .

Players can have multiplayer races on any open courses or battle in arenas. Also included with Mario Kart Wii is the Wii Wheel! Now you can feel like your Mario and steering to avoid obstacles and doing incredible stunts - in the safety of your home of course

Game Features:

• The Wii Wheel transforms the Wii Remote; controller into a steering wheel that feels natural in anyone's hands, while the Wii Remote and Nunchuk; controller offer a classic control style for the Mario Kart veteran. In either configuration, players can perform speed-boosting tricks with a shake of the Wii Remote.

• Players can race as their favourite Nintendo character, or even as themselves! Mario Kart Wii lets players race with their personalized Mii; characters. And racers will see other Mii characters they have created cheering from the sidelines on some race courses.

• Players can compete with up to three friends in their living room. Or challenge up to 11 opponents via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in the biggest Mario Kart race yet. All tracks and modes of play are available via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, and players can visit the Mario Kart Channel to compete in tournaments, check rankings, see when their friends are playing and download ghost data.

• Cruise new tracks and arenas or tour classic courses from Super Mario Kart;, Mario Kart; 64, Mario Kart;: Super Circuit;, Mario Kart;: Double Dash!!; and Mario Kart; DS. Tired of riding on four wheels? Bust out one of the new motorbikes for special tricks and techniques.

Characters
Nintendo favourites Mario;, Luigi;, Peach;, Yoshi;, Donkey Kong;, Wario;, Bowser; and Toad;, plus a host of new faces-including your own! Get into the game and put your Mii; character behind the wheel.

Special Powers/Weapons/Moves/Features

Whether racing around an obstacle-filled track or battling in an arena, drifting and tossing items are the keys to Mario Kart success.

Players can shake the Wii Remote while launching off a ramp to pull off a trick that will temporarily boost their speed. When riding a bike, players can gain additional speed by flicking the Wii Remote up and popping a wheelie

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection:
Keeping in the tradition of Mario Kart, Nintendo has pushed multiplayer racing even further utilizing the Wii's built in Wi-Fi Connection. There are two options for races and battles over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection: up to 12 people via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or up to 10 people via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection with two people playing locally.

Other games in this series

• Super Mario Kart (SNES)

• Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo 64)

• Mario Kart: Double Dash (Gamecube)

• Mario Kart: Super Circuit (Gameboy Advance)

• Mario Kart DS (Nintendo DS)

Tracks in Mario Kart Wii

All of the tracks in Mario Kart Wii are raced over three laps. There are 32 tracks in total - 16 new ones and 16 resurrected retro tracks from other Mario Kart games.

Heres the 16 new courses

The 16 new courses in Mario Kart Wii are broken down into Mushroom Cup, Flower Cup, Star Cup and Special Cup.

Mushroom Cup	Flower Cup	Star Cup
Luigi Circuit	Mario Circuit	Daisy Circuit
Mushroom Gorge	Coconut Mall	Grumble Volcano
Moo Moo Meadows	DK Summit	Koopa Cape
Toad's Factory	Wario's Goldmine	Maple Treeway

Special cup

Bowsers Castle	Dry Dry Ruins	Moon View Highway

Rainbow Road

And the old courses...

A big bunch of courses you might recognise from many different periods in Mario Kart history, we've got two from the SNES, four from the N64, two from the GBA, four from the Gamecube and four from the DS. Classic courses enhanced by the power of the Wii and with little tweaks like new shortcuts, tricks you can do etc.

Shell Cup	Banana Cup	Leaf Cup
Peach Beach (GCN)	Sherbet Land (N64)	Desert Hills (DS)
Yoshi Falls (DS)	Shy Guy Beach (GBA)	Bowsers Castle 3 (GBA)
Ghost Valley 2 (SNES)	Deflino Square (DS)	DK's Jungle Parkway (N64)
Mario Raceway (N64)	Waluigi Stadium (GCN)	Mario Circuit (GCN)

Lightning Cup

Mario Circuit 3 (SNES)	Peach Gardens (DS)	DK Mountain (GCN)

Bowser's Castle (N64)

Battle-mode courses

The left column shows new battle mode courses in Mario Kart Wii where the right column shows classic Battlemode courses that have been bought back from other games in the Mario Kart series.

Block Plaza	Battle Course 4 (SNES)
Delfino Pier	Battle Course 3 (GBA)
Funky Stadium	Skyscraper (N64)
Chain Chomp Wheel	Cookie Land (GCN)
Thwomp Desert	Twilight House (DS)

Interesting facts

• The second Mario Kart to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection.

• People who bought the game also recieved the Wii Wheel accessory intended to house the wii remote and give a more "genuine" feel to the steering/driving.

• Up to 12 players can play together online

• Motorbikes are introduced to the Mario Kart series - maybe the next one will be Mario's Motocross?!

• 3 Different weight classes (vehicles, players)

• First shown at E3 in 2007.

• 24 Characters to choose from

• 36 Vehicles to choose from

• While being developed the game was known as Mario Kart X

• The games slogan was "Get behind the wheel" intended to push the sales of the Wii Wheel

• Lots of the scenery on Rainbow road is from Super Mario Galaxy

• When racing on Daisy Circuit you can see the Daisy Cruiser in the background.

• There is an unlockable ability to play as a Mii!

Reference / Information

• Mario Kart Wii - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario Kart Wii - Credits

• Mario Kart Wii - Expert Shortcuts

• Mario Kart Wii - Replacement Game Manual (4.76MB PDF)

Media / Downloads

• Mario Kart Wii - Box Art

• Mario Kart Wii - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario Kart Wii - Rendered Artwork

• Mario Kart Wii - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Unconfirmed Japan July 14th, 1993 N.America September 3rd, 1993   General information Platform: Super NES (SNES) & Scope Developed by Nintendo EAD Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Yoshi's Safari was the only Mario game to feature Nintendo Scope Compatibility.

Bowser and his army have taken over Jewellery land and imprisoned its rulers King Fret and Prince Pine... not only that, but they've stolen the twelve gems which keep Jewellery land stable - shortly after these gems were stolen the land was torn into two by a powerful earthquake and split into two zones Light Realm and Dark Realm.

So what're you waiting for? Hop onto Yoshi, grab the Nintendo Scope given to you by Princess Peach and set off on a journey to get those gems back. Blast enemies with your Nintendo scope until they surrender the gems to you. Using Nintendo's Mode 7 technology which can recognise exactly where the scope is pointing, bringing an extra dimension to the way the game is controlled and played. Bring a friend and two players can join forces and one can control Yoshi while the other blasts away at the enemies.

Reference / Information

• Yoshi's Safari - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Yoshi's Safari - Feature in Nintendo Power Magazine Vol. 55

• Yoshi's Safari - Online Game Manual

Media / Downloads

• Yoshi's Safari - Box Art

• Yoshi's Safari - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Unconfirmed Japan May 23rd, 1998 N.America Unconfirmed   General information Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES) Developed by Nintendo R&D1 Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Wrecking Crew 98' was only released in Japan, it was based on the classic Nintendo game Wrecking Crew. This game bought in an enhanced version of the previous Wrecking crew block-dropping puzzle games. Help our heroes smash through the blocks as quickly as you can.

You can also go head-to-head with a friend to see who can survive against the blocky onslaught the longest!

Reference / Information

• Wrecking Crew '98 - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

Media / Downloads

• Wrecking Crew '98 - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe October 6th, 1995 Japan August 5th, 1995 N.America October 1st, 1995 General information Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES) Developed by Nintendo EAD Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is the first Mario adventure game to star Yoshi, the game was designed as a prequel to all of the Mario games and goes back to when Mario was a baby. Your aim as Yoshi is to get Baby Mario back to his parents in the Mushroom Kingdom, while avoiding a Magikoopa sent by Bowser to kidnap Baby Mario - the Evil Kamek.

The graphics don't conform to any Mario games before it, and feature a unique hand-drawn look to colourful levels and scenery. Yoshi's Island has six different worlds, each of which has eight different stages, it also features six different bonus games which reward a player with items and extra lives. This title utilised the Super FX2 chip allowing for more powerful and smoother graphical elements such as smooth scrolling, zooming in and out, bigger bosses and much more.

Interesting Facts

• GameInformer's top 200 videogames of all time rated this game 185th, one of the lowest ranked Mario Games, despite being 'technically' one of the most advanced games that the SNES would ever see.

• Despite its relatively poor overall rating from GameInformer the 100th issue of Nintendo Power magazines "Top 100 Titles of all time" placed SMW2: Yoshi's Island a respectable 18th.

• The "?" blocks of the original Super Mario World did not feature in this game

• Sees the return of POW-Blocks unseen since SMB2.

• The player controls Yoshi throughout the entire game

• This game was actually more of a prequel than a sequel

• Reference to "Loch Ness" the Scottish lake in which the legendary Loch Ness monster resides in the fish enemy called "Loch Nestor"

• There was a comic series called Super Mario-Kun in Japan which featured stories based around various Super Mario videogames that were out at the time. The comic had an edition whereby it featured around the story of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island whereby the Adult versions of the Mario Brothers as we know them went back in time with the Adult version of Bowser, stopped Kamek from kidnapping Baby Mario and help Yoshi complete his mission to reunite the Baby Mario Bros.

Reference / Information

• Super Mario World 2 - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Super Mario World 2 - Credits

• Super Mario World 2 - Online Game Manual

• Super Mario World 2 - Nintendo Power Magazine Vol. 75 SMW2 Feature/Preview

• Super Mario World 2 - Nintendo Power Magazine Vol. 77 SMW2 Guide

• Super Mario World 2 - Nintendo Power Magazine Vol. 87 How to beat the bosses of SMW2

• Super Mario World 2 - Replacement Game Manual (1.69mb PDF)

Media / Downloads

• Super Mario World 2 - Animated GIFs

• Super Mario World 2 - Box Art

• Super Mario World 2 - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Never released Japan March 9th, 1996 N.America May 13th, 1996 General information Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES) Developed by Square Enix Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (known only as Super Mario RPG in Japan) was the first Mario RPG Title, it was also the first time Nintendo and Squaresoft would work together on a title.

In this game, a sinister new enemy called Smithy is the main antagonist in this title - Smithy crashes into the star road and causes seven stars to be scattered far and wide throughout the land. Mario and his cohorts must travel across the land, searching far and wide in a bid to restore the Star Road and confront Smithy at Bowsers Castle.

With the help of Princess Toadstool, Mallow, Geno and surprisingly-so .. Bowser, Mario sets about trying to restore peace to the Mushroom Kingdom. Super Mario RPG was a superb addition to the Mario franchise but poorly timed, four months later came Paper Mario on the Nintendo 64. Not only that, but the game was never released in Europe. The game features seven stages, 29 areas and a unique design with puzzle and action play rolled into one.

Interesting Facts

• There is a cameo of Samus Aran (Metroid series) in both doll form, and later on in person. The doll version is found in Boosters Box of dolls. There is also some other dolls in the box including what look to be a Goomba and Princess Toadstool.

