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In an interview regarding ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] states that the events of ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' take place in New York<ref>[https://www.ndw.jp/mario-interview-230425/2/ インタビュー マリオ映画公開記念!宮本茂さんインタビュー 制作の始まりから驚きの設定まで] (April 25, 2023). ''Nintendo Dream Web''. Retrieved April 25, 2023</ref>. | In an interview regarding ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] states that the events of ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' take place in New York<ref>[https://www.ndw.jp/mario-interview-230425/2/ インタビュー マリオ映画公開記念!宮本茂さんインタビュー 制作の始まりから驚きの設定まで] (April 25, 2023). ''Nintendo Dream Web''. Retrieved April 25, 2023</ref>. | ||
===''Mario Bros.''=== | ===''Mario Bros.''=== |
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First appearance | Mario Bros. (1983) |
Latest appearance | The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) |
Greater location | United States of America |
Ruler | Mayor of New York City, Pauline |
Inhabitants | Humans, Mario (former), Luigi (former), Foreman Spike |
- Not to be confused with New Donk City or New Pork City.
New York City (or just New York) is the largest city in the United States of America, and is one of the largest cities on Earth.
New York City consists of five boroughs: Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. However, Brooklyn is the most notable borough to the Mario franchise, as in certain Mario media it is depicted as where Mario and Luigi grew up, and also where Super Mario Bros. Plumbing is located.
History
Donkey Kong
In an interview regarding The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Shigeru Miyamoto states that the events of Donkey Kong take place in New York[1].
Mario Bros.
According to Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario Bros. takes place in the sewers of New York,[2][3] although Atari manuals state it takes place in the water pipes of Mario and Luigi's house.[4]
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
New York City is mentioned several times on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, mostly in some of the live-action segments. In "Flatbush Koopa", King Koopa announces that he will take over all of New York City and dub it "New Koopa" once he finishes taking over Brooklyn.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Excluding references to Brooklyn, New York City as a whole is also seen a few times in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. In "Kootie Pie Rocks", Princess Toadstool takes her friends to see a Milli Vanilli concert somewhere in New York City.
In "Recycled Koopa", the Koopalings end up dumping their garbage down a Warp Pipe leading to Brooklyn. When their contaminated garbage winds up turning the citizens of Brooklyn into Koopa Zombies, Bowser takes advantage of the situation by using the garbage to turn everyone in New York into his zombie minions, as well as other creatures into his minions (e.g. seagulls into Para-Goombas and fish into Spiny Cheep-Cheeps), thanks to his Crud Cannon. Bowser's plans were foiled by Mario and Luigi, who build a Trash Smasher that recycles the garbage, turning everyone back to normal. The Statue of Liberty makes an appearance in the episode, first mutated by the garbage into a Koopa Statue, then after being transformed back to normal, the statue comments on the Mario Brothers' success at stopping Koopa's dumping spree.
Mario is Missing!

In its first formal video game appearance, New York is one of the cities – besides Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Cairo, and London – Luigi has to visit in Mario is Missing! His task is to return artifacts to some of the city's landmarks that were invaded by Koopas. The Koopas stole "King Kong" from the Empire State Building, the torch from the Statue of Liberty, and the Statue of Prometheus from the Rockefeller Center. It is primarily based on the borough of Manhattan.
Club Nintendo
"Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit"
New York City also makes several appearances in the Club Nintendo comic series. In "Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit", Mario is teleported into the Viking Age and, at the same moment, the Vikings Erik, Baleog and Olaf are teleported into New York. Their simple presence in the city causes an enormous chaos there, resulting in car crashes, for example. Finally, some New York policemen arrest them.
"Mario in Mariozilla"
The city is razed to the ground once more in "Mario in Mariozilla", this time by Mario who, due to a bad spell of Kamek, has grown to a huge size. Searching for advice from Dr. Light, who lives in the Empire State Building, the huge Mario cannot avoid crashing some buildings and even skyscrapers in New York City. When he finally reaches Light's home, he climbs up the Empire State Building in order to talk to the doctor.
"Sag niemals Holerö!"
New York is also mentioned in the story "Sag niemals Holerö!", in which Mario vacations in Switzerland. At some point, due to the word "Holerö" being pronounced by evil alien Heini, all humans in Switzerland turn into cheese. Mario decides to leave the country, but notices that the crew of the airline that were supposed to bring him back to New York have turned into hot dogs. Doubting their aeronautical competence, the plumber decides to go to Germany instead.
