List of Mario Games and Appearances


		Donkey Kong Year: 1981 Platform: Arcade The arcade game, Donkey Kong, introduced Mario to the world, but at the time he was called Jumpman. Jumpman battles the efforts of a baddie called Donkey Kong who throws barrels down slopes to hit him. Jumpan has to maneovre over the barrels and get to the top of the slopes to save a damsel in distress, Pauline.
		Donkey Kong Jr. Year: 1982 Platform: Arcade Mario becomes a meanie! Mario takes his first role as a villian in this 1982 classic arcade game, capturing Papa Donkey Kong and sicking enemies onto his baby, Juniour, who tries to save his father from Mario's grasp. This is the only Nintendo game to show Mario as a villian.
		Mario Bros. Year: 1983 Platform: Arcade Mario finally gets his own arcade game with this unforgettable 1983 classic. The game introduced Mario's brother, Luigi, and unlike Donkey Kong, they are both plumbers rather than carpenters. The main aim of the game is to exterminate pests that appear from pipes from each corner of the screen.
		Super Mario Bros. Year: 1985 Platform: NES The Brothers meet again in this 1985 game where they travel through the horizontal levels of the Mushroom Kingdom, defeating enemies and collecting coins. This game revolutionized the way games are made, as it featured the first smooth scrolling graphics in its levels. The ability of the fireball thrower was added to the game, where either Mario or Luigi can pick up a fire flower and gain the ability to throw fireballs at enemies.
		Donkey Kong Year: 1986 Platform: NES This game is the same as the original Donkey Kong Arcade, but was re-released on the NES. The game features Mario, but at the time he was called Jumpman. Jumpman battles the efforts of a baddie called Donkey Kong who throws barrels down slopes to hit him. Jumpan has to maneovre over the barrels and get to the top of the slopes to save a damsel in distress, Pauline.
		Mario Bros. Year: 1986 Platform: NES This is the re-release of the original Arcade version. The game features Mario's brother, Luigi, and unlike Donkey Kong, they are both plumbers rather than carpenters. The main aim of the game is to exterminate pests that appear from pipes from each corner of the screen.

		Super Mario Bros. 2 Year: 1988 Platform: NES Although it carried the Super Mario Bros. title, it wasn't actually created as a Super Mario Bros. game. Instead, it was a remake of a Japanese game, titled Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic. Nintendo decided to release this game with the Super Mario Bros. characters, as they believed their newly developed Super Mario Bros. 2 game was too much like the original Super Mario Bros. The game allows for gamers to play as Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad. This is the only Mario game in which Princess Peach is a playable character and not a damsel in distress.
		Super Mario Land Year: 1989 Platform: Game Boy This was the first Mario game to be released on the Gameboy console, and in some countries it was the actual launch title for the Gameboy. The main character in this game is Mario, who battles to ultimately defeat the Mysterious Spaceman, Tatanga, who is holding a princess named Princess Daisy hostage. The only real way to kill an enemy in this game is to shoot shells at them; you can't jump on them as you would in the previous Mario games.
		Super Mario Bros. 3 Year: 1989 Platform: NES Super Mario Bros. 3 made a big advancement in the Mario game series. It added new features such as map screen, minigames, power-ups, and enemies. Bowser's children, the Koopalings, make their first appearance in this game. It followed the more traditional Super Mario Bros. themes and stuck to the original layouts, unlike Super Mario Bros. 2.
		Super Mario World Year: 1991 Platform: SNES Yet again, Bowser's up to his old tricks, kidnapping a princess named Princess Toadstool (who is later known as Peach). Mario ventures through different lands on the search for the princess. The game is quite large, with seven different worlds to explore, with 72 courses between them. The game still features the fire flower, which allows Mario to use a fire throw ability, but there is also a new ability which allows Mario to fly with a cape by using the Cape Feather.
		Super Mario All-Stars Year: 1993 Platform: SNES Super Mario All-Stars is a collection of previous Mario games all put into the one. It features enhanced version of Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World. Generally the only change is the graphics, where block colors have been changed into more gradient-like shades to help show a more realistic and three dimensional atmosphere.
		Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Year: 1995 Platform: SNES This game differed its gameplay from all of its Mario predessesors in the way that instead of controlling Mario throughtout levels, the gamer would instead use dinosaurs known as Yoshis to travel.
		Super Mario 64 Year: 1996 Platform: Nintendo 64 Mario goes 3D! This Nintendo 64 Mario game let gamers explore the Castle strong and detailed 3D graphics. Mario jumps into paintings in walls of each room and progresses through these different worlds to eventually save the Princess. He fights Bowser, who constantly gets stronger and stronger as the game goes on, at the end of each room. The game features appearances from Toadstall and Koopa.
		Super Mario Sunshine Year: 2002 Platform: Game Cube Mario and Peach go on a holiday; a holiday cut short by Shadow Mario, an villian identical to Mario, when he kidnaps Princess Peach.
		Super Mario Galaxy Year: 2007 Platform: Nintendo Wii This game is much like some of the previous Mario titles where Mario has to visit different levels to gain Stars. This game differs in the way that it takes place in a whole new environment; in outer space. A lot of Mario's moves are taken from previous games such as Super Mario 64, but Nintendo have added some new moves to go along with the new controller abilities given by the Nintendo Wii console.