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The Virtual Console was a service available on the Wii, the Nintendo 3DS, and the Wii U. It allowed players to download games that were originally for older consoles, including some Super Mario games on the Nintendo Entertainment System (all models), SNES (Wii, Wii U, and New Nintendo 3DS), Nintendo 64 (Wii and Wii U), Game Boy Advance (Nintendo 3DS ambassadors and Wii U), Nintendo DS (Wii U), Game Boy, and Game Boy Color (Nintendo 3DS).

With the discontinuation of the Wii Shop Channel in January 2019 and the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U in March 2023, Virtual Console games can no longer be purchased. Many of the games that were available on Virtual Console are available through the Nintendo Switch Online service.

History[edit]

Super Mario Bros. on the game select of the preliminary Virtual Console at E3 2006

A preliminary version of the Wii's Virtual Console was demonstrated at E3 2006, along with the Classic Controller. Participants could play demos of five classic games on it, each game being for a different console; of those games, three are installments of the Super Mario series: Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo Entertainment System), Super Mario World (Super Nintendo Entertainment System), and Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64). The game selection menu has a selection screen for each game. Each screen shows a large banner of the game's name, a side view of the game's original box art, and a faint image of the console it was created for. During gameplay, once the player has progressed up to a certain point, the gameplay would stop and display a thank you notice, allowing the next attendee to try out the Virtual Console kiosk.^[1]^{[better source needed]}

Cost[edit]

Wii Virtual Console games were bought with Wii Points via the Wii Shop Channel, and were redeemable either through digital purchase or from a Wii Points Card. Since March 26, 2018, Wii Points could no longer be added to the Wii Shop Channel, and Wii Points added prior to said date remained usable until January 31, 2019.

Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Virtual Console games were bought with eShop credits via the Nintendo eShop, either from purchashing them digitally or from redeeming a code on a Nintendo eShop Card, a successor to the Wii Points Card.

Pricing[edit]

Wii[edit]

The price range for Super Mario and other titles was typically 500-600 Wii Points for Nintendo Entertainment System games, 800-900 Wii Points for Super Nintendo Entertainment System games, and 1,000-1,200 Wii Points for Nintendo 64 games. However, a few select games were priced differently. Games released in regions that their original iterations had not been released in cost an additional 100 Wii Points. Two Super Mario games fall under this example: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and Mario's Super Picross in Europe and Oceania and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels outside Japan.

Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Console	Price
Nintendo Entertainment System	General public: JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50 KR ₩5000 Ambassadors: Free
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (New Nintendo 3DS only)	JP ¥823 US $7.99-$9.99 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40
Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $2.99-$3.99 EU €3.00-€4.00 UK £2.70-£3.70 AU $4.50-$6.00 KR ₩4000
Game Boy Color	JP ¥617 US $4.99-$5.99 EU €5.00 UK £4.50 AU $6.00-$7.50 KR ₩6000
Game Boy Advance (Ambassadors only)	General public: None Ambassadors: Free

Wii U[edit]

Console	Price
Nintendo Entertainment System	JP ¥514/¥100* US $4.99/$1.00* EU €4.99/€1.00* UK £3.49/£1.00* AU $6.50/$1.00*
Super Nintendo Entertainment System	JP ¥823/¥150* US $7.99/$1.50* EU €4.99/€1.50* UK £5.49/£1.50* AU $10.40/$1.50*
Nintendo 64	JP ¥1028/¥200* US $9.99/$2.00* EU €9.99/€2.00* UK £8.99/£2.00* AU $13.00/$2.00*
Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $6.99-$7.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10
Nintendo DS^[2]	JP ¥950 US $6.99-$9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00

*Note: A discount price was given if the game had been purchased on the Wii Shop Channel via Wii Mode.

Controllers[edit]

Various controllers are needed used to play Virtual Console games.

Wii U GamePad - Can play all Virtual Console games in Wii U Mode, including the Super Mario titles. Can only display screen in Wii mode.
Wii U Pro Controller - Can also play all Virtual Console games in Wii U Mode, including the Super Mario titles.
Wii Remote - When turned sideways, it can play Nintendo Entertainment System games. Works on both Wii U and Wii as well as Wii U SNES and GBA games if is held while the game boots.
Classic Controller - Can play any game. It is made to fit the design of the SNES Controller. Works in both Wii U and Wii mode.
Nintendo GameCube Controller - Compatible with all Nintendo console games, meaning that this includes every Super Mario game ported to the service.

List of Super Mario games[edit]

Wii[edit]

#	Game	Platform	Points	JP release	NA release	EU release	OC release	SK release	Developer(s)
1	Donkey Kong	NES	500	2006 / 12 / 02	2006 / 11 / 19	2006 / 12 / 08	2006 / 12 / 07	2008 / 04 / 26	Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
2	Mario Bros.	NES	500	2006 / 12 / 12	2006 / 11 / 19	2006 / 12 / 08	2006 / 12 / 07	2008 / 12 / 30	Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
3	Pinball	NES	500	2006 / 12 / 02	2006 / 11 / 19	2006 / 12 / 15	2006 / 12 / 15		Nintendo EAD
4	Super Mario 64	Nintendo 64	1,000	2006 / 12 / 02	2006 / 11 / 19	2006 / 12 / 08	2006 / 12 / 07		Nintendo EAD
5	Wario's Woods	NES	500	2006 / 12 / 12	2006 / 11 / 19	2006 / 12 / 08	2006 / 12 / 07		Nintendo, Intelligent Systems
6	Donkey Kong Jr.	NES	500	2006 / 12 / 02	2006 / 12 / 04	2006 / 12 / 22	2006 / 12 / 22		Nintendo R&D 2
7	Super Mario Bros.	NES	500	2006 / 12 / 02	2006 / 12 / 25	2007 / 01 / 05	2007 / 01 / 05	2008 / 04 / 26	Nintendo EAD
8	Super Mario World	Super NES	800	2006 / 12 / 02	2007 / 02 / 05	2007 / 02 / 09	2007 / 02 / 09	2008 / 04 / 26	Nintendo EAD
9	Donkey Kong Country	Super NES	800	2006 / 12 / 12	2007 / 02 / 19	2006 / 12 / 08	2006 / 12 / 07	2008 / 05 / 26	Rareware
10	Mario's Super Picross	Super NES	800/900	2006 / 12 / 19		2007 / 09 / 14	2007 / 09 / 14		Jupiter Co., Ltd.
11	Mario Kart 64	Nintendo 64	1,000	2007 / 01 / 30	2007 / 01 / 29	2007 / 01 / 26	2007 / 01 / 26	2008 / 04 / 26	Nintendo EAD
12	Yoshi	NES	500	2007 / 03 / 06	2007 / 07 / 09	2007 / 05 / 16	2007 / 05 / 18	2008 / 08 / 12	Game Freak
13	Donkey Kong Jr. Math	NES	500	2007 / 03 / 27	2007 / 09 / 03	2007 / 04 / 20	2007 / 04 / 20		Nintendo R&D 2
14	Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels	NES	500/600	2007 / 05 / 01	2007 / 10 / 01	2007 / 09 / 14	2007 / 09 / 14		Nintendo EAD
15	NES Open Tournament Golf	NES	500	2007 / 07 / 24	2007 / 06 / 18	2007 / 05 / 11	2007 / 05 / 11	2008 / 08 / 26	Nintendo EAD
16	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest	Super NES	800	2007 / 10 / 23	2007 / 05 / 21	2007 / 05 / 16	2007 / 05 / 18	2008 / 11 / 25	Rareware
17	Super Mario Bros. 2	NES	500	2007 / 08 / 10	2007 / 07 / 02	2007 / 05 / 25	2007 / 05 / 25	2008 / 07 / 15	Nintendo EAD
18	Paper Mario	Nintendo 64	1,000	2007 / 07 / 10	2007 / 07 / 16	2007 / 07 / 13	2007 / 07 / 13		Intelligent Systems
19	Wrecking Crew	NES	500	2008 / 02 / 05	2007 / 11 / 19	2007 / 08 / 24	2007 / 08 / 24		Nintendo R&D 1
20	Yoshi's Story	Nintendo 64	1,000	2007 / 10 / 30	2007 / 09 / 17	2007 / 10 / 26	2007 / 10 / 26		Nintendo EAD
21	Super Mario Bros. 3	NES	500	2007 / 12 / 11	2007 / 11 / 05	2007 / 11 / 09	2007 / 11 / 09	2008 / 05 / 26	Nintendo EAD
22	Panel de Pon	Super NES	800	2007 / 11 / 27				2008 / 09 / 30	Intelligent Systems
23	Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!	Super NES	800	2008 / 10 / 21	2007 / 12 / 24	2007 / 12 / 25	2007 / 12 / 25		Rareware
24	Yoshi's Cookie	NES	500	2008 / 06 / 10	2008 / 04 / 07	2008 / 04 / 04	2008 / 04 / 04	2008 / 11 / 11	Nintendo R&D 1
25	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	Super NES	800/900	2008 / 06 / 24	2008 / 09 / 01	2008 / 08 / 22	2008 / 08 / 22		Square Enix
26	Donkey Kong 3	NES	500	2008 / 07 / 23	2008 / 07 / 14	2009 / 01 / 09	2009 / 01 / 09		Nintendo EAD
27	Mario Golf	Nintendo 64	1,000	2008 / 09 / 30	2008 / 10 / 06	2009 / 01 / 23	2009 / 01 / 23		Camelot
28	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo 64	1,000	2009 / 01 / 20	2009 / 12 / 21	2009 / 06 / 12	2009 / 06 / 12		HAL Labs
29	Super Mario Kart	Super NES	800	2009 / 06 / 09	2009 / 11 / 23	2010 / 04 / 02	2010 / 04 / 02		Nintendo EAD
30	Mario Tennis	Nintendo 64	1,000	2010 / 08 / 31	2010 / 06 / 28	2010 / 06 / 18	2010 / 06 / 18		Camelot
31	Donkey Kong Original Edition	NES	(Pack-in game)			2010 / 10 / 20			Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
32	25th Anniversary SUPER MARIO BROS.	NES	(Pack-in game)	2010 / 11 / 02			2010 / 10 / 27		Nintendo EAD
33	Mario Party 2	Nintendo 64	1,000	2010 / 11 / 02	2010 / 12 / 20	2010 / 12 / 24	2010 / 12 / 24		Hudson