Super Mario Bros. film
In the Super Mario Bros. movie, Mario Mario and Luigi Mario live in Brooklyn, where they run the Mario Bros. Plumbing Service. The bulk of the film takes place in Dinohattan (named after Manhattan), an alternate-universe version of New York City in a world where humans evolved from dinosaurs. Besides Brooklyn, Mario briefly alludes to the Bronx borough of New York City when first arriving in Dinohattan, where he, in response to Luigi's speculation that they may have been in a coma and woke up in Brooklyn of the future, interjects that they may have arrived in the present day version of the Bronx when witnessing the extremely lawless situation in Dinohattan.
Super Mario Odyssey
- Main article: Metro Kingdom
In Super Mario Odyssey, the location of New Donk City is inspired by New York City. Its skyline backdrop also resembles Manhattan.
Mario Kart series
Mario Kart Tour
Mario Kart Tour features four original courses based on New York City. New York Minute was the first original course featured in the game as well as the only one at launch. It served as the signature course of the New York Tour. New York Minute 2 served as the signature course in its debut tour, the 2019 Holiday Tour. This likely is meant to reflect how large New Year's celebrations are held in New York City. During the 1st Anniversary Tour, while Tokyo Blur, Paris Promenade, London Loop, and Vancouver Velocity all made a return, New York Minute 3 was introduced, which served as the tour's signature course. Only in this course, during the tunnel section near the end, the Statue of Liberty can be spotted in the background. In the 2nd Anniversary Tour, New York Minute 4 is introduced, which serves as the tour's signature course. Like Tokyo Blur 4, it is a compilation of all of the previous New York Minute courses. All of the four New York Minute courses have reappeared in the 2022 Autumn Tour, along with a battle course called New York Minute B.
The 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Broadway, Central Park, Empire State Building, Times Square, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Statue of Liberty, and Rockefeller Center appear as landmarks in these courses.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Template:Classic-link returns in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, included in the Booster Course Pass as the first course of the Turnip Cup.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial that was released to promote The Super Mario Bros. Movie establishes that the business is based in Brooklyn, and also serves Queens. The Manhattan skyline can also be seen in their commercial very briefly.
Profiles
Information from Mario is Missing!
- Boy:
- "You're in the home where the buffalo roam, and the skies are not cloudy all day."
- "Being an early bird in the Big Apple really helps."
- Tourist:
- "The country is divided into 50 states. But the nation's capital isn't in any of them!"
- "Baseball is the national sport, and apple pie is the dessert of choice."
- Business Woman:
- "So nice they named it twice, NY, NY."
- "Catch a cab, or take the subway, not many private cars in this island city."
- Scientist:
- "Legend has it the colonists bought Manhattan for $24 from the Indians."
- Police Officer:
- "Thanks for asking one of New York's Finest, you're in New York City."
- "It's made up of five boroughs, this borough is Manhattan."
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Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Chinese | 紐約市 (Traditional) 纽约市 (Simplified)[?] Niǔ Yuē-shì |
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Korean | 뉴욕 시[?] Nyu Yog-si |
New York | |
Portuguese | Cidade de Nova York Nova York Nova Iorque[?] |
City of New York New York New York |
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Russian | Нью-Йорк[?] Nyu-York |
New York | |
Spanish | Ciudad de Nueva York Nueva York[?] |
New York City New York |
Trivia
- New York City's "The Big Apple" nickname was referenced in Donkey Kong Land, which features a world known as Big Ape City. The nickname is also referenced in Super Mario Odyssey; being patterned after New York City, New Donk City is nicknamed "The Big Banana".
- Several aspects of the Mario Party 7 gameboard Neon Heights are influenced by New York City.
References
- ^ インタビュー マリオ映画公開記念!宮本茂さんインタビュー 制作の始まりから驚きの設定まで (April 25, 2023). Nintendo Dream Web. Retrieved April 25, 2023
- ^ Porges, Seth (October 19, 2009). Exclusive Interview With Nintendo Gaming Mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto. Popular Mechanics. Retrieved November 25, 2009. "When we first created Donkey Kong, I kind of looked at him as your average, everyday foolish guy. The setting of that game was a construction site, so I kind of matched him with the setting of the game, and decided in that game that he was a carpenter. And then when we made the original Mario Bros. game, that was the first game that had pipes in it, and the enemies would come out of the pipes into this dark area and Mario would try to hit them and knock them out. Looking at the setting of that game, it had the feeling of an underground New York sewer system. And so with the pipes and the idea of it being an underground New York sewer system, I thought what kind of guy would be there working on the pipes? A plumber! So rather than saying Mario was a plumber, really it was a matter of what's his role in the game and what's the setting of the game and kind of occupation would put him in the setting to be doing what he's doing."
