List of references in the Mario series

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The following is a list of references to other media that has appeared in the Mario series. Note that references to other Mario series games are not included here nor are references made in crossover games.

References

Mario Bros.

All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.

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The head by the pipe is Sunplaza Nakano, while the head in the pipe is Tamori, both respective replacements of Goomba and Piranha Plant.
  • This game was an officially licensed hack of Super Mario Bros.. It referenced the Japanese radio program All Night Nippon by replacing certain enemies and objects with Japanese celebrities.

Super Mario series

Super Mario Bros. 3

  • The tune the Warp Whistle plays is also found in The Legend of Zelda. The whirlwind is from the same game. The tune is later found in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, although a bird sweeps Link away, not a whirlwind. It is also played on an ocarina, not a flute. The notes are also a part of the title theme of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Super Mario Sunshine

Super Mario Galaxy

  • Enemies appear in an airship stage which resemble Deku Scrubs, a The Legend of Zelda enemy.
  • In the Rolling Gizmo Galaxy, a hidden bunch of Star Bits formed in a Rupee shape can be seen.

Super Mario 3D Land

  • In World 5-2, when Mario/Luigi opens the area that contains the second Star Medal, the Zelda "found a secret" theme is heard.
  • During the second battle with Bowser in World 8, Bowser throws Barrels, similar to Donkey Kong.

Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up

  • Link makes a cameo in the chef/waiter page.

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

  • Level 4 of the Mario Zone features LEGO-like surfaces. At one point in the level, it is revealed that these are not actually LEGOs, but N&B Blocks, a toy manufactured by Nintendo in the 1960's.
  • Level 2 of the Turtle Zone has enemies that strongly resemble gordos from the Kirby series.

Wario Land series

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

  • Several sound effects of this game are borrowed from Metroid II: Return of Samus, such as the pause sound effect and the sound that plays when Wario hits a boss.

Wario Land II

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Flagman DD
  • When the player has completed the game a remake of the 1980 Game & Watch game Flagman appears, called Flagman DD.
  • Some of the treasures in this game come from The Legend of Zelda series, such as the Flute, a purple Rupee, the Power Glove, and the Pegasus Boots. A Crystal Metroid also appears as a reference to the Metroid series.

Donkey Kong Country series

Donkey Kong Country

  • This game introduced Diddy Kong, who has always appeared with his cap with the Nintendo logo on it.
  • Dixie Kongs hat also had the Rare Ltd. logo on her hat. This stayed with her until Rare was purchased by Microsoft.
  • In the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country, Sabrewulf is stuffed and mounted in Cranky's hut, but it is still alive as it occasionally blinks.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest

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Cranky's Video Game Heroes
  • After the player has beaten the game, they can take part in Cranky's Video Game Heroes competition. The competition is simply whichever video game hero can collect the most coins. When the player first sees this competition the heroes already present are Mario, Yoshi and Link. A garbage can can also be seen at the competition with Sonic's shoes and Earthworm Jim's raygun, implying they failed to get enough coins in the competition.
  • Chief Thunder, a character from the fighting game Killer Instinct, makes his cameo on a poster in Cranky's Cabin.

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

Hotel Mario

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Cameo of Samus Aran in the royal castle's guest room in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
Samus's cameo
  • Link can be found sleeping in the Rose Town inn after beating Bowyer in the Forest Maze.
  • Samus can be found sleeping in the guest bed of Toadstool's Castle after beating Yaridovich, and before going to Land's End. When spoken to, she'll say she's resting up for Mother Brain, the end boss of the Metroid series.
  • A Samus action figure can be found in a toy box in Booster Tower.
  • Hinopio in the Barrel Volcano has models of Captain Falcon's and Samurai Goro's spacecraft, and an Arwing from the Star Fox series.
  • Several references to the Final Fantasy series, are in this game, due to the game being produced by Squaresoft.
    • Culex is an optional boss designed to resemble the Final Fantasy bosses. During and after the battle with him, Final Fantasy music is played. The music heard is a remix of the Boss Battle theme in Final Fantasy IV and after the battle, the famous Final Fantasy Victory Theme played. His Elemental Crystals are also the same as in Final Fantasy IV.
    • The enemy Bahamutt is named after the powerful dragon Bahamut from the Final Fantasy series.
    • The Czar Dragon shares its name with a superboss that does not appear in but exists within the coding for Final Fantasy VI.
  • Upon encountering Bowyer, Mario attempts to simply charge toward Bowyer, fist punching, but Mallow holds him back and exclaims, "Who do think you ARE??? Bruce Lee!?"

