List of unofficial Mario media

Unlicensed developers and fans have created unofficial media relating to the Mario franchise. Such media have included video games, ROM hacks, and animations.

Due in-part to the franchise's popularity, some of these unlicensed works have received critical attention. In September 2016, Nintendo issued over 500 DMCA takedown requests for various fan games based on their intellectual properties. These requests have resulted in the end of development for many of the infringing games.^[failed verification][1]

Video games

Console games

Several unofficial, and unlicensed, Mario games and game mods have been released for various video game consoles.

• Kaizo Mario World, also known as Asshole Mario, is a series of three ROM hacks of the 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game Super Mario World, notable for deliberately breaking normal rules of "accepted" level design and featuring extreme difficulty.[2][3] It became the namesake for Kaizo, a genre of Mario games modified for intense difficulty.[4]
• Super Dram World is series of two Super Mario World ROM hacks created by PangaeaPanga and named after speedrunner Dram55, designed for high difficulty.[3]
• Super Panga World is a ROM hack of Super Mario World created by Linkdeadx2 and dedicated to PangaeaPanga.[5]
• Dian Shi Ma Li (Chinese: 電視瑪琍; pinyin: Diànshì Mǎlì), translated to English as Big TV Mary Bar and also known as Mario Lottery, TV Mario, Li Ma Shin Dian on newer releases is an unlicensed video game for the Family Computer made by Bit Corporation and released by Fiver Firm (五合企業有限公司) and Fortran, under their first name "Namco Corporation".[6][7] It is based on the Taiwanese slot machine game Xiǎo Mǎ Lì,[8] where features a character resembling Mario with an F on his cap, who has become known as "Fortran" based on hidden text discovered in the ROM. The game is a roulette wheel/slot machine – different buttons control the betting, and each button produces a musical note. Landing on the coin produces a message in Chinglish: "PUSH START TO RICH". It became an internet meme when users created fad videos on YouTube.[9][10]
• 7 Grand Dad, also known as Primitive Mario VII, is a bootleg ROM hack of The Flintstones: Rescue of Dino and Hoppy in which Fred Flintstone's head is replaced with that of Mario. The bootleg is notorious for its nonsensical title, as well as its lack of effort in removing Flintstones elements such as the characters and theme song. The game has become an internet meme due to Twitch streamer Joel "Vargskelethor" Johannson's shocked reaction to it and YouTuber SiIvaGunner's remixes of the game's soundtrack.
• Kart Fighter is a 2D fighting game produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game features unauthorized appearances by Nintendo's mascot Mario and the rest of the cast of Super Mario Kart in a port of Street Fighter II.
• Somari is a port of Sega's flagship video game Sonic the Hedgehog, produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System and sold primarily in Asia, Russia, and other regions where pirate Famicom cartridges were distributed, in 1994. The game features a character named "Somari" – Mario wearing Tails's shoes.
• Project M is a modification of the 2008 fighting game Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii, created by the community to retool Brawl to play more like its two predecessors, Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee.
• Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii is a modification of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which adds new, custom elements to the original game. It later received a follow-up on the Nintendo DS, a modification of New Super Mario Bros., Newer Super Mario Bros. DS, and a follow-up mod for New Super Mario Bros. U called Newer Super Mario Bros. U was started but later cancelled.[11][12] There is an updated version of Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii in the works, titled Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii Deluxe.
• Kaze Emanuar[13] is a particularly prolific modder of Super Mario 64, having made many significant ROM hacks including:
  • Super Mario Run 64, converting the game into a 2.5D running game in the spirit of Super Mario Run;[14][15]
  • Super Mario 64 Online, enabling online multiplayer;[16][17][18][19][20]
  • Super Mario 64 Maker, a Mario Maker-like level editor;[21]
  • Super Mario 64 Odyssey, featuring levels based on Super Mario Odyssey while also adding its mechanic of possessing enemies by throwing Mario's hat;[22]
  • Super Mario 64: Last Impact, an original game with new levels made using Super Mario 64's engine;[23][24][25][26]
  • Super Mario 64: Ocarina of Time, in which The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time world is recreated in Super Mario 64's engine, with new gameplay elements, puzzles and story;[27][28][29]
• Smash Remix is a ROM hack of the 1999 Nintendo 64 fighting game Super Smash Bros. It retains the gameplay style of the original release while adding new gameplay modes, stages, and characters; these include characters from later Super Smash Bros. games such as Ganondorf[30] Bowser,[31] and Sonic the Hedgehog,[32] and new characters such as Conker the Squirrel[33] and the Mad Piano from Super Mario 64.[34]
• CTGP Revolution is a modification for Mario Kart Wii by Chadsoft, incorporating the addition of fan-made custom race tracks. [35] Similar modifications for Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart 7 have also been made, titled CTGP Nitro and CTGP-7, respectively. The "Revolution" and "Nitro" titles references the respective development codenames of the Wii and Nintendo DS.
• Mario in the Multiverse is a collaboratively developed crossover ROM hack of Super Mario 64. Each of the game's stages was designed by a different modder and based on a different franchise, such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Doom, and Katana Zero, with Mario able to acquire new abilities based on each franchise to progress.[36][37]

Level editors

There exist several unofficial level editors created to allow users with no programming skills to easily make their own levels or ROM hacks.