Note: The Donkey Kong Country series has been delisted shortly before the Wii U's release (except in South Korea), likely due to Microsoft's desire to renegotiate licensing agreements with Nintendo before re-releasing it. Yoshi's Cookie for the NES had been delisted in October 2013 (except in South Korea). Panel de Pon is the original Japanese version of Tetris Attack, which was released as a Yoshi game for the Super NES in the Western world.

Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Games on the Virtual Console of the Nintendo 3DS do not have 3D capabilities, except for 3D Classics. They are sold via Nintendo eShop. They have various sound effects that play upon selecting a game depending on their originating game system. The Game Boy and Game Boy Color games have the standard Game Boy boot-up screen sound effect play. The Game Boy Advance games have the Game Boy Advance bootup screen occur. The NES/Famicom Disk System games have a coin sound effect from Super Mario Bros. playing in the background. Finally, the Super NES games have the coin sound effect from Super Mario World playing in the background.

The following Super Mario games have been released on the Virtual Console of the Nintendo 3DS:

#	Game	Platform	Price	JP release	NA release	EU release	OC release	SK release	Developer(s)
1	Super Mario Land	Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $3.99 EU €4.00 UK £3.60 AU $6.00 KR ₩4000	2011 / 06 / 07	2011 / 06 / 06	2011 / 06 / 07	2011 / 06 / 07	2016 / 02 / 03	Nintendo R&D 1
2	Alleyway	Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $2.99 EU €3.00 UK £2.70 AU $4.50 KR ₩4000	2011 / 08 / 03	2011 / 06 / 06	2011 / 06 / 07	2011 / 06 / 07	2016 / 06 / 01	Nintendo R&D 1, Intelligent Systems
3	Donkey Kong	Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $3.99 EU €4.00 UK £3.70 AU $6.00 KR ₩4000	2011 / 06 / 15	2011 / 06 / 16	2011 / 06 / 16	2011 / 06 / 16	2016 / 02 / 03	Nintendo EAD, Pax Softnica
4	Baseball	Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $3.99 EU €4.00 UK £3.70 AU $6.00	2011 / 06 / 07	2011 / 07 / 13	2011 / 07 / 28	2011 / 07 / 28		Nintendo R&D 1
5	Game & Watch Gallery	Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $2.99 EU €3.00 UK £2.70 AU $4.50	2011 / 06 / 22	2011 / 07 / 14	2011 / 07 / 21	2011 / 07 / 21		TOSE
6	Golf	Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $2.99 EU €3.00 UK £2.70 AU $4.50 KR ₩4000	2011 / 06 / 29	2011 / 09 / 08	2011 / 10 / 13	2011 / 10 / 13	2016 / 07 / 20	Intelligent Systems
7	Mario's Picross	Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $3.99 EU €4.00 UK £3.60 AU $6.00	2011 / 09 / 21	2011 / 08 / 04	2011 / 07 / 14	2011 / 07 / 14		Jupiter
8	Dr. Mario	Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $3.99 EU €3.00 UK £2.70 AU $4.50 KR ₩4000	2011 / 07 / 27	2012 / 10 / 04	2012 / 03 / 22	2012 / 03 / 22	2016 / 05 / 18	Nintendo R&D 1
9	Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins	Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $3.99 EU €4.00 UK £3.60 AU $6.00 KR ₩4000	2011 / 10 / 12	2011 / 09 / 29	2011 / 09 / 29	2011 / 09 / 29	2016 / 06 / 01	Nintendo R&D 1
10	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3	Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $3.99 EU €4.00 UK £3.60 AU $6.00 KR ₩4000	2011 / 12 / 14	2012 / 07 / 26	2012 / 02 / 16	2012 / 02 / 16	2016 / 05 / 18	Nintendo R&D 1
11	Super Mario Bros.	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €5.00 UK £4.50 AU $7.50 KR ₩5000	2012 / 01 / 05	2012 / 02 / 16	2012 / 03 / 01	2012 / 03 / 01	2016 / 02 / 03	Nintendo EAD
12	Game & Watch Gallery 2	Game Boy Game Boy Color	JP ¥411 US $3.99 EU €4.00 UK £3.60 AU $6.00	2012 / 03 / 21	2012 / 05 / 24	2012 / 05 / 03	2012 / 05 / 03		TOSE
13	Wario Land II	Game Boy Color	JP ¥617 US $4.99 EU €5.00 UK £4.50 AU $7.50 KR ₩6000	2012 / 04 / 04	2012 / 12 / 20	2012 / 07 / 19	2012 / 07 / 19	2016 / 03 / 02	Nintendo R&D 1
14	Donkey Kong Jr.	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £4.49 AU $7.50 KR ₩5000	2012 / 04 / 18	2012 / 06 / 14	2012 / 08 / 23	2012 / 08 / 23	2016 / 04 / 06	Nintendo R&D 2
15	Wario Land 3	Game Boy Color	JP ¥617 US $4.99 EU €5.00 UK £4.50 AU $7.50	2012 / 05 / 02	2013 / 08 / 29	2012 / 12 / 06	2012 / 12 / 06		Nintendo R&D 1
16	NES Open Tournament Golf	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.00 UK £3.60 AU $6.00	2012 / 08 / 08	2012 / 07 / 05	2012 / 08 / 23	2012 / 08 / 23		Nintendo R&D 2
17	Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £4.49 AU $6.50 KR ₩5000	2012 / 07 / 25	2012 / 12 / 27	2012 / 12 / 27	2012 / 12 / 27	2016 / 07 / 06	Nintendo EAD
18	Yoshi	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £4.49 AU $6.50	2012 / 08 / 22	2013 / 02 / 21	2013 / 05 / 02	2013 / 05 / 02		Game Freak
19	Wrecking Crew	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €3.99 UK £3.59 AU $5.20 KR ₩5000	2012 / 09 / 19	2013 / 03 / 07	2013 / 05 / 09	2013 / 05 / 10	2016 / 05 / 18	Nintendo R&D 1
20	Mario Golf	Game Boy Color	JP ¥617 US $4.99 EU €5.00^a UK £4.50^a AU $7.50^a	2012 / 10 / 03	2012 / 10 / 11	2014 / 05 / 29^a	2014 / 05 / 29^a		Camelot
21	Donkey Kong	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £4.49 AU $6.50 KR ₩5000	2012 / 10 / 17	2013 / 08 / 15	2013 / 11 / 21	2013 / 11 / 21	2016 / 03 / 02	Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
22	Picross 2	Game Boy	JP ¥411	2012 / 10 / 24					Jupiter
23	Super Mario Bros. 2	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £4.49 AU $6.50 KR ₩5000	2012 / 11 / 28	2013 / 07 / 11	2013 / 08 / 07	2013 / 08 / 08	2016 / 03 / 02	Nintendo EAD
24	Super Mario Bros. 3	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £4.49 AU $6.50 KR ₩5000	2013 / 01 / 01	2014 / 04 / 17	2013 / 12 / 26	2013 / 12 / 26	2016 / 04 / 06	Nintendo EAD
25	Donkey Kong 3	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £4.49 AU $6.50 KR ₩5000	2013 / 03 / 27	2013 / 12 / 05	2013 / 12 / 12	2013 / 12 / 12	2016 / 07 / 06	Nintendo EAD
26	Mario Bros.	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £4.49 AU $6.50	2013 / 05 / 08	2014 / 01 / 30	2014 / 01 / 09	2014 / 01 / 09		Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
27	Wario's Woods	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £4.49 AU $6.50 KR ₩5000	2013 / 05 / 29	2013 / 11 / 07	2013 / 10 / 24	2013 / 10 / 24	2016 / 07 / 20	Nintendo, Intelligent Systems
28	Mario Tennis	Game Boy Color	JP ¥617 US $5.99 EU €5.00 UK £4.50 AU $7.50	2013 / 06 / 26	2013 / 12 / 26	2014 / 01 / 02	2014 / 01 / 02		Camelot
29	Tetris Attack	Game Boy	JP ¥411	2013 / 12 / 11					Intelligent Systems
30	Super Mario Bros. Deluxe	Game Boy Color	~~JP ¥N/A~~^b US $5.99 EU €5.00^c UK £4.50^c AU $6.00^c KR ₩6000	~~2014 / 01 / 27~~^b	2014 / 12 / 25	2014 / 02 / 27^c	2014 / 02 / 28^c	2016 / 05 / 04	Nintendo R&D 2
31	Donkey Kong Land	Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $3.99 EU €3.00 UK £2.70 AU $4.50	2014 / 04 / 02	2015 / 02 / 26	2014 / 10 / 16	2014 / 10 / 17		Rareware
32	Donkey Kong Land 2	Game Boy	JP ¥411 US $3.99 EU €3.00 UK £2.70 AU $4.50	2014 / 04 / 16	2015 / 02 / 26	2014 / 10 / 23	2014 / 10 / 24		Rareware
33	Donkey Kong Land III	Game Boy Game Boy Color	JP ¥617 US $3.99 EU €3.00 UK £2.70 AU $4.50	2014 / 05 / 07	2015 / 02 / 26	2014 / 10 / 30	2014 / 10 / 31		Rareware
34	Donkey Kong Original Edition	NES	EU €4.99 UK £4.49 AU $6.50			2014 / 09 / 18	2014 / 09 / 19		Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
35	Game & Watch Gallery 3	Game Boy Color	~~JP ¥N/A~~^d US $3.99 EU €5.00 UK £4.50 AU $7.50	~~2014 / 11 / 24~~^d	2015 / 02 / 05	2014 / 09 / 25	2014 / 09 / 26		Nintendo R&D 1, TOSE
36	Super Mario World^e	Super NES	JP ¥823 US $7.99 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2016 / 03 / 04	2016 / 03 / 03	2016 / 03 / 03	2016 / 03 / 04		Nintendo EAD
37	Donkey Kong Country^e	Super NES	JP ¥823 US $7.99 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2016 / 03 / 04	2016 / 03 / 24	2016 / 03 / 24	2016 / 03 / 25		Rareware
38	Super Mario Kart^e	Super NES	JP ¥823 US $7.99 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2016 / 05 / 09	2016 / 03 / 24	2016 / 03 / 17	2016 / 03 / 18		Nintendo EAD
39	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest^e	Super NES	JP ¥823 US $7.99 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2016 / 04 / 06	2016 / 04 / 14	2016 / 03 / 24	2016 / 03 / 25		Rareware
40	Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!^e	Super NES	JP ¥823 US $7.99 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2016 / 05 / 09	2016 / 06 / 02	2016 / 06 / 02	2016 / 06 / 03		Rareware
41	Panel de Pon^ef	Super NES	JP ¥823	2016 / 08 / 09					Intelligent Systems
42	Mario's Super Picross^e	Super NES	JP ¥823 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2016 / 11 / 28		2016 / 11 / 03	2016 / 11 / 04		Jupiter Co., Ltd.