• Bowser becomes an ally

• F-Zero and Starfox vehicles featured in Hinopios shop! The Arwing (Starfox), Pink Stingray (F-Zero) and Blue Falcon. (F-Zero)

• Nintendo Power rated this game 21st in it's 100th edition magazine's "100 Best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.

• No voiceovers for Mario - its all in the hand actions!!

• Sleep at the Rose Town Inn and the next morning you wake up and LINK (Zelda series) is asleep in the other bed!

• The final game that Square would do on a Nintendo platform based on their initial contract with Nintendo.

• Luigi is very scaresly involved in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven stars and appears only in the ending sequence and as a Narrator in the instruction booklet.

• The game was not released in Europe but became available on the Virtual Console later on.

Much in the way that the Koopa Kids were named after real world people, there were a lot of references to the outside world in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars such as:-

• In the forest Maze when Mario approaches Bowyer, Mallow asks Mario "Who do you think you are, Bruce Lee? You can't just go in there with your fists flying!" (Bruce Lee is arguably the most famous martial arts film star known to the Western World)

• Frogfucious - Mallow's Grandfather is a parody of Confucious, a Philosopher from China famed for his quotes "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand"

• King Midas was a famed character from Greek Mythology who desired riches so much that everything he touched turned to gold. The "Midas River" is named after this man, and is ironically filled with GOLD coins!

• The Axem rangers are for us, blatantly a spin off of the then popular Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, for a start, there are five of them, they also share the same colours as the power rangers - and are led by the red ranger.

• Toadofsky the composer of the Tadpole pond is based on famous musician Tchaikovsky.

Reference / Information

• Super Mario RPG - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Super Mario RPG - Credits

• Super Mario RPG - Ending

• Super Mario RPG - Full Playthrough & Secrets *FEATURED*

• Super Mario RPG - Online Game Manual

• Super Mario RPG - Nintendo Power Vol. 77 Feature

• Super Mario RPG - Nintendo Power Vol. 82 "Power" Preview

• Super Mario RPG - Nintendo Power Vol. 83 Feature

• Super Mario RPG - Nintendo Power Vol. 89 Strategy Guide

• Super Mario RPG - Nintendo Power Vol. 94 How to beat the bosses

• Super Mario RPG - Nintendo Power Vol. 86 Huge Foldout Poster

• Super Mario RPG - Nintendo Power Vol. 88 Questions & Answers

• Super Mario RPG - Replacement Game Manual (4.69mb PDF)

• Super Mario RPG - Special Item List

Media / Downloads

• Super Mario RPG - Box Art

• Super Mario RPG - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe January 21st, 1993 Japan August 27th, 1992 N.America September 1st, 1992 General information Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES) Developed by Nintendo EAD Published by Nintendo Players: 1-2

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Overview

Mario games almost always brings backs the memories of childhood, if you were brought up in the 80’s and 90’s. Sonic was the reason most of gamers brought the Sega consoles and Mario did exact same favor for Japanese Nintendo consoles. Among the tons of variations that followed Super Mario Bros in the Super Nintendo Entertainment Systems (SNES) era, a few were improvised for racing game lovers.

Super Mario Kart, one of the earliest kart game predecessors made it possible to enjoy the enthralling racing games with your favorite Mario game characters for the first time. Topping the tables shortly after its SNES release in 1992, the game deservingly earned its re-release in Wii gaming consoles in 2009 and in Wii U console in 2013.

From the Super Mario Kart manual

Hi everybody! Thanks for dropping to by the Super Mario Kart race track. My name is Lakitu, I run this track. If you need my help, I'll be around.

We race one seater, metal pipe frame go carts here. There are two engine sizes to choose from: 50cc or 100cc. All of the go carts are more or less the same, it's the individual drivers that make the difference when it comes to winning. Each driver has their strengths and weaknesses. Try using different drivers until you find the best one for you.

Gameplay & Modes

The SNES game is available in four different modes with two of them supporting two player gameplay.

Main mode

Mario Kart GP
This single player mode allows you to race against seven CPU players in a 5 Course Trophy. Six CPU players are generated in case of two player gameplay. Top four finishers are awarded driver credits with top finisher ending up with 9 points, first runner up with 6 points and lesser points to third and fourth finishers. This is the default mode of Mario kart, hence filled with lot of fun.
 

Single Player modes

Time trial:
This is a time based mode where a single player plays without competitors. The aim is to finish with the lowest time score. Fastest five times are recorded in high score list or typically goes down the mini Hall of Fame. The fastest Mario character for each track gets to be used by default. This is a classic alternative to helpful training mode.
 

Two Player only modes

Vs. Mode:
The ‘Vs’ mode fits as the gameplay where you can get back at your older sibling. It helps compete against your BFF without any other computer generated racers joining the race. You are free to choose the racing track as per your preference. Obstacles come in the form of sliding black objects which makes your kart to spin and lose time. Thanks largely to SNES console, you can keep tract of win-loss record amongst two players.
 

Battle:
Unleash the Spartan in you against your opponent in battle mode. Every player has 3 balloons during the start of race. The first player to pop out all three balloons of his opponent becomes the victor. There are four sets of selectable squared tracks for this mode. The balloons popped could not be recovered.

Cups & Tracks

Mario Kart encompasses 20 game tracks and four battle tracks. The game tracks are categorized into four cups. All tracks are numbered with Rainbow road as the only exception. The battle mode has four squared tracks to choose from. The squared tracks resemble the famous Pac Man fields where the race is intense. Race tracks reflect the stereotypical Mario themes, notably the one is Bowser castle. The track circuits range from sandy Mario circuit to grassy Donut plains to icy Vanilla Lake. Terrains vary from stone to chocolate to wood. Every track or circuit has different types of obstacles in them to make the race more challenging. Obstacles can spin you out, make you fall in pits, smash karts and hence cost time for the unfortunate racer.

Listed are the four cups in the entire game play:

Mushroom Cup:

The cup is represented by the giant Super Mushroom icon. Mushroom cup is characterized by shortest tracks in Mario cart games. It consists of four primary level race courses.

Flower Cup:

A fire flower logo iconizes flower cup. Unlike mushroom cup, this is a relatively challenging trophy. It represents four to five courses of Mario Kart games. Winning this cup unlocks the Star cup challenge.

Star Cup:
Star symbol represents the challenging Star cup. Victors of the trophy are able to unlock the most difficult Special cup. The tracks tend to be longer with more boost pads and jumps all over the circuit.

Special Cup:
This is the ultimate trophy, defining the grand finale of Mario Kart games. The icon of the Special cup is a combination of symbols from Mushroom, Flower and Star cups. It has the vintage bowser castle to enhance course’s difficulty.

Playable Characters

All your favorite Mario characters are back. There are eight different characters available to be chosen as drivers. The eight characters are divided into four sets with varying skills and parameters including acceleration, top speed, weight etc… Heavy weights tend to accelerate slow, nevertheless have an excellent top speed. The villainy Bowser and Donkey Kong falls into the heavy weight category termed as Showdown. The small guys include Koopa Troopa and Toad who are excellent at handling karts. Our beloved Mario brothers, Mario and Luigi are all-rounders with a middling capacity in all fronts. Princess Toadstool and Yoshi are speedsters with low control.

Mario and Luigi showing their karting prowess

Peach and Yoshi looking calm and composed in their karts.

Toad smiling and Koopa Troopa falling foul of one of DK Juniors infernal Bananas. I feel for you bro.

The big boys, Bowser and DK Junior.

Items and Powerups

Panels all over the track can earn you items as you pass through them. Listed here are the helpful items you can get in gameplay:

Banana Peel:
Peel is a sneaky obstacle to spin your cart upon passing it and thus costs time in a race. It can be thrown backward as well as forward as a weapon.

Green Shell:
Upon hit, it sends your enemy to a kart spin. It is Koopa Troopa’s deadly weapon when he is your CPU generated competitor.

Red Shell:
Unlike green shell, red shell can be homed on target. It can be only thrown forward.

Poison Mushroom:
It causes victim to shrink when hit. A CPU generated Toad and dragon princess uses this item on opponents more often than not.

Dash Mushroom:
It allows a player to boost, thus can be used to slam your enemy. It comes in handy to help you drive over sand or grass.

Fireball:
It works similar to a green shell. This is Bowser’s default weapon, when controlled by CPU.

Yoshi Egg:
This is green shell version for Yoshi. A CPU generated enemy Yoshi slows you down with plenty of these.

Lightning Bolt:
Like poison mushroom, the bold shrinks you down to make you vulnerable to get squashed by medium sized racers. Lightning bolt doesn’t come into play in battle mode.

Feather:
Feather enables you to make crazy high jumps, thereby creating tricky shortcuts. This is an exclusive Super Mart Kart item that doesn’t appear in other Mario kart games.

Ghost:
Ghost helps you run on stealth mode to assist stealing items from other racers. This cheesy item appears in battle mode only.
 

Coin:
Coin item adds more coin on your purse. More coins translate to improved top speed. Again this is a battle mode forbidden item.

Star:
Star provides combined benefits of coin and invincible power. It increases your top speed as well as makes you invulnerable to any attack. This ultimate power belongs to CPU controlled Mario and Luigi.

Reception

Super Mario Kart received mostly positive reviews from game critics. It goes down the list as third best-selling SNES game. By the end of 2009, it grossed over the charts with 8.7 million copies globally. Game Rankings gave it an aggregate score of 93.60%. MobyGames concurred a similar 90 plus score. IGN described the games as the original karting masterpiece. It has topped the listing on several game review sites and forums for best karting games of all time.
 

Accolades:
Guinness World Records rankings had Super Mario Kart as table topper for 50 best console games based on initial impact plus lasting intensity on its all-time list. The game was placed 33rd in 200th GameInformer copy. A close 32nd place was what this amazing kart game got on “100 best NES games of all time” in its 100th copy released in 1997.
 

Videos: Trailers, Commercials & Gameplay

Japanese TV commercial for Super Mario Kart

A North American TV commercial for Super Mario Kart

A playthrough of the Star Cup at 150cc

References in other games

• Later installation of Super Mario game, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels has CPU generated Position Mushrooms throwing Toad and Peach.

• Music inside Bowser Castle in Super Mario Kart is similar to the ones used in final stages of Super Mario World.

• Lakitu bear holds close resemblance to sprites from Super Mario World.

Interesting Facts

• If you look carefully at the Mario Kart manual you will see that the picture of Mario Circuit is upside down.

• In the Guinness book of records gamers edition 2009 - Mario Kart SNES was awarded Number 1 Video Game of all time status

• Nintendo Powers 100th edition in 1997 rated this game 32nd in the Top 100 Best Nintendo games of all time

• Uncensored Japanese version had animated champagne drinking scenes for Peach and Bowser. American version had to censor the animated scenes to suit younger audience.

• Super Mario Kart is the only game to contain five courses as opposed to the upper limit of four in its sequels.

• The Flower cup is replaced with fire cup in later games like Mario Power Tennis, represented by fire flower symbol.
   