• Super Mario Bros. X is a fangame blending elements from Super Mario Bros., Bros. 2, Bros. 3 and World, and other video game franchises such as The Legend of Zelda series and includes both a level editor, as well simultaneous split-screen multiplayer. Super Mario Bros. X had received its fan-made sequel titled Super Mario Bros. X2 which had its first open beta distributed on December 2nd, 2015; Super Mario Bros. X2 still receives updates to this day.[38][39][40]
• NSMB Editor is a level editor for New Super Mario Bros.[41][42]
• CoinKiller is a level editor for New Super Mario Bros. 2.[43]
• Super Mario ReMaker is a Windows-based level editor designed to replicate the Wii U title Super Mario Maker on computers.[44][45]
• Toad's Tool 64 is a level editor for Super Mario 64 developed by Qubed Studios.[46]
• Mario Builder 64 is a Super Mario 64 level editor developed by Arthurtilly and Robotronic, which allows users to share their created levels and is capable of running on actual Nintendo 64 hardware.[47][48][49]
• Lunar Magic is a level editor for Super Mario World.
• Reggie! is a modding editor for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, used to make Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii.
• Miyamoto! is a modding level editor for New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U.

Computer games

Unofficial Mario games playable on computers have consisted mostly of browser-based games. Such games either can be parodies or fangames that feature the franchise's characters or settings reimagined within the style of other media, or vice-versa.

• Shobon no Action, also referred to as Cat Mario, a Mario parody known for its difficulty and troll levels.
• Ennuigi is a browser game designed by Josh Millard that centers on Luigi's inability to come to terms with the lack of narrative in Super Mario Bros.[50][51][52]
• Super Obama World is a Flash game based on Super Mario World, featuring former United States president Barack Obama as the protagonist against enemies such as lobbyists, Sarah Palin, and pigs wearing lipstick.[53][54][55][56]
• Tuper Tario Tros. is a sidescrolling platformer mashup of Super Mario Bros. and Tetris. As the visible screen automatically scrolls to the right, the player moves to the right while avoiding obstacles. The player can switch between moving the player-character Mario and dropping tetrominos that Mario can use as platforms. The game has traditional Mario enemies. The Flash game is freely available via Newgrounds.[57] Chris Donlan of Edge wrote that the game showed signs of hasty development. Its gameplay was occasionally inelegant as a result.[58] Jenni Lada of TechnologyTell particularly appreciated how she could build a staircase to the flagpole at the end of the level.[58]
• Super Mario War is fan-made battle-based Mario platformer. The game has been ported to a number of platforms, including an unofficial port to the Nintendo Wii.[59]
• Mario Royale, a 2019 browser game in which dozens of players simultaneously attempt to outrun each other in battle royale-style gameplay.[60][61] After receiving a takedown notice, its creator InfernoPlus edited the game to use non-Nintendo assets as DMCA Royale.[62] Later on, after a second takedown, there have been several instances of the game being rehosted by different people, as there currently are two available versions of the game: MRoyale and Mario Royale Legacy (formerly known as Mario Royale Deluxe), which are independent of each other.
• Mari0 is a fan game that combines elements of Portal and Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. Crossover is a flash game that puts various video game characters into Super Mario Bros. levels.
• Super Smash Bros. Crusade is a Super Smash Bros. fan game featuring over 60 characters and 24 stages.[63][64]
• Super Smash Flash is a series of non-profit, fighting, crossover, fan-made Flash games based on the Super Smash Bros. series.
• Secret Maryo Chronicles is a free, open source two-dimensional platform game.[65]
• Super Smash Land is a demake of Super Smash Bros. featuring six playable characters and eleven stages.[66][67] The game visual design resembles the graphics from the Nintendo Game Boy.[68]
• No Mario's Sky is an indie game that crosses over between the gameplay of No Man's Sky and Super Mario Bros. Due to a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice filed by Nintendo, the game was re-released as DMCA's Sky with all in-game references to Super Mario Bros. removed.
• Mario Kart: Source was a planned total conversion mod in development using the Source game engine developed by Valve.[69] It was first announced in 2006 with development suspending in November 2012 due to difficulties in making a fun racing game with the engine.[70] It is based on the Mario Kart series.
• Kill the Plumber is a platform game parody of Super Mario Bros. Players control the inhabitants of a kingdom invaded by a plumber and must stop him before he can reach a princess.
• Trumptendo is a website created by artist Jeff Hong, featuring hacked versions of various Nintendo Entertainment System games (including Super Mario Bros.) that replace characters with Donald Trump and other United States political figures.
• Super Mario 64 HD is an unofficial remake of the first level of Super Mario 64 using the Unity game engine.
• Super Mario 63 is a 2D Flash game, mostly inspired by Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS but also taking inspiration from other Mario games like Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy.[71][72][73]
• Super Mario Flash is an unofficial 2-dimensional Adobe Flash-based game based on Super Mario Bros. of Super Mario All-Stars that was developed by Pouetpu and was originally released in 2007. In this single-player platform game, one can play as either Mario or Luigi, and in the game one must embark on a journey to save Princess Peach from Bowser. The game also has a built-in level editor.[74][75] Gameranx praised Super Mario Flash as #4 in its "Top Five Retro Arcade Games Freely Available" article, stating that "the creator of this game has put a lot of effort into making this game as close to the original as possible."[76] MegaLab, an Italian review website, however, gave a more negative response to Super Mario Flash, criticizing the game's controls and visual quality.[77] In 2011, Pouetpu released a sequel called Super Mario Flash 2, which is based on Super Mario World.[74]
• Super Mario Bros. S is a collaborative game designed to look like classic Mario games, but with the design of a modern Mario game. It is developed by superpi2.[78] It contains multiple playable characters, new power-ups, and themes inspired by other Mario games.[79]
• Full Screen Mario is a browser game containing all 32 Super Mario Bros. levels, a level editor, and a level generator.[80]
• Super Chick Sisters is a 2007 PETA satirical browser game that spoofs New Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Galaxy.[81]
• New Super Chick Sisters is a 2009 PETA satirical browser game that spoofs New Super Mario Bros. Wii.[81]
• Mario Kills Tanooki is a 2011 PETA satirical browser game that spoofs Super Mario 3D Land.[82][83][84]
• The Super 1–1 Challenge is a 2020 fan-made remake of the first level of Super Mario Bros. recreated as a first person shooter.[85][86]
• Modern Modern Chef is a 2024 fan-made remake of the Game & Watch game Chef, based on its "Modern" incarnation from Game & Watch Gallery 2. The remake features high definition hand-drawn graphics, a more difficult alternate gameplay mode, and unlockable content.[87]

