Koji Kondo, the composer of Super Mario Bros. and various later games in the series, stated that the underwater theme was the first one he composed, as he found it easy to imagine how being underwater would sound like.

Which theme from Super Mario Bros. was composed first?

According to Dayvv Brooks, who named the Koopalings during the US localization of Super Mario Bros. 3, Larry was not named after anyone in particular: he stated that "he just looked like a Larry". 

Who is Larry named after?

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels does not allow you to use Luigi as player 2 because there is no multiplayer mode in the game.

Which of those games does not allow you to use Luigi as player 2?

The enhanced version of Mario Teaches Typing was the first game to feature Martinet as the voice of Mario, replacing Ronald B. Ruben in the original version.

What was the first Mario game where Charles Martinet voices the titular character?

The levels to be beat are: 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-Cannon, 5-1, 5-2 or 5-3 (split path), 5-Tower, 5-4, 5-Ghost House, 5-Cannon, 8-1, 8-2, 8-7, 8-Airship, 8-Castle.

Including cannons, but excluding enemy courses, how many levels are required to be beat in the fastest possible any% speedrun of New Super Mario Bros. Wii?

Wario's first spin-off game was Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, which was released in January 1994 and would kickstart the Wario Land franchise. Donkey Kong Country would not release until November 18 of that year.

Which of these characters was the first to get their own spin-off franchise?

Mario and co. have never played field hockey in any released game, though they have played ice hockey at the Olympic Games and in Mario Sports Mix.

Which of these sports have Mario and co. not played through the series?

No baby character has a dedicated page on Wikipedia, let alone Baby Mario.

As of December 2025, which of those Mario characters does not have a dedicated Wikipedia article?

Super Paper Mario was released in 2007. The other games were released in 2000, 2004 (OG)/2024 (remake), 2012, 2016 and 2020, respectively.

Which Paper Mario game was not released on a leap year?

This was the emblem used on his tennis racket in the game, but it was replaced in future games with his current emblem of the M surrounded by frills.

What is Baby Mario's emblem in Mario Tennis?

There is a weapon in the game named "Hell in a Shell".

Which of these mild profane terms has been uttered in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle?

While 96 exits are required to 100% the game, there are technically 102 exits: six of them do not need to be found or completed to 100% the game.

Galoombas were already known by a different name in Japan

Iggy has Larry's hairstyle instead of his own in-game

There are a total of 96 exits in the game

Yoshi can gain all Koopa shell abilities by eating a Flashing Shell

Piranha Plants with stems exist in the game

Which fact about Super Mario World is false?

The Brazilian Portuguese name for Boom Boom is "Dom Dom", possibly being an onomatopoeia of something smashing against the ground. The European Portuguese name, "Bum Bum", is pronounced much closer to "Boom Boom".

Which language has a very different name for Boom Boom?

None of the six members of the Toad Brigade (Captain Toad, Hint Toad, Mailtoad, Banktoad, unnamed yellow Toad and Archivist Toadette) have orange on their caps. In fact, orange Toads are very rare throughout the series.

Which colour of Toad is not present in the Toad Brigade?

The first issue, dating from July/August 1988, has plasticine art of Mario and Wart on the cover. The 285th and final issue, released in December 2012, made a throwback to the first cover with plasticine art of Mario, Bowser and Goombas on the cover, as that issue gave the focus to New Super Mario Bros. U.

Which Mario game was showcased on the front cover of the first issue of Nintendo Power?

While all entries on the answer list have microphone minigames (except DS), Mario Party 6 was the first to introduce the concept with the GameCube Microphone.

Super Mario Party Jamboree: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV

Which Mario Party game was the first to have microphone-based minigames?

The original version of Super Mario Bros. 2 only allows you to continue twice. All other games have unlimited continues, although in Super Mario Bros., you have to hold the A button in the main menu before pressing Start.

Which of those games has limited continues?

Bowser was one of two characters known to be cut from Smash 64, the other being King Dedede. Bowser would eventually make his entry in the series starting with Melee, with Dedede joining later in Brawl.