Reference / Information

• Super Mario Kart - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Super Mario Kart - Credits

• Super Mario Kart - Ending

• Super Mario Kart - Nintendo Power Vol. 82 Mini-Guide

• Super Mario Kart - Nintendo Power Vol. 83 Competition

• Super Mario Kart - Nintendo Power Vol. 96 Power Cup

• Super Mario Kart - Replacement Game Manual (5.13mb PDF)

• Super Mario Kart - Review by Breeze

• Super Mario Kart - Review by Retro

• Super Mario Kart - Review by Da Ass Man

• Super Mario Kart - Review by Luke

• Super Mario Kart - Tracks and Maps

Media / Downloads

• Super Mario Kart - Animated GIFs

• Super Mario Kart - Box Art

• Super Mario Kart - Gallery and Images

• Super Mario Kart - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Unconfirmed Japan Unconfirmed N.America November 7th, 1994   General information Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES) Developed by Software Toolworks Published by Mindscape Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Mario's Preschool fun is an edutainment title designed to help children under 6 years old with basic concepts such as shapes, colors, sounds, opposites and numbers

This was part of the three part "Mario's Early Years" series which included other titles Fun with Letters and Fun with numbers.

The games slogan was "Kid-tastic fun with Mario in diapers"

Reference / Information

• Mario's Early Years: Preschool Fun - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

Media / Downloads

• Mario's Early Years: Preschool Fun - Box Art

• Mario's Early Years: Preschool Fun - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe December 10th, 1992 Japan July 14th, 1992 N.America August 5th, 1992   General information Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES) Developed by Nintendo Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Mario Paint is an edutainment title designed to encourage artistic imagination in children, the title speaks for itself, using a mouse pointer the player can
paint on the screen, animate Mario and more.

The following modes were available:-

• Art mode - starting with a blank canvas a player can choose from a number of tools such as three sizes of pencils, straight line tool, number and letter tool, paint or stamps. Stamps are a predefined set of pictures loaded into the game including things like trees, houses and Mario pictures from games such as Super Mario World.

• Stamp mode - as mentioned under the art mode section a stamp is a pre created picture you can add to your canvas. By using stamp mode
  a player can create up to 15 of their own custom stamps and save them to use in their future art work. Using an easy to use grid, a player can change the colours pixel by pixel to create their own stamps.

• Music mode - A player can also compose their own music if they want a break from painting by selecting the music mode. There are three songs by default including a remix of the Super Mario Bros. main theme by Koji Kondo. A player can create their own music by selecting icons (each of which represent an instrument) from the toolbar and dragging them onto the music score.

• Animation mode - A player can create animations integrating their artwork and music using animation mode!

• There was also a mini game included in Mario Paint called Gnat Attack, a player would control Mario's hand which is holding a fly (gnat) swatter in order to swat many flying gnats. It is notable that this mini game was later released in WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania.

There were a number of options available to change the users experience:-

• The option to choose a background theme, or turn off music completely. (If turned off completely a sneeze sound plays in the background every so often)

• A player can adjust the mouse speed between three settings; slow, medium, fast

• Frame mode - when activated this creates a black frame around your canvas and disables the toolbars with icons on

Mario paint was one of the only games to use the SNES-Mouse.

Reference / Information

• Mario Paint - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario Paint - Feature in Nintendo Power Magazine Vol. 39

• Mario Paint - Guide in Nintendo Power Magazine Vol. 44

• Mario Paint - Player's Guide Adverts in Nintendo Power Magazine Vol. 49 & 50

• Mario Paint - Gnat Attack mini-game

• Mario Paint - Online Scanned Manual

Media / Downloads

• Mario Paint - Box Art

• Mario Paint - Rendered Artwork

• Mario Paint - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe N/A Japan September 14th, 1995 N.America N/A   General information Platform: Super Nintendo Developed by Jupiter Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Mario no Super Picross is a logic puzzle game which was only released in Japan. This title was compatible with the SNES mouse.

Reference / Information

• Mario No Super Picross - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

Media / Downloads

• Mario No Super Picross - Box Art

• Mario No Super Picross - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe N/A Japan August 27, 1993 N.America N/A General information Platform: Super Famicom Developed by Game Freak Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

Mario & Wario is a single-player only title which was only released in Japan, it was another title that utilised the SNES mouse which didn't make it out of Japan.

In this game the player plays as a fairy named Wanda, guiding Mario (who is blinded by the Barrel or other object that Wario stuck on his head at the time) to his brother Luigi before time runs out! If Mario falls into any traps or dies, the level is restarted. Mario & Wario features more than 100 challenging levels.

There is no save feature for this title which is maybe another contributor to the reasons that this otherwise fun and unique game was not published in the rest of the world.

This title consisted of 11 different worlds as below

• World 1 - The Fairy's Woods - This world is comparatively short and simple - it acts as a good level to break a new player into what the game is about. There arent any enemies here.

• World 2 - Loch Yoss - This world is based in Yoshi's Island next to a lake

• World 3 - Cloud Mountain - This world shows the introduction of the first Block Panels which expire, after they expire Mario can fall through them again so beware.

• World 4 - Ice Cave - A world based on Vanilla Dome from Super Mario World, this icy wasteland has sticky blocks that appear at random.

• World 5 - Fire Cave - Things start to heat up a little in these caverns with the introduction of Tsuboons which breathe fire at you.

• World 6 - Cheep Cheep Ocean - This world is set in the sea and features the introduction of Switch Blocks

• World 7 - Balloon Bridge - This sky based world introduces Balloon Blocks which contract and expand from time to time

• World 8 - Dry Dry Desert - This arid desert features the introduction of Guriguri enemies

• World 9 - Wario's Garden - In World 9 you have reached the grounds surrounding Wario's Castle

• World 10 - Wario's Castle - After successfully completing your adventure through Wario's garden you are able to take on the "final" level, Wario's Castle.

• Extra World - This bonus world is unlocked after beating Wario's Castle.

It should also be noted that after beating each world you get to play a bonus stage where Wario flies past on his plane, each hit on Wario and his plane will gain the player a coin. If Wario is hit enough times the plane will blow and Wario will be blown out of the sky.

A gameplay video of Mario & Wario

An article about Mario & Wario from Nintendo Power Magazine Vol. 52

Reference / Information

• Mario & Wario - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

Media / Downloads

• Mario & Wario - Box Art

• Mario & Wario - Rendered Artwork

• Mario & Wario - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Unconfirmed Japan Unconfirmed N.America June 15th, 1993   General information Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES) Developed by Software Toolworks Published by Mindscape Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Mario's Early Years: Fun with numbers is an edutainment title intended to help children learn basic numeric skills in an unconventional way. The player can choose from the following "worlds":-

• Shape

• Number

• Same and Different

• Counting

• Comparing

• How many

• Pattern

When the player points to a specific object, Mario will illustrate the maths behind it. Mario invites parents to join in the fun. Designed for children up to six years old.

Reference / Information

• Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

Media / Downloads

• Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers - Box Art

• Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Unconfirmed Japan Unconfirmed N.America June 1st, 1993 General information Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES) Developed by Software Toolworks Published by Mindscape Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Fun with letters is an edutainment title on the Super Nintendo which is intended to introduce children to basic reading. Guide Mario through the following worlds:-

• Alphabet

• Vowel

• First Letter

• Last Letter

• Building

• Sound

• Sentence

• Many more

They will have to select items to give their answers and Mario will interact with the selected item if it is correct. Mario invites parents to come and join in the fun also. Designed for children up to age 6.

Reference / Information

• Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

Media / Downloads

• Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters - Box Art

• Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters - Full World by World Playthrough

• Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Unconfirmed Japan July 21st, 1995 N.America August, 1995   General information Platform: Virtual Boy Developed by Nintendo EAD Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Mario Tennis is a Mario sport title for the Virtual Boy. There has never been a tennis game like Mario's Tennis. Mario, Yoshi, and a whole cast of your favourite characters move freely around a completely three dimensional tennis court.

If you move to the net, and your opponent lobs, the ball seems to actually fly over your head. There has never been a game that was able to so realistically create the feeling of depth on the court.

You'll find yourself trying to turn around and check the line when your opponent slams a passing shot down the line. it's time to prove that you can serve, volley and rally with the best of them!

Playable characters:

• Mario

• Luigi

• Princess Toadstool

• Yoshi

• Toad

• Koopa (Troopa)

• Donkey Kong Jr.

Reference / Information

• Mario Tennis (Virtual Boy) - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario Tennis (Virtual Boy) - Nintendo Power Vol. 75 Feature/Preview

• Mario Tennis (Virtual Boy) - Online Game Manual

Media / Downloads

• Mario Tennis (Virtual Boy) - Box Art

• Mario Tennis (Virtual Boy) - Rendered Artwork

• Mario Tennis (Virtual Boy) - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Unconfirmed Japan September 28th, 1995 N.America October, 1995   General information Platform: Virtual Boy Developed by Nintendo EAD Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Mario Clash on the Virtual boy is very similar in its style to the original Mario Bros with a 3-D twist. The aim of the game is for Mario to knock enemies off platforms, he can do so by using Koopa shells. The level designs vary much more from level to level than those in Mario Bros, giving the game arguably better replayability than the original Mario Bros.

The game features the following familiar enemies:-

• Koopa Troopa

• Spike Top

• Thorny

• Paragoomba

• Lobb

• Sidestepper

• Boo

• Snake

• Pokey

Reference / Information

• Mario Clash (Virtual Boy) - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario Clash (Virtual Boy) - Nintendo Power Vol. 75 Feature/Preview

• Mario Clash (Virtual Boy) - Online Game Manual

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• Mario Clash (Virtual Boy) - Box Art

• Mario Clash (Virtual Boy) - Screenshots

Release dates Australia Unconfirmed Europe Unconfirmed Japan 1991 N.America March 24th, 1992   General information Platform: Personal computer Developed by Brian A. Rice, Inc. Published by Merit Software Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Super Mario Bros & Friends: When I grow up was an edutainment title released on the PC. This is a colouring in game for children starring Mario and Luigi where the aim is to encourage children's artistic development by having them paint Mario and other Nintendo characters.

An article featuring Super Mario Bros. & Friends from Nintendo Power magazine Vol. 27

Reference / Information

• Super Mario Bros & Friends: When I grow up - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

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• Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I grow up - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Unconfirmed Japan Unconfirmed N.America 1997   General information Platform: Personal computer Developed by Logicware, Inc. Published by Interplay Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Mario Teaches Typing 2 was an edutainment title released on the PC and MAC intended to teach the user how to type, but sprinkled on some Mario
to make the learning less sour.

The plot for Mario Teaches Typing 2 is that Mario and Luigi had been using a magical typewriter, with which they intended to destroy Bowser's castle by using it to cast a spell. Mario mistyped the spell and blew up the typewriter instead, now the brothers need to set about finding all of the pieces of the magical typewriter and putting it back together.

Once this task is performed Mario is able to type the phrase correctly and destroy Bowser's castle. A player can choose to take a placement test which will be rated on accuracy and speed or participate in lessons. There are other features in the second Mario Typing title such as the ability to produce customizable certificates of achievement, a colour coded on screen keyboard and the ability to customize lesson plans.