- ^ Snider, Mike (November 08, 2010). Q&A: 'Mario' creator Shigeru Miyamoto. USA Today. Retrieved March 25, 2016. "As a kid, I was a big comic fan and I liked foreign comics as well. So I drew some characters that had more western type features with a little bigger noses and what not. Now with Mario, I think with Mario Bros. we had a setting of course that was underground, so I just decided Mario is a plumber. Let's put him in New York and he can be Italian. There was really no other deep thought other than that."
- ^ "Mario the carpenter and his brother Luigi are hopping mad! The water pipes in their house are blocked with crawling creatures. If the two brothers can’t get rid of them they’ll never take a bath again!" - Mario Bros. Atari game manual, first page.
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Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | ||||
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Drivers | ||||
Featherweight | Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Baby Rosalina • Lemmy • Dry Bones![]() | |||
Light | Toad • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy (Light-bluea · Blacka · Greena · Yellowa · Whitea · Bluea · Pinka · Orangea) • Lakitu • Toadette • Larry • Wendy • Cat Peacha • Villager (Female)a • Isabellea • Bowser Jr.![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Medium | Peach • Daisy • Yoshi (Light-bluea · Blacka · Reda · Yellowa · Whitea · Bluea · Pinka · Orangea) • Mario • Luigi • Iggy • Ludwig • Tanooki Marioa • Villager (Male)a • Inkling Boy![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Cruiser | Rosalina • Donkey Kong • Waluigi • Roy • Linka • King Boo![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Heavy | Metal Mario (Gold![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Any | Mii | |||
Vehicle parts | ||||
Bodies | Karts | Standard Kart • Pipe Frame • Mach 8 • Steel Driver • Cat Cruiser • Circuit Special • Tri-Speeder • Badwagon • Prancer • Biddybuggy • Landship • Sneeker • Sports Coupe • Gold Standard • GLAa • W 25 Silver Arrowa • 300 SL Roadstera • Blue Falcona • Tanooki Karta • B Dashera • Streetlea • P-Winga • Koopa Clown![]() | ||
Standard bikes | Standard Bike • The Duke • Flame Rider • Varmint • Mr. Scooty • City Trippera • Master Cycle Zero![]() | |||
Sport bikes | Comet • Sport Bike • Jet Bike • Yoshi Bike • Master Cyclea | |||
ATVs | Standard ATV • Wild Wiggler • Teddy Buggy • Bone Rattlera • Splat Buggy![]() ![]() | |||
Tires | Standard • Monster • Roller • Slim • Slick • Metal • Button • Off-Road • Sponge • Wood • Cushion • Blue Standard • Hot Monster • Azure Roller • Crimson Slim • Cyber Slick • Retro Off-Road • Gold Tires • GLA Tiresa • Triforce Tiresa • Leaf Tiresa • Ancient Tires![]() | |||
Gliders | Super Glider • Cloud Glider • Wario Wing • Waddle Wing • Peach Parasol • Parachute • Parafoil • Flower Glider • Bowser Kite • Plane Glider • MKTV Parafoil • Gold Glider • Hylian Kitea • Paper Glidera • Paraglider![]() | |||
Courses | ||||
New courses | Mushroom Cup | Mario Kart Stadium • Water Park • Sweet Sweet Canyon • Thwomp Ruins | ||
Flower Cup | Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor • Twisted Mansion • Shy Guy Falls | |||
Star Cup | Sunshine Airport • Dolphin Shoals • Electrodrome • Mount Wario | |||
Special Cup | Cloudtop Cruise • Bone-Dry Dunes • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road | |||
Classic courses | Shell Cup | Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GBA Mario Circuit • DS Cheep Cheep Beach • N64 Toad's Turnpike | ||
Banana Cup | GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Royal Raceway • 3DS DK Jungle | |||
Leaf Cup | DS Wario Stadium • GCN Sherbet Land • 3DS Music Park • N64 Yoshi Valley | |||
Lightning Cup | DS Tick-Tock Clock • 3DS Piranha Plant Slide • Wii Grumble Volcano • N64 Rainbow Road | |||
DLC coursesa | Egg Cup | GCN Yoshi Circuit • Excitebike Arena • Dragon Driftway • Mute City | ||
Triforce Cup | Wii Wario's Gold Mine • SNES Rainbow Road • Ice Ice Outpost • Hyrule Circuit | |||
