Editing Africa

{{location infobox
|image=[[File:ASMB3 Africa.jpg|250px]]<br>Animals found in Africa in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''
|greater_location=[[Earth]]
|first_appearance=''[[Saturday Supercade]]'' - "[[Hairy Parent]]" (1984)
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
}}

'''{{wp|Africa}}''' is [[Earth]]'s second-largest and second-most populous continent, after {{wp|Asia}} in both cases. It first appeared in ''Super Mario''-related media in ''[[Saturday Supercade]]''.
==History==
===''Saturday Supercade''===
In the ''[[Saturday Supercade]]'' episode "[[Hairy Parent]]", [[Donkey Kong]] visits the wilderness of an unspecified location in Africa to deliver a letter to a resident ape known as [[Momma (Saturday Supercade)|Momma]].

===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
In ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' episode "[[7 Continents for 7 Koopas]]," when [[Bowser]] tries to conquer the entire [[Earth|Real World]], he puts [[Ludwig|Kooky von Koopa]] in charge of Africa. Kooky uses his [[magic wand]] to turn all of Africa's animals (including a lion, giraffe, zebra, gorilla, and an African elephant) into stuffed animals. [[Luigi]] later steals Kooky's wand and turns the stuffed animals back to normal. The animals then proceed to chase Kooky.

===''Mario is Missing!''===
[[File:Nairobi MIM SNES.png|thumb|Luigi and [[Yoshi]] in Nairobi, Kenya in the SNES version of ''Mario is Missing!'']]
In the [[Mario is Missing! (PC)|PC]], [[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES]], and [[Mario is Missing! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES versions of ''Mario is Missing!'']], Luigi visits several cities in Africa on his quest to rescue Mario. The cities included vary depending on the version of the game.

;MS-DOS version
*[[Nairobi]], Kenya
*[[Marrakech]], Morocco
*[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]

;SNES version
*Nairobi, Kenya
*Cairo, Egypt

;NES version
*Nairobi, Kenya
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===''Mario Kart'' series===
[[File:Worldplay.jpg|thumb|left|125px| Mario, [[Peach]], Yoshi, and [[Wario]] racing across Africa in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' artwork for the [[Nintendo WiFi Connection]] service]]
While not appearing in gameplay, Africa, along with Earth's other continents, is featured on the online racing menus in the entries of the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]] that support online play, including ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', and ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' along with its remake ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''.

===''Mario's Time Machine''===
[[File:Alexandria MTMSNES.png|thumb|Alexandria, Egypt in the SNES version of ''Mario's Time Machine'']]
In the [[Mario's Time Machine (PC)|PC]] and [[Mario's Time Machine (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES versions of ''Mario's Time Machine'']], Mario travels to Alexandria, Egypt in Africa, and in the [[Mario's Time Machine (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES version]], he simply travels to Egypt.
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===''Club Nintendo''===
[[File:Egypt.jpg|thumb|150px|Mario after breaking off the [[Sphinx (monument)|Sphinx]]'s nose in "Mario's Picross"]]
Africa, specifically [[Egypt]], is featured in the German ''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' comic "[[Mario's Picross (comic)|Mario's Picross]]".

===''Mario Party DS''===
In ''[[Mario Party DS]]'', Africa is included on the globe in the [[minigame]] [[Globe Gunners]], with the [[Wikipedia:Egyptian pyramids|Egyptian pyramids]] being featured as one of the many landmarks on the globe that the player battles on.


==Gallery==
<gallery>
ASMB3 Elephant.jpg|[[Kooky von Koopa]] on top of an elephant in Africa in the episode "[[7 Continents for 7 Koopas]]" of ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
NairobiNationalPark MIM.png|[[Nairobi National Park]] in the SNES version of ''Mario is Missing!''
Nairobi National Park MIMDOS.png|Nairobi National Park in the DOS version of ''Mario is Missing!''
Maasaivillage MIM.png|The [[Maasai village]] in the SNES version of ''Mario is Missing!''
NationalMuseumofKenya MIM.png|The [[National Museum of Kenya]] in the SNES version of ''Mario is Missing!''
National Museum of Kenya MIMDOS.png|The National Museum of Kenya in the DOS version of ''Mario is Missing!''
Kenyatta International Conference Center MIMDOS.png|The Kenyatta International Conference Center in the DOS version of ''Mario is Missing!''
Marrakech.PNG|Luigi in [[Marrakech]], Morocco in the DOS version of ''Mario is Missing!''
GreatPyramid MIM.png|The [[Great Pyramid]] in the SNES version of ''Mario is Missing!''
MosqueofMohammedAli MIM.png|The [[Mosque of Mohammed Ali]] in the SNES version of ''Mario is Missing!''
Sphinx MIM.png| The [[Sphinx (monument)|Sphinx]] in the SNES version of ''Mario is Missing!''
Nairobi MIMDOS.png|Luigi in Nairobi, Kenya in the DOS version of ''Mario is Missing!''
Alexandria MTMDX.png|[[Alexandria]], Egypt in the PC version of ''Mario's Time Machine''
Egypt MTMNES.png|[[Egypt]] in the NES version of ''Mario's Time Machine''
GlobeGunners.png|Globe Gunners from ''[[Mario Party DS]]''
</gallery>

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