a. Available for free to participants who purchased Mario Golf: World Tour from the Nintendo eShop from May 2, 2014 to May 29, 2014.
b. Available only to participants who registered their Nintendo Network ID before January 13, 2014. It was not made available to the general public.
c. The European edition of the Nintendo Direct December 18, 2013 revealed a promotion for Nintendo 3DS users, as those who registered their Nintendo Network ID before the end of January 2014 would be eligible to receive a free download code of Super Mario Bros. Deluxe from the Nintendo eShop on February 13, 2014.
d. Available only to participants who registered Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and one of Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire with Club Nintendo from November 21, 2014 to January 20, 2015. It was not made available to the general public.
e. Available only on New Nintendo 3DS systems.
f. Panel de Pon is the original Japanese version of Tetris Attack, which was released as a Yoshi game for the Super NES outside of Japan.

Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program[edit]

NintendoWiki article: Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program

All of these games are available as free downloads for consumers who purchased a Nintendo 3DS prior to the August 12, 2011 price drop. The NES titles were first available in Japan on August 31, 2011 for these ambassadors, and available worldwide on September 1, 2011. The Game Boy Advance games were released in Australia on December 15, 2011, and worldwide on December 16, 2011. Currently, all NES titles offered by the Ambassador Program are available worldwide on the eShop. Game Boy Advance games were not made publicly available on the 3DS and were instead released on the Wii U.

The Super Mario games for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program includes the following:

The Super Mario games for the Game Boy Advance in the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program includes the following:

Wii U[edit]

Games on the Virtual Console of the Wii U can be played on the Wii U GamePad and Wii U Pro Controller. As with the Nintendo 3DS, they are also sold via Nintendo eShop.