Crossing Cup | GCN Baby Park • GBA Cheese Land • Wild Woods • Animal Crossing | |||
Bell Cup | 3DS Neo Bowser City • GBA Ribbon Road • Super Bell Subway • Big Blue | |||
Booster courses![]() |
Golden Dash Cup | Tour Paris Promenade • 3DS Toad Circuit • N64 Choco Mountain • Wii Coconut Mall | ||
Lucky Cat Cup | Tour Tokyo Blur • DS Shroom Ridge • GBA Sky Garden • Ninja Hideaway | |||
Turnip Cup | Tour New York Minute • SNES Mario Circuit 3 • N64 Kalimari Desert • DS Waluigi Pinball | |||
Propeller Cup | Tour Sydney Sprint • GBA Snow Land • Wii Mushroom Gorge • Sky-High Sundae | |||
Rock Cup | Tour London Loop • GBA Boo Lake • 3DS Rock Rock Mountain • Wii Maple Treeway | |||
Moon Cup | Tour Berlin Byways • DS Peach Gardens • Merry Mountain • 3DS Rainbow Road | |||
Fruit Cup | Tour Amsterdam Drift • GBA Riverside Park • Wii DK Summit • Yoshi's Island | |||
Boomerang Cup | Tour Bangkok Rush • DS Mario Circuit • GCN Waluigi Stadium • Tour Singapore Speedway | |||
Feather Cup | Tour Athens Dash • GCN Daisy Cruiser • Wii Moonview Highway • Squeaky Clean Sprint | |||
Cherry Cup | Tour Los Angeles Laps • GBA Sunset Wilds • Wii Koopa Cape • Tour Vancouver Velocity | |||
Acorn Cup | Tour Rome Avanti • GCN DK Mountain • Wii Daisy Circuit • Piranha Plant Cove | |||
Spiny Cup | Tour Madrid Drive • 3DS Rosalina's Ice World • SNES Bowser Castle 3 • Wii Rainbow Road | |||
Battle courses | Wii U ![]() |
Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Toad's Turnpike • Mario Circuit • GCN Sherbet Land • N64 Yoshi Valley • Toad Harbor | ||
Switch ![]() |
3DS Wuhu Town • GCN Luigi's Mansion • SNES Battle Course 1 • Urchin Underpass • Dragon Palace • Battle Stadium • Sweet Sweet Kingdom • Lunar Colony | |||
Other | ||||
Items | Banana • Blooper • Boo![]() ![]() | |||
Course objects | Antigravity Panel • Arrow field![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Enemies and species | Big Wiggler![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Techniques | Anti-gravity • Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Boost • Spin Turn • Jump Boost • U-turn • Underwater driving | |||
Notable areas, landmarks, and sightings | Amsterdam (Canal)![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Official tournaments | Mario Kart 8 | Mario Kart 8 promotion tour • Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014 | ||
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Worldwide | My Nintendo Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Community Challenge | ||
North America | NOA 150cc Tournament and NOA Battlethon • Mario Kart North American Open • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Holiday Fun Run • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2022 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2022 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2023 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2023 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023 Qualifier • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023 | |||
Australia and New Zealand | 2017 online tournaments • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Super Saturdays • Mario Kart AU/NZ My Nintendo Cup • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grand Prix | |||
China | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Summit Invitational Tournament • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Tournaments (2021 Tencent series) • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe National Battle Team Open Tournament / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Open Team Championship | |||
Europe | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023 | |||
Hong Kong | Nintendo HK 2021 Cup | |||
Japan | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge Final Stage | |||
Spain | TorneoMK8D | |||
UK and Ireland | Nintendo UK VS Cup • Nintendo VS UK Cup | |||
Miscellaneous | Andrew Trego![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Related Play Nintendo activities | Mario Kart 8 Party Starter![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||