Ok pplz, this is the place where i finally got time to write some info on mario characters! It looks like a lot of reading, but that's just because it's in big font. Some characters have more info than others. That may be because I was too lazy to write more
or i couldn't find enough info. i wrote whatever i thought was necessary, that's why some guys have more info. i found this info on Wikipedia (p.s. all of this was copied from Wikipedia, please don't sue me Wikipedia!! I'm sorry!!) (p.s.s. ingnore the sponsors, i didn't put them on, they just came and i can't control them, sorry pplz). P.S.S.S. PEACH AND DAISY ARE COUSINS. IT SAYS SO IN THE MARIO KART WII STRATEGY GUIDE!, just saying that to clear things up.
Mario is a fictional character created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He's Nintendo's mascot if you didn't already know that. Mario is a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom, where he is a hero. Mario is currently voiced by Charles Martinet, who also voices Luigi, both their evil counterparts, Wario, Waluigi and other characters such as Toadsworth. He is best known for constantly saving Princess Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom from evil King Bowser. He is well known for his plucky personality, enthusiasm and spirit in the face of enemies, unexpected physical agility, cooperation with his brother, Luigi, and his close relationship with Princess Peach whom he has repeatedly saved. He has an evil twin-ish foe by the name of Wario. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games. His games have sold more than 285 million units, making the Mario series the best-selling video game series of all time. Mario first appeared in the arcade game "Donkey Kong" as a character named "Jumpman". In Japan he was known as "Mr. Video Game". Since the Japanese name was not properly communicated to the American branch, Nintendo of America named him Mario after a man who closely resembled the character and the name stuck. When the NES was released, Super Mario Bros. was the launch title for it with Mario as the main character. "Jumpman", the main character of "Donkey Kong", was called "Mario" in certain promotional materials for the game's release overseas. His name came from Mario Segali, the landlord of Nintendo of America's office, who barged in on a meeting to demand an overdue rent payment. Mario Segali was the owner of the first premises of the offices of Nintendo of America. In the time of its residence there, Nintendo of America was considering a name for its popular Jumpman. Jumpman was a carpenter with a red cap and a moustache. They realized that Mario Segali and Jumpman looked alike, so they changed the character's name to Mario.
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Luigi is a video game character created by Nintendo's game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the younger brother of Nintendo's official mascot, Mario. Luigi first appeared in the arcade game Mario Bros., where he was featured as the main character alongside Mario. Since his debut, Luigi has appeared in many games throughout the Mario series, often accompanying Mario as the main character, but at times starring as the main character of his own game, Luigi's Mansion. At times, Luigi is usually in his brother's shadow due to his some-what cowardly personality. While Luigi was originally created as a character identical to Mario except for being colored green instead of red, his rise in prominence throughout the Mario series lead to the adoption of a personality and style of his own. He is normally cowardly, but when he can get the courage to step up, he can be a tough guy. His voice is performed by Charles Martinet, the same actor who provides the voice for Mario, Wario, and Waluigi as well as other characters throughout the Mario franchise. Although Luigi is in fact a plumber, same as his heroic brother, other facets of his personality seem to vary from game to game. In the Mario & Luigi series he is often portrayed as reluctant, cowardly and timid, whereas the Paper Mario series makes him a more laid-back, but still somewhat cowardly, personality who tends to embellish his own accomplishments and abilities in the hopes of sharing some of Mario's fame. In Luigi's Mansion, he was still depicted as cowardly but still managed to face his fear and save his captured brother. He also tends to be more willing to help with Mario's quest, but does not get the opportunity to do so until Super Paper Mario (where he cowers behind a rock in the Underwhere until you speak to him). His latest appearance in Super Mario Galaxy has Luigi being someone awkward and a bit cowardly, but committed to helping Mario recover the Power Stars (or recover them himself) and rescue Peach from Bowser. He also helps Mario find his first Green Power Star (or finds it himself), but gets himself into more trouble than the star is worth in the process. Also, if the player collects all 120 stars with Mario, then the player can play though the game again as Luigi. The game replaces Mario with Luigi in the main story as the game's main character, similar to New Super Mario Bros. |