#	Game	Platform	Price	JP release	NA release	EU release	OC release	Developer(s)
1	Super Mario World	Super NES	JP ¥823 US $7.99 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2013 / 04 / 27	2013 / 04 / 26	2013 / 04 / 27	2013 / 04 / 28	Nintendo EAD
2	Donkey Kong Jr.	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2013 / 07 / 15	2013 / 04 / 26	2013 / 04 / 27	2013 / 04 / 28	Nintendo R&D 2
3	Mario's Super Picross	Super NES	JP ¥823 EU €4.00 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2013 / 04 / 27		2013 / 04 / 27	2013 / 04 / 28	Jupiter Co., Ltd.
4	Super Mario Bros. 2	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2014 / 03 / 19	2013 / 05 / 16	2013 / 05 / 16	2013 / 05 / 16	Nintendo EAD
5	Mario Bros.	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2013 / 05 / 29	2013 / 06 / 20	2013 / 06 / 20	2013 / 06 / 20	Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
6	Panel de Pon^a	Super NES	JP ¥823	2013 / 05 / 29				Intelligent Systems
7	Super Mario Bros.	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2013 / 06 / 05	2013 / 09 / 19	2013 / 09 / 12	2013 / 09 / 12	Nintendo EAD
8	Yoshi	NES	JP ¥514 (¥30) US $4.99 ($0.30) EU €4.99 (€0.30) UK £3.49 (£0.30) AU $6.50 ($0.30*)	2013 / 06 / 12	2013 / 06 / 12	2013 / 06 / 13	2013 / 06 / 13	Game Freak
9	Super Mario Kart	Super NES	JP ¥823 US $7.99 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2013 / 06 / 19	2014 / 08 / 06	2014 / 03 / 27	2014 / 03 / 28	Nintendo EAD
10	Wrecking Crew	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2013 / 06 / 19	2013 / 06 / 20	2013 / 06 / 20	2013 / 06 / 20	Nintendo R&D 1
11	Donkey Kong	NES	JP ¥514 (¥30) US $4.99 ($0.30) EU €4.99 (€0.30) UK £3.49 (£0.30) AU $6.50 ($0.30*)	2013 / 07 / 15	2013 / 07 / 15	2013 / 07 / 15	2013 / 07 / 15	Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
12	Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2013 / 08 / 08	2014 / 03 / 13	2014 / 01 / 23	2014 / 01 / 23	Nintendo EAD
13	Donkey Kong 3	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2013 / 11 / 06	2013 / 09 / 26	2013 / 10 / 24	2013 / 10 / 24	Nintendo EAD
14	Golf	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2013 / 11 / 13	2013 / 10 / 10	2013 / 10 / 10	2013 / 10 / 10	Nintendo EAD
15	Pinball	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2013 / 10 / 23	2013 / 10 / 24	2013 / 10 / 24	2013 / 10 / 24	Nintendo EAD
16	Wario's Woods	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2014 / 01 / 29	2013 / 11 / 07	2014 / 02 / 27	2014 / 02 / 27	Nintendo, Intelligent Systems
17	Super Mario Bros. 3	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2013 / 12 / 25	2014 / 04 / 17	2013 / 12 / 26	2013 / 12 / 26	Nintendo EAD
18	NES Open Tournament Golf	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2014 / 01 / 15	2014 / 03 / 06	2014 / 02 / 06	2014 / 02 / 06	Nintendo R&D 2
19	Dr. Mario	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2014 / 02 / 26	2014 / 03 / 27	2014 / 02 / 13	2014 / 02 / 14	Nintendo R&D 1
20	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $7.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2014 / 04 / 30	2014 / 04 / 03	2014 / 04 / 03	2014 / 04 / 03	AlphaDream
21	Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $7.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2014 / 04 / 03	2014 / 12 / 25	2016 / 03 / 10	2016 / 03 / 11	Nintendo EAD
22	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $6.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2014 / 04 / 03	2014 / 04 / 10	2014 / 04 / 10	2014 / 04 / 10	Nintendo R&D 1
23	Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $7.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2014 / 10 / 15	2014 / 04 / 24	2014 / 04 / 24	2014 / 04 / 25	Nintendo EAD
24	Mario Tennis: Power Tour	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $6.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2014 / 04 / 30	2014 / 07 / 03	2014 / 06 / 26	2014 / 06 / 26	Camelot
25	Wario Land 4	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $7.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2014 / 04 / 30	2014 / 05 / 08	2014 / 06 / 05	2014 / 06 / 05	Nintendo R&D 1
26	Super Mario Advance	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $7.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2014 / 07 / 16	2014 / 11 / 06	2016 / 03 / 10	2016 / 03 / 11	Nintendo R&D2
27	Mario vs. Donkey Kong	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $6.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2014 / 07 / 23	2017 / 02 / 09	2015 / 09 / 17	2015 / 09 / 18	NST
28	Donkey Kong Jr. Math	NES	JP ¥514 US $4.99 EU €4.99 UK £3.49 AU $6.50	2015 / 04 / 15	2014 / 08 / 28	2015 / 01 / 22	2015 / 01 / 23	Nintendo R&D 2
29	Mario Golf: Advance Tour	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $6.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2014 / 09 / 10	2014 / 09 / 25	2014 / 08 / 28	2014 / 08 / 28	Camelot
30	Mario Pinball Land	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $6.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2014 / 09 / 17	2014 / 11 / 27	2014 / 09 / 11	2014 / 09 / 11	Fuse Games
31	Donkey Kong Country	Super NES	JP ¥823 US $7.99 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2014 / 11 / 26	2015 / 02 / 26	2014 / 10 / 16	2014 / 10 / 17	Rareware
32	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest	Super NES	JP ¥823 US $7.99 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2014 / 11 / 26	2015 / 02 / 26	2014 / 10 / 23	2014 / 10 / 24	Rareware
33	Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!	Super NES	JP ¥823 US $7.99 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2014 / 11 / 26	2015 / 02 / 26	2014 / 10 / 30	2014 / 10 / 31	Rareware
34	Mario Kart: Super Circuit	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $7.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2015 / 07 / 22	2014 / 11 / 13	2015 / 04 / 23	2015 / 04 / 24	Intelligent Systems
35	DK: King of Swing	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $6.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2014 / 11 / 19	2014 / 11 / 20	2015 / 01 / 22	2015 / 01 / 23	Paon
36	Mario Party Advance	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $6.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2015 / 10 / 28	2014 / 12 / 25	2014 / 12 / 25	2014 / 12 / 26	Hudson Soft
37	Donkey Kong 64	Nintendo 64	JP ¥1028 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2015 / 04 / 02	2015 / 04 / 16	2015 / 04 / 01	2015 / 04 / 02	Rareware
38	Mario Kart DS	Nintendo DS	JP ¥950 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2016 / 05 / 25	2015 / 04 / 23	2015 / 04 / 01	2015 / 04 / 02	Nintendo EAD
39	Super Mario 64	Nintendo 64	JP ¥1028 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2015 / 04 / 08	2015 / 04 / 01	2015 / 04 / 01	2015 / 04 / 02	Nintendo EAD
40	WarioWare: Touched!	Nintendo DS	JP ¥950 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2015 / 04 / 15	2015 / 04 / 09	2015 / 04 / 01	2015 / 04 / 02	Nintendo SPD Group No. 1, Intelligent Systems
41	Yoshi's Island DS	Nintendo DS	JP ¥950 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2015 / 04 / 08	2015 / 04 / 01	2015 / 05 / 07	2015 / 05 / 08	Nintendo EAD, Artoon
42	New Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo DS	JP ¥950 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2015 / 04 / 02	2015 / 05 / 14	2015 / 12 / 17	2015 / 12 / 18	Nintendo EAD
43	Yoshi Touch & Go	Nintendo DS	JP ¥950 US $9.99 EU €9.99^a UK £8.99^a AU $13.00^a	2016 / 05 / 18	2015 / 04 / 09	2015 / 07 / 23^b	2015 / 07 / 24^b	Nintendo EAD
44	Paper Mario	Nintendo 64	JP ¥1028 US $ 9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2015 / 07 / 15	2015 / 04 / 30	2015 / 05 / 21	2015 / 05 / 22	Intelligent Systems
45	Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time	Nintendo DS	JP ¥950 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2015 / 06 / 10	2015 / 06 / 25	2015 / 07 / 16	2015 / 07 / 17	AlphaDream
46	DK: Jungle Climber	Nintendo DS	JP ¥950 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2015 / 07 / 08	2015 / 07 / 23	2015 / 08 / 06	2015 / 08 / 07	Paon
47	Mario Tennis	Nintendo 64	JP ¥1028 US $9.99 EU €9.99^b UK £8.99^b AU $13.00^b	2016 / 07 / 20	2015 / 07 / 09	2015 / 12 / 17^c	2015 / 12 / 18^c	Camelot
48	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	Super NES	JP ¥823 US $7.99 EU €4.99 UK £5.49 AU $10.40	2015 / 08 / 05	2016 / 06 / 30	2015 / 12 / 24	2015 / 12 / 25	Square Enix
49	Wario: Master of Disguise	Nintendo DS	JP ¥950 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2015 / 10 / 07	2016 / 06 / 09	2015 / 08 / 20	2015 / 08 / 21	SUZAKU
50	Mario Golf	Nintendo 64	JP ¥1028 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2015 / 09 / 02	2015 / 09 / 03	2015 / 10 / 08	2015 / 10 / 09	Camelot
51	Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis	Nintendo DS	JP ¥950 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2016 / 08 / 17	2016 / 10 / 06	2015 / 09 / 17	2015 / 09 / 18	NST
52	Game & Watch Gallery 4	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $6.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2016 / 03 / 16	2016 / 04 / 07	2015 / 12 / 10	2015 / 12 / 11	TOSE
53	Super Mario 64 DS	Nintendo DS	JP ¥950 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2016 / 01 / 06	2016 / 08 / 25	2015 / 12 / 24	2015 / 12 / 25	Nintendo EAD
54	Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3	Game Boy Advance	JP ¥702 US $7.99 EU €6.99 UK £6.29 AU $9.10	2015 / 12 / 29	2016 / 01 / 21	2016 / 03 / 10	2016 / 03 / 11	Nintendo EAD
55	Mario Kart 64	Nintendo 64	JP ¥1028 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2016 / 01 / 06	2016 / 12 / 29	2016 / 01 / 21	2016 / 01 / 22	Nintendo EAD
56	Yoshi's Story	Nintendo 64	JP ¥1028 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2016 / 02 / 17	2016 / 03 / 24	2016 / 04 / 14	2016 / 04 / 15	Nintendo EAD
57	Mario Party 2	Nintendo 64	JP ¥1028 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2016 / 03 / 30	2016 / 12 / 22	2016 / 04 / 21	2016 / 04 / 22	Hudson
58	Mario Party DS	Nintendo DS	JP ¥950 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2016 / 04 / 27	2016 / 04 / 21	2016 / 04 / 21	2016 / 04 / 22	Hudson Soft
59	Mario Hoops 3-on-3	Nintendo DS	JP ¥950 US $9.99 EU €9.99 UK £8.99 AU $13.00	2016 / 05 / 11	2016 / 11 / 03	2016 / 05 / 26	2016 / 05 / 26	Square Enix
60	Wrecking Crew '98	Super NES	JP ¥823	2016 / 09 / 28				Nintendo R&D 1, Pax Softnica

a. Panel de Pon is the original Japanese version of Tetris Attack, which was released as a Yoshi game for the Super NES outside of Japan.
b. Available for free to participants who purchase Yoshi's Woolly World from the Nintendo eShop from June 25, 2015 (Oceania)/June 26, 2015 (Europe) to July 23, 2015.
c. Available for free to participants who purchase Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash from the Nintendo eShop from November 20, 2015 (Europe)/November 21, 2015 (Oceania) to December 17, 2015.
* In the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Famicom, Virtual Console titles were on sale at a reduced price of 30 cents until July 12, 2013 (Yoshi) and August 13, 2013 (Donkey Kong).

