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|image=[[File:PC Box - Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters.jpg|250px]]<br>MS-DOS version<br>[[File:mariopre3.jpg|300px]]<br>SNES version | |image=[[File:PC Box - Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters.jpg|250px]]<br>'''MS-DOS version'''<br>[[File:mariopre3.jpg|300px]]<br>'''SNES version''' | ||
|developer=[[The Software Toolworks]] (Mindscape) | |developer=[[wikipedia:Mindscape Group|The Software Toolworks]] (Mindscape) | ||
|publisher= | |publisher=[[Nintendo]] | ||
| | |released='''MS-DOS'''<br>1993<br>'''SNES'''<br>October 1994<ref>http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/completeoldgameslist.pdf</ref> | ||
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'''''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters''''' | '''''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters''''' is one of several educational games of the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]]. Developed by The Software Toolworks and published by [[Nintendo]], this game was released for the PC in 1993 and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] in 1994. It was produced as a predecessor to ''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]'' and ''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]''. The concept of all three games is largely identical; they only differ in which tasks the player has to fulfill. | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
[[File: | [[File:Sentence World.png|left|thumb|Sentence World.]] | ||
''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters'' is intended to teach the basics of the English language to young children. The game gives the player the option to play either as [[Mario]] or [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]. Which character is chosen does not affect gameplay at all, and is purely a matter of personal taste. The player controls the character indirectly by moving a cursor over the screen. By clicking somewhere on the screen, the player can make the character move to that spot. Clicking on an object will make the character interact with the object. | ''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters'' is a Mario-themed educational game and is intended to teach the basics of the English language to young children. The game gives the player the option to play either as [[Mario]] or [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]. Which character is chosen does not affect gameplay at all, and is purely a matter of personal taste. The player controls the character indirectly by moving a cursor over the screen. By clicking somewhere on the screen, the player can make the character move to that spot. Clicking on an object will make the character interact with the object. | ||
The game begins on a selection screen, from which every world is accessible. The screen shows a view of the ocean and an archipelago of seven islands with various objects on top, representing the seven worlds of the game. On the bottom screen there is a raft carrying the three playable characters. The player can switch between characters here. | The game begins on a selection screen, from which every world is accessible. The screen shows a view of the ocean and an archipelago of seven islands with various objects on top, representing the seven worlds of the game. On the bottom screen there is a raft carrying the three playable characters. The player can switch between characters here. | ||
[[File:MEY FWL CrazyCat.png|thumb|left|The player is shown the alphabet in Alphabet World.]] | |||
Each world in the game presents a specific task to the player. These tasks range from filling in words to complete sentences, finding words that contain a specific sound, or aligning three objects that start with the same letter. The player usually has to pick the correct solution out of three or four options in order to complete the task. Each world features different rooms accessible through pipes, presenting slightly varying options and tasks to the player. Each task can be played in two different ways. They can either experiment freely with the given options, or they can wake up the sleeping [[Luigi]] in each room by clicking on him, who will then watch the player's actions. If Luigi is awake, he will compliment every right decision the player makes, and sometimes other characters will show up. Giving a certain amount of right answers makes the player advance to the next room, and eventually clear the world. However, since the game keeps no record of completed tasks, this does not serve any purpose. | Each world in the game presents a specific task to the player. These tasks range from filling in words to complete sentences, finding words that contain a specific sound, or aligning three objects that start with the same letter. The player usually has to pick the correct solution out of three or four options in order to complete the task. Each world features different rooms accessible through pipes, presenting slightly varying options and tasks to the player. Each task can be played in two different ways. They can either experiment freely with the given options, or they can wake up the sleeping [[Luigi]] in each room by clicking on him, who will then watch the player's actions. If Luigi is awake, he will compliment every right decision the player makes, and sometimes other characters will show up. Giving a certain amount of right answers makes the player advance to the next room, and eventually clear the world. However, since the game keeps no record of completed tasks, this does not serve any purpose. | ||
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==Worlds== | ==Worlds== | ||
[[File:MEY FWL Selection.png|thumb|The seven worlds of the SNES version.]] | |||
*[[First Letter World]] | *[[First Letter World]] | ||
*[[Vowel World]] | *[[Vowel World]] | ||
*[[Alphabet World]] | *[[Alphabet World]] | ||
*[[Sentence World]] | *[[Sentence World]] | ||
*[[Building World]] | |||
*[[Building World]] | |||
*[[Sound World]] | *[[Sound World]] | ||
*[[Last Letter World]] | *[[Last Letter World]] | ||
*[[Sing Song | *[[Sing Song Fun World]] (PC exclusive) | ||
*[[Story World]] (PC exclusive) | *[[Story World]] (PC exclusive) | ||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters'' features voice acting for all of its dialogue. The narration is done by a child's voice, with prerecorded words pasted together to form sentences. Luigi also speaks a few lines during the game's tasks | Other than most ''Mario'' games, ''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters'' features voice acting for all of its dialogue. The narration is done by a child's voice, with prerecorded words pasted together to form sentences. Luigi also speaks a few lines during the game's tasks. His dialogue is not pasted together, though. The soundtrack of the game features original and remixed versions of ''[[Super Mario World]]'''s music, and also some common nursery rhymes like [[wikipedia:Twinkle Twinkle Little Star|Twinkle Twinkle Little Star]] and [[wikipedia:Itsy Bitsy Spider|Itsy Bitsy Spider]]. The sound effects of the game have been taken from ''Super Mario World'' as well. | ||
==Console | ==Console Differences== | ||
The SNES version of the game is | The SNES version of the game is generally the same as the PC edition, but with some differences due to system, decreased space, etc... | ||
*Options to turn off music/sounds/voice clips, | *Options to turn off music/sounds/voice clips, randomized the questions or show text in worlds that have it were removed. | ||
*The help screen with tips on how to continue learning outside the program was removed. | *The help screen with tips on how to continue learning outside of the program was removed. | ||
*Yoshi was added as a third playable character. | *Yoshi was added as a third playable character. | ||
*[[Alphabet World]] lost a | *[[Alphabet World]] lost a 2nd game mode where the sounds of letters are learned. | ||
*Building World from | *Building World is different from its PC counterpart. On PC, it involved the Mario crew at a baseball match. | ||
* | *Various background graphic differences | ||
*Two worlds were removed: | *Two worlds were removed: | ||
**[[Sing Song | **[[Sing Song Fun World]] is a world where nursery rhymes/children songs are reenacted with the Mario cast. They are the aforementioned Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, [[wikipedia:If You're Happy And You Know It|If You're Happy And You Know It]], The Alphabet song (A song recalling the letters of the English alphabet to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) and [[wikipedia:It's Raining, It's Pouring|It's Raining, It's Pouring]]. | ||
**[[Story World]] is a world where two stories are read aloud. One involves Mario, Luigi | **[[Story World]] is a world where two stories are read aloud. One involves Mario, Luigi and Bowser in a mud puddle and the other involves Princess Toadstool and a pig. | ||
==Staff== | ==Staff== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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