Mario is a series of video games by Nintendo. It is often referred to as the Super Mario series, but not every game in the series is called Super. The Super Mario series can actually be considered a sub-series to the Mario series.
The character Mario first starred in the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong, and only later starring in is own series, the first episode being Mario Bros., that hit arcades in 1983. Because he was the main character in the Donkey Kong game it is often considered the first Mario game, but technically it is not part of the Mario series.
A high number of games has been released, and a precise number can't be defined, depending on considering part of the series some spin-off titles, or counting more than once a remade game. This list tries to include every known Mario game, also including upcoming titles, sorted by genere, for a total of 121 different episodes, 1 expansion pack and 27 remakes or compilations, making a total of 149 Mario releases. The list does not include re-releases of single games (such as the Game Boy Advance NES Classics releases of Super Mario Bros. and Dr. Mario), considered different "versions" of the same game, and games that are not titled "Mario", such as Super Princess Peach or Luigi's Mansion, considered part of their own series.
The main Mario series is composite of 20 titles (also counting Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island), plus 1 expansion pack:
Mario Bros. (1983), Arcade. Later also released for Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 700, Famicom/NES, Apple II, Commodore 64, FM-7, NEC PC88, e-Reader and the NES version was also re-released for Wii Virtual Console.
Super Mario Bros. (September 13, 1985), Famicom/NES. Re-released in 2004 for Game Boy Advance, in 2006 for Wii Virtual Console and in 2011 for 3DS Virtual Console.
Super Mario Bros. 2 (June 3, 1986), Famicom, known as Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels outside Japan. Re-released in 2007 for Wii Virtual Console, in 2012 for 3DS Virtual Console and in 2013 for Wii U Virtual Console.
Super Mario Bros. 2 (October 1988), NES, known as Super Mario USA in Japan. Re-released in 2007 for Wii Virtual Console, in 2012 for 3DS Virtual Console and in 2013 for Wii U Virtual Console.
Super Mario Bros. 3 (October 23, 1988), Famicom/NES. Re-released in 2007 for Wii Virtual Console and in 2013 for 3DS Virtual Console.
Super Mario Land (April 21, 1989), Game Boy. Re-released in 2011 for 3DS Virtual Console.
Super Mario World (November 21, 1990), Super Famicom/SNES. Re-released in 2006 for Wii Virtual Console and in 2013 for Wii U Virtual Console. Originally known as Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World.
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (October 21, 1992), Game Boy. Re-released in 2011 for 3DS Virtual Console.
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (January 21, 1994), Game Boy. Being a Wario game, and featuring Mario only as a cameo, it might not be considered part of the Mario series. Re-released in 2011 for 3DS Virtual Console.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (August 15, 1995), Super Famicom/SNES. Being a Yoshi game, it might not be considered part of the Mario series.
Super Mario 64 (June 23, 1996), Nintendo 64. Re-released in 2006 for Wii Virtual Console.
Super Mario Sunshine (July 19, 2002), GameCube.
New Super Mario Bros. (May 15, 2006), Nintendo DS.
Super Mario Galaxy (November 1, 2007), Wii.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (November 12, 2009), Wii.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (May 23, 2009), Wii.
Super Mario 3D Land (November 3, 2011), Nintendo 3DS.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (July 28, 2012), Nintendo 3DS.
New Super Mario Bros. U (November 18, 2012), Wii U. Formerly known as New Super Mario Bros. Mii in demo version.
New Super Luigi U (June 19, 2013), expansion pack to New Super Mario Bros. U.
4 Mario Game & Watch games not based on previous Mario games have been released:
Mario Bros. (March 14, 1983), Game & Watch Multi Screen. A totally different game from the original Mario Bros., was re-released in 1987 only in Europe for Commodore 64 as Mario Bros. II.
Mario's Cement Factory (April 28, 1983), Game & Watch Tabletop, Game & Watch New Wide Screen.