The voice of Mario in the voiceovers in this title is by Charles Martinet.

Click below to see a short introduction video for Mario Teaches Typing 2

Reference / Information

• Mario Teaches Typing 2 (PC) - 3D Mario Head Videos

• Mario Teaches Typing 2 (PC) - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario Teaches Typing 2 (PC) - Replacement Game Manual (1.30mb PDF)

• Mario Teaches Typing 2 (PC) - Special Video Cutscenes

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• Mario Teaches Typing 2 (PC) - Box Art

• Mario Teaches Typing 2 (PC) - Screenshots

Release dates Australia November 23rd, 1991 Europe December 1st, 1991 Japan March 8th, 1991 N.America November 13th, 1991   General information Platform: Personal computer Developed by Interplay productions Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Mario Teaches Typing was an edutainment title released on the PC and MAC intended to teach the user how to type, but sprinkle on some Mario
to make the learning less painful.

The player can choose to play as either Mario, Luigi or Princess Toadstool, two pairs of hands are shown throughout which indicate which fingers
should be used for each keystroke. If an error is made the cursor will not move along until the correct letter has been pressed. When time runs out the exercise ends and stats of how well the player did are shown on the chalkboard with their stats.

Reference / Information

• Mario Teaches Typing (PC) - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

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• Mario Teaches Typing (PC) - Box Art

• Mario Teaches Typing (PC) - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Unconfirmed Japan Unconfirmed N.America 1995   General information Platform: Personal computer Developed by Presage software Published by Interplay Productions Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Mario's Game Gallery is a compilation title released on the PC. Play five of the world's most popular games with one of the world's most beloved characters.

Your family will love playing with Mario in these easy-to-play games for kids of all ages. Play checkers with Yoshi and the Koopa Troopers. Match the pictures in Dominoes. Test your memory with Go Fish. Wake the turtles in backgammon, or roll the dice against Mario in Yaucht.

Using digitized voice, Mario actually talks you through each game with friendly and encouraging assistance, and easy-to-read on screen instructions and brilliantly detailed graphics, you'll be king of the game gallery in no time!

• Features Backgammon, Go fish, Checkers, Dominoes and Yaucht in one fun-filled package.

• Original music based on the familiar Mario themes.

• State-of-the-art voice technology brings Mario to life with Phonetic mouth movements.

• Includes the familiar "voice of Mario" as he jokes and encourages you to play.

• Animated sequences to delight and entertain the child in all of us.

• Recognizable game pieces from the world of Mario. Play checkers with Koopas and Yoshis and Go fish with all the familiar faces..
  or just roll the dice against Mario in a game of Yaucht... every game is custom fit to Mario and his realm.

• Help screens available for all the games with on-screen rules and directions

Reference / Information

• Mario's Game Gallery (PC) - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

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• Mario's Game Gallery (PC) - Box Art

• Mario's Game Gallery (PC) - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Unconfirmed Japan 1984 N.America Unconfirmed   General information Platform: FM-7 Developed by Hudson Published by Nintendo Players: 1-2

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Punch Ball Mario Bros. was released on the FM7 and various other similar systems of the time. The basis of the game was very similar to that of Mario Bros. except this time Mario has the ability to Punch balls - bet you didn't see that one coming.

These balls when thrown at an enemy would stun them, giving another option to beat them than hitting them from beneath. Mario and Luigi starred in this title, and many of the more common enemies from Mario Bros were also featured for example Shellcreepers and Sidesteppers.

Reference / Information

• Punch Ball. Mario Bros (FM7/PC88) - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

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• Punch Ball. Mario Bros (FM7/PC88) - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Unconfirmed Japan 1984 N.America Unconfirmed   General information Platform: FM-7 Developed by Hudson Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Super Mario Bros. Special was a 2D Mario platform title for the FM7 which was never released outside Japan.

This was intended to be a port of Super Mario Bros, but Hudson modified various elements of the games, they added enemies from other games, as well as abilities and weapons - for example the hammer, barrels and fireball enemies from Donkey Kong are featured in this game.

This was the first licensed sequel to Super Mario Brothers and was released shortly before the LOST LEVELS, though fate would have it that Super Mario Bros. Special would end up being the true lost Mario title.

Another difference between this and the game it was intended to transcend - this game featured no Luigi, and no multiplayer mode. Hudson even put the bee from their logo in the game as an item, if Mario finds it he gains 8,000 points.

Reference / Information

• Super Mario Bros. Special (FM7/PC88) - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

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• Super Mario Bros. Special (FM7/PC88) - Screenshots

Release dates Australia N/A Europe Unconfirmed Japan Unconfirmed N.America December 31st, 1994   General information Platform: Philips CD-i Developed by Philips Media Published by Philips Media Players: 1-2 Players

GAME INFORMATION

Overview / Storyline

Hotel Mario on the Phillips CD-i was a unique title, although only enjoyed limited success. Bowser and his kids have again kidnapped the Princess, but not only that, this time they have ruined travel and tourism in the Mushroom Kingdom for good, by taking over all the hotels too!

Each Koopa kid has taken over a hotel, with the exception of Iggy Koopa who is in the final Hotel with Bowser.

The aim of the game is for you as Mario to close all the doors on every floor of each hotel to free them from the Koopa kids, but its not as easy as it sounds, many of Bowsers minions also infest the hotel floors and rooms.

The Story
It's a dark day in the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario and Luigi have come to visit their friend Princess Toadstool, only to discover that the Princess has been kidnapped by Bowser, King of the evil Koopaling clan!

Bowser has turned the beautiful Mushroom Kingdom into a personal resort for himself and his seven Koopaling children. Each Koopaling has taken over a hotel in the Kingdom. To top it off, Bowser has challenged Mario and Luigi to save the princess from the Koopaling's clutches.

Beware of the Koopalings and their nasty pals as they try to stop Mario and Luigi from searching the seven hotels. Mario and Luigi have to use
their ability to jump and stomp --- and throw fireballs --- to avoid or defeat these enemies. It's up to Mario and Luigi to outsmart the Koopalings' clever traps.

Are you ready to check in to Hotel Mario?

Reference / Information

• Hotel Mario (Phillips CD-i) - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Hotel Mario (Phillips CD-i) - Online Game Manual

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• Hotel Mario (Phillips CD-i) - Box Art

• Hotel Mario (Phillips CD-i) - Screenshots

Release dates Australia May 19, 2005 Europe May 6, 2005 Japan January 27, 2005 N.America March 14, 2005   General information Platform: Nintendo DS Developed by Nintendo Published by Nintendo Players: Single & Multi player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Yoshi and Baby Mario are about to embark on another wild adventure, this time on the Nintendo DS! Using the Nintendo DS system's two screens and touch-screen capability, you'll have to help Yoshi guard Baby Mario and guide him to safety.

On vertical-action levels, players must use the stylus to draw clouds on the touch screen to protect Baby Mario from enemies and lead him
to Yoshi. On horizontal side-scrolling levels, players must use the stylus to look out for Yoshi as he gallops across the countryside. On top of all that, Yoshi Touch & Go (temporary title) also features two-player wireless play.

Reference / Information

• Yoshi Touch and Go - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

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• Yoshi Touch and Go - Box Art

• Yoshi Touch and Go - Desktop Wallpaper

• Yoshi Touch and Go - Screenshots

Release dates Australia February 24, 2005 Europe March 11, 2005 Japan December 2, 2004 N.America November 21, 2004   General information Platform: Nintendo DS Developed by Nintendo Published by Nintendo Players: 1-4

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Super Mario 64 was a genre-defining classic. Now it arrives on the Nintendo DS with all-new features that take advantage of the new portable system's dual screens, touch screen and wireless features!

Mario, Luigi and Wario are invited to a royal party for Princess Peach. When they arrive at the castle, it is strangely empty and the 3 of them try to learn what happened. When they disappear too, Yoshi must rescue them from their old enemy Bowser.

•             Play as Yoshi, Mario, Luigi or Wario -- each has their own unique abilities and you'll need them all
•       Collect the 150 Power Star Bowser hid on the castle grounds
• In Adventure Mode, you'll control the four friends by using the stylus on the touch-screen
• Play and win fun touch-sensitive mini-games
• Battle up to three friends in Wireless Versus mode, which can be played with only one Super Mario 64 DS game card

Reference / Information

• Super Mario 64 DS - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Super Mario 64 DS - Replacement Game Manual (2.84mb PDF)

Media / Downloads

• Super Mario 64 DS - Box Art

• Super Mario 64 DS - Desktop Wallpaper

• Super Mario 64 DS - Rendered Artwork

• Super Mario 64 DS - Screenshots

Release dates Australia June 30, 2006 Europe June 30, 2006 Japan May 25, 2006 N.America May 15, 2006   General information Platform: Nintendo DS Developed by Nintendo Published by Nintendo Players: Single & Mutli player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Twenty years after Nintendo's biggest franchise was born, the Mario Bros. return in a dazzling, all-new platformer sure to set players' fingers twitching. Fans from Mario's classic days will see their dreams answered in this return to the Mushroom Kingdom, while a new generation of Mario" players will learn what true platforming greatness means.

Game Storyline: Bowser and Bowser Jr. have kidnapped Princess Peach again, and only Mario can save her.

Characters: Mario, Luigi, a ton of Mushroom Kingdom enemies, both new and old, Peach, Bowser and Bowser Jr.

How to progress through the game: Run, jump and battle enemies through multiple levels in each world. Every time players finish one world, they can move onto the next, but each level features impediments in the forms of fortresses, Hammer Bros. and bosses. After defeating the boss of each world, players can move on to the next, culminating in the final fight in the last world.

Special powers/weapons/moves/features: Mario and Luigi can do all kinds of jump manoeuvres: increasingly high triple jumps, wall jumps and high bounces off enemies. Mario also can use power-ups like Mushrooms (grow big), Fire Flowers (throw fireballs), Starmen (become invincible), Blue Shells (turn into a speedy, blue Koopa shell) and other mushrooms that make him tiny or huge.

In addition to the main game and the wireless two-player mode, players also can use the touch screen to play tons of minigames (either by themselves or over DS Local Area Network with 1 to 4 players via DS Download Play). These include card games, targetbopping-type games and much more.

• Jump, bounce and power-up through visually stunning side-scrolling worlds filled with Mushroom Kingdom madness

• The worlds are swarming with classic enemies like Goombas and Koopas, but watch out for new foes, big bosses and unbelievable challenges

• As Mario and Luigi, two players can battle for stars on specially designed levels over local wireless. The game won't end until one bro. reigns supreme.

Reference / Information

• New Super Mario Bros. DS - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• New Super Mario Bros. DS - Replacement Game Manual (2.39mb PDF)

Media / Downloads

• New Super Mario Bros. DS - Box Art

• New Super Mario Bros. DS - Desktop Wallpaper

• New Super Mario Bros. DS - Screenshots

Release dates Australia January 18, 2007 Europe March 9, 2007 Japan April 12, 2007 N.America September 25, 2006   General information Platform: Nintendo DS Developed by NST Published by Nintendo Players: Single player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Official description from Nintendo

Rave up fanatics! Our favorite duo, Mario Vs Donkey Kong, is back! And they mean business! If finding all the Mini Mario’s was up to Mario to save the day in our last outing, this time, they have been reversed the roles, it means Mario relies on the Mini Mario’s. In over 80 different levels and to utilize the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Service, it features the easy accessible touch screen controls.