Yoshi's Story

  • In Stages 2-3 and 2-4, the name "Zelda" appears in the newspaper in the background.

Diddy Kong Racing

Super Smash Bros.

The Beam Sword

Mario Golf series

Mario Golf

  • In Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64, the names of various The Legend of Zelda and Star Fox characters appear on the scoreboard.

Mario Golf

  • In Mario Golf for the Game Boy Color, the last club is called "Link's Club" and uses the Triforce as its logo.

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

  • If the golf ball is hit and lands on a patch of flowers, several Pikmin will pop out from the ground.
  • The Coin Attack mode can spawn coins in the shape of the Triforce.

Donkey Kong 64

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Gameplay of Jetpac
  • A classic arcade game Jetpac was included as a bonus feature in this game.
  • In the final Boss fight of this game, Nintendo and Rareware are announced as the sponsors.
  • In the Beta version of this game Banjo and Kazooie made cameos as fridge magnets.

Mario Party series

Many of the minigames that appear in the Mario Party series have names that are puns or references to popular culture.

Mario Party 2

Many of the minigames are puns on pop culture, such as Dizzy Dancing and Magnet Carta

Mario Party 3

This game continues to have minigame titles make puns on popular culture, including:

Mario Party 4

More minigames are puns, they are:

Mario Party 5

Minigames that make puns in this game are

Mario Party 6

Minigames that make puns in this game are:

Mario Party 7

Minigames that make puns in this game are:

Mario Party Advance

Paper Mario series

Paper Mario

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

  • In Petalburg a young Toad says he's been playing Fire Emblem.
  • Petalburg shares the name of a city in the Pokémon series.
  • In one of the trivia games, one of the choices for how to defeat the demon is a "legendary sword". This is a reference to the Master Sword from the The Legend of Zelda series.

Super Paper Mario

  • In Chapter 2-3, for knocking over a vase, Mario must pay his debt in Rubees, a reference to Rupees, the currency for the The Legend of Zelda series. (Additionally, Rubees resemble red Rupees); Mimi also attacks using this currency in Chapter 6-2. Rupees were also called Rubees in the non-canon The Legend of Zelda games for the unsuccessful Philips CD-i system.
  • One of the Dorguys has puzzles for the character to solve that are similar to those of the Brain Age series. When solving them, he also states that the players' "brain ages must be very young".
  • The Underwhere and many of its aspects and inhabitants (i.e. Underchomp to Cerberus and River Twygz to River Styx) refer to the Greek underworld mythology.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Luigi's Mansion

  • The boxart of this game resembles the cover design of Home Alone.
  • If Luigi goes to the door to King Boo's alter before capturing the required amount of boos, a scene will show King Boo mistaking Luigi for Mario. In the scene, King Boo states that, "I will not give up my favorite decoration, I like Mario just where he is". This is a reference to the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, in which Jabba the Hutt states, "I will not give up my favorite decoration, I like Captain [Han] Solo just where he is". Han Solo hangs frozen in carbonite on a wall similar to Mario being trapped in King Boo's painting.

Game & Watch Gallery 4

WarioWare series

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!

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Wario's Sheriff

WarioWare: Twisted!

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The Legend of Zelda microgame

Wario World

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Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Kirby Story
Wario
M & L
Legend of Stafy
Movie posters at the Yoshi Theater.

Donkey Konga series

Donkey Konga

The Donkey Konga series includes both famous songs and music from other Nintendo franchises. The songs are different in each reigion. All of these songs are listed here.

Donkey Konga 2

More songs from both popular culture and other Nintendo games.

Mario Kart series

Mario Kart DS

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R.O.B.s artwork
  • R.O.B. is the final unlockable character. This is first introduced non-Mario character in Mario Kart series.
  • R.O.B.s standard symbol is the D-pad from the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Mario Kart Wii

Baby Mario's Blue Falcon
Baby Mario in the Blue Falcon
  • The kart Blue Falcon is a reference to the vehicle of the same name in the F-Zero series, driven by Captain Falcon. The two vehicles also appear physically similar.

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