13 Mario puzzle games have been released (also including Mario & Yoshi):
Dr. Mario (July 27, 1990), Famicom/Nes, Game Boy. Also released in 1998 for Super Famicom, while the NES version was re-released in 2004 for Game Boy Advance and the Game Boy version was re-released in 2011 for 3DS Virtual Console.
Mario & Yoshi (Dicember 10, 1992), Famicom/NES, Game Boy. The European release of Yoshi no Tamago, known in America as Yoshi. It might be not considered part of the Mario series. The NES version was re-released in 2007 for Wii Virtual Console, in 2011 for 3DS Virtual Console and in 2013 for Wii U Virtual Console.
Mario & Wario (August 27, 1993), Super Famicom. Part of both Mario and Wario series.
Hotel Mario (December 31, 1994), Philips CD-i.
UNDAKE30 Same Game Taisakusen Mario Version (January 16, 1995), Super Famicom.
Mario's Picross (March 14, 1995), Game Boy. Re-released in 2011 for 3DS Virtual Console.
Mario's Super Picross (September 14, 1995), Super Famicom. Re-released worldwide in 2007 for Wii Virtual Console and in 2013 for Wii U Virtual Console.
Dr. Mario 64 (April 9, 2001), Nintendo 64. Re-released in 2003 for GameCube within Nintendo Puzzle Collection, retitled Dr. Mario.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong (May 24, 2004), Game Boy Advance.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (September 25, 2006), Nintendo DS.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (June 8, 2009), Nintendo DSiWare.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem (November 14, 2010), Nintendo DS.
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (May 9, 2013), Nintendo 3DS.
22 sport games have been released in the Mario series:
Mario Open Golf (September 20, 1991), known outside Japan as NES Open Tournament Golf. Re-released in 2007 for Wii Virtual Console and in 2011 for 3DS Virtual Console.
Mario's Tennis (July 21, 1995), Virtual Boy.
Mario Golf 64 (June 11, 1999), Nintendo 64. Simply called Mario Golf outside Japan. Re-released in 2008 for Wii Virtual Console.
Mario Golf GB (August 10, 1999), Game Boy Color. Simply called Mario Golf outside Japan. Re-released in 2012 for 3DS Virtual Console.
Mario Tennis 64 (July 21, 2000), Nintendo 64. Simply called Mario Tennis outside Japan. Re-released in 2010 for Wii Virtual Console.
Mario Tennis GB (December 1, 2000), Game Boy Color. Simply called Mario Tennis outside Japan.
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (July 28, 2003), GameCube.
Mario Golf: Advance Tour (April 22, 2004), Game Boy Advance.
Mario Power Tennis (October 28, 2004), GameCube. Re-released in 2009 for the Wii in the New Play Control! series.
Mario Superstar Baseball (July 21, 2005), GameCube.
Mario Tennis: Power Tour (September 13, 2005), Game Boy Advance.
Super Mario Strikers (November 18, 2005), GameCube. Known as Mario Smash Football in Europe and Australia.
Mario Basket 3 on 3 (July 27, 2006), Nintendo DS. Called Mario Hoops 3-on-3 in America and Mario Slam Basketball in Eurpoe.
Mario Strikers Charged (May 25, 2007), Wii. Called Mario Strikers Charged Football in Europe and Australia.
Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (November 6, 2007), Wii, Nintendo DS. A crossover with the Sonic series. Called Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games outside Japan.
Super Mario Stadium Family Baseball (June 19, 2008), Wii. Called Mario Super Sluggers outside Japan.
Mario & Sonic at the Vancouver Olympics (October 13, 2009), Wii, Nintendo DS. Known as Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games outside Japan.
Mario Sports Mix (November 25, 2010), Wii.
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (November 15, 2011), Wii, Nintendo 3DS.
Mario Tennis Open (May 20, 2012), Nintendo 3DS.
Mario Golf: World Tour (Summer 2013), Nintendo 3DS.
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (TBA), Wii U.
12 compilations of previous Mario games have been released:
Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros. (1983), Arcade.
2-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (November 1989), NES.