 
The whole hosts of Nintendo’s world famous characters made a welcome return in this game, and this includes Mario, Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong's long lasting love Pauline. The story was started when Donkey Kong kidnaps Pauline because he was enraged and jealous of her fondness for Mini Mario over Mini DK that occurred during the ceremony of the new theme park of Mario, the Super Mini Mario World. Now, upon orders from Mario, it is up to Mini Mario to brave levels filled with mind bending obstacles and reach the top floor of the theme park, this is where Pauline was kept and waits for her mini heroes to rescue her.

The player will influence and guide the path that Mini Mario takes by their simple touch on the Nintendo DS’ touch screen using the stylus. Players can also create new paths by moving blocks, ride elevators and conveyor belts and avoiding hazards like fireballs. More so, there are lethal lavas and deadly water traps all lies waiting for our mini heroes on their march, therefore, in order to stand in a good stead, you must have a quick reactions, puzzle skills and a steady hand in this game. Playing fair isn’t Donkey Kong’s cup of tea in this game; he has his new weapons in the form of Crash Kong and Capture Kong that he will use against our heroes. Also, everything in the power of his sidekicks Mummy Guy and Snap Claw will be used up to ensure that the Mini Mario's will not be able to reach the exit door preventing them from moving onto the next level.

New challenges will be presented to all players in this game, featuring over 8 themes, 80 diverse, rich levels with bunch of hazards and puzzles. What's more enticing is that players can also create their own levels and maps using the 'new level editor' where in you could be able to share with other players all over the world, using the distinctive Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. A whole new dimension is what this features introduced to gameplay that creates a very interactive gaming milieu where in you and the others can compete in the levels you have both created. Using Friend Code system, players cannot only download levels from friends but can do so from anyone around the world and ensures that are spoilt with endless fun without any restriction.

A perfect combination of retro action and progressive modern-day puzzles and surely will be even more exciting and fun than its previous versions.

Reference / Information

• Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Mini's - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Mini's - Replacement Game Manual (8.5mb PDF)

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• Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Mini's - Box Art

• Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Mini's - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Mini's - Rendered Artwork

• Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Mini's - Screenshots

Release dates Australia December 6, 2007 Europe November 23, 2007 Japan November 8, 2007 N.America November 19, 2007   General information Platform: Nintendo DS Developed by Hudson Soft Published by Nintendo Players: Single & Multi player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Mario Party DS is a collection of 70 different mini games which break the mould from the classic Mini-games from the Mario party series due to being the first touch screen based mini games. Players can play multiplayer against one another in the same room with only one cartridge (allowing up to four players to join the Party!).

The dreaded button bashing of the past Mario Party series titles is all but eliminated due to the touch screen technology of the DS. Nintendo and Hudson have done their very best to utilise this in making the game easier and more fun than ever before, but without the inevitably RSI risk of the previous games!

The traditional Mario Party mini games have been easy to use and enjoyable by players of all skill pallets - and this is no different. The mini games are broken down into categories as below:-

• One-on-one - a simple duel setup

• Free-for all - every man for him (or her) self

• Two v two - tag teams

• Three v one - a quick way of eliminating that guy who always wins!!

The mini games can be played individually or as part of a larger competition/event.

There are a total of forty-nine mini games in Mario Party DS, featuring eight Duel mini games, six Bowser mini games, five Gamble mini games and forty single player games.

Single-player mini-games Boo-Bye Grabbit Chomp Walker Cloud Climb Barrel Peril Big Popper Forest Jump Switch Way? Amplified Flingshot Spooky Spike Bob-OOOM! Reel Cheep Shell Stack Bill Bounce Bunny Belt Pest Aside Melon Folley Sort Stack On the Spot Koopa Krunch Floor It! Dreadmill Stompbot XL Go-Go Pogo Sled Slide Flippin' Out See Monkey? Outta My Way! Broom Zoom

Duel mini-games Tank-Down Hammergeddon Stair Scare Chicken! Chain Saw Volleybomb Koopa Kurl Slammer Bowser mini-games Mush Rush Crushed Ice Peek-N-Sneak Splatterball Trap Floor Koopa Kappa Gamble mini-games Match 'em Watch 'em Drop 'em Stop 'em Pair 'em

Reference / Information

• Mario Party DS - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

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• Mario Party DS - Box Art

• Mario Party DS - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario Party DS - Screenshots

Release dates Australia February 22, 2006 Europe February 10, 2006 Japan December 29, 2005 N.America November 28, 2005   General information Platform: Nintendo DS Developed by AlphaDream Published by Nintendo Players: Single player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

If you thought their last adventure was insane? In this sequel to Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, the brothers travel back in time to retrieve Princess Peach, only to come face to face with baby versions of themselves, the princess and Bowser.

Teaming up with their young selves will soon send Mario and Luigi on a quest of lunatic proportions as players must control both the adult AND baby versions of the Mushroom Kingdom heroes.

Players use the top screen to study the land, keep track of the pair of brothers not under their control or maximize combo moves in battle. With twice the Mario brothers and twice the laughs, this massive side-splitting adventure could only find a home on the dual screens of the Nintendo DS.

Reference / Information

• Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

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• Mario & Luigi: Partners in time - Box Art

• Mario & Luigi: Partners in time - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario & Luigi: Partners in time - Rendered Artwork

• Mario & Luigi: Partners in time - Screenshots

Release dates Australia October 22, 2009 Europe October 9, 2009 Japan February 11, 2009 N.America September 14, 2009   General information Platform: Nintendo DS Developed by AlphaDream Published by Nintendo Players: Single player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Enter the belly of the beast with the Mario Brothers! In his evil plot to take over the Mushroom Kingdom, Fawful tricks Bowser into eating a magic mushroom. The mushroom causes Bowser to begin inhaling everything around him, including Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach! Do the Mario Bros. have the guts to rescue Peach and escape?

Players are in control of two separate storylines. One features Bowser and his efforts to stop an arch-villain from taking over his castle.
The microbe-sized Mario & Luigi must muscle their way through challenges and keep their nerve if they want to find a way out. They take action to control Bowser from the inside - but without his knowledge.

Players can switch between storylines at will. What happens inside Bowser affects what he's doing on the outside. Sometimes Mario & Luigi must solve puzzles and challenges behind the scenes to help Bowser overcome various obstacles and advance the plot.
Players must make well-timed button presses to enhance their performance during battles and challenges.

Reference / Information

• Mario & Luigi: Bowsers inside story - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario & Luigi: Bowsers inside story - Replacement Game Manual (9.61mb PDF)

Media / Downloads

• Mario & Luigi: Bowsers inside story - Box Art

• Mario & Luigi: Bowsers inside story - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario & Luigi: Bowsers inside story - Rendered Artwork

• Mario & Luigi: Bowsers inside story - Screenshots

Release dates Australia November 17, 2005 Europe November 25, 2005 Japan December 8, 2005 N.America November 14, 2005   General information Platform: Nintendo DS Developed by Nintendo Published by Nintendo Players: Up to 8

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

The next step in Mario's popular racer the Mario Kart series is Mario Kart DS which utilises online play for the first time so you can go head to head with gamers in other countries with ease!

There are a variety of single player grand prix options available giving a total of 32 different races, many of which are not initially available and will need to be unlocked by beating the earlier cups/races.

Of the grand-prix tracks, there are more than a few that you'll recognise from past Mario games such as Mario Kart 64, and the SNES version of the game but there are also four brand new tracks. The classic difficulty modes of 50cc, 100cc and 150cc have been maintained in Mario Kart DS.

To begin with you get to choose between eight classic Nintendo characters, but as you progress through the game there are a lot of new characters to unlock. Each racer has their own set of stats some are faster than others, some will corner better, and some will accelerate quicker - these are all things to take into account when choosing your character.

Not only are there new tracks and characters, there some imaginative new powerups too including the new Bullet Bill power-up, when a player gets this they transform into a Bullet Bill and for a brief time the computer takes control of your player and quickly aids you in catching up with and overtaking your opponents. Also, remember the Blooper squids from Mario's past? They're back and this time not as an enemy but a power up
that if used properly can get ink all over the players ahead of you's screen - its not easy to drive with a windscreen covered in ink... the final new addition to the power ups is bob-omb, another classic Mario enemy reintroduced as a powerup - this is self explanatory, you can launch it ahead of yourself, and like most bombs.. it explodes!

Aside from the classic grand-prix modes there has also been a new mode introduced whereby the player must complete a number of tasks within certain time limits to succeed. There's all sorts of new challenges adding yet another element to an already great racer such as driving around circuits backwards, hitting every boost while taking corners and much more. At the end of each set of tasks you'll get a "boss" fight, which must be beaten before doing the next group of tasks - this may involve a 1 on 1 race against the 'boss' of that set of tasks!

Undeniably though the Main advancement from its predecessors is the outstanding multiplayer capabilities of the game.

Reference / Information

• Mario Kart DS - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario Kart DS - Replacement Game Manual (2.04mb PDF)

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• Mario Kart DS - Box Art

• Mario Kart DS - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario Kart DS - Rendered Artwork

• Mario Kart DS - Screenshots

Release dates Australia October 26, 2006 Europe February 16, 2007 Japan July 27, 2006 N.America September 11, 2006   General information Platform: Nintendo DS Developed by Nintendo Published by Nintendo Players: Single player / Multiplayer

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

In this Mario themed basketball title you choose from a selection of your favourite Mario characters to make a team of 3 (hence the 3 on 3) to play against either a computer opponent or another player!

You can choose from Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Wario, Peach, Yoshi amongst other characters. There are a couple of different types of player - some faster than others, some stronger than others etc.

The scoring system isn't fixed, and the more coins you have and more showboating when you get that basket the more you seem to score for it! While in play you will notice question mark tiles around the floor of the courts, going over these while on the ball will earn you coins.

When you use the charge dunk move and leave your player swinging from the basket you gain loads of coins (unless you get hit by one of the opposition players). Due to the touch screen control system on this game, you will quite accidentally discover a whole host of moves (and counter moves) as you go along.

The top screen of the DS shows the ingame 3d court view whereas the touch screen acts as a 'map' view of the court giving indication of where the question mark tiles and other players are.

Reference / Information

• Mario Hoops 3 on 3 - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario Hoops 3 on 3 - Replacement Game Manual  (3.29mb PDF)

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• Mario Hoops 3 on 3 - Box Art

• Mario Hoops 3 on 3 - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario Hoops 3 on 3 - Rendered Artwork

• Mario Hoops 3 on 3 - Screenshots

Release dates Australia Unconfirmed Europe December 8, 2009 Japan July 28, 2006 N.America December 15, 2008   General information Platform: Nintendo DS Developed by Nintendo Published by Nintendo Players: 1

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Game & Watch Collection on the Nintendo DS is a game bought out for Club Nintendo members. It features three of the game and watch multi-screen games: Donkey Kong, Green House and Oil Panic. The games featured are unchanged ports of their original versions.

