Super Luigi Bros

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven stars

SNES Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars The first Mario RPG — Nintendo & Square’s legendary collaboration DeveloperSquare PublisherNintendo GenreRole-playing game PlayersSingle-player Japan9 March 1996 N. America13 May 1996 EuropeNever released on SNES OverviewStoryGameplayBattle systemPartyLocationsSide questsBossesEnemiesCameosLegacyTriviaDownloads Overview Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is the first Mario RPG ever made, and … Read more

Super Mario Kart (SNES) – the original karting masterpiece

Mario Kart SNES Box cover

Super NES / Super Famicom1992Kart racingNintendo EAD8.76 million soldWhere Mario Kart began20 courses, 4 battle arenasMode 7 + DSP-1 chipBattle Mode Super Mario Kart Lakitu drops the lights, eight karts squeal away across a flat, spinning racetrack, and a whole genre is born. Super Mario Kart reached the Super Famicom on 27 August 1992, North … Read more

Mario’s Early Years: Preschool Fun

Mario's Early Years Preschool fun on the SNES box cover

SNESPC Mario’s Early Years! Preschool Fun “Kid-tastic fun with Mario in diapers” — shapes, colours and sounds for the very youngest DeveloperSoftware Toolworks PublisherSoftware Toolworks / Mindscape GenreEdutainment PlayersSingle-player PlatformsSNES, MS-DOS For agesUnder 6 years old OverviewHow it worksThe worldsCharactersFun FriendsSNES vs PCRegional differencesReleasesTriviaDownloads Overview Mario’s Early Years! Preschool Fun is an educational game aimed … Read more

Mario Paint (SNES)

Show your artistic side on the SNES with Mario Paint

SNES Mario Paint Draw, animate and compose — creative freedom with the SNES Mouse DeveloperNintendo R&D1 / Intelligent Systems PublisherNintendo GenreArt tool / Creative PlayersSingle-player InputSNES Mouse (bundled) Released14 July 1992 (Japan) OverviewTitle screenArt modePaletteStamp modeMusic modeAnimation LandGnat AttackOther featuresNintendo Power contestReceptionLegacySatellaviewReferencesTriviaDownloads Overview Mario Paint is an art tool game bundled with the SNES Mouse … Read more

Mario No Super Picross (Japan only)

Mario No Super Picross box cover - japanese mario game

SNESJapan only Mario’s Super Picross Mario no Super Picross — the ultimate nonogram puzzler DeveloperJupiter PublisherNintendo Japan14 September 1995 WestNever (Japan only) GenreLogic puzzle (Picross / Nonogram) Players1 player CompatibleSNES Mouse OverviewWhat is Picross?GameplayMario mode vs Wario modePuzzle list — Mario’s modePuzzle list — Wario’s modeRegional releasesReceptionTriviaDownloads Overview Mario’s Super Picross (マリオのスーパーピクロス) is a logic … Read more

Mario & Wario

Mario and Wario SNES Japanese mario game

Super FamicomJapan only Mario & Wario Guide a blinded Mario through 100 levels using only a fairy and your wits DeveloperGame Freak PublisherNintendo DesignerSatoshi Tajiri Japan27 August 1993 WestNever released PeripheralSNES Mouse required Levels100 + Extra World OverviewStoryGameplayCharactersEnemiesThe worldsBlocks & obstaclesItemsWario fight bonus stagesNintendo Power coverageMario vs. Wario comicsAdaptations in mangaDevelopmentTriviaDownloads Overview Mario & Wario … Read more

Mario’s Early Years: Fun with Numbers (SNES)

Mario teaches numbers in Mario's Early Years Fun with Numbers on the SNES

SNESPC Mario’s Early Years! Fun with Numbers Counting, shapes and maths for the very youngest Mario fans DeveloperSoftware Toolworks PublisherSoftware Toolworks / Mindscape GenreEdutainment PlayersSingle-player PlatformsSNES, MS-DOS InputSNES Mouse / PC Mouse OverviewHow it worksThe worldsCharactersSNES vs PCRegional differencesReleasesTriviaDownloads Overview Mario’s Early Years! Fun with Numbers is an educational game for young children focusing on … Read more

Mario’s Early Years: Fun with Letters (SNES)

Mario Teaches the alphabet in Marios Early Years: Fun with letters on the SNES

SNESPC Mario’s Early Years! Fun with Letters A,B,C with Mario — pre-reading basics for the very youngest players DeveloperSoftware Toolworks PublisherSoftware Toolworks / Mindscape GenreEdutainment PlayersSingle-player PlatformsSNES, MS-DOS InputSNES Mouse / PC Mouse OverviewHow it worksThe worldsCharactersAudioSNES vs PCTriviaDownloads Overview The UK IBM-PC release was titled Mario Teaches Words rather than Fun with Letters. Mario’s … Read more

Mario Tennis (VBoy)

VIRTUAL BOY · 1995 NINTENDO R&D1 / TOSE LAUNCH TITLE FIRST MARIO TENNIS Mario’s Tennis (Virtual Boy, 1995) The first tennis game in the Super Mario franchise — and the game that started a series. Mario’s Tennis was a Virtual Boy launch title in 1995, using the hardware’s stereoscopic 3D to create a genuinely convincing … Read more

Mario Clash (VBoy)

VIRTUAL BOY · 1995 NINTENDO R&D1 SINGLE-PLAYER FIRST 3D MARIO Mario Clash (Virtual Boy, 1995) Mario Bros. reinvented for the third dimension. The first ever 3D stereoscopic Mario game — a Virtual Boy original where Mario uses Koopa shells to knock enemies off platforms across a two-layer foreground/background arena. Obscure but genuinely creative, and now … Read more