Super Mario Bros. Power Up Card Game
The Super Mario Bros. Power Up Card Game is a card game developed by USAopoly and published by Nintendo in 2017. It is heavily based on Super Mario Bros. as it uses the same art style, characters, and sprites from the game. The card game is intended for three to eight players above the age of eight and should take 10 to 30 minutes to play. The aim of the game is to "use your wits, deduction skills, and luck to survive the perils of the Mushroom Kingdom" by trading cards to avoid having the card with the smallest number of coins.
Contents
The contents of the game listed on the back of the box are the following:
- 52 Level Cards (some are Castle Cards)
- 30 ? Block Cards
- 50 Life Tokens
Gameplay
Each player starts with an equal number of Life Tokens, and all Level Cards and ? Block Cards are shuffled and put into respective decks facing downwards. When a round starts, each player takes the top card from the Level Card deck. If a player's card has the smallest number, they can trade it with the player to their right side (if playing with two players, they can trade it to the other player). If a player's Level Card is a Castle Card, they are immune from trades or attacks from other players, and they can take a card from the ? Block Card deck and keep it until needed. If a player's card has the lowest number by the end of the round, they lose a Life Token. If a player loses all of their Life Tokens, they are eliminated. The last person to still have Life Tokens wins.
? Block Cards
As mentioned above, ? Block Cards can be taken from their deck after a player gets a Castle Card. These are the cards players can receive:
| Character/item name | Action | When it can be played |
|---|---|---|
| Blooper | Change any other player's Level Card value by -3. | After all players' Level Cards are revealed. |
| Bowser | Change any other player's Level Card value to zero. | After all players' Level Cards are revealed. |
| Buzzy Beetle | Change any other player's Level Card value by -4. | After all players' Level Cards are revealed. |
| Fire Flower | Add two coins to the player's Level Card value. | After all players' Level Cards are revealed. |
| Goal Pole | Change the player's Level Card value to 10. | After all players' Level Cards are revealed. |
| Goomba | Change any other player's Level Card value by -1. | After all players' Level Cards are revealed. |
| Green Shell | Force another player to randomly choose one of their ? Block Cards to discard. | Keep this card and use it at any time. |
| Hammer Bros. | Stop any player from trading with another player. | The card is kept until someone tries to trade with the player. |
| Koopa Troopa | Change any other player's Level Card value by -2. | After all players' Level Cards are revealed. |
| Lakitu | The player may look at the next player's facedown Level Card. | Before trading Level Cards. |
| Lava Bubble | Choose a player to lose a Life Token. If playing with two players, the other player must lose their Life Token. | Keep this card and use it at any time. |
| Lift | Add three coins to the player's Level Card value. | After all players' Level Cards are revealed. |
| 1-Up Mushroom | Steal a Life Token from another player. | Keep this card and use it at any time. |
| Super Mushroom | Add one coin to the player's Level Card value. | After all players' Level Cards are revealed. |
| Super Star | Add four coins to the player's Level Card value. | After all players' Level Cards are revealed. |
| Trampoline | Swap the player's Level Card with the top card on the deck. | After all players' Level Cards are revealed. |
| Warp Pipe | The player may trade Level Cards with another player. | When trading Level Cards. |
Gallery
The underwater variant of the box
The contents of the game with the box
Trivia
- Despite being called Castle Cards, they actually have fortresses on them.
- Every Level Card has the same number of coins on them as the value seen in the top left.