Which Mario character was planned to appear in Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo 64) but was cut due to time constaints?

Initially planned to be named "Dinky Kong", Diddy's name was changed to avoid legal issues with British toy brand Dinky Toys.

What was Diddy Kong's intended name before being changed to his current name?

Seven warps are present in the game: three in World 1-2 (leading to worlds 2, 3 and 4) and four in World 4-2 (leading to worlds 5 through 8). The warp to the Minus World does not count as it uses one of the given entrances.

How many total warp zone entrances are there in Super Mario Bros?

The Fire Flowers in The Lost Levels and its predecessor have rounded shapes much like their current design. In Super Mario Maker 2, tulip-shaped Fire Flowers can be seen in the returning Super Mario World style.

In which of those games is the Fire Flower not shaped like a tulip?

What is the time limit on Super Bell Hill?

Of the 22 Shy Guys, 10 are red (they fall off edges) and 12 are pink (they turn around at edges).

How many Shy Guys are there in World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. 2?

Which of those levels in Donkey Kong Country is immediately preceded by one of Candy Kong's save points?

What is the name of Wario's signature elbow attack he uses in the Wario Land series?

Vol. 29 is split into two: the first half is the second part of the Super Mario Sunshine arc, while the second is the Luigi's Mansion arc, which spans through only this volume.

Which volume of Super Mario-kun features the Luigi's Mansion arc?

For which game was this render art of Mario made for?

The Spiny Shell first appeared in the series in Mario Kart 64 and appeared in every mainline game thereafter, meaning its second appearance is in Mario Kart: Super Circuit.

Which Mario Kart game was the second one to have the Spiny (Blue) Shell?

Per the hint block in Yoshi's House, he went out trying to rescue his friends. He would end up being trapped inside his own egg, itself inside a ? Block on Yoshi's Island 2. One of the trapped friends is recued at Iggy's castle.

In which level of Super Mario World is Yoshi encountered for the first time?

Sledge Bros are encountered in Giant Land enemy courses in Super Mario Bros. 3; Goombas are battled in both New Super Mario Bros. Wii and U; Lava Bubbles are fought in the former, and Cooligans and Fuzzies in the latter.

Which of those enemies are not seen in any Enemy Course in the series?

All other five characters listed have bad chemistry with Luigi, although he has no animosity with Bowser Jr. despite Mario having bad chemistry with him.

Which of these characters does not have bad chemistry with Luigi in Mario Super Sluggers?

In the E3 2005 demo of New Super Mario Bros., orchestral hits were used instead of the "paah" samples. The orchestral hit used was later reused in the Castle Theme of New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Collecting all Star Coins in Challenge Mode is impossible

Mario is a model but enemies are pre-rendered sprites

The "paah" vocals were added early in development

World 6 was meant to be machine-themed instead of being mountain-themed

Which fact about New Super Mario Bros. is false?

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (which, in Japan, is called Super Mario Bros. 2), Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and New Super Mario Bros. 2.

How many numbered sequels are there throughout the mainline Mario series?

No mushrooms are present on the slot machine. The lucky 7 is not present in the original game, but does appear in Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance.

Which of these icons is not on the Bonus Chance slot machine in Super Mario Bros. 2?

Coins, Super Mushrooms, 1-up Mushrooms, Poison Mushrooms, Fire Flowers, Stars and vines.

How many items can come out of brick blocks in Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels?

Pansers are the only generic enemies from the game to not appear in the Super Show. In addition, the only boss from the game to not appear in the Super Show is Wart.

Which Super Mario Bros. 2 enemy does not appear in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show?

Both first levels in Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Country Returns are called "Jungle Hijinxs".

Which Donkey Kong Country game shares a level name with one of the original game's?

In the Mario Strikers series, what is Yoshi's jersey number?

In Odyssey, an NPC Lakitu can be found in the Lake Kingdom, which can be selected as the fourth visitable world. In 64, the Lakitu Bros that film you do not mysteriously go away in Jolly Roger Bay.

Which of these games does not feature at least one Lakitu in its fourth world?

