Earth
The Earth, sometimes referred to as the Real World, is a planet far away from Mushroom World and is the setting of Mario is Missing!, Mario's Time Machine, and the canceled Super Mario's Wacky Worlds. In these games, Bowser steals important artifacts from the Earth, causing chaos on the planet. As such, Mario or Luigi must retrieve these items to restore balance to the Earth.
The planet is orbited by one moon (which Mario visited in Mario's Time Machine).
Locations on Earth
While there are countless locations throughout the planet, the following are places that have been visited at least once during the course of the Mario series.
- Africa, a continent.
- Egypt, a country within Africa.
- Antarctica, a continent.
- Asia, a continent. The Great Wall of China and Beijing (from Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games) are located here.
- Australia, a continent and a country.
- Europe, a continent.
- North America, a continent.
- The United States, a country in North America.
- Hollywood, a city in the United States.
- Florida a state.
- Miami, a city in Florida.
- Kennedy Space Center, a launch facility in Florida.
- Hawaii, a state.
- New York City, a city in the United States.
- Brooklyn, a borough of New York City.
- Washington, D.C., the capital of the Untied States
- The United States, a country in North America.
- South America, a continent.
Other Locations on Earth
Possible Locations on Earth
- Diamond City (Possibly on Mushroom World)
- Distant Planet can possibly be Earth
- Icicle Mountain
- The Summit
- Smashville
- Poke Floats
Other Appearances
Official artwork for Mario Kart DS depicts various characters racing and battling on the Earth's surface, visually demonstrating the worldwide scope of the Nintendo DS' Wi-Fi capabilities.
In Mario Party 7, while all the Boards exist in the Mushroom Planet, the Mushroom Planet (when depicted in the game) resembles Earth.
Also, oddly, Wario refers to the area below the Awazon as "deep within the Earth" in the manual of Virtual Boy Wario Land. It is unknown if he is referring to the Mushroom Planet as "Earth", calling the Awazon area "Earth", or merely referring to the soil of the Awazon.
The WarioWare series indicates that Diamond City may be located on the planet Earth, as opposed to on Mario's world (Mushroom World).
A couple of stages in the Super Smash Bros. series are located on Earth, such as Onett, Fourside, and Mute City. Distant Planet bares many similarities to the planet, but whether the two are the same has not been officially confirmed.
In Mario Kart Wii, the Earth appears in the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and in the Rainbow Road course of the Special Cup. The planet is located in the background of the course, underneath of the track and the drivers when compete in it. If the players accidentally fall off the course, they will fall to the void by the gravity of the planet, instead of being floating in the space.
Appearances in Other Media
In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Mario and Luigi often try to find their way back to Brooklyn (their hometown in the cartoon series) usually via a Warp Pipe. Towards the end of the series, the Mario Brothers decide to stay so that they can protect Princess Toadstool and the Mushroom Kingdom. Additionally, the live action sequences take place in Brooklyn. The first and last parts of the Super Mario Bros. movie are also set in Brooklyn.
Additionally, in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, many episodes featured characters using Warp Pipes to travel back and forth between the "Real World" (Earth) and Mushroom World. In the episode "7 Continents for 7 Koopas", Bowser assigns each of his seven Koopalings to take over one of the Real World's continents.
- Bully – Asia
- Cheatsy – Australia
- Kootie Pie – Europe
- Kooky – Africa
- Big Mouth – Antarctica
- Hip – North America
- Hop – South America
Notably, after all the trouble is undone, a screen is shown with many errors and mislabellings of the various continents.
Also, Bowser is seen in the Real World yet again in a flashback sequence from the Super Mario World episode "Rock TV".
"Dino World"
In the Super Mario Bros. live-action film, an alternate, unnamed version of Earth is revealed to exist; this parallel Earth was brought into creation when a meteorite struck the true Earth, causing spatial and dimensional disturbances, resulting in the creation of the alternate Earth, which the dinosaurs, at least those who weren't killed, and a few other creatures were flung to.
On this Earth, various types of dinosaurs evolved into humanoid creatures, though some, such as Yoshi, seemed to have retained their reptilian forms. Aside from one rundown city, Dinohatten, this Earth is a desert wasteland, lacking various resources.