3-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Tetris./Nintendo World Cup (November 1988), NES.
3-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet (December 1990), NES.
Super Mario All-Stars (July 14, 1993), Super Famicom/SNES. Includes Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. USA and Super Mario Bros. 3.
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (December 1994), Super Famicom/SNES.
Tetris & Dr. Mario (December 1994), SNES.
Super Mario Advance (March 2001), Game Boy Advance. Includes a remake of Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA) and a remake of Mario Bros.
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (March 2001), Game Boy Advance. Includes a remake of Super Mario World and a remake of Mario Bros.
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (September 20, 2002), Game Boy Advance. Includes a remake of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and a remake of Mario Bros.
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (July 14, 2003), Game Boy Advance. Includes a remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 and a remake of Mario Bros.
Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (September 13, 2005), Game Boy Advance.
Many cartoons and a live action movie have been released in thee Mario series.
The charcter first appeared in the Donkey Kong animated series, but the first Mario work has been the Japan-only animated movies Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach!), released in 1986, and Super Mario, released in 1989, that's a collection of three short stories based on fairy tales.
On monday 4 september 1989 started The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, the first Mario TV series, that also included live action segments. The Legend of Zelda cartoon was featured instead of Super Mario episodes on fridays, but the live action segment was still included. It ran for 65 episodes (13 of the Zelda series).
Other two TV series were made: The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, that ran from september 8 to december 1, 1990, lasting 26 episodes, and Super Mario World, that ran from 14 september to 7 december 1991, lasting only 13 episodes.
On May 28, 1993 was released the first and only live action movie in the series, called Super Mario Bros.
Lastly, in 1994 was released the japan-only Mario Kirby Meisaku Video (Mario Kirby Masterpiece Video), featuring two different stories, a Mario one and a Kirby one, but they do not interact in any way.
Live action shows include Mario Ice Capades, an Ice skating show that was ired on tv on 7 december 1989; King Koopa's Kool Kartoons, a children TV show that featured public domain cartoons from the 20's and 30's and aired from 1989 to 1990; The Super Mario Challenge a children TV show that aired from 1990 to 1991.
In 1994 was also aired Mario All Stars, a compilation of episodes from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and the Super Mario World TV show.
Episodes from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World were featured in the Captain N show Captain N & the Video Game Masters.
Three children books written by Jack C. Harris released in 1990: Super Mario Bros. Trapped in the Perilous Pit, Super Mario Bros. 3: Happy Birthday, Princess Toadstool and Super Mario Bros. 3: The Secret Bridge
The Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 comics by Valiant, publicated on Nintendo Comics System issues 5, 6, 8 (this one based on Dr. Mario) and 9. The first episode was released in a preview issue in 1990. A spin-off series titled Game Boy was also featured on Nintendo Comics System comics.
A series of 30 comics publicated on the german Club Nintendo magazine from april 1991 to december 1998.
10 books in the Nintendo Adventure Books" (the only not-Mario books were volumes 9 and 10, based on The Legend of Zelda), titled:
Double Trouble
Leaping Lizards
Monster Mix-up
Koopa Capers
Pipe Down!
Doors to Doom
Dinosaur Dilemma
Flown the Koopa
Unjust Desserts
Brain Drain
Super Mario-Kun by CoroCoro Comics, a manga only released in Japan, covering many games in the series, with issue 1 released on 27 august 1991 and the currently last issue, number 43 released in November 2012.
Super Mario Adventures a comic series released on issues of the Nintendo Power Mgazine, starting january 1992 (issue 32) and lasting 12 episodes. In july 1994 all episodes were released in a single graphic novel, also including the first Mario VS Wario episode.
Mario VS Wario a sequel to Super Mario Adventures published in two episodes on issues 44 (january 1993) and 56 (january 1994) of Nintendo Power.
Game Boy Advance - Super Mario Advance first book in the Game Boy series of "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, released in september 2001
Super Mario-Kun by Pikkapika, a manga only released in Japan that lasted for five issues from october 2004 to september 2009.
