SUPER MARIO 64 (N64, 1996)

 

On a wing and a plumber...

“It's-a me, Mario! Hello!”

- take a wild guess

SUPER MARIO WORLD 2: YOSHI'S ISLAND (SNES, 1995)

 

“This paradise is Yoshi's Island, where all the Yoshies live. They are all in an uproar over the baby that fell from the sky. Wait! The baby seems to know where he wants to go... The bond between the twins informs each of them where the other one is. The Yoshies decide to carry the baby to his destination via a relay system. Now begins a new adventure for the Yoshies and baby Mario.”

- Opening cutscene

 

WARIO LAND: SUPER MARIO LAND 3 (Game Boy, 1994)

 

Gonna be completely honest here: for actual decades, I always saw Wario as being in mid-air and closer to the camera in this image. It wasn't until recently that I realized that he's on the ground and everything else is simply larger than I assumed.

“Repeat after me: I'm the bad guy in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, where being bad is good, and greed is good!”

- Wario, TV commercial

SUPER MARIO BEYOND: SUPER MARIO BROS. (Film, 1993)

"A long long time ago, the Earth was ruled by dinosaurs. They were big, so not a lot of people went around hassling 'em.

Actually, no people went around hassling 'em cuz there weren't any people yet. Just the first tiny mammals. Basically, life was good.

Then something happened: a giant meteorite struck the Earth. Goodbye dinosaurs!

But what if the dinosaurs weren't all destroyed? What if the impact of that meteor created a parallel dimension where the dinosaurs continued to thrive and evolve into intelligent, vicious, and aggressive beings... just like us?

And hey, what if they found a way back?”

- Opening Narration

Trust the fungus.

SUPER MARIO LAND 2: 6 GOLDEN COINS (Game Boy, 1992)

“Obey me, Wario...I am your master, Mario is your enemy!

Don’t let Mario get the 6 Golden Coins...don’t let Mario reach the palace…

Obey Wario...DESTROY MARIO!”

- Wario, hypnotizing the viewer in theTV commercial

 

SUPER MARIO BEYOND: SUPER MARIO ADVENTURES (Comic, 1992)

 “We are the Mushroom Kingdom’s plumbers extraordinaire!

The Super Mario Brothers, what a pair!

Do you have problems with your pipes?

Is your water running right?

Are all the fittings screwed down tight?

If they aren’t, don’t despair!

The super plumbers will be there!

And there’s no pipe we can’t repair!”

- Mario and Luigi, singing

 

The cover of the 1993 trade paperback (TPB) collection

SUPER MARIO WORLD (SNES, 1991)

It's Super Mario's World, we just live in it

 

“It's a bit more exciting! A bit more challenging! A bit more perfect! A bit more colorful! A bit more realistic! A bit more levels! A bit more secrets! A bit more enemies! A bit more friends! A bit more sound! A bit hotter! A bit cooler! A bit weirder! A bit more revolutionary! A bit more Mario! A bit more of what you want! It's 16-Bit, and it's yours only if you get Super Nintendo!”

- Super Mario World TV commercial

SUPER MARIO BROS. 3 (NES, 1990)

 

I always found Bowser's cape here to be really cool, and was a little disappointed he never wore it in the games.

“Oh, it's terrible!

The king has been transformed!

Please find the Magic Wand so we can change him back.”

- Toad

"So, I give you... SUPER! MARIO BROTHERS! THREE!!"

-Video Armageddon announcer, The Wizard