Videos and series

• Super Hornio Brothers and Super Hornio Brothers II are two 1993 pornographic parodies of the Super Mario franchise,released at the same time as the official Super Mario Bros. film. Both films star Buck Adams, T. T. Boy, Ron Jeremy and Chelsea Lynx as the main characters. Nintendo bought the rights to the films to halt their distribution.[88]
• Super Mario Clouds (2002), Totally Fucked (2003), and Super Mario Movie (2005), are videos created by post-conceptual artist Cory Arcangel by modifying Super Mario Bros. NES cartridges. These works have been presented in multiple museums.
• Super Mario Bros. Z (2006–2012; 2016–present) – A sprite animated web series created by Mark Haynes that originally used Adobe Flash. It is a crossover between the Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises known for dynamic, fast-paced movement and story elements inspired by Dragon Ball Z.[89][90] Eight episodes would be completed and released on Newgrounds between 2006 and 2012, before its cancellation was announced. A reboot of the series was launched in 2016 on Haynes' YouTube channel. The first episode of the rebooted series would be removed after Nintendo filed a DMCA notice and took down the series' Patreon account; the episode would be re-uploaded in 2020.[91][92] The series is referenced in the official comic miniseries Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island, in which Mecha Sonic says the same line by the same character within the series.[93]
• Mario: Game Over (2007) – A short-film created by POYKPAC. The video depicts Mario's life after breaking up with Princess Peach. The video was nominated for "Best Comedy Video" in the 2008 YouTube Awards, but lost to Potter Puppet Pals.[94]
• SML (2007–2021; 2021–present) – formerly SuperMarioLogan, a black comedy puppet web series created by an American YouTuber Logan Thirtyacre. Aside from other puppets of original characters, the show originally used plush depictions of Super Mario characters and sometimes IP-based characters from other franchises like Shrek from the titular franchise and Woody from Toy Story.[95][96][97] As the series gained popularity, especially among children, SML faced controversies surrounding its use of adult humor and stereotypes on marginalized groups of family-friendly characters.[98][99][100][101] In February 2021, Logan received the cease and desist letter from Nintendo due to unauthorized use of Nintendo's intellectual properties causing him to delete many of the videos eventually from the channel; however, Logan continues to publish videos without using Super Mario characters and sometimes still uses IP-based characters as he hasn't received a cease-and-desist letter from other companies.[98][95]
• Mario Kart (2008) – A viral video by prankster Rémi Gaillard, which depicts him driving a go-cart through public streets while dressed as Mario. He later did a similar prank in 2011.[102]
• Mario Kart: The Movie (2009) – A fan-made trailer created by DrCoolSex that was loosely based on the Mario Kart series.[103][104]
• Real Life Mario Kart (2011) – A viral video by filmmaker Freddie Wong.[105]
• SMG4 (2011–present) – A machinima web series created by Australian YouTuber and animator Luke Lerdwichagul. Named after the initials for Lerdwichagul's YouTube channel and username, Supermarioglitchy4, the series consists mainly of pop-culture parodies.[106] Lerdwichagul's channel was created in 2009, while he was 9 years old. He would begin uploading content in 2011, primarily creating comedic videos using recorded game footage from Super Mario 64 edited in Windows Movie Maker.[107] The series originally focused on characters from the Mario franchise, as well as other Nintendo-owned IP, before gradually introducing original characters.
• Mario Warfare (2012–2015) – Created by Micah Moore, the project parodies both Super Mario and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare as Mario must rescue Princess Peach from the dictator Bowser in the midst of a hostile revolution.[108]
• Racist Mario (2014) – A flash-animated short on YouTube that was created by Flashgitz. The video depicts Mario violently eliminating his opponents in Mario Kart.[109][110][111] There are also characters from non-Nintendo-and-Sega games such as God of War's Kratos and LittleBigPlanet's Sackboy.
• The Mama Luigi Project (2017) – A project where over 227 animators reanimated the internet-famous Super Mario World episode "Mama Luigi", where over 255 split scenes were recreated in unique animation styles. The video was dedicated to the memories of both Canadian actor Tony Rosato, who voiced Luigi, and Canadian actor Harvey Atkin, who voiced King Koopa, both passing away before the project's completion.[112]
• Wario (2021) – Created by SNL, "Wario", detailing the premise of Wario (played by Elon Musk) being held in trial for the death of Mario in a racing accident, had been ridiculed and received backlash for its poor quality alongside the fact that Elon Musk had made an appearance in the show.[113][114]

