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{{about|the main series of Super Mario platform games|the franchise as a whole, not limited to platformers|[[Super Mario (franchise)]]}}
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|first=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|number=50 (22 main, 6 related, 14 ports, 9 remakes, 2 compilations)
|subseries=''[[Super Mario Advance (series)|Super Mario Advance]]''
|franchise=''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''
|staff=[[Shigeru Miyamoto]], [[Takashi Tezuka]], [[Koji Kondo]], [[Yoichi Kotabe]], [[Yoshiaki Koizumi]], [[Koichi Hayashida]], [[Shigehisa Nakaue]]
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The '''''Super Mario''''' series is the biggest and most prominent series of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. It started in 1985 with the creation of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' on the [[Family Computer]] and subsequently the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It has been followed by many sequels released in almost every Nintendo video game console to date, except the [[Game Boy Color]] and the [[Game Boy Advance]], where only remakes, ports, or other spin-offs games were released and development was handled by other divisions and companies. The '''''Super Mario Bros.''''' series, a subset of the greater ''Super Mario'' series, comprises 2D side-scrolling games such as the aforementioned ''Super Mario Bros.'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''.<ref>December 20, 2023. "[[Wonder Flower]]s are Appearing!" ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' in-game notification. ({{media link|SMR Notifications 2023-12-20 excerpt.jpg|Screenshot}}.)<br>"''The Super Mario Bros. Wonder Game''<br>"''This entry in the Super Mario Bros. series of side-scrolling action games debuts just about 11 years after the last side-scrolling entry.''"</ref> Alongside the 2D installments, the ''Super Mario'' series also features 3D platform games, the first of which has been ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.
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Most of these games, notably excluding ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', follow the story of [[Mario]] and, usually, his brother [[Luigi]] and sometimes his friends [[Toad]] and [[Yoshi]], in their quest to search for and rescue [[Princess Peach]] from the clutches of [[Bowser]], who wants to conquer the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] or another location, depending on the game. The Mario Brothers' adventure is shown to be difficult, as they face his minions, the [[Koopa Troop]].

The series is developed by several Nintendo divisions. The main games have been developed by [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development]], with the exception of the ''Super Mario Land'' titles, which were handled by [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D 1]]. Following its merge with [[Nintendo Software Planning & Development]] in September 2015, the series is now handled by [[Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development]].

In 2010, the series celebrated the [[Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary|''Super Mario Bros.'' 25th Anniversary]]. The celebration involved a series of videos showing various tricks throughout the series' games on the Wii's Nintendo Channel, as well as releasing a Wii port of ''Super Mario All-Stars'', which included a history booklet of the ''Super Mario'' series and a CD containing several songs from games in the series. In 2015, the series celebrated the [[Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary|''Super Mario Bros.'' 30th Anniversary]] with the commemorative game being ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''. Special [[amiibo]] based on Mario's sprite from ''Super Mario Bros.'' with both classic and modern color schemes were released as well. 2020 marked the [[Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary|''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary]] with several games released, including ''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''.
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!width=75% style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"|Summary 
!width=18% style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"|List of Games 
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*''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
**''[[VS. Super Mario Bros.]]
**''[[Super Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)]]
**''[[All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.]]''
**''[[Super Mario Bros. (Nelsonic Game Watch)]]''
**''[[Nintendo World Championships 1990]]''
**''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]''
**''[[Classic NES Series|Classic NES Series: Super Mario Bros.]]''
**''[[NES Remix 2#Super Luigi Bros.|Super Luigi Bros.]]''
**''[[Super Mario Bros. 35]]''
**''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]''
*''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
**''[[Classic NES Series|Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
*''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
**''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]
**''[[BS Super Mario USA]]
*''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
*''[[User:SONIC123CDMANIA+&K(B&ATSA)/Super Mario (franchise) Rewrite/Super Mario (series)/Super Mario Bros. (sub-series)/Super Mario Land (sub-sub-series)|Super Mario Land games]]''
*''[[Super Mario World]]''
*''[[Super Mario's Wacky Worlds]]''
*''[[User:SONIC123CDMANIA+&K(B&ATSA)/Super Mario (franchise) Rewrite/Super Mario (series)/Super Mario Bros. (sub-series)/New Super Mario Bros. (sub-sub-series)|New Super Mario Bros. games]]''
*''[[Super Mario Run]]''
*''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''
*''[[Super Mario Advance (series)]]''
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*''[[Super Mario 64]]''
**''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
**''[[Super Mario 64 2]]''
**''[[List of unreleased media#Super Mario 64: Disk Ban|Super Mario 64DD]]''
**''[[Super Mario 128]]''
*''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
*''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
*''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
*''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
*''[[Super Mario 3D World]]
*''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
*''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''
*''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''
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