Reference / Information

• Game & Watch Collection - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Game & Watch Collection - Replacement Game Manual (597kb PDF)

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• Game & Watch Collection - Box Art

• Game & Watch Collection - Screenshots

Release dates Australia Unconfirmed Europe November 19th, 1999 Japan January 21st, 1999 N.America April 26th, 1999   General information Platform: Nintendo 64 Developed by HAL Laboratory Published by Nintendo Players: 1-4

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo 64 pits the stars of all Nintendo's biggest stars against each other in the ultimate showdown.
It's a Bumpin, Bruisin, Brawling Bash! The many worlds of Nintendo collide in the ultimate showdown of strength and skill! Up to 4 players can choose their favourite characters - complete with signature attacks - and go at it in Team battles and free-for-alls. Or venture out on your own to conquer the 14 stages in single-player mode. Either way, Super Smash Bros. is a no-holds barred action-fest that will keep you coming back for more.

Plunge headlong into battle with your favourite Nintendo characters...

• Mario

• Donkey Kong

• Link

• Samus Aran

• Yoshi

• Kirby

• Fox McCloud

• Pikachu

• Luigi (unlockable)

• Jigglypuff (unlockable)

• Ness (unlockable)

• Captain Falcon (unlockable)

There are also a lot of non-playable characters from the Pokemon series such as Beedrill, Blastoise, Chansey, Charizard, Clefairy
Hitmonlee, Koffing, Meowth, Mew, Snorlax, Starmie.

Each playable character uses their very own trademark attacks such as Mario's fireballs and Link's sword. Grab a fire flower or Poké Ball and send your opponent sailing out of the arena. Compete in 8 different settings, each from a characters home world, and each with its own dangers.

Reference / Information

• Super Smash Bros - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Super Smash Bros - Replacement Game Manual (2.22mb PDF)

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• Super Smash Bros - Desktop Wallpaper

• Super Smash Bros - Rendered Artwork

• Super Smash Bros - Screenshots

Release dates Australia Unconfirmed Europe March 1st, 1997 Japan June 23rd, 1996 N.America September 29th, 1996 General information Platform: Nintendo 64 Developed by Nintendo EAD Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

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Overview

The N64's groundbreaking Super Mario 64 was the first 'true' 360 degree 3D game; released into a market that had been fiercely contested by Sega's Saturn and Sony's Playstation this was the title was one of three launch titles for the Nintendo 64 that really helped to turn heads in the direction of Nintendo's new console particularly in the U.S and Europe.

Graphics aside, a lot of new physics and moves were introduced as a result of the N64's enhanced controls and capabilities over its predecessor the SNES; we saw Mario's triple jump, ground pound, long jump and somersaults for the first time and not only that, but you didn't necessarily have to jump on an enemy anymore to kill them; Mario returned extra violent this time with kicking and punching finally becoming a viable means of disposing of his foes!

Originally this title had been intended for the SNES (or Famicom in Japan) but although this 16-Bit behemoth was strong, the development team decided that the SNES was not the right platform for this game, and as such Super Mario 64 was used to showcase the best use of the new N64 hardware whilst also acting as the basis for the N64 controller design; making this game potentially the most important factor in how well the Nintendo 64 would do.

Super Mario 64 has since been re-released, first of all as Super Mario 64 DS on the Nintendo DS on November 21st, 2004; largely similar to the original but with the added playable characters of Wario, Yoshi and of course Luigi; as most people were pretty perplexed about his absence from the original. Further down the line Super Mario 64 was released on the Wii's virtual console in November 2006, and as a VC title has only been outsold by Super Mario Bros (NES) to date.
 

Story

Super Mario 64 on the Nintendo 64 brings a long awaited third dimension to the classic Mario adventure games. The story goes as follows..

 

Peach: "Mario, please come to the castle. I've baked a cake for you. Yours truly, Princess Toadstool."
Mario: "Wow, an invitation from Peach! I'll head out right away. I hope she can wait for me!"

Mario is so excited to receive the invitation from the Princess, who lives in the Mushroom Castle, that he quickly dresses in his best and leaves right away

Mario: "Hmmm, something's not quite right here... It's so quiet..."
Shaking off his uneasy premonition, Mario steps into the silent castle, where he is greeted by gruff words.

Bowser: "No ones home! Now scram! Bwa, ha ha"
The sounds seem to come from everywhere.

Mario: "Who's there?! I've heard that voice somewhere before..."
Mario begins searching all over the castle. Most of the doors are locked, but finding one open, he peeks inside. Hanging on the wall is the largest painting he has ever seen, and from behind the painting comes the strangest sound that he has ever...

Mario: "I think I hear someone calling. What secrets does this painting hold?"
Without a second thought, Mario jumps at the painting. As he is drawn into it, another world opens before his very eyes.

And so begins the grandest of all adventures!

Once inside the painting, Mario finds himself in the midst of battling Bob-ombs. According to the Bob-omb Buddies, someone... or something.. has suddenly attacked the castle and stolen the "Power Stars." These stars protect the castle; with the stars in his control, the beast plans to take over the Mushroom Castle. To help him accomplish this, he plans to convert the residents of the painting world into monsters as well. If nothing is done, all those monsters will soon begin to overflow from inside the painting.

Mario: "A plan this maniacal, this cunning... this must be the work of Bowser!"
Princess Toadstool and Toad are missing, too. Bowser must have taken them and sealed them inside the painting. Unless Mario recovers the Power Stars immediately, the inhabitants of this world will become Bowser's army.

Mario: "Well, Bowser's not going to get away with it, not as long as I'm around!"
Stolen Power Stars are hidden throughout the painting world. Use your wisdom and strength to recover the Power Stars and restore peace to the Mushroom Castle.

"Mario! You are the only one we can count on."

Gameplay & Controls

At first sight, there are many differences between Mario 64 and its predecessors. Players who were used to the 2-bit side scrolling action have had to adapt to many changes. The biggest one is the look. Now you can see Mario at every angle. Manoeuvring with the analog stick instead of the standard D-Pad the biggest adjustment that many players have had to work with. This isn’t considered a game flaw by any means, adapting to the new console was a standard issue for many gamers who were used to playing on the standard NES or SNES systems previously. The 360 degree analog control of the N64 controller was considered both innovative and challenging at the time.

We got used to Mario having to run, jump and shoot his way through levels that were clearly marked, searching for the flag to annotate the course has been cleared. Mario 64 puts you directly in the middle of the action…Now considered classic RPG mode, you find yourself wandering aimlessly, unlocking keys, stumbling across coins, and excited to find that you have reached your target (for that moment).

Because of this, there are no time limits. You won’t find yourself shrinking into oblivion at 0:00 mark. You will, however, be surprised by enemies who are around the corner, as well as friends and allies helping you along the way.
Stars have and always will be a central focus of every Mario game that has existed. One of the objectives of Mario 64 is to search for stars. As each star is found, another world is unlocked, some of them are secret, others are standard. Each level has six stars. A seventh star can be attained if Mario gets 100 coins before clearing the level.

Once you get used to it, the gameplay is pretty exciting. You will find your heart racing as you jump, swim and duck to make your way through levels and zones.

Levels & Zones

There are fifteen different zones in Super Mario 64. This is almost twice as many as the seven or eight levels that players may be used to. The levels are as follows:

• Course 1 Bob-omb Battlefield-- This course is ruled by a guy with an explosive personality. Can you find the three extra lives in this level?

• Course 2 Whomp's Fortress--You can't enter the fortress until you find one star! There are certain spots where Bullet Bills will attack you unexpectedly. Watch out!

• Course 3 Jolly Roger Bay-There are seven stars and 2 extra lives in this location. Look at the Goombas for a surprise!

• Course 4 Cool, Cool Mountain--You can't get into the mountain until you've gotten three stars. Once you do, be careful! You may find yourself sliding to survive.

• Course 5 Big Boo's Haunt-- Merry-Go-Rounds are supposed to be fun. That is not the case with the ghost filled carousel located in this course. Remember, never turn your back on a ghost, or you may find yourself among the dead!

• Course 6 Hazy Maze Cave-- Have you beaten Bowser yet? Did you find the Dark Key? Great! Now it's time to get lost in this crazy hazy maze of a cave.

• Course 7 Lethal Lava Land--If you're looking for silver stars, you might want to play with a yellow shell. Try to avoid the little bombers at all cost!

• Course 8 Shifting Sand Land--Are you tired of mazes yet? Don't get stuck in any dead ends. If you play the level right, you should come across six extra lives.

• Course 9 Dire, Dire Dock--Once you get the first star, you will come across Bowser. This dock is dangerous so tread carefully.

• Course 10 Snowman's Land--Ice is supposed to be pretty and calming. This land is anything but. Beware the giant snowman in the middle of the level!

• Course 11 Wet-Dry World--You can control everything in this world with switches. Do you need water to help you? Do you prefer dry land? Switch it!

• Course 12 Tall, Tall--There are many secrets in this world! How many can you find?

• Tiny-Huge Island-- Everything here is either very huge or quite tiny. Mario can change sizes by warping through the tunnels. Take advantage of when you are on the small side of the island and watch out for the giant Piranha Plants.

• Tick Tock Clock-- If you ever wondered what the inside of a clock was like, now you will know. There are crazy gears and other things that will stand in your way.

• Rainbow Ride--Rainbows should be happy and fun. Enjoy riding the carpet down the rainbow but avoid all of the enemies you may meet along the way.

Secret Levels:

• The Princess's Secret Slide - A large slide filled with 1-Ups and coins.

• The Secret Aquarium - A giant fish-tank filled with eight Red Coins.

• Wing Mario Over the Rainbow - A stage in the sky where Mario must fly around using cannons to collect eight Red Coins.

Enemies & Bosses

Enemies:

• Amps--These balls of electricity cannot be killed. They are tricky, so be careful when around them.

• Bill Blasters—These guys shoot Bullet Bills out of their cannons.

• Bob-ombs--These guys explode Watch out! They tick when you least expect it.

• Boos-Yes, this is the same white ghost you saw in the original Mario games. Look him in the eye to make him go away. Never, ever jump on him.

• Bookends--Don't get too close to this book or he will get you! Throw a punch to get a prize.

• Bubs--These are mini Bubbas. They follow you and will eat you.

• Bubbas--These fish will follow you and devour you for lunch if you let them.

• Bullet Bills--These bullet heads come out of Bill Blasters. They are shot out when you move far away from them.

• Bullies--These guys will push you around if you let them. That's why they are called Bullies. Stand up to them and finish the course like the hero that you are.

• Chain Chomps--This giant ball has even bigger teeth and will try to bite you. He is located at Bob-omb's Battlefield. Unfortunately, you can't kill him. You can stun hiim and get some coins, though.

• Chuckyas--These guys fight a bit dirty. They will pick you up and spin you around. Try to get them from behind.