Many board games based on Mario video games have been released. These include (15 listed):
Super Mario Bros (1985)
Super Mario Bros. Ladder game (1985)
Super Mario Bros. Mini Pinball (1985)
Super Mario World: Barrel of Yoshis (1990). Based on the Barrel of Monkeys game.
Super Mario World Lucky Coin (1990)
Mario Domino (1992)
Mario Party Slot Car Derby (1999)
Nintendo UNO (2005). Despite the name, it only features characters from Mario games (with Boolossus from Luigi's Mansion).
New Super Mario Bros. Coin Adventure (2006)
New Super Mario Bros. Gura Gura (2006)
New Super Mario Bros. Labyrinth (2006)
Nintendo Monopoly (2006). Features many Nintendo characters, not only from the Mario series, so this may not be considered part of the Mario series. Re-released in 2010.
Yahtzee Super Mario Collector's Edition (2008)
Super Mario Chess (2009)
Mario Kart Wii Grand Prix (2010)
Also some jigsaw puzzles featuring artwork from the series have been released.
Many Mario toys have been released. The most interesting include:
Super Mario Bros. Gameworld (1985). Construction toys by Byggis.
Super Mario Bros. 3 McDonald's Happy Meal Toys (1988). A set of four toys.
Super Mario Bros. Movie Action Figures (1993) by Ertl. A line of 6 action figures. Also a Devo Chamber playset and a limited edition Crash Action Police Car have been released.
Super Mario Bros. Devo Gun (1993) by Ertl. A toy weapon based on that from the movie.
Mario Kart 64 Action Figures (1996) Action figures based on characters from Mario Kart 64. A kart is included with every figure.
Taco Bell Mario Toys (1996).
Mario Cart Bit Char-G (2001). RC toys based on karts from Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart Super Circuit.
Wendy's Wii Toys (2007). Two of the set of five toys are based on Mario games.
Super Mario Figure Collection (2008). Set of action figures based on many characters from the series.
K'NEX Mario Kart Wii Sets (2011). Line of 18 sets of construction toys by K'NEX.
Hundreds of promotional Mario items have been released through the years, including video game consoles and accessories, figurines, plush dolls, attire and food. Some of the most notable are:
Mario PEZ Dispenser (1985)
Nintendo Cereal System (1988), featuring both Mario and Zelda.
Super Mario World Barcode Battler Cards (1992)
Pepsi Twist Mario Bottle Tops (2001)
Mario Chocolate Eggs by Furuta (2006)
Special Edition Mario Red DS (2008)
Mario 25th Anniversary Special Edition Nintendo Dsi XL (2010)
Mario 25th Anniversary Special Edition Nintendo Wii (2010)
Mario Bros.: A series of platform video games starring Mario and Luigi.
Super Mario: A series of platform/adventure video games starring Mario.
Super Mario Bros.: A series of platform/adventure video games starring Mario and Luigi.
Super Mario Land: A series of platform video games featuring Mario, released on portable consoles.
Dr. Mario: A series of puzzle games starring Mario as a doctor.
Mario Kart: A series of racing games starring characters from the Mario series. All racing games in the Mario series have been Mario Kart titles with the exception of Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium.
Mario Tennis: A series of tennis video games starring characters from the Mario series.
Mario Party: A series of party (minigames) video games starring characters from the Mario series.
Mario Golf: A series of golf video games starring characters from the Mario series.
Paper Mario: A series of RPG video games featuring hybrid 2D and 3D graphics.
Mario & Luigi: A series of RPG video games for portable consoles.
Note: here will only be listed cameos of Mario as hero of his own series, appearances of him as hero from Donkey Kong will be listed in the Donkey Kong series' page; the same way appearances of Yoshi or Wario will only be listed if are as characters from the Mario series, appearances of them as heroes of their own series will be listed in their rispective series' articles (Yoshi and Wario).
Also note that we don't consider references to Mario or Luigi characters simply appearing dressed in overalls and red or green shirt and cap, but more specific features are needed to be notable.