Key Mini Mario
| Key Mini Mario | |
|---|---|
 A Key Mini Mario in Area 1-8 | |
| First appearance | Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009) |
| Latest appearance | Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015) |
| Variant of | Mini Mario |
Key Mini Mario[1][2] is a type of Mini Mario with a key, which appears in several games in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series.
History
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
Key Mini Mario first appears in Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!, being introduced in Room 1-Key and appearing in subsequent Key levels. Key Mini Mario appears in levels with a locked door, which must be unlocked by a Key Mini Mario in order for any Minis to enter the door.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
Key Mini Mario reappears in Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!, where it appears in the eighth course of each attraction, along with a locked Exit Door. It functions identically to its appearance in the previous game.
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move
Key Mini Mario reappears in Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move in levels with a locked goal. However, it does not have its key at the beginning of the level; instead, it must collect the key within the level, then use it to unlock and enter the goal.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
Key Mini Mario reappears in Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars, with the same function as in Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!.
References
| Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Mario • Pauline • Donkey Kong • Toads |
| Minis | Mini Mario • Mini Toad • Mini Peach • Mini Donkey Kong |
| Floors | Mini Mayhem • Sandstone Stroll • Magnet Mania • Jungle Rumble • Rooftop • Basement |
| Items and objects | Blue Spring • Box Spring • Cannon • Clock • Coin (large) • Color Switch • Conveyor Belt • Door • Girder • Hammer • Key • Key Door • Ladder • M-Token • Magnet • Mini Mario Card • Pink Block • Pokey Block • Pop-up Gate • Rotate Pipe • Shy Guy Block • Spike • Spin-bar magnet • Warp Pipe • Yellow Spring |
| Enemies | Monkey robots (Capture Kong · Circus Kong) • Bird • Piranha Plant (fire) • Pokey • Polterguy • Snapjaw • Snifit • Spear Guy • Thwomp |
| Miscellaneous | Media • Staff • Super Mini Mario World |
| Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move | |
|---|---|
| Hosts | Donkey Kong • Mario • Pauline |
| Minis | Mini Donkey Kong • Mini Mario • Mini Pauline • Mini Peach • Mini Toad |
| Enemies | Bullet Bill • Donkey Kong's robots (Capture Kong · Catapult Kong) • Fly Guy • Shy Guy |
| Items and objects | + Clock • Blue Spring • Bomb • Conveyor Belt • Key • M-Token • Spikes • Star • Tile • Warp Pipe |
| Worlds | Mario's Main Event • Puzzle Palace • Many Mini Mayhem • Giant Jungle |
| Minigames | Mini Target Smash • Fly Guy Grab • Cube Crash • Elevation Station |
| Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Donkey Kong • Mario • Pauline • Toads | |
| Minis | Cursed Mini Mario • Gold Mini Mario • Mini Donkey Kong • Mini Luigi • Mini Mario • Mini Pauline • Mini Peach • Mini Toad | |
| Enemies | Donkey Kong's robots (Cannon Kong · Capture Kong · Circus Kong) • Fire Piranha Plant • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Shy Guy • Thwomp | |
| Worlds | Rolling Hills • Jumpy Jungle • Runaway Warehouse • Crumbling Cavern • Dashing Desert • Twilight Valley • Orbiting Observatory • Bonus Levels (Bonus 1 · Bonus 2 · Bonus 3) | |
| Objects | Items | Coin (large) • Hammers • M Coin • Pickup |
| Resource items | Blue Lift • Movable Pipe • Pink Block • Purple Conveyor • Red Girder • Spring | |
| Fixed objects | Cannon • Color Switch • Conveyor Belt • Girder • Goal Door • Ladder • Magnet Ground • Rock • Spikes • Warp Pipe | |
| Further info | Gallery • Media • Official online levels • Slide • Staff (Nintendo 3DS version · Wii U version) • Stamps • Workshop Store | |