• Fire Guys--These guys are pretty interesting. Beware! They shoot fire!

• Goombas--Yes, it's the original bad guy. You know how to defeat him, so do your thing.

• Grand Goombas--These are bigger versions of the Goomba. They are a bit scarier but nothing that you cannot handle.

• Heave Hos--Another indestructible foe is the Heave Ho. They can toss you around with their dustpans and recharge themselves with their keys.

• Killer Chairs-- These wooden chairs look harmless but will float around and get you good. Try to stay away from the two that you see.

• Kleptos--This bird will steal your cap, so look out! If you are looking for the first star in Shifting Sand Land, then look up, someone may have stolen it.

• Koopa Troopas--Yep! We have those flying turtles again. He's easy to kill. Grab the blue coin before he makes another shell.

• Lakitus--These guys sit in their clouds and throw Spiny Eggs at you.

• Mad Piano--This piano is at Big Boos Haunt. Even though you cannot kill him, once he comes out to "play", he'll give you a red coin.

• Micro-Goombas--These guys are kind of cute. They don't hurt you but can get in your way while you are on your mission.

• Moneybags-- He looks like a regular coin but he's just a villain in disguise. Keep away from him at all cost.

• Monty Moles--These moles pop out of the ground and attack you. You can attack him while he's still underground. They cannot be killed. However, he can give you an extra life by jumping on him repeatedly.

• Mr. Blizzards--These snowmen pop out of the ground and throw snowballs at you.

• Mr. Is--Giant creepy eye. Need I say more?

• Piranha Plants--These guys like to eat people for breakfast. You have to punch him after you creep up on him to get rid of him.

• Pokeys--Getting this guy will give you a blue coin. Attack him to make him short.

• Scuttlebugs--This spider is crazy! If you attack him you get three coins.

• Skeeters-- Mario sure has a lot of spiders to fight. Jump on him to demolish him.

• Snufits--This guy has a cannon for a mouth. If you get him, he will give you yellow coins.

• Spindrifts--These pretty pink flowers are rather deadly. Jump on them with a spin jump and you will get three coins.

• Swoopers--These bats are more annoying than deadly. You can kill him with any attack method.

• Thwomps—Thwomps are like Whomps, only bigger.

• Tox Boxes--Tox Boxes are giant boxes that will roll over you and kill you if you do not watch out.

• Tweesters--this tornado will suck you up and spin you around.

• Ukikis--He is another cute character that likes to take stuff. This monkey will take your hat. Once he runs off, he may be hard to catch.

• Unagis--Unagis are eels that hide in the Jolly Roger Bay. If you swim in front of him, he will come out and try to attack.

• Venus Fire Traps--Yes, Piranha Plants can shoot fire. Punch him to defeat him.

• Whomps--Whomps are the worst in the world. He can squash you in a matter of seconds. Jumping on his back will give you five coins. Be careful, but be quick!

Bosses:

• Big Bob-omb

• Big Boo

• Big Bully

• Big Mr. I

• Bowser

• Chill Bully

• Eyerok

• Whomp King

• Wiggler

Mario's Abilities

Of course, Mario cannot find Princess Peach without some special gear. The following items gives our hero powers that make him fierce.

• Wing Cap—With this cap, Mario can do a triple jump, shoot himself out of cannons, and fly.

• Vanishing Cap—This lets Mario walk through walls and gates. He isn’t invisible but he cannot be hurt as badly as if he did not have it.

• Metal Cap—No, this isn’t Mario’s way of listening to Slayer while out on a stroll. The metal cap likens the Star in other games because it lessens his vulnerability. He can jump higher (but not by much) and can travel deeper in water (he DOES have metal on his head, after all). Most attacks by enemies don’t affect him when wearing the Metal Cap.

Glitches, Mistakes and Bloopers

• If Mario gets to the level exit and is still one star too few, the message will still refer to the stars in plural form; it says "You need 1 more stars" instead of "You need one more star"

• When you approach Yoshi on the rooftop of the castle he shouts "Mario! It that really you???" instead of "Mario!! is that really you?" - I feel bad for picking this out, we should be glad he speaks any English whatsoever, he is a dinosaur after all!

• The backwards long jump: perhaps the most well known glitch in Super Mario 64, if a player performs this correctly it enables them to climb up any flight of stairs including even the Endless Stairs.

• Using the above method you can also enter a room which some fans know as the 'Black Room of Death' which basically has Mario stuck in the castle walls

• There are a number of invisible walls, objects in the game that you can stand on and use for leverage, one of the most commonly known ones is situated on Tall, Tall Mountain.

• You are supposed to only be able to access the castles rooftop using the cannon once you've collected all 120 of the power stars - but there is one other way, it'll take a few attempts in most cases but with a perfectly executed Triple Jump on the slope adjacent to the castle you CAN gain access to the roof.

• If Mario falls off the roof he will cling onto the corner of the castle, but he'll still lose a life and worse yet, his hat will come off!

Reception

Fans were extremely excited to see their first Super Mario adventure on the Nintendo 64 console, and even more excited to see that Mario had truly entered the 3rd dimension. This game ended up being the best selling N64 time of all time, by the beginning of 2010 it had sold over 11.62 million copies across the globe.

In terms of the response from critics, this title did amazingly well with Game Informer scoring it 9.75/10, GameSpot weighing in with 9.4/10 and IGN's rather impressive 9.8/10. The main critical praise being directed at the games groundbreaking 3D graphics, and full 360 degree world - no longer was this a linear side scrolling adventure but a huge world to explore in whatever way you saw fit. The games soundtrack also received praise across the board - the only negative point that stopped this title nailing some 10/10's was the camera man; with critics pointing out that the shifting of the camera angles could interrupt gameplay (Agreed).

Videos: Trailers, Commercials & Gameplay

A full playthrough of Super Mario 64

A North American TV Commercial for Super Mario 64

The Super Mario 64 Milk Commercial

Mentions in other games

• At the beginning of the DS version of SM64, Yoshi jumps down from the castle roof, an acknowledgement that this is where Yoshi was when the events of the original game ended

• Paper Mario begins in much the same way as Super Mario 64 with Mario receiving a letter from Peach; once Mario arrives he sees that the main room of Peach's Castle is near exactly like it was in SM64 (though thats where the similarities end as the doors then lead to different rooms)

• In the Royal Raceway course of Mario Kart 64, Peach's castle appears exactly as it did in Super Mario 64.

• The fourteenth zone of SM64, Tick Tock Clock appears in Mario Kart DS as a race track.

• A long time later on in Mario Kart 7 for the 3DS, Metal Mario appears as a playable character.

Interesting Facts

• First Mario game in full 360 degree 3D

• Like in the Mario Kart games, Lakitu is camera man again

• Some bob-ombs are friendly!

• MIPS the rabbit in the castle basement is named after the company who made the N64 Processor, MIPS Technologies.

• Mario can wear different caps. (Metal Cap, Vanish Cap, Wario's Cap etc)

• The person who did Mario's voiceovers in Super Mario 64 was Charles Martinet, it wasn't the first time he'd done a Mario voiceover, he also did Mario's FUNdamentals ( a puzzle game collection from 1995 )

• In the games title screen you can pull Mario's face into different shapes and positions

• When a second controller is in use player 2 can control the camera views during both the ending sequence and the credits

• Did you know that Mario 64 was the best-selling game on the Nintendo 64 console?

• According to the January 2005 issue of Electronic Gaming Magazine, Super Mario 64 is the game that made 3-D games popular.

• A sequel to the game was supposed to debut on the Super Nintendo Disc Drive. However the Super Nintendo DD never made it big. It is considered the unknown, mysterious, console that never was.

• 2-player mode was in the works. However, developers thought it would be impossible for two players to agree on movements thus making gameplay and navigation nearly impossible.

• You have to fight Bowser three times in this game.

• In the Japanese version of the opening screen it says “Press Start”. In the US and EU versions it just says “Start”.

• In Japan, a rumble pack was released along with the game. Unfortunately, this never made it to EU or US markets.

There are references to people / events outside of the Mario universe in this game in the following forms:-

• There is a reference to the famous song "Somewhere over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland from the Wizard of Oz in that during the Rainbow ride course the sixth star along is called "Somewhere over the Rainbow". After this song.

• Further to the above another of the stars (the second one along in Tick Tock Clock) is called "The Pit and the Pendulums" - the same name as the story by Edgar Allan Poe.

• MIPS the rabbit is yet another punctuality-challenged critter, much like that of the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland.

Reference / Information

• Super Mario 64 - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Super Mario 64 - Coin and Star Guide

• Super Mario 64 - Credits

• Super Mario 64 - Guide & Video Walkthrough

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 80 Preview

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 84 Screenshots

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 85 Feature

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 87 Preview continuation

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 88 Exclusive Special

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 89 Competition

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 94 Questions & Answers

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 91 Questions & Answers

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 93 Questions & Answers

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 95 Questions & Answers

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 96 Questions & Answers

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 96 Game Face competition

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 97 Questions & Answers

• Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Power Vol. 98 Questions & Answers

• Super Mario 64 - Replacement Game Manual (2.25mb PDF)

• Super Mario 64 - Review by StephenYap

• Super Mario 64 - Review by Scott

• Super Mario 64 - Review by Sylvia Thomas

• Super Mario 64 - The Legend of Luigi

Media / Downloads

• Super Mario 64 - Desktop Wallpaper

• Super Mario 64 - Rendered Artwork

• Super Mario 64 - Screenshots

Release dates Australia Unconfirmed Europe October 5th, 2001 Japan August 11th, 2000 N.America February 5th, 2001   General information Platform: Nintendo 64 Developed by Intelligent Systems Published by Nintendo Players: Single-player

GAME INFORMATION

Overview / Storyline

The much awaited sequel to Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven stars on the SNES is the Paper Mario on the Nintendo 64.

The Story

Very far away, way above the clouds beyond the sky, there is a legend saying that there was a haven where the Stars lived. It is also known that the fabled treasure called the Star Rod rested in the sanctuary of Star Haven, which was known for its power to grant all kinds of wishes. The seven revered Star Spirits, using this astonishing Star Rod, watched over our peaceful world cautiously and very carefully.

Then a terrible thing happens one day, when the evil King Bowser appeared in Star Haven and stole the Star Rod! He uses the incredible power of the Star Rod and quickly imprisoned the seven Star Spirits!

Mario, as completely unaware of the troubles happening in far-off Star Haven, got back home in the Mushroom Kingdom, and he is eagerly reading a letter from Princess Peach. It was an invitation to a party at Peach’s castle! With much expectation, Mario and Luigi set off for the party, unaware to the chaos that lies ahead. 