Notes[edit]

Wii[edit]

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels was only available in Europe and Australia from September 15, 2007 until October 1, 2007. It was then still available to freely re-download for those who purchased it while it was initially available. On August 22, 2008, it was made available again, this time without any time restrictions.
- This is also the first time that the NES version was made available outside Japan, having been remade for the SNES elsewhere. Thus, its title screen reads "Super Mario Bros. 2", its Japanese name, and on the Wii Shop Channel and Wii U eShop it is considered a import game.
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was regarded by Nintendo as the 250th game to be released on the Virtual Console in North America. Its European Virtual Console release was the first official release of that game in the region.
Timed demos of several Virtual Console games are included in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, all of which star the game's various fighters. The only default Super Mario title is Super Mario Bros.; Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros. 2, and Super Mario World are also included, but they must first be unlocked.
For reasons unknown, the NES version of Yoshi's Cookie was de-listed in all regions except South Korea, and it can be re-downloaded by those who purchased at its time of availability.
In November 2012, the Donkey Kong Country SNES trilogy was unlisted from the Wii Shop Channel in all regions except South Korea. On November 25, 2012, the games became "unavailable for purchase" on the European Wii Shop, though they were removed in North America without any prior warning. Nearly two years later, in October 2014, the Donkey Kong Country trilogy was released on the Wii U Virtual Console, and were added back to the Wii Virtual Console around the same time. It is unknown why the games were unlisted, but it could be due to legal issues with Microsoft, who acquired the games' development studio, Rare, in 2002. At its time of removal, each Donkey Kong Country title was still available to be re-downloaded by players who had purchased the games during their time of availability.
Transfer Pak functions and online N64 Tournaments like the Mario Tennis Ring Tournament mode are not supported.
N64 & Neo-Geo games don't support suspend functionality.
N64 Controller Pak functionality is not supported.
N64 games do not support the Rumble Pak functionality, despite GameCube controllers having built-in rumble controls.

Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Only NES titles support multiplayer due to the GB, GBC, and GBA (Ambassadors only) games being too complicated to recode the games to add wireless features and there being no link port for multiplayer. NES games that have simultaneous multiplayer utilize 3DS Download Play, while NES games that only have alternating multiplayer are played on a single 3DS. To alternate players when playing NES games, simultaneously press and to display a pair of controllers in the lower-right corner of the top screen; press while they are displayed to switch control between players 1 and 2.
- This feature can also be used when playing Game Boy titles to change the screen color from gray to the classic green.
While loading Game Boy, Game Boy Color, or (Ambassadors only) Game Boy Advance titles from the HOME Menu, by holding or the game on the top screen will be shrunk to its original resolution.
- Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles will also display virtual versions of their respective consoles surrounding the screen to give the illusion of playing on the actual console. GBA, DS, and DSiWare games just shrink the screen to the screen size from the original consoles.
Many games have been given the ability to create one save file each. This can be disabled or enabled by simultaneously holding , , and .
GBA Ambassador games do not rely on hardware emulation; instead, they rely on hardware simulation with the 3DS booting into the GBA's firmware to play the games natively, the same way the 3DS handles DS backwards compatibility. Due to this, GBA games do not support Virtual Console features like Save and Restore Points, sleep mode, and Home Menu Access.
- This occurs because the 3DS is not powerful enough to emulate the GBA in the same way it does other Virtual Console games. (This is also why GBA games are not available for purchase on the 3DS eShop.) Through hacking, it is possible to load GBA games into a regular Virtual Console emulator, but performance is slow and the ability to do this was removed in a later update.

Wii U[edit]

The player can create save states and remap controller buttons. For GBA games, there are options to change scaling, enable pixel smoothing, and view scans of the original paper manual.
The Wii Remote can be used for SNES and GBA games if is held while the game loads.
The NES games have a bilinear filter applied while the N64 games have a filter applied that doubles their resolution.
N64 games support Rumble Pak functions, but won't support Transfer or Controller Pak functions.
GBA and DS titles can only be played in single player mode.

Changes[edit]

Although Virtual Console games are mostly faithful to the originals, some games have received slight changes. Some of these modifications are deliberate, while others are the result of emulation glitches.

Wii[edit]

Super Mario Kart
- The flashes that occur when the player uses Lightning are dimmed (but not slowed down) to reduce the risk of seizures.
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
- The attacks Flame Wall and Static E! are both recolored to avoid the risk of seizures.
- For the PAL Virtual Console release, the offensive word "bugger" (used when Croco says "You're a persistent bugger") is replaced with the word "pest". This was retained in the Nintendo Switch remake.
- Moleville has a notably darker color scheme.
Super Mario 64
- During gameplay, the drop shadows located at the top and bottom of the screen have been removed and can only return if Mario loses all of his Health Points.
- Chain Chomp's mouth is purple instead of red due to an emulation error.
- The player cannot put a small Block between and on top of a larger Block.^[3]
- Vanish Mario appears purely transparent instead of flickering in dithered colors, as the emulator used does not support the original effect.^[4]
- All lag and loading times have been removed, and the game is impossible to crash.
- The sound is slightly quieter.
- Due to a floating point error, the oscillating triangular platforms in Bowser in the Fire Sea see their resting position gradually rise with each cycle.^[4]
Mario Kart 64
- When Lightning is used, the flash that appears during the use of that item has been adjusted to avoid the risk of seizures.
- The Kalimari Desert course's train has its wheels recolored from red to black for unknown reasons.
- In Koopa Troopa Beach, the waterfall at the end of the shortcut is recolored blue from the original gray.
- The game timer is spaced slightly further apart. This is most notable between "00" and between the second quotes and the number preceding it.
- Saving ghost data is impossible, due to the lack of Controller Pak functionality.
Mario Party 2
- When selecting the number of players in a game, all four options appear at once, regardless of how many controllers are plugged in. In the original, only the options equal to the number of controllers plugged in are shown.
Mario Golf
- The Transfer Pak feature to transfer characters from the GBC version (Sherry, Joe, Azalea, and Kid) is removed, as are the extra four square boxes used for transferred characters on the Character Select screen. Consequently, said characters cannot be played as.
Mario Tennis
- The Ring Tournament mode in Special Games is removed and cannot be selected, since the service is no longer supported after the official website was replaced with its sequel Mario Power Tennis in 2004.
- The ability to unlock characters and courts via the Transfer Pak (e.g. Alex, Nina, Harry, Kate, and each characters' personal courts, except for Donkey Kong's) is removed. They still exist in the game coding, but cannot be played as during normal gameplay.
Paper Mario
- The brightness of the light from the Super Block has been adjusted to avoid the risk of seizures.^{[citation needed]}
- The walls in the temple in Dry Dry Desert appear more curved.
- The Crystal King's clones are more transparent, making it easier to spot the real Crystal King.
- Monstar has a cluster of stars surrounding it rather than stars falling into its center.
- The ground of Star Haven is entirely purple instead of being rainbow-colored based on the distance from the camera.^[5]
Donkey Kong Country
- The blinding flash that occurs when Squawks faces the screen in Torchlight Trouble was removed to reduce the risk of seizures.
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
- The blinding flash that occurs when Glimmer faces the screen in Glimmer's Galleon was removed to reduce the risk of seizures.
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
- The lightning flash that occurs when it strikes the ground in Lightning Lookout has been dimmed to reduce the risk of seizures.

Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, and Game Boy Color games
- NES games include restore points and download play but all Game Boy and Game Boy Color ports of Super Mario games do not support multiplayer. All ten NES games from the ambassador program did not gain these features until they were respectively re-released for public purchase. Original Game Boy games also include two switchable color palettes; black and white and black and green, in which the latter is a nostalgic approach to original "brick" Game Boy players since the first Game Boy model has a green-tinted screen.
Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
- The color scheme is noticeably lighter than in the Wii and Wii U VC versions.
Super Mario Bros. 2
- The ground, sky, and waterfalls have a darker color scheme than in the Wii and Wii U VC versions.
Super Mario Bros. 3
- The game's pixels appear more filtered, and the background border is less dim compared to the Wii and Wii U VC versions.
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
- The game's print and trade features have been disabled due to the lack of a Game Boy Printer accessory and infrared port.
- In the Fortune Teller, all references to multiplayer features were removed, and replaced with duplicates of other existing text strings.
- In the album, the pictures that are normally unlocked via the use of link and infrared features are impossible to obtain without hacking.
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
- The lightning strikes that occur at the entrance of Mario's castle are toned down to reduce the risk of seizures.
- The pipe glitch that was possible to perform in the Game Boy version was fixed in the 3DS version.
Mario Golf and Mario Tennis
- Characters that could be unlocked in the Nintendo 64 version are omitted due to the lack of Transfer Pak functionality in the Wii VC versions and visa-versa in the 3DS versions.
Donkey Kong Land 2
- In Lava Lagoon, Glimmer's Galleon, and Clapper's Cavern, the flashing that occurs in certain situations is slowed down to half of its original rate to avoid the risk of seizures.
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
- The level skip glitch that was possible to perform in the Game Boy version was fixed in the 3DS version.
Wario Land 3
- Various cutscenes, such as the one where The Steep Canyon initially becomes accessible, have altered color palettes to reduce the risk of seizures.
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
- As with Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64, the background flashes that occur when Lightning is used were slowed down to avoid the risk of seizures.

Wii U[edit]

NES, SNES, N64, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS games
- All games include restore points, Wii U GamePad Off-TV play, and previously included Miiverse support. Unlike on the Wii VC, N64 games support Rumble Pak functions which are replicated by the GamePad rumbling when needed. Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, and DS games also include their original instruction booklets.
- Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS games do not support multiplayer. They also do not include GameCube/Wii connectivity. Nintendo 64 games do not support Transfer Pak functions.
- All changes made to Wii and 3DS VC versions of games were retained unless stated otherwise.
Game & Watch Gallery 4
- This game was originally not released in Japan. For the Japanese Virtual Console release, it uses the unreleased Japanese version, titled Game Boy Gallery 4.
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
- The Virtual Console version has all 38 e-Reader levels built-in the game, including the ones that were previously only released in Japan, and they can be accessed from the Data Select screen. Originally, this required the use of the Nintendo e-Reader to scan Level Cards, which is incompatible with the Wii U. Also, the original game could only support up to 32 levels at a time. This is also the first time these levels are released in Europe and Oceania, as the Nintendo e-Reader was never released there.
WarioWare: Touched!
- A glitch is present in the microgame Spario wherein Wario's gloves can disappear for the duration of the microgame. The glitch is not currently known to have occured in the original versions of the game.

Gallery[edit]

Icon from the Wii's Virtual Console.
Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console old selection on Nintendo eShop.
Wii U's Virtual Console logo.
Wallpaper for the Wii U's Virtual Console.

Media[edit]

Wii Menu banner jingle - The jingle that plays on the banner when any Virtual Console title is selected on the Wii Menu.	File infoMedia:Wii Virtual Console Banner.mp3

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	バーチャルコンソール^[?] Bācharu Konsōru	Virtual Console
Chinese (simplified)	虚拟主机^[6] Xūnǐ Zhǔjī	Virtual Console
Chinese (traditional)	遊戲殿堂^[7] Yóuxì Diàntáng	Game Hall
Chinese (traditional)	虛擬主機^[8] Xūnǐ Zhǔjī	Virtual Console
French	Console Virtuelle^[?]	Virtual Console
Korean	버추얼 콘솔^[?] Beochueol Konsol	Virtual Console
Russian	Виртуальная Консоль^[?] Virtualnaya Konsol	Virtual Console
Spanish (NOA)	Virtual Console^[?]	-
Spanish (NOE)	Consola Virtual^[?]	Virtual Console

References[edit]

Virtual Console coverage on other NIWA wikis:

^ TMK at E3 2006. The Mushroom Kingdom.
^ Bass Hunter2007 (June 13, 2014). Nintendo Wii U Nintendo DS Virtual Console DR Kawashima's Brain Training. YouTube. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
^ SwankyBox (February 4, 2017). Games We Created In Games | SwankyBox (01:56). YouTube. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)/Regional and Version Differences. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
^ MarioBrothBlog (May 31, 2019). In the original Nintendo 64 version of Paper Mario, the ground in Star Haven has a rainbow effect that recolors the ground based on distance from the camera (top). This effect is hardware-specific and absent from the Wii and Wii U Virtual Console versions of the game (bottom).. X (English). Retrieved May 26, 2024.
^ Nintendo HK. “精灵宝可梦(Pokémon) ”系列最新作品《精灵宝可梦太阳／月亮》. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
^ Chinese Nintendo (October 30, 2018). Pages on the Wii Virtual Console(遊戲殿堂) and Wii Shop Channel(Wii購物頻道) services from the T. Chinese Wii operations manual. Both services were mentioned as "in planning"(規劃中), yet these services were never made available in the console's lifespan.. X (English). Retrieved May 26, 2024.
^ 『精靈寶可夢(Pokémon)』系列最新作品『精靈寶可夢太陽／月亮』. Nintendo HK (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved May 3, 2020.

[1] TMK at E3 2006. The Mushroom Kingdom.

[2] Bass Hunter2007 (June 13, 2014). Nintendo Wii U Nintendo DS Virtual Console DR Kawashima's Brain Training. YouTube. Retrieved May 26, 2024.

[3] SwankyBox (February 4, 2017). Games We Created In Games | SwankyBox (01:56). YouTube. Retrieved May 26, 2024.

[tcrf-4] Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)/Regional and Version Differences. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

[5] MarioBrothBlog (May 31, 2019). In the original Nintendo 64 version of Paper Mario, the ground in Star Haven has a rainbow effect that recolors the ground based on distance from the camera (top). This effect is hardware-specific and absent from the Wii and Wii U Virtual Console versions of the game (bottom).. X (English). Retrieved May 26, 2024.

[6] Nintendo HK. “精灵宝可梦(Pokémon) ”系列最新作品《精灵宝可梦太阳／月亮》. Retrieved May 3, 2020.

[7] Chinese Nintendo (October 30, 2018). Pages on the Wii Virtual Console(遊戲殿堂) and Wii Shop Channel(Wii購物頻道) services from the T. Chinese Wii operations manual. Both services were mentioned as "in planning"(規劃中), yet these services were never made available in the console's lifespan.. X (English). Retrieved May 26, 2024.

[8] 『精靈寶可夢(Pokémon)』系列最新作品『精靈寶可夢太陽／月亮』. Nintendo HK (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved May 3, 2020.

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[Edit] Wii games
Super Mario franchise	Super Paper Mario (2007) • Mario Strikers Charged (2007) • Mario Party 8 (2007) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) • Mario Kart Wii (2008) • Mario Super Sluggers (2008) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) • Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010) • Mario Sports Mix (2010) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011) • Mario Party 9 (2012)
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (2007) • Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Wario franchise	WarioWare: Smooth Moves (2006) • Wario Land: Shake It! (2008)
Other	Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) • Captain Rainbow (2008) • Punch-Out!! (2009) • Rhythm Heaven Fever (2011) • Fortune Street (2011) • Skylanders: SuperChargers Racing (2015)
New Play Control!	Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2008) • Mario Power Tennis (2009)
Downloadable	Dr. Mario Online Rx (2008) • WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase (2009) • Virtual Console games (2006–2010)