Super Mario Run has 34 levels, Super Mario Galaxy 2 has 49 galaxies (which can be counted as individual levels), The Lost Levels has 52 levels, New Super Luigi U has 82 levels, Mario Clash has 99 levels, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder has 129 levels.

Rearrange the following games in order from least amount to most amount of levels.

Onions only appear out of Wart's Dream Machine in World 7-2 and cannot be plucked out of the ground as a normal vegetable. Despite this, it acts as a normal vegetable would do to Wart when thrown in his mouth.

Which of these items cannot be plucked out of the ground in Super Mario Bros. 2?

The Star Spirits are Eldstar, Mamar, Skolar, Muskular, Misstar, Klevar and Kalmar. Weldar exists, but he is not even a Mario character at all: he is the boss of Grunty Industries in Banjo-Tooie.

Who is not a Star Spirit from Paper Mario?

Which of these is not a real Goomba variant or character?

As shown in several Peach intermissions in Paper Mario, Bowser is shown to have a crush on Peach.

What Mario game was the first to give an actual reason as to why Bowser continuously kidnaps Peach?

Prior to her debut in the series in Mario Kart Wii, Baby Peach appeared in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and Yoshi's Island DS. She is also the only character originating from a Mario RPG game to be playable in the Mario Kart franchise.

Which of these characters did not make their first appearance in a Mario Kart game?

Including every variant and Mii costume, there are 267 playable characters in Mario Kart Tour. If not counted seperately, the game still holds the record with a total of 60 characters, ten more than Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 

Which Mario game has the highest amount of playable characters?

Wet-Dry World and Hazy Maze Cave play a rendition of the Super Mario Bros. underground theme.

On which of these levels does the Super Mario 64 Main Theme or a variant thereof does not play at any point?

Which colour of Unshelled Koopa kicks nearby shells in Super Mario World?

Mashing the A button while being Bunny Mario in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins can allow Mario to hover almost to no end.

Which power-up allows you to hover almost indefinitely?

The Heart Orbs were unchanged from the original game: they are pink squares with a heart inside. The Fire, Water, Wood, Dark and Light Orbs have a Fire Flower, a Penguin Suit, a Super Leaf, a Poison Mushroom and a Star inside them respectively.

In Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, which Orb has not been redesigned to feature a Mario-related icon?

DS's Lightning Cup has Yoshi Circuit, Wii's Leaf Cup has Mario Circuit, World's Banana Cup has Peach Beach and Dino Dino Jungle, 8DX's Feather Cup has Daisy Cruiser and Tour's Animal Tour has DK Mountain.

Which of these Mario Kart cups/tours does not have a track originating from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!?

Both Super Mario Galaxy games and Super Mario Odyssey have scores of 97 on Metacritic. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has a score of 92, TTYD has a score of 88 (Switch)/87 (GameCube), and 64 has a score of 94.

What is the Mario game with the highest aggregate ranking on Metacritic as of January 2026?

Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast has a score of 46 on Metacritic. So far, it is the only game in the overall Mario universe to have a negative metascore. All other games have a mixed metascore (50-74).

What is the Mario game with the lowest aggregate ranking on Metacritic as of January 2026?

It and Sledge Bros are the only forms of Hammer Bro to appear in Super Mario World. Normal Hammer Bros and Sledge Bros were meant to be added at some point, but were cut.

What is this enemy's name?

Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Yoshi, Bowser, Bowser Jr. all seven Koopalings (as alternate costumes of Jr.), Wario, Peach, Daisy, Rosalina & Luma (as one fighter), Dr. Mario, King K. Rool and Piranha Plant. 

As of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, how many fighters from the extended Mario universe are playable in the series?

Stumpers are enemies that made their first appearance in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.

Which of these enemies from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is not present in Super Mario 3D World?

Bowser is playable in Mario Party 4, but exclusively in the Beach Volley Folly side game mode. This is also the case for Toad, Boo, Shy Guy, Koopa Troopa and Koopa Kid.

Which Mario Party game of the ones shown below features Bowser as a playable character?

