Editing Mario Discovery Series

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{{series infobox
|image=[[File:MarioDiscoverylogo.jpg|160px]]
|first=''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|latest=''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|number=6 (5 main, 1 compilation)
|franchise=''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''
}}
The '''''Mario Discovery''''' series, also known as '''''Mario's Early Years''''', is a spin-off series in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise consisting of five games published and developed by {{wp|Mindscape Group|The Software Toolworks}} ({{wp|Mindscape}}), licensed by [[Nintendo]]. They are in the [[Genre#educational games|edutainment]] genre.

==Gameplay==
In the ''Mario Discovery'' series, each game is focused on a specific topic to educate the player on.

===''Mario is Missing!''===
In ''Mario is Missing!'', [[Luigi]] must return artifacts stolen by [[Bowser]] to their correct locations. To properly return the items, the player must correctly answer questions relating to the area. The answers are given by residents.

===''Mario's Time Machine''===
''Mario's Time Machine'' follows a very similar structure and system to that of ''Mario is Missing!'', though it stars [[Mario]] as the protagonist rather than Luigi. In the game, Mario must travel through time in order to return items stolen by Bowser to their original time periods.

===''Mario's Early Years!'' games===
In the ''Mario's Early Years!'' games, there are several worlds that cover a different aspect of each topic. Voice lines are present to give instructions and feedback to the player.

==Games==
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!style="background-color: #d9d9d9;font-size:125%;text-align:left" colspan="2"|Title 
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!width=250 style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"|Cover, original release, and system
!style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"|Synopsis
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario is Missing!]]''
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|[[File:MiM DOS Boxart.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mism1.jpg|120x150px]][[File:MIM Cover.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Marioismissingcover.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1992, July 1993 (re-release)}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|June 1993}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]<br>{{release|USA|July 1993}} [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]<br>{{release|USA|October 1993}} Mac</span>
|''Mario is Missing!'' is a game that centers on [[Luigi]] as he tries to rescue [[Mario]] from [[Bowser]] by interacting with people and returning artifacts to their proper locations.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters]]''
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|[[File:PC Box - Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre3.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1993}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|October 1994}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span>
|A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about English. The game is centered around an early English curriculum, with lessons about simple English topics like [[Sentence World|constructing sentences]], learning about the [[First Letter World|first]] and [[Last Letter World|last]] letters of words, and both the [[Alphabet World|alphabet]] and its [[Sound World|sounds]].
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]''
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|[[File:Mario Numbers.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre2.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1994}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|September 1994}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span>
|A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about numbers. The game teaches basic skills about numbers like [[Number World|numbers]] itself, [[Counting World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|counting]], [[Comparing World|comparing]], [[Sorting World|sorting]], and identifying [[Shape World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|shapes]] and [[How Many World|numbers]].
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]''
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|[[File:DOSMarioPreschoolFun-750x856.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre1.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1994}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|November 1994}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span>
|A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about basic learning. It contains other worlds that were not present in the first two games: like one about the [[Body World|human body]], [[Listening World|listening]], [[Opposite World|opposites]], [[Color World|colors]], and [[Time World|time]].
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Time Machine]]''
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|[[File:MTMCoverDos.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mario's Time Machine Box Art.jpg|120x150px]][[File:MTM Cover.jpg|120x150px]][[File:NES Box - Mario's Time Machine.png|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1993, 1994 (re-release)}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|December 1993}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]<br>{{release|USA|June 1994}} [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span>
|''Mario's Time Machine'' is a game that centers on Mario as he tries to return various artifacts that were stolen by Bowser by interacting with people and answering various history-related questions.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]''
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|[[File:Mario compilations.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1995}} [[MS-DOS]]</span>
|A compilation of the first three ''Mario's Early Years!'' games for MS-DOS.
|}

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