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) Princess Peach is a video game character in Nintendo's Mario video games series, often playing the "damsel in distress" role in the adventure series. Peach is the human princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom. She was known as Princess Toadstool in the West until late 1996, when she added the name "Peach" to her signature in the opening scene of Super Mario 64.Peach first appeared in Super Mario Bros. She is usually kidnapped by the villainous turtle-like creature, Bowser. She is a playable character in most of the Mario games. Peach's first game as the main character is Super Princess Peach. In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the princess's grandmother is shown, and the Mushroom Kingdom government is ruled by a chancellor and the mushroom retainers. In Mario Superstar Baseball, Lakitu mistakenly calls Toadsworth her grandfather likely due to a translation error. Like most characters from the Mario franchise, her backstory is purposefully left unknown (nothing is known about her age, her height, and the royal family which she belongs to), though at the beginning of Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, it was revealed that she has been kidnapped repeatedly by Bowser since she's worn diapers Some say that she was destined to be captured at birth. The mushroom king was a common character in the Nintendo Comics System stories, in which he was portrayed as a forgetful person; however he has never appeared in the games. Princess Peach's father is the Mushroom King and her mother is unknown. Princess Peach has appeared in nearly all of the Mario games. Since the first Mario Party, Peach has appeared in every single installment, including Mario Party Advance. However, like all Mario Party games, she has nothing outside of appearance and voice to set her apart from other characters. An exception to this is Mario Party 7, in which both Peach and Daisy can use the Flower Orb as their special orb (that is, no other characters can receive it at orb spaces or shops). Super Smash Bros. Melee, she has the unique ability to float for a number of seconds, much as she can in Super Mario Bros. 2, an advantage which is balanced by the fact that she is one of the lighter fighters. Peach is also a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Some of her attacks include the Peach Bomber, her parasol, her back throw using Toad as a human shield, her aerial back attack using golf clubs and Frying pan as mêlée weapons and pulling vegetables from the ground. In her first voiced appearance in the 1986 Japanese anime Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission To Rescue Princess Peach) Peach was voiced by Mami Yamase, a pop singer. On the cartoon segments on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Peach was usually voiced by Jeannie Elias, and on The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World cartoons, she was voiced by Tracey Moore. In the CD-i game Hotel Mario, Peach was voiced by Jocelyn Benford.In Super Mario 64 and the English version of Mario Kart 64, Peach was voiced by Leslie Swan, a localization manager for Nintendo of America. Swan voiced Peach again for the release of Super Mario 64 DS in 2004. In Mario Party, Mario Party 2, and the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64, Peach was voiced by Asako Kozuki.Starting with Mario Golf on the Nintendo 64, Peach has been voiced by Jen Taylor. In 2005, Nintendo assigned a new voice for Princess Peach. Although Super Princess Peach and Mario Hoops 3-on-3 still used Taylor's voice, other games, such as Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and Super Mario Strikers have a new Peach voice, Nicole Mills. The infant form of Princess Peach that appears in Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time and Yoshi's Island DS, known as Baby Peach, is also voiced by Mills. However, in Super Paper Mario, Peach is once again voiced by Swan. Additionally, Peach was voiced by Samantha Kelly in games such as Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Party 8, Mario Strikers Charged, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Peach is once again, voiced by Taylor even though much is from sound clips recycled from previous Mario games. Likewise, if the player selects Peach in Brawl using a Wii remote or classic controller, Peach's taunt from Melee (also then voiced by Taylor) will sound over the Wii-Remote's speaker. |