Each unit of time in Super Mario Land is equal to 0.66 seconds in real life. Super Mario Bros. 3's in-game second lasts 0.68 real-life seconds, SM3DL's lasts 0.7375, NSMB2's lasts 0.75, SML2: 6GC's lasts 0.8 seconds, and Super Mario Maker's last exactly 1 second.

Of the following games, which one has the shortest in-game second?

Rearrange the mandatory partners from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door in the order they join Mario's party from last to first.

Toad is the playable character in Wario's Woods. It is one of only two games to star him as the main character, the other being Kinopio Live on the Satellaview.

Who is the protagonist of Wario's Woods?

In Super Mario Advance, what do the playable characters say when obtaining an extra life?

Daisy did not appear in the first two Arcade GP games, though she was eventually added in GP DX in 2017 as DLC, albeit exclusively in Japan.

Which game features Peach, but not Daisy?

The opposite pattern (black cap with purple spots) does appear in Mario Kart Arcade GP, but no Poison Mushroom with purple caps and black spots exist so far.

Which colour scheme has never been used for Poison Mushrooms in games?

Which foodstuff does Mario not utter when sleeping in any of his games?

Which playable character from Super Mario 64 DS is unlocked by beating Chief Chilly?

4-1 is the only level in the game with no bosses to fight. However, the boss theme plays during the second section of the level with the Autobombs.

Which level in Super Mario Bros. 2 has no boss?

The command L, R, A is used to play as Luigi; all other commands do not do anything.

Which combination of buttons unlocks Challenge Mode in New Super Mario Bros.?

Daisy is a playable character in Super Mario Run since update 3.0.4, where she can be unlocked by playing through Remix 10. Also, yes, Super Mario Run is officially listed as a mainline entry on Mario Portal.

It is the first mainline game with Daisy being playable

It is the first mainline game to differentiate lethal and non-lethal pits

The timer was removed due to conflicts with the Wonder Effects

Elephant Mario was meant to be more powerful

Which fact about Super Mario Bros. Wonder is false?

The correct title is a pun, as it sounds like "Diddy's conquest". The misremembering of the game's subtitle as "Diddy Kong's Quest" by many is considered an example of the Mandela effect.

What is the correct spelling of the subtitle of the second Donkey Kong Country game?

The original Game Boy was not used as a gadget, but the GBC was in the first game as the Game Boy Horror. The DS and Virtual Boy, named Dual Scream and Virtual Boo, would appear in the second and third games respectively.

Which console has not been a gadget in the Luigi's Mansion series?

In the Mario Playing Cards set NAP-02, which character is represented on the 2 of spades?

The symbol that is on tile 36 is empty, possibly representing a space. This is the reason why there seems to be no world number given for World -1.

What is the correct level name of World -1?

Which is not a name variant for the ? Block?

The city is named and modeled after Manhattan, New York.

Where is the main setting of the 1993 movie?

There are nine Mario Tennis games: Mario's Tennis (Virtual Boy), Mario Tennis (N64), Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color), Power Tennis (GameCube), Power Tour (Game Boy Advance), Tennis Open (3DS), Ultra Smash (Wii U), Aces (Switch) and Fever (Switch 2).

Which fact about Mario sports games is false?

The cymbals have an attack power of 27 to 33.

Which playable character in Super Mario RPG can use cymbals as a weapon?

Baby Daisy did not exist yet when Yoshi's Island DS was released in 2005. Her first appearance was in Mario Kart Wii, which was released in 2008.

Which of those baby characters is not considered a "Star Child" in the lore of Yoshi's Island DS?

From World 1-3 to World 4, from World 3-1 to World 5, from World 4-2 to World 6 and from World 5-3 to World 7.

How many warps are there in Super Mario Bros. 2?

All M&L games except Brothership have boss battles against Wigglers. In Partners in Time, while there are no regular Wigglers to be found, a variant named Swiggler is fought early on in the game.

Which of the Mario & Luigi games does not feature a boss battle against some sort of Wiggler?

