Editing Africa

{{location-infobox
|image=ASMB3 Africa.jpg|250px
|caption=Animals found in Africa in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''
|greaterloc=[[Earth]]
|first_appearance=''[[Saturday Supercade]]'' - "[[Hairy Parent]]" (1984)
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
}}
'''{{wp|Africa}}''' is a continent located on [[Earth]], first appearing in ''Mario''-related media in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.

==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]].

===''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 von Koopa|Kooky von Koopa]] in charge of Africa. Kooky uses his [[magic wand]] to turn all of Africa's animals (including a {{wp|lion}}, {{wp|giraffe}}, {{wp|zebra}}, {{wp|ostrich}}, {{wp|gorilla}}, and an ({{wp|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 ''[[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.

;[[:Category:MS-DOS Games|MS-DOS]] version
*[[Nairobi]], Kenya
*[[Marrakech]], Morocco
*[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]

;[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version
*Nairobi, Kenya
*Cairo, Egypt

;[[Nintendo Entertainment System|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 PC and SNES versions of ''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'', Mario travels to Alexandria, Egypt in Africa, and in the 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.
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==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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