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Princess Daisy (or simply Daisy) is the princess of Sarasaland. Daisy's debut appearance was in 1989 in Super Mario Land, where she was kidnapped by the tyrannical alien Tatanga who plans to marry Daisy and rule over her home Kingdom, Sarasaland. Daisy appeared later in NES Open Tournament Golf as Luigi's caddy. After a long hiatus of no game appearances, Daisy makes her return in the game Mario Tennis. After Mario Tennis, Daisy began to make recurring appearances in Mario sports and party games. Daisy is known to be best friends with Princess Peach and is also her cousin. She is also rumored in the Mario universe to be in a romantic relationship with Luigi. The infant version of herself, Baby Daisy, debuted in Mario Kart Wii and is set to reappear in Mario Super Sluggers. Daisy's first voice actress was Kate Fleming in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. Daisy's next voice actress was Jen Taylor, who provided her voice in Mario Party 3, Mario Party 4, and Mario Party 5. In every other game, Daisy has been and is currently voiced by Deanna Mustard. Outside of the video games, Daisy appears as one of the main characters in the Super Mario Bros. 1993 film, played by Samantha Mathis, and takes up her Super Mario Land role in the Game Boy comic books. |
Yoshi, sometimes Romanized Yossy in earlier Japanese language materials, is a fictional dinosaur who appears in the Mario series of video games by Nintendo. His debut was in Super Mario World on the NES. He later had his own series with several platform and puzzle games, including Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. He has also appeared in many of the spin-off Mario games, including the Mario Kart and Mario Party series as well as the various Mario sports titles. Yoshi is also known to be Mario's dinosaur buddy. Yoshi was created by graphics designer Shigefumi Hino, in response to Nintendo's design staff expressing a desire for Mario to ride a dinosaur. His name may be derived from the typical Japanese interjection Yoshi!, the English equivalent of which would be "yes!", reflecting his general upbeat nature. Yoshis are described as either dragons or dinosaurs. They are shown in games as having very long, sticky tongues. The captured enemy can be either spit out or somehow encased in an egg. They are omnivorous and seem to enjoy tropical fruits, especially melons as depicted in the game Yoshi's Story. In Super Mario Sunshine Yoshis can only be awoken by feeding them such fruits. In Super Mario World, he can eat delicious apples off the trees.Their gender is Male. Although it seems like all Yoshis are asexual (occurring or formed without the production and union of two kinds of gametes) and reproduce by a unique form of parthenogenesis (reproduction especially among lower plants and invertebrates in which a germ cell that has not undergone fertilization develops into a new individual) they are not, this has been confirmed in many the Mario game. In Japan, they are said to have no gender, though the Yoshis themselves use the masculine form of "I" when referring to themselves. New individuals come out of eggs only if laid in a nest. Yoshis have a carefree attitude towards their eggs: they carry them bouncing behind their tails in often dangerous places, and lay them out of necessity often using them as weapons. Their noses can detect fruit and other secrets buried underground as seen in Yoshi's Story. Although they have teeth, these are rarely seen or used, exceptions being Yoshi's Story, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Island DS. Yoshis are generally depicted in games as being quite intelligent from a young age, many being able to defend themselves while still infants. While the main Yoshi himself is depicted as green, they come in a variety of colors, spanning every color of the rainbow, and even black or white. In the games Yoshi's Story, Yoshi's Island DS, and Mario Power Tennis, they can be unlocked or are a playable character in some way. In Mario Power Tennis, the black and white Yoshis can be played as after upgrading Yoshi's power shot. The white Yoshi will come up very often, while the black Yoshi takes some time to appear. Some Yoshis have the ability to fly, breathe fire, cause earthquakes by stomping, and even stick out their tongues as far as the game screen. In the game Super Mario Sunshine, Yoshi can spit out a variety of fruit juices which he needs to survive. Different fruits were known to change its color. If yoshi enters a body of water, he will disappear and return back to his egg. They can swallow an enemy and plop them out as an egg. Going in through the sewer-like-areas and jumping up with Yoshi does a super jump. In the more recent Mario sports games such as Mario Superstar Baseball the Mario Tennis series Yoshi is known for his speed and tongue capability. He is also well known for his feared Tomahalk Headbutt. It is assumed by many that all other Yoshis are just as capable as this Yoshi, supported by the Yoshi's Island games, where different colored Yoshis have the same abilities throughout the game. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Yoshi is able to grow wings and breathe fire for a short time after getting a Smash Ball, a reference to past abilities. Yoshi is also able to throw eggs in this game. | ![]() |
Bowser is a video game character in Nintendo's Mario series. He is also known as King Koopa. In Japan, he is called Koopa, and is the primary antagonist of the Mario series.Bowser is Mario's archnemesis. He is the leader and most powerful of the turtle-like Koopa race. Although Bowser has joined forces with Mario in a few games, he is considered a "bad guy" due to his ambition to kidnap and dethrone Princess Peach and conquer the Mushroom Kingdom. Though their origins are unknown, Bowser has eight children; the seven Koopalings and Bowser Jr. Bowser made his first appearance in Super Mario Bros as the main villain and boss. He appears at the end of each of the eight worlds. These encounters take place on a bridge over a pool of lava. His attacks include fire breath and Hammer Bros.-style throwing hammers.In his first appearance, Bowser (King Koopa) appears at the end of each of the eight worlds (e.g. Level X-4), but apart from Level 8-4, they are actually common enemies disguised as Bowser. Defeating "Bowser" with fire balls reveals the disguised enemy. The enemies are as follows: 1-4 - Goomba, 2-4 - Koopa Troopa, 3-4 - Buzzy Beetle, 4-4 - Spiny, 5-4 - Lakitu, 6-4 - Blooper, 7-4 - Hammer Brother.Due to graphical limitations, the in-game Bowser does not seem to have hair, although the official artwork for the game, as well as the remake in Super Mario All-Stars, depict him with it. In Super Mario Bros. 3, Bowser is for the first time joined by his seven children, the Koopalings. Their names are puns on real-life historical figures and celebrities: Ludwig von Koopa, Lemmy Koopa, Roy Koopa, Iggy Koopa, Wendy O. Koopa, Morton Koopa Jr., and Larry Koopa. On their cartoon shows, they've lost their originial names to be Kooky Von Koopa , Hip, Bully, Hop, Kootie Pie, Big Mouth, and Cheatsy, respectively.The Koopalings continued to accompany Bowser for Super Mario World, Mario is Missing!, Yoshi's Safari, and Hotel Mario, as well as the cartoon shows, comic books and adventure books, but mysteriously disappeared afterwards. They did, however, make a returning appearance as mini-bosses in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.In Super Mario Sunshine, Bowser is joined by what appears to be his eighth child, Bowser Jr., who later goes on to serve as his partner in subsequent Mario sports games. Bowser Jr. closely resembles a younger Bowser. Throughout the Mario Party series, Bowser is accompanied by a seemingly infinite number of little Koopas who resemble him, dubbed "Baby Bowsers" until Mario Party 4, at which point they were called "Koopa Kids". Starting with Mario Party 5, three differently-colored Koopa Kids (Blue, Red, and Green K. Kid) appeared. In the console game, there was only one of each color, but Mario Party Advance featured many in the Koopa Kid (therein known as "Mini Bowser") mini-games. The real relationship between Bowser and these Koopa Kids from the Mario Party series is unclear presently. It is expected that they simply work for Bowser because they call him "Mr. Bowser". Also, in Mario Party 7, after Koopa Kid has done his deed he says, "I'll bet Mr. Bowser will totally give me a raise after this!" The Koopa Clown Car is Bowser's most commonly seen mode of transportation. It resembles a manic white and yellow clown face with a green propeller on its underside. The Koopa Clown Car was first seen in Super Mario World, where Bowser used it against Mario in the final stage of the game. During the battle, Bowser deploys Mechakoopas (which Mario can throw back at Bowser), launches massive cannon balls from the interior, and attempts to crush Mario with the propeller. The Clown Car has also been featured in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and most recently Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It was also used in the Super Mario World cartoon episode "Send in the Clown", which, fittingly, revolved around a phony circus that Bowser was staging. In Mario Kart DS, Bowser has a kart, called the "Hurricane", which resembles an airplane painted in the same clown style. The Clown Car — with Bowser inside — is a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee.The latest appearances of the Koopa Clown Car include Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, where Bowser uses it to chase Wario and Waluigi after Wario accidentally hits Bowser with a golf ball; Super Smash Bros. Brawl in the Subspace Emissary (essentially, as his getaway car), and in Mario Party 8. |