Fandom

In the late 2000s, YouTube poop meme videos arose using footage from various Mario-related sources, including the Philips CD-i game Hotel Mario,[115][116] The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, and Super Mario World.

After the release of Mario Kart 8 in 2014, a short clip featuring "Luigi's Death Stare" went viral; the original clip featured Luigi passing other drivers with an uncharacteristically angry facial pose set to the music of Chamillionaire's 2006 hit song Ridin'.[117][118][119] The meme was referenced by Nintendo itself during their E3 2014 presentation.[120]

Several Mario characters have become prominent memes, such as Waluigi, who has garnered an online fanbase as a meme to the point of outcry to be added to the fighting game series Super Smash Bros. as well as backlash for his lack of inclusion in the series.[121]

In September 2018, a fanmade character called Bowsette became popular and had hundreds of artists producing fanart. Bowsette is a depiction of Bowser using Toadette's Super Crown power-up from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe to transform himself into a Princess Peach lookalike.[122]

"Mario dies" internet meme

On September 3rd, Nintendo announced via Nintendo Direct the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary, an event celebrating the release of Super Mario Bros. in 1985. Various games were released and merchandise collaborations were held. Among the games released were: Super Mario Bros. 35, a derivative of the original Super Mario Bros. with battle royale elements; Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros., an LCD handheld replica of Super Mario Bros. in the Game & Watch line; and Super Mario 3D All-Stars, a compilation game of a selection of 3D games from the Super Mario series, including Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy.[123] Over the course of the celebration Nintendo announced the discontinuation of several products associated with the event on March 31, 2021, including Super Mario Bros. 35, Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros., and Super Mario 3D All-Stars.[124] Other products relating to the Mario franchise were also being discontinued that same day, including merchandise sold at Nintendo's story in Tokyo, Japan, the shutting down of online services for the 2015 game Super Mario Maker,[125] and the removal of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 from Netflix.[126]

The discontinuation of many Mario-related products was never officially explained by Nintendo,[127][128] although Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser explained that the decision was made to keep them unique to the anniversary celebration itself.[129][130] In the lack of an official explanation, many fans ironically interpreted that it was because the character Mario was to die on that day,[127][128] or the day after.[131] Instances of the meme began months before the date.[132] It evolved over time, originally warning fans that Mario's death was approaching and counting down the days until March 31. On the day of the discontinuation itself, Mario's death was mourned by fans.[133] March 31 was declared "Mario Death Day".[134]

On March 31, "Mario" was trending on Twitter,"[134] receiving 150,000 tweets relating to the meme within 24 hours.[126] Select video game news websites satirically presented the death of Mario as fact, including VentureBeat and iMore.[135][136] Notable participation included American TV network G4 and YouTube personality Nathaniel Bandy, which led to a wave of memorials from users.[126]

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