The main characters in Paper Mario are as below:

• Mario - our mustached marvel, must once again match his intellect and courage against Bowser's evil plans. Princess Peach - Loved by all under her jurisdiction, the princess of Mushroom Kingdom is constantly being the target of Bowser's wicked kidnapping strategies. She doesn’t give up, and even lend Mario a hand in his every adventure.
• The Star Spirits – appears that being guarded by Bowser’s vindictive groups. After being captured by Bowser, the seven Star Spirits have been separated from each other and imprisoned in isolated reaches throughout the kingdom.
• Mario's friends - Mario needs to combine his talents with those of his newfound friends to put a stop to Bowser's evil plan.
• King Bowser – Do you think Bowser will use the Star Rod to become the ruler of the world? Well, it’s up to Mario and his gang to make sure that will never happen!
• Kammy Koopa – One of Bowser's underlings, to torment Mario and his friends, she uses her mysterious magic.
• Luigi - Mario's younger brother and friend almost plays a dynamic role in Mario's adventures. Will he be this time?
• Twink – The Star Kid that is too young to have much power, but a determined one to help out Princess Peach and Mario however he can.

With the help of his new friends, can Mario stop Bowser? If he can’t, surely, there'll be no happy ending.

Interesting Facts

• Luigi, who usually help his brother, doesn't help Mario on his adventures and stayed at home!
• This is the only Mario RPG game where in Bowser poses as your main enemy.
• "Star Haven" is the replacement for Star Road.
• Paper Mario utilizes Chapters, a very book like format; this derives in the spirit of Paper.
• There are no female bosses, unlike the other Paper Mario games.
• There are no optional characters also, unlike the other Paper Mario games.
• As the Mario games progress, more and more occasional references outside the Mario Universe. In this case, the reference is to Star Wars. As Mario starts the battle with devious Bowser, for the second time around, the latter shouts "Let us witness the power of this totally operational Star Rod!". A parody to the Emperor Palpatines line, a character in Star Wars the Empire Strikes back, telling about witnessing the power of a fully operational Death Star.
• Tutankoopa, again, is a reference to someone outside the Mario Universe. You guessed it right! Tutankhamen, the most well-known Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
• Additional to the above Star Wars reference, there is also a penguin author called "Herringway". This penguin author is, on the other hand, a parody of Ernest Hemingway an American Author.
• Geno and Mallow were neither in this title nor were they referenced, because of the termination of Nintendo and Squares contract after Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, and that these characters belong to Square.
• Goombario: a new playable Goomba character that is newly introduced in this game.

Reference / Information

• Paper Mario - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Paper Mario - Credits

• Paper Mario - Item List

• Paper Mario - Replacement Game Manual (2.82mb PDF)

• Paper Mario - Special Item List

Media / Downloads

• Paper Mario - Desktop Wallpaper

• Paper Mario - Rendered Artwork

• Paper Mario - Screenshots

Release dates Australia Unconfirmed Europe November 3rd, 2000 Japan July 21st, 2000 N.America August 24th, 2000   General information Platform: Nintendo 64 Developed by Camelot Published by Nintendo Players: 1-4

GAME INFORMATION

Overview

Enlist some of your favourite characters from the Mario universe for a game of doubles in Mario Tennis. Boo, Daisy, Bowser--even new character Waluigi, brother of Wario--and more are here for a game that sets accurate tennis physics in an unpredictable fantasy world. Where else could you play tennis on a court surrounded by lava? Play solo or with up to three friends simultaneously. Exhibition Mode provides a friendly, straightforward game, while Tournament Mode will settle the bets. There is also a Ring Shot Mode, a tennis variant that has players trying to send balls through as many golden rings as they can.

• Tennis game for 1 to 4 players

• Accurate tennis physics mixed with fun, fantastic themes

• Easy-to-learn controls allow for lobs, overhead blasts, and crosscourt smashes

• Features characters from NES, SNES, and N64 Mario-themed games

• Includes Mini-Games and tennis variants

Reference / Information

• Mario Tennis - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario Tennis - Character Guide

• Mario Tennis - FAQ / Guide

• Mario Tennis - Replacement Game Manual (3.32mb PDF)

Media / Downloads

• Mario Tennis - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario Tennis - Rendered Artwork

• Mario Tennis - Screenshots

Release dates Australia Unconfirmed Europe November 16th, 2001 Japan December 7th, 2000 N.America May 7th, 2001   General information Platform: Nintendo 64 Developed by Hudson Soft Published by Nintendo Players: 1-4

GAME INFORMATION

Overview / Mini-Game List

A party bigger than ever! Mario and his pals are back for some more fun. And this time its more fun than ever before. Play with your friends with over 70 all-new mini games! and new characters!

The story behind Mario Party 3

A Star is Born: In the centre of the vast universe, a remarkably bright star was born. It was the star that is born only once in a thousand years, the Millennium Star. According to the legend, whoever possessed the mystical star was destined to become the Superstar of the universe. However since the Millennium Star was but a newborn, it fell from the starry sky. Around that time, Mario and his friends were all happily relaxing when suddenly the Millennium Star came crashing down.

Mario and his friends soon began arguing about who should keep the Millennium Star. Suddenly, the Millennium Star gave off a brilliantly bright flash of light. And with that bright flash, Mario and his friends were transported into a toy box! "Greetings. I am the Millennium Star. You must pass my test to prove yourself worthy of possessing me. You must journey across many lands and collect the Star Stamps. If you can collect all seven, I shall accept you as the top Superstar in the universe." Who will collect the seven Star Stamps and become the universe's top Superstar?

Mario Party 3 is made up of seventy-one Mini-Games in total comprising; twenty x four player Mini-Games, ten three-on-one Mini-Games, ten two-on-two Mini-Games, ten duel Mini-Games, eight battle Mini-Games, six Item Mini-Games and three rare Mini-Games.

Interesting Facts

• The only Mario Party not to feature a Bowser themed board anywhere throughout.

• The final Mario game to show the Princesses in their full classic dress

• The introduction to the Mario Party series of Waluigi and Princess Daisy.

• Snifit appears on the N64 platform for the first time

• The third game that Princess Daisy has appeared in

• The second game that Waluigi has appeared in

• Mario Party 3 was the final Mario party game on the N64, the sequel would come later on the Gamecube

• Featuring over 70 all new mini games

• Toad is replaced as your guide by Tumble the Magic Dye

Reference / Information

• Mario Party 3 - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario Party 3 - Credits

• Mario Party 3 - Mini-Game Guide

Media / Downloads

• Mario Party 3 - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario Party 3 - Rendered Artwork

• Mario Party 3 - Screenshots

Release dates Australia Unconfirmed Europe October 13th, 2000 Japan December 17th, 1999 N.America January 24th, 2000   General information Platform: Nintendo 64 Developed by Hudson Soft Published by Nintendo Players: 1-4

GAME INFORMATION

Overview / Mini-Game List

As set up similar to its predecessor, the original Mario Party, Mario Party 2 on the Nintendo 64 adopted its entire feature except that the party can go on even longer, with 65 totals of mini games!

Want to have a park named after you? That is totally awesome, a new amusement park will be opening soon in the Mushroom Kingdom and Mario and his friends will be fighting over who it should be named after. The bet will be, whoever defeats Bowser first will have the amusement park’s name after them!

Just got even better!
Another round of Bowser-bashin’ party action! Mario and the whole gang are back as they get into different fiasco in each of the five all new Adventure Boards. A new swing of new tricks and devices bringing to you new levels of challenge and thrill to board game plays. Explore new board maps, play new Mini-Games, new actions and surprises that brought bunch of fun!

Mario Party 2 feature's sixty-five mini games comprising: twenty-one Four Player Mini-Games, twelve Two v Two Mini-Games, eleven Three v One Mini-Games, eight Battle Mini-Games, six Item Mini-Game and a special Mini Game.

Interesting Facts

• Outfits of the characters changes to blend in with the theme of the board they are playing on
• In the first Mario Party game, players can store an item, however, the maximum that a player can store is one item only.
• Remember the old Tanooki, Frog, Hammer Bros suits from SMB3? Now here is a newer suit item that has been added! Features now a 'Bowser Suit'.
• This game also features, taken from Mario Party, a few modified versions of some mini-games.
• Since the first game Mario party, there are no new characters added.
• Because players evidently getting blistered hands from the original Mario Party they have changed the control of the mini game in this title, from the Control stick based games to more of a button bashing angle.

Reference / Information

• Mario Party 2 - Cheats / Unlockables / Hints

• Mario Party 2 - Credits

Media / Downloads

• Mario Party 2 - Desktop Wallpaper

• Mario Party 2 - Rendered Artwork

• Mario Party 2 - Screenshots

Release dates Australia Unconfirmed Europe March 9th, 1999 Japan December 18th, 1998 N.America February 8th, 1999 General information Platform: Nintendo 64 Developed by Hudson Soft Published by Nintendo Players: 1-4

GAME INFORMATION

Overview / Mini-Game List

Tensions mount for Mario and pals as each declares himself to be the one true Super Star of Mario Land. Face your friends and family in a contest of strength, wits and agility as you explore 6 thrilling Adventure boards. Reveal new levels of gaming excitement as you customize your boards with speed blocks, warp blocks and other speciality items. Jam-packed with all the electricity of an entire arcade, the action comes alive for up to four players. So grab your friends and get ready for a wild ride because this party never ends!

Mario Party is a board-game style title for the Nintendo 64. Players can choose from one of six playable characters as below:-

• Mario

• Luigi

• Yoshi

• Princess Toadstool

• Wario

• Donkey Kong

The game can be played in one of two modes

• Party mode - Four players will play on a board-game style setup, taking it in turns to roll a dice which decides
  how many spaces their player will move around the board. Once everyone has taken a turn a randomly selected mini game will begin. Players
  continue rolling and playing mini games until time runs out.

• Mini-game mode - in this mode the player can select up to seven mini-games to play back to back and customise the settings of the mini-games as required.

Shoot for the stars in 2-on-2. 3-on-1 or 4-player free-for-all action. Bash, bump and bully your way through 56 dizzying Mini-games. 9 World Maps provide a challenging single-player quest on Mini-Game Island.

Mario Party is a compilation of fifty-six Mini-Games comprising; ten single-player Mini-Games, five two-v-two Mini-Games, ten 3-v-1 Mini-Games and twenty-four four player Mini-Games.

Mini Game Playthroughs

A playthrough of each game board in Mario Party is below:-

The playlist order is as below list, but

1. Donkey Kong's Jungle Adventure

2. Peaches Birthday Cake

3. Yoshi's Tropical Island

4. Wario's Battle Canyon

5. Luigi's Engine Room

6. Mario's Rainbow Castle

You can skip to a board of your choice by clicking in the top left of the playlist and choosing a different video:-

Interesting Facts

• Once the game is completed the tune playing while the credits are scrolling is actually a heavily remixed version of the Mario Bros. Tune.

• The second Mario game (to Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars) allowing you to buy items

• The second Mario game to allow up to 4 players, the first was Mario Kart 64

• Long after the release of Mario Party, infact even after the release of Mario Party 2, Nintendo bought out a Mario Party glove.

• This glove was given away free and was intended for gamers who played a lot not to blister their hands due to the way the n64 controls were, Nintendo required proof of purchase of the Mario Party games to send these gloves out. The gloves were not logo bearing and had no Mario Characters on.

Some of the mini games names are puns, such as below:-