[Edit] Nintendo 3DS games
Super Mario franchise	Super Mario 3D Land (2011) • Mario Kart 7 (2011) • Mario Tennis Open (2012) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013) • Mario Party: Island Tour (2013) • Mario Golf: World Tour (2014) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015) • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015) • Mario Party: Star Rush (2016) • Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (2016) • Mario Sports Superstars (2017) • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017) • Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2018) • Luigi's Mansion (2018) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (2013)
Yoshi franchise	Yoshi's New Island (2014) • Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017)
Wario franchise	WarioWare Gold (2018)
Nintendo eShop	Club Nintendo Picross (2012) • Photos with Mario (2013) • Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (2013) • Club Nintendo Picross+ (2014) • Nintendo Badge Arcade (2014) • Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (2015) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016) • Virtual Console games (2011-2016)
Crossovers	Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2012) • Sonic Lost World (2013) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014) • Ultimate NES Remix (2014) • Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (2015) • Rhythm Heaven Megamix (2015) • Skylanders: SuperChargers Racing (2015) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016) • Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition (2017)
Home menu	AR Games • StreetPass Mii Plaza

[Edit] Wii U games
Super Mario franchise	New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) • New Super Luigi U (2013) • Super Mario 3D World (2013) • Mario Kart 8 (2014) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015) • Mario Party 10 (2015) • Super Mario Maker (2015) • Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016)
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)
Yoshi franchise	Yoshi's Woolly World (2015)
Wario franchise	Game & Wario (2013)
Crossovers	Nintendo Land (2012) • Sonic Lost World (2013) • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014) • Skylanders: SuperChargers (2015) • Minecraft: Wii U Edition (2015) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016)
Compilations	New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U (2013) • NES Remix Pack (2014)
Nintendo eShop	NES Remix (2013) • Dr. Luigi (2013) • NES Remix 2 (2014) • amiibo tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits (2015) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016) • Virtual Console games (2013-2016)

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Platformers	Super Mario series	Main	Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Land (1989, GB) • Super Mario World (1990, SNES) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992, GB) • Super Mario 64 (1996, N64) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006, DS) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007, Wii) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Wii) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010, Wii) • Super Mario 3D Land (2011, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U (2012, Wii U) • Super Mario 3D World (2013, Wii U) • Super Mario Maker (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Run (2016, iOS/iPadOS/Android) • Super Mario Odyssey (2017, Switch) • Super Mario Maker 2 (2019, Switch) • Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023, Switch)
		Reissues	VS. Super Mario Bros. (1986, VS) • Super Mario Bros. (1986, G&W) • All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. (1989, NGW) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990, NGW) • Super Mario World (1991, NGW) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993, SNES) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (1994, SNES) • BS Super Mario USA (1996, SNES) • BS Super Mario Collection (1997, SNES) • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999, GBC) • Super Mario Advance (2001, GBA) • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001, GBA) • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003, GBA) • Classic NES Series (2004-2005, GBA) • Super Mario 64 DS (2004, DS) • Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010, Wii) • Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (2016, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019, Switch) • Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020, Switch) • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020, G&W) • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021, Switch)
		Related games	Super Mario Bros. Special (1986, computer) • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994, GB) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995, SNES) • New Super Luigi U (2013, Wii U) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014, Wii U) • Super Mario Bros. 35 (2020, Switch) • Bowser's Fury (2021, Switch)
		Canceled games	Super Mario's Wacky Worlds (CD-i) • Mario Takes America (CD-i) • VB Mario Land (VB) • Super Mario 64 2 (N64DD)
	Donkey Kong series		Donkey Kong (1981, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1994, GB)
	Mario vs. Donkey Kong series		Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004, GBA) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006, DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009, DSiWare) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010, DS) • Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (2013, 3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015, 3DS/Wii U) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016, 3DS/Wii U)
	Mario Bros. series		Mario Bros. (1983, arcade) • Mario Bros. Special (1984, computer) • Punch Ball Mario Bros. (1984, computer) • Mario Clash (1995, VB)
	Wrecking Crew series		VS. Wrecking Crew (1984, VS) • Wrecking Crew (1985, NES) • Wrecking Crew '98 (1998, SFC)
	Other		Mario Bros. (1983, G&W) • Mario's Cement Factory (1983, G&W) • Mario & Wario (1993, SNES) • Hotel Mario (1994, CD-i) • Super Princess Peach (2005, DS) • Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024, Switch)
	Reissues		Crazy Kong (1981, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1982, G&W) • Mario Bros. Returns (1988, FDS) • Donkey Kong (1994, NGW) • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002, GBA) • Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Junior/Mario Bros. (2004, arcade) • Virtual Console (2006-2016, Wii/3DS/Wii U) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2018, Switch/3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2024, Switch)
	Tech demos		Super Mario 128 (2000, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. Mii (2011, Wii U)
Mario Kart series	Main		Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, N64) • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001, GBA) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003, GCN) • Mario Kart DS (2005, DS) • Mario Kart Wii (2008, Wii) • Mario Kart 7 (2011, 3DS) • Mario Kart 8 (2014, Wii U) • Mario Kart Tour (2019, iOS/iPadOS/Android)
	Arcade		Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (2007, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP VR (2017, arcade)
	Other		Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (2020, Switch)
	Ports		Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017, Switch)
Mario Party series	Main		Mario Party (1998, N64) • Mario Party 2 (1999, N64) • Mario Party 3 (2000, N64) • Mario Party 4 (2002, GCN) • Mario Party 5 (2003, GCN) • Mario Party 6 (2004, GCN) • Mario Party 7 (2005, GCN) • Mario Party 8 (2007, Wii) • Mario Party 9 (2012, Wii) • Mario Party 10 (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Party (2018, Switch) • Mario Party Superstars (2021, Switch) • Super Mario Party Jamboree (2024, Switch)
	Handheld		Mario Party Advance (2005, GBA) • Mario Party DS (2007, DS) • Mario Party: Island Tour (2013, 3DS) • Mario Party: Star Rush (2016, 3DS) • Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017, 3DS)
	Arcade		Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party (2004, arcade) • Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party 2 (2005, arcade) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher (2009, arcade) • Mario Party Kurukuru Carnival (2012, arcade) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher 2 (2013, arcade) • Mario Party Challenge World (2016, arcade)
	Other		Mario Party 4 (2002, Adobe Flash) • Mario Party-e (2003, GBA)
Sports games	Mario Golf series		Golf (1984, NES) • Stroke & Match Golf (1984, VS. System) • Golf: Japan Course (1987, FDS) • Golf: U.S. Course (1987, FDS) • Golf (1989, GB) • NES Open Tournament Golf (1991, NES) • Mario Golf (1999, N64) • Mario Golf (1999, GBC) • Mobile Golf (2001, GBC) • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003, GCN) • Mario Golf: Advance Tour (2004, GBA) • Mario Golf: World Tour (2014, 3DS) • Mario Golf: Super Rush (2021, Switch)
	Mario Tennis series		Mario's Tennis (1995, VB) • Mario Tennis (2000, N64) • Mario Tennis (2000, GBC) • Mario Power Tennis (2004, GCN) • Mario Tennis: Power Tour (2005, GBA) (Bicep Pump [Unknown, Adobe Flash] • Reflex Rally [Unknown, Adobe Flash]) • Mario Tennis Open (2012, 3DS) • Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015, Wii U) • Mario Tennis Aces (2018, Switch)
	Super Mario Stadium series		Mario Superstar Baseball (2005, GCN) • Mario Super Sluggers (2008, Wii)
	Mario Strikers series		Super Mario Strikers (2005, GCN) • Mario Strikers Charged (2007, Wii) • Mario Strikers: Battle League (2022, Switch)
	Famicom Grand Prix series		Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race (1987, FDS) • Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (1988, FDS)
	Other		Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, G&W) • Baseball (1989, GB) • Super Mario Race (1992, GwB) • Easy Racer (1996, SNES) • Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006, DS) • Mario Sports Mix (2010, Wii) • Mario Sports Superstars (2017, 3DS) • LEGO Super Mario Goal (2024, Sky Italia)
	Canceled games		Super Mario Spikers (Wii)
Role-playing games	Paper Mario series		Paper Mario (2000, N64) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004, GCN) • Super Paper Mario (2007, Wii) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012, 3DS) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016, Wii U) • Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020, Switch)
	Mario & Luigi series		Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003, GBA) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024, Switch)
	Other		Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996, SNES)
	Remakes		Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018, 3DS) • Super Mario RPG (2023, Switch) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024, Switch)
Dr. Mario series	Main		Dr. Mario (1990, NES/GB) • Dr. Mario 64 (2001, N64) • Dr. Mario Online Rx (2008, WiiWare) • Dr. Mario Express (2008, DSiWare) • Dr. Luigi (2013, Wii U) • Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (2015, 3DS) • Dr. Mario World (2019, iOS/iPadOS/Android)
	Other		Dr. Mario (1993, GwB)
	Remakes		Tetris & Dr. Mario (1994, SNES) • Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003, GCN) • Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (2005, GBA)
Luigi's Mansion series	Main		Luigi's Mansion (2001, GCN) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019, Switch)
	Arcade		Luigi's Mansion Arcade (2015, arcade)
	Remakes		Luigi's Mansion (2018, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (2024, Switch)
Educational games	Mario Discovery Series		Mario is Missing! (1992, MS-DOS) • Mario is Missing! (1993, SNES) • Mario is Missing! (1993, NES) • Mario's Time Machine (1993, MS-DOS) • Mario's Time Machine (1993, SNES) • Mario's Time Machine (1994, NES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters (1993, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers (1994, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (1994, MS-DOS/SNES)
	Mario Teaches Typing series		Mario Teaches Typing (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Teaches Typing 2 (1996, MS-DOS)
	Other		Family BASIC (1984, FC) • Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up (1991, MS-DOS)
	Ports		Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection (1995, MS-DOS)
Art utilities	Mario Artist series		Mario Artist: Paint Studio (1999, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Communication Kit (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Polygon Studio (2000, N64DD)
Art utilities	Other		I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. Print World (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Paint (1992, SNES) • Super Mario Collection Screen Saver (1997, PC) • Mario no Photopi (1998, N64) • Mario Family (2001, GBC)
Miscellaneous	Picross series		Mario's Picross (1995, GB) • Mario's Super Picross (1995, SFC) • Picross 2 (1996, GB) • Picross NP Vol. 6 (2000, SFC)
	LCD handhelds		Mario's Bombs Away (1983, G&W) • Mario's Egg Catch (1990, SMBW) • Luigi's Hammer Toss (1990, SMBW) • Princess Toadstool's Castle Run (1990, SMBW) • Mario the Juggler (1991, G&W)
	Pinball		Pinball (1984, NES) • Super Mario Bros. (1992, arcade) • Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World (1992, arcade) • Mario Pinball Land (2004, GBA)
	Arcade		Mario Roulette (1991, arcade) • Piccadilly Circus: Super Mario Bros. 3 (1991, arcade) • Mario World (1991, arcade) • Terebi Denwa: Super Mario World (1992, arcade) • Super Mario World Popcorn (1992, arcade) • Pika Pika Mario (1992, arcade) • Janken Fukubiki: Super Mario World (1992, arcade) • Koopa Taiji (1993, arcade) • Būbū Mario (1993, arcade) • Mario Undōkai (1993, arcade) • Super Mario World (1993, arcade) • Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race (1994, arcade) • Mario Bowl (1995, arcade) • Super Mario Attack (1996, arcade) • Super Donkey Kong 2 Swanky no Bonus Slot (1996, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1996, arcade) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, arcade) • Super Mario 64 (1997, arcade) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (Unknown, arcade) • Super Mario World (Unknown, arcade) • Guru Guru Mario (Unknown, arcade) • Dokidoki Mario Chance! (2003, arcade) • Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land (2003, arcade) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World (2011, arcade)
	Browser		Mario Net Quest (1997, Adobe Shockwave) • Mario's Memory Madness (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • Crazy Counting (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Dinky Rinky (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Goodness Rakes (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Melon Mayhem (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Nomiss (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Wario's Whack Attack (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • The Lab (The Bookshelf • The Drafting Table • PolterCue • Ask Madame Clairvoya) (2001, Adobe Flash) • Mario Trivia (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Mario Memory (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Virus Attack! (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Mini-Mario Factory Game! (2004, Adobe Flash) • Bill Bounce (2004, Adobe Flash) • Mario Party 7 Bon Voyage Quiz (2005, Adobe Flash) • Super Mario Strikers (2005, Adobe Flash) • Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss (2005, Adobe Flash) • Bowser's Lair Hockey (2005, Adobe Flash) • Heads-Up (2005, Adobe Flash) • Parasol Fall (2005, Adobe Flash) • Dribble Skillz (2006, Adobe Flash) • Superstar Shootout (2006, Adobe Flash) • Cannon Kaos (2006, Adobe Flash) • 1-Up Hunt! (2006, Adobe Flash) • Super Paper Mario Memory Match (2007, Adobe Flash) • Are You Smarter Than Mario? (2008, Adobe Flash) • Play Nintendo activities (2014–present)
	DSiWare applications		Mario Calculator (2009, DSiWare) • Mario Clock (2009, DSiWare)
	Other games		Alleyway (1989, GB) • Yoshi's Safari (1993, SNES) • UNDAKE30 Same Game (1995, SFC) • Mario's Game Gallery (1995, MS-DOS) • Mario's FUNdamentals (1998, Windows) • Yakuman DS (2005, DS)
	Tech demos		NDDEMO (2001, GCN) • Mario's Face (Unknown, DS)
Crossovers	Game & Watch Gallery series		Game & Watch Gallery (1997, GB) • Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1997, GB) • Game & Watch Gallery 3 (1999, GBC) • Game & Watch Gallery 4 (2002, GBA)
	Super Smash Bros. series		Super Smash Bros. (1999, N64) • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001, GCN) • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Wii) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014, 3DS) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014, Wii U) • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Switch)
	Itadaki Street series		Itadaki Street DS (2007, DS) • Fortune Street (2011, Wii)
	Mario & Sonic series		Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008, DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, DS) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2012, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition (2016, arcade) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019, Switch) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition (2020, arcade)
	NES Remix series	Main	NES Remix (2013, Wii U) • NES Remix 2 (2014, Wii U)
	NES Remix series	Reissues	NES Remix Pack (2014, Wii U) • Ultimate NES Remix (2014, 3DS)
	Mario + Rabbids series		Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017, Switch) • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (2022, Switch)
	Other		Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle (1997, SNES) • NBA Street V3 (2005, GCN) • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005, GCN) • SSX on Tour (2005, GCN) • Tetris DS (2006, DS) • Captain Rainbow (2008, Wii) • Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (2009, DSiWare) • Nintendo Land (2012, Wii U) • Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (2015, 3DS) • Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024, Switch)