| Bowser Jr. ( Koopa Jr.) is the child of Bowser that debuted in Super Mario Sunshine. He acts as the main antagonist (one that opposes another) of both Super Mario Sunshine and New Super Mario Bros., with his father only playing a minor role in each. In Sunshine, he uses a magic paintbrush, invented by Professor E. Gadd, and special kerchief (a triangular or square piece of cloth tied around the head or around the neck for protective or decorative purposes) to transform into a translucent blue doppelgänger (the fictional ghostly double of a living person) of Mario, (see right) Shadow Mario, who vandalizes Isle Delfino with graffiti, tricking the native people into believing that Mario himself is to blame. In New Super Mario Bros, he kidnaps Princess Peach, dragging her off to a new castle each time his old one is defeated. Additionally, he appears in Super Mario Galaxy, acting as his father's right hand and challenging Mario at several points of the game to impede him. He also appears in the various Mario sports games as a playable character. Bowser Jr. shares many physical similarities with his father, with the main differences being a red ponytail as opposed to Bowser's mane, being about the same size as Mario, small black beady eyes, a more rounded snout, and a single sharp tooth visible in his mouth. He wears a kerchief constantly. It was originally a drawing of Mario's distinctive nose and mustache, but it is later replaced with a set of sharp teeth. |
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Koopa Kids (Mini Bowsers in PAL regions) are minions of Bowser that appear in the Mario Party series. They do his general bidding, interrupting the players as they traverse the game boards. As of Mario Party 5, they became playable characters, although they don't appear at all in Mario Party 8 or Mario Party DS. Mario Party 5 introduced three differently-colored Koopa Kids: Red Koopa Kid, Green Koopa Kid and Blue Koopa Kid. They have been around in the Mario Party series ever since. While these three can compete with the player in mini-games in Mario Party 5 and Mario Party 6, only the original Koopa Kid has ever been playable. The colorful Koopa Kids continue to make appearances in Bowser mini-games in Mario Party 7 and Mario Party Advance. |
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Koopaling is a generic title given to seven children of King Bowser who help him in various games. They first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3. Each Koopaling was a boss at the end of one of the game’s seven kingdoms. The Koopalings are also world bosses in Super Mario World, Mario is Missing!, Yoshi's Safari, and Hotel Mario. In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, however, they are mini-bosses in Bowser's Castle. They are made up of Larry Koopa, Morton Koopa Jr., Wendy O. Koopa, Iggy Koopa, Roy Koopa, Lemmy Koopa and Ludwig von Koopa, from youngest to oldest. Most of the Koopalings have wild punk hairstyles. It is said that each Koopaling was personally designed by a different member of the production staff of Super Mario Bros. 3. Explains Shigeru Miyamoto: “This is another way we give recognition to the many people who help make the games successful." In the Mario cartoons by DiC, the original seven Koopalings are given different names based on their given personalities. They are called Cheatsy Koopa, Big Mouth Koopa, Kootie Pie Koopa, Hop Koopa, Bully Koopa, Hip Koopa, and Kooky Von Koopa. Aside from their names and personalities, they look slightly different and serve Bowser differently, compared to their video game counterparts. Instead of acting as minions, they act directly as his children, and do things |
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| Wario is a fictional Nintendo video game character created by Gunpei Yokoi. Wario was designed as an antagonist to Mario, and first appeared in the 1992 handheld video game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as the main villain and final boss. Since that time, Wario has developed into the protagonist and antihero of his own video game franchise spanning both handheld and console markets, in addition to his numerous appearances in spin-offs of the Mario series. He is voiced by Charles Martinet, who also voices the Mario, