The Complete Mario Compendium

[Metal Mario]

The Complete Mario Compendium

(Comprising his games, the games that make up his universe, and games in which he and/or his supporting cast make cameo appearances)


This is a list compiling Mario's complete history of appearances in video games. It includes all titles, including those unreleased in North America. The list is sorted by console, and the year of each game's release appears in parentheses next to each game's title. All release dates (except for the release dates of games unreleased in North America) correspond to North American release dates. The list is divided into five categories:

Category A: Games in which Mario is the star (or co-star)

Category B: Games in which Mario is not the star, but makes a cameo appearance as a playable character, or plays an important supporting role

Category C: Games in which Mario makes a brief, non-playable cameo appearance

Category D: Games in which Mario does not appear at all, but which still comprise a part of the greater Mario universe (as they star members of his supporting cast)

Category E: Games which do not comprise a part of the greater Mario universe, but feature cameo or guest appearances by members of Mario's supporting cast (each game is accompanied by a specification of the cameo occuring within that game)

No game is classified under more than one of the five categories. Each game fits under one category or another. This way, there is no repeating.

Category A: Games in which Mario is the star (or co-star)

Arcade

Donkey Kong (1981)
Mario Bros. (1983)
Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros.
VS Super Mario Bros. (1986)
VS Dr. Mario (1990)
Mario Party 5 (Japan only, 2004)
Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005)
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (Japan only, 2007)

Game & Watch

Mario's Bombs Away (1983)
Mario's Cement Factory (1983)
Mario Bros. (1983)
Donkey Kong Hockey (1984)
Super Mario Bros. (1986)
Mario the Juggler (1991)

NES

Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Wrecking Crew (1985)
Golf (1985)
Donkey Kong (1986)
Mario Bros. (1986)
Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels (Japan only, 1986)
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (1988)
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/ World Class Track Meet (1988)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)
Dr. Mario (1990)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
NES Open Tournament Golf (1991)
Yoshi (1992)
Mario's Time Machine (1993)
Yoshi's Cookie (1993)
Mario Bros. Classic (Europe only, 1993)

Game Boy

Super Mario Land (1989)
Alleyway (1989)
Golf (1990)
Yoshi (1992)
Super Mario Land 2 (1992)
Yoshi's Cookie (1993)
Donkey Kong (1994)
Mario's Picross (1995)
Mario's Picross 2 (Japan only, 1996)
Game & Watch Gallery (1997)
Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1998)
Game & Watch Gallery 3 (1999)


Super NES

Super Mario World (1991)
Super Mario Kart (1992)
Mario Paint (1992)
Mario's Time Machine (1993)
Mario & Wario (Japan only, 1993)
Super Mario All-Stars (1993)
Yoshi's Cookie (1993)
Mario's Early Years! Fun With Letters (1993)
Mario's Early Years! Fun With Numbers (1993)
Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (1993)
Yoshi's Safari (1993)
Super Mario All-Stars & Super Mario World (1994)
Tetris & Dr. Mario (1994)
Mario's Super Picross (Japan only, 1995)
Super Mario RPG (1996)
Wrecking Crew '98 (Japan only, 1998)

Virtual Boy

Mario's Tennis (1995)
Mario Clash (1995)

Nintendo 64

Super Mario 64 (1996)
Mario Kart 64 (1997)
Mario Party (1998)
Mario no Photopi (Japan only, 1998)
Super Smash Bros. (1999)
Mario Golf (2000)
Mario Tennis (2000)
Paper Mario (2000)
Mario Party 2 (2000)
Dr. Mario 64 (2001)
Mario Party 3 (2001)

Game Boy Color

Super Mario Bros. DX (1999)
Mario Golf (2000)
Mobile Golf (2001, Japan only)
Mario Tennis (2001)

Game Boy Advance

Super Mario Advance (2001)
Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001)
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2002)
Game & Watch Gallery 4 (2002)
Super Mario Bros. 3: Super Mario Advance 4 (2003)
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Mario Golf: Advance Tour (2004)
Mario VS Donkey Kong (2004)
Mario Pinball Land (2004)
Donkey Kong (2004)
Mario Bros. (Japan only, 2004)
Super Mario Bros. (2004)
Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels (Japan only, 2004)
Wrecking Crew (Japan only, 2004)
Dr. Mario (2004)
Mario Party Advance (2005)
Mario Tennis: Power Tour (2005)
Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (2005)

GameCube

Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Mario Party 4 (2002)
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003)
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003)
Mario Party 5 (2003)
Nintendo Puzzle Collection (Japan only, 2003)
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Mario Power Tennis (2004)
Mario Party 6 (2004)
Dance Dance Revoution: Mario Mix (2005)
Mario Superstar Baseball (2005)
Mario Party 7 (2005)
Super Mario Strikers (2005)

DS

Super Mario 64 DS (2004)
Yakuman DS (Japan only, 2005)
Mario Kart DS (2005)
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005)
New Super Mario Bros. (2006)
Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006)
Mario VS Donkey Kong 2 (2006)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007)
Mario Party DS (2007)
Game & Watch Collection (2008)
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009)

Wii

Super Paper Mario (2007)
Mario Party 8 (2007)
Mario Strikers Charged (2007)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007)
Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
Mario Kart Wii (2008)
Mario Super Sluggers (2008)
Mario Power Tennis (2009)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009)
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)

Super Famicom Satellaview (Japan only)

Dr. Mario BS Version (1995)
BS Super Mario Collection (1995)
Mario Excite Bike (1997)
Mario Paint BS Version (1997)

Nintendo 64 DD (Japan only)

Mario Artist: Paint Studio (1999)
Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000)
Mario Artist: Communication Kit (2000)
Mario Artist: Polygon Studio (2000)

Virtual Console

Donkey Kong (2006)
Mario Bros. (2006)
Super Mario Bros. (2006)
Super Mario 64 (2006)
Mario Kart 64 (2007)
Paper Mario (2007)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (2007)
NES Open Tournament Golf (2007)
Yoshi (2007)
Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels (2007)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (2007)
Wrecking Crew (2007)
Super Mario World (2007)
Mario Golf (2008)
Yoshi's Cookie (2008)
Super Mario RPG (2008)
Super Mario Kart (2009)
Super Smash Bros. (2009)

Others

Donkey Kong (Atari 8-bit, 1983)
Donkey Kong (Apple II, 1983)
Donkey Kong (Commodore 64, 1983)
Donkey Kong (MS-DOS, 1983)
Mario Bros. (Atari 2600, 1983)
Mario Bros. (Atari 5200, 1983)
Punch Ball Mario Bros. (Japan only, NEC PC-8801, 1984)
Mario Bros. Special (Japan only, NEC PC-8801, 1984)
Mario Bros. (Japan only, NEC PC-8801, 1986)
Super Mario Bros. Special (Japan only, NEC PC-8801, 1986)
Donkey Kong (Atari 7800, 1988)
Mario Bros. (Atari 7800, 1988)
Mario Bros. (XE, 1988)
I Am A Teacher: Super Mario Sweater (Japan only, Famicom Disk System, 1988)
Super Mario Bros. (wristwatch game, 1989)
Mario's Time Machine (DOS, 1992)
Hotel Mario (CD-i, 1994)
Mario Teaches Typing (Windows, 1995)
Mario Teaches Typing (Macintosh, 1995)
Mario's Game Gallery (PC, 1995)
Mario Teaches Typing 2 (PC, 1996)
Donkey Kong (e-reader, 2002)
Mario Bros. (e-reader, 2002)
Golf (e-reader, 2002)
Dr. Mario Online Rx (WiiWare, 2008)
Mario VS Donkey Kong: Minis March Again (DSiWare, 2009)
Dr. Mario Express (DSiWare, 2009)
Mario's Cement Factory (DSiWare, 2010)

Category B: Games in which Mario is not the star, but makes a cameo appearance as a playable character, or plays an important supporting role

Arcade

Donkey Kong Jr (1982)

Game & Watch

Donkey Kong Jr (1983)
Donkey Kong Circus (1984)
Donkey Kong 2 (1989)

NES

Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Math Lesson (Japan only, 1983)
Pinball (1984)
Tennis (1985)
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987)
Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream (1990)
Mario Is Missing! (1993)

Game Boy

Tennis (1989)
Baseball (1989)

Super NES

Mario Is Missing! (1993)
SMW 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)

Nintendo 64

Donkey Kong 64 (1999)

Game Boy Advance

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002)
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (2003)
WarioWare: Twisted! (2004)

GameCube

Luigi's Mansion (2001)
Animal Crossing (2002)
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (2003)
NBA Street V3 (2005)
SSX On Tour (2005)

DS

WarioWare: Touched! (2004)
Yoshi Touch & Go (2005)
Super Princess Peach (2005)
Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005)
Yoshi's Island DS (2006)
WarioWare: D.I.Y. (2010)

Wii

WarioWare: Smooth Moves (2006)
Animal Crossing: City Folk (2008)

Virtual Console

Donkey Kong Jr. (2006)
Pinball (2006)
Tennis (2006)
Punch-Out!! (2007)

Others

Donkey Kong Jr. (ColecoVision, 1983)
Donkey Kong Jr. (Atari 2600, 1983)
Donkey Kong Jr. (INTV, 1983)
Donkey Kong Jr. (Vic-20, 1983)
Tennis (Japan only, NEC PC-8801, 1985)
Donkey Kong Jr. (Atari 7800, 1988)
Mario Is Missing (DOS, 1992)
Donkey Kong Jr. (e-reader, 2002)
Pinball (e-reader, 2002)
Tennis (e-reader, 2002)
Donkey Kong Jr. (DSiWare, 2010)
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase (WiiWare, 2010)

Category C: Games in which Mario makes a brief, non-playable cameo appearance

Arcade

Punch-Out!! (1984)

NES

Tetris (1986)

Game Boy

Tetris (1989)
Qix (1990)
F-1 Race (1990)
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994)
Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996)

Super NES

SimCity (1991)
Super Scope 6 (1992)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992)
Stunt Race FX (1994)
Donkey Kong Country 2 (1995)
Kirby Super Star (1996)

Nintendo 64

Pilotwings 64 (1996)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)
Pokemon Stadium 2 (2001)

GameCube

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest (2002)
The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition (2003)
1080: Avalanche (2003)
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (2004)

Game Boy Advance

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (2002)
Donkey Kong Country 2 (2004)

DS

Tetris DS (2006)
Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008)

Wii

Captain Rainbow (Japan only, 2008)
Wii Fit (2008)

Virtual Console

SimCity (2006)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (2007)
Donkey Kong Country 2 (2007)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2007)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2009)

Others

Pictobits (DSiWare, 2009)

Category D: Games in which Mario does not appear at all, but which still comprise a part of the greater Mario universe (as they star members of his supporting cast)

Arcade

Donkey Kong 3 (1983)
Donkey Kong: Jungle Fever (Japan only, 2005)
Donkey Kong: Banana Kingdom (Japan only, 2006)

Game & Watch

Donkey Kong 3 (1984)

NES

Donkey Kong Jr. Math (1985)
Donkey Kong 3 (1986)
Wario's Woods (1994)

Game Boy

Donkey Kong Land (1995)
Tetris Attack (1996)
Donkey Kong Land 3 (1997)
Wario Land 2 (1998)

Super NES

Wario's Woods (1994)
Donkey Kong Country (12994)
Donkey Kong Country 3 (1996)
Tetris Attack (1996)

Virtual Boy

Virtual Boy Wario Land (1995)

Nintendo 64

Diddy Kong Racing (1997)
Yoshi's Story (1998)

Game Boy Color

Wario Land 3 (2000)
Donkey Kong Country (2000)

Game Boy Advance

Wario Land 4 (2001)
Donkey Kong Country (2003)
Donkey Kong Country 3 (2005)
Yoshi Topsy-Turvy (2005)
DK: King of Swing (2005)

GameCube

Wario World (2003)
Donkey Konga (2004)
Donkey Konga 2 (2005)
Donkey Konga 3 (Japan only, 2005)
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (2005)

DS

DK: Jungle Climber (2007)
Wario: Master of Disguise (2007)
Diddy Kong Racing DS (2007)

Wii

Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast (2007)
Wario Land: Shake It! (2008)
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (2009)

Virtual Console

Wario's Woods (2006)
Donkey Kong Jr. Math (2007)
Donkey Kong Country (2007)
Donkey Kong Country 3 (2007)
Yoshi's Story (2007)
Donkey Kong 3 (2008)

Others

Donkey Kong 3 (e-reader, 2002)
WarioWare: Snapped (DsiWare, 2009)

Category E: Games which do not comprise a part of the greater Mario universe, but feature cameo or guest appearances by members of Mario's supporting cast (each game is accompanied by a specification of the cameo occurring within that game)

Game Boy

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) – several Mario characters appear
Wario Blast (1994) – Bomberman game guest-starring Wario

Game Boy Color

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (1998) – several Mario characters appear
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2001) – various Mario characters appear
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001) – various Mario characters appear

Nintendo 64

Banjo-Kazooie (1998) – Tiptup appears
Banjo-Tooie (2000) – Tiptup appears; Donkey Kong doll

Game Boy Advance

The Legendary Starfy 3 (Japan only, 2004) – Wario appears
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2005) - Lakitu and Bob-Omb appear

GameCube

Pikmin 2 (2004) - Bowser appears on box of matches
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2004) - Chain Chomp and Thwomp appear
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) - Bullet Bill pictured on Fyre's clothes

DS

Big Brain Academy (2006) - Piranha Plant appears

Wii

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) - Bullet Bill pictured on Fyre's clothes
Punch-Out!! (2009) – Donkey Kong appears

Others

Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade, 2008) - Tiptup appears
Banjo-Tooie (Xbox Live Arcade, 2009) - Tiptup appears

[Metal Mario]

UPDATE: Added all pertinent Virtual Console titles, as well as all pertinent and complete e-reader titles.

Phew! You don't have to be an anal retentive shut-in with no life to do this.........

..........but it sure helps!

[Dr. Furball]

Originally Posted by Metal Mario

The Complete Mario Compendium
Donkey Kong Circus (1984)

Pretty sure this one goes in Category B, since I believe that Mario himself is an NPC in this one:

Aside from that, it's a pretty comprehensive list. Nice going.

[Metal Mario]

Thanks for that. I actually couldn't find anything that would tell me whether or not Mario appeared in Donkey Kong Circus, and what role he played if he did. I'll make the appropriate edit.

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

What about games that refer to Mario only through text, or parody him?

[Metal Mario]

Didn't include those, since it doesn't constitute an actual appearance by the character.

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

but u shud

Anyway, really cool information here. I like it.

[Metal Mario]

Yeah, I thought this would be a good resource for Mario fans, since he and his supporting cast have appeared in so many games over the years.

[Random User]

I believe text cameos should be added... oh well...

FR/LG: "It`s a game with Maio wearing a bucket on his head!"

[Metal Mario]

Okay, after a little research, I've updated with some more titles. Also, the Super Mario Wiki seems to believe that there are Chain Chomps in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures. Can anybody confirm this? I also would like to know whether or not Tiptup the turtle appears in the Xbox's downloadable versions of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. If someone can confirm these for me, I'll add them to the compendium.

[X-3]

Tiptup does appear in the XBox versions.

[Metal Mario]

Okay, thanks. I'll add those to the compendium then. While I don't know for certain, I've always assumed that Tiptup was created specifically for Diddy Kong Racing, which would make him a Mario Universe character. If anyone has any special knowledge concerning this, however, and can tell me that Tiptup was carried over from the in-progress Banjo-Kazooie and inserted into DKR as a guest star (like Banjo himself was), then feel free to share, and we can officially drum Tiptup out of the Mario ranks.

[Booyakasha]

^Seems like a frivolous distinction to me, inasmuch as the games were developed more or less concurrently.

And if originating in DKR makes Tiptup a Mario character, it should by all rights make Conker a Mario character as well.

[Valigarmander]

After Nintendo sold Rare, Nintendo was allowed to keep the rights to most characters, while some of the more prominent of Rare's creations (Conker, Banjo) went to Rare. In the DS remake of Diddy Kong Racing, Conker and Banjo were replaced with Dixie and Tiny Kong. So as far as we're concerned, Conker and Banjo's appearance in the original DKR was just a cameo appearance by a couple of Rare characters in a Nintendo character game.

I don't know what's up with Tiptup, though.

[Booyakasha]

That's revisionist.

[Valigarmander]

ur face is revisionist

[Metal Mario]

Originally Posted by Booyakasha

^Seems like a frivolous distinction to me, inasmuch as the games were developed more or less concurrently.

Yeah, but I'm as anal as the day is long.

And if originating in DKR makes Tiptup a Mario character, it should by all rights make Conker a Mario character as well.

Nope, because Conker didn't originate with Diddy Kong Racing. Like Banjo, he was created to helm his own franchise, and his games were deep in development, widely publicized, and highly anticipated long before DKR was even made known to the gaming public. That's why it's not revisionist either. Because Banjo and Conker never began with DKR; they were simply plucked from their own in-development games and inserted into DKR as guest stars, most likely in order to keep them visible and keep interest up.

[Booyakasha]

Originally Posted by Metal Mario

I'm as anal as the day is long.

I'm laughing immaturely right now. It's nothing I can help.

I'll take your word on Banjo and Conker having long had projects in development by the time DKR appeared. Still don't see as it means Banjo and Conker aren't a part of the Mario universe. Seems to me that if A is in the same universe as B, and B with C, and C with D, it means A is in the same universe as D.

[Metal Mario]

Nah, because then Goomba could be a Zelda character just because he appears in Link's Awakening. Or Mario and Sonic could be part of the same universe just because they go to the Olympics together.

When you have a character from one franchise make a cameo appearance in another franchise, it's generally best to just go by the wormhole rule. Character A gets sucked into a transdimensional wormhole, lands in Character B's universe, sticks around long enough to give a little fan service, then takes the same wormhole back to his own world, and no one ever speaks of it again.

[Booyakasha]

I wouldn't call Conker or Banjo cameos in DKR. DKR isn't like SSB---it has an actual narrative, and they're a part of it.