New Super Mario Bros. Wii was first released in Australia on November 13, 2009, and would be released in North America three days later. Super Paper Mario, G&WG4 and Dr. Mario 64 were all released in America first, while Diddy Kong Racing debuted simultaneously in Japan and Europe.

Which of these games was not released in Japan or North America first?

The name "Nokonoko" is a Japanese term which translates to "one who walks unconcernedly", as green Koopas fall off edges.

Which Mario enemy has the Japanese name "Nokonoko"?

Inklings make their sole appearance in the Mario Kart series in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, where they are available from the start. In Mario Kart DS, R.O.B. is unlockable, while in Mario Kart 8, the villagers, Isabelle and Link were DLC characters before being available for free with 8 Deluxe.

Which Mario Kart guest star has never been unlockable or purchasable?

According to a loading tip within the game itself, how old is Pauline during the events of Donkey Kong Bananza?

Tatanga, the final boss of Super Mario Land, returns in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as the boss of the Space Zone.

Superball Mario is not visually distinct from Super Mario

The game was not developed by Shigeru Miyamoto

Scoring 100,000 points awards you one continue

The invincibility theme is a rendition of the Can Can

Which fact about Super Mario Land is false?

Deep Dark Galaxy has two Prankster Comet missions: Plunder the Purple Coins and Ghost Ship Daredevil Run.

Which of these galaxies from Super Mario Galaxy has a Prankster Comet mission?

Blue Cataquacks are native to the island, however the red variations presumably are not.

Which Super Mario Sunshine enemy is native to Isle Delfino?

Pumpkin Zone is the only zone from SML2 to have two secret levels. The Mario Zone does not have any, while all other zones have one each.

Which zone from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins has multiple secret levels?

Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario 3D World have a maximum life count of 1110, represented by three crowns. Most other games in the series cap off at 99 or 100.

Across the entire mainline series, what is the highest maximum amount of lives that Mario can carry at once?

Iggy is the last Koopaling to be fought in Hotel Mario, Larry is last in Super Mario World and Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, and Roy is last in Yoshi's Safari and Paper Mario: Color Splash. Lemmy is never fought last in any game he has appeared in, although he is fought second to last in several games.

Which of those Koopalings was never fought last in any game?

Which of these games was not released in 2003?

12 Power Stars are required to access Big Boo's Haunt in the castle's courtyard, however it is not necessary to collect 12 stars to unlock the door to the courtyard.

Out of all doors that require Power Stars to open in Super Mario 64, which of these numbers is not used?

Initially, Nintendo wanted to use Popeye characters for the game, with Popeye as the protagonist, Bluto as the antagonist, and Olive Oyl as the damsel-in-distress. While they did hold a license to produce material based on Popeye, the characters would end up being changed due to technical issues.

What was Nintendo's initial idea for the game that would eventually become the Donkey Kong arcade game?

Seven of the fourteen cities with tracks in Mario Kart Tour are based off European cities: Paris, London, Madrid, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome and Athens. Three cities are from North America (Vancouver, New York City and Los Angeles), three others are from Asia (Tokyo, Bangkok and Singapore) and one is from Oceania (Sydney).

Which continent has the most city tracks in Mario Kart Tour?

Donkey Kong is not playable in Mario Party 5, 6, Advance, 7, 8, DS, 9 and Island Tour. Wario is only missing from Mario Party Advance, while Mario, Luigi, Peach and Yoshi are playable in every game in the franchise.

Of the six characters that are playable in the first Mario Party, which one appears the least often as a playable character?

Dan Castellaneta, who is most famous for portraying Homer Simpson, is the narrator of the animated segment at the start of the film explaining how the Cretaceous meteorite caused the creation of a parallel dimension full of humanoid reptiles.

Who is the narrator of the opening segment of the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie?

Easy has a green backdrop, Normal has a yellow backdrop and Expert has a brown backdrop.

In Super Mario Maker 2, which Endless Mode difficulty has a purple backdrop?

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

From which game is this model of Wario's head from?

In Super Mario Odyssey, which Broodal is fought in the Wooded Kingdom?

According to the instruction manual for Donkey Kong Country, Manky Kongs were rejected from the Kong clan.