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 *For reasons unknown, the NES version of ''Yoshi's Cookie'' was de-listed in all regions except South Korea, and it can be re-downloaded by those who purchased at its time of availability.
 *In November 2012, the ''Donkey Kong Country'' SNES trilogy was unlisted from the Wii Shop Channel in all regions except South Korea. On November 25, 2012, the games became "unavailable for purchase" on the European Wii Shop, though they were removed in North America without any prior warning. Nearly two years later, in October 2014, the ''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy was released on the Wii U Virtual Console, and were added back to the Wii Virtual Console around the same time. It is unknown why the games were unlisted, but it could be due to legal issues with Microsoft, who acquired the games' development studio, [[Rare Ltd.|Rare]], in 2002. At its time of removal, each ''Donkey Kong Country'' title was still available to be re-downloaded by players who had purchased the games during their time of availability.
-*Transfer Pak functions and online N64 Tournaments like the Mario Tennis Ring Tournament mode are not supported.
+*[[Transfer Pak]] functions and online N64 Tournaments like the Mario Tennis Ring Tournament mode are not supported.
 *N64 & Neo-Geo games don't support suspend functionality.
 *N64 Controller Pak functionality is not supported.
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 Although Virtual Console games are mostly faithful to the originals, some games have received slight changes. Some of these modifications are deliberate, while others are the result of emulation glitches.
 ===Wii===
+*''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
+**The flashes that occur when the player uses [[Lightning]] are dimmed (but not slowed down) to reduce the risk of seizures.
 *''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
 **The attacks [[Flame Wall]] and [[Static Electricity|Static E!]] are both recolored to avoid the risk of seizures.
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 *''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
 **The Virtual Console version has all 38 [[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 e-Reader cards|e-Reader levels]] built-in the game, including the ones that were previously only released in Japan, and they can be accessed from the Data Select screen. Originally, this required the use of the [[e-Reader|Nintendo e-Reader]] to scan Level Cards, which is incompatible with the Wii U. Also, the original game could only support up to 32 levels at a time. This is also the first time these levels are released in Europe and Oceania, as the Nintendo e-Reader was never released there.
+*''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]''
+**A glitch is present in the microgame [[Spario]] wherein [[Wario]]'s gloves can disappear for the duration of the microgame. The glitch is not currently known to have occured in the original versions of the game.
 ==Gallery==
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 *[[DSiWare]] — Applications and games that could be downloaded from the DSi Shop.
 *''[[Arcade Archives]]''
-*[[Nintendo Switch#Nintendo Switch Online|Nintendo Switch Online]]
+*[[Nintendo Switch Online]]
 ==Names in other languages==