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:''For the sub areas in the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country series]], see [[Bonus room]].

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[[File:SMB World 1-1 Bonus Area.png|150px|right|thumb|The sub-area in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-1]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', the first subroom in the franchise]]

A '''sub-area''', also known as a '''bonus area''', '''subarea''', '''sub area''' or '''bonus room''' is a feature in most 2D [[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario franchise]] games, ''[[Wario World]]'' and ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''. They are places that are optional to access and which are not required to enter in order to finish the level. They are most commonly, but not exclusively, entered through heading into [[Warp Pipe]]s or [[vine]]s and will usually contain [[coin]]s, occasionally power-ups, and in later games collectibles like [[Star Coin]]s. Some also lead to [[Warp Zone]]s or [[Coin Heaven]]s. In the 2D games the character will usually also exit out to a different part of the main level.

==''Super Mario'' 2D games / ''Super Princess Peach''==

Sub-areas were first introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', with the very first subarea being in World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros. 1), and they are present in many levels in the game.

''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' contain many sub-areas by heading down into [[vase]], but in this game many such vases are in fact mandatory to head into to complete levels, for instance to pick up [[key]]s.

Sub-areas in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' function the same as in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''. The ones in ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' and the ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' series function very similarly but without the possibility of warping directly to later levels.

In ''[[Super Mario World]]'' they differ somewhat from earlier games, as the only conventional sub-area in the game is the [[1-Up Chamber]]. Many pipes do however lead to alternate areas of levels that are played similarly to the regular areas. There is also the [[bonus game (Super Mario World)|bonus game]] for reaching 100 [[Goal Star]]s from completing levels.

Sub-areas return in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' series and in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', functioning very similarly to the ones in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' but now with the possibility of finding Star Coins within them.

==''Wario World''==

Sub-areas show up occasionally in ''[[Wario World]]'', for instance [[Greenhorn Ruins]], often with [[Red diamond (Wario World)|red diamonds]] on offer.

==''Princess Peach: Showtime!''==

They are entered by having Peach (specifically her transformations except [[Radiant Peach|Radiant]]/[[Super Radiant Peach|Super Radiant]]) pose on certain spotlight spots in the stages. This will lead to a round elevator platform lifting Peach up a bit, the audience clapping, and the elevator heading down into a curtained backroom that Peach drops down to.

SMA4 World 3-9 Bonus Area.png|A sub-area in [[World 3-9 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 3-9]] in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

===''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''===

SpinningPlatformNSMBW.png|A sub-area in [[World 3-Tower (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 3-]][[File:NSMBW_Tower_Icon.png|18px|link=World 3-Tower (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''

===''New Super Mario Bros. 2''===

NSMB2 World 4-5 sub-area 3.png|The third sub-area in [[World 4-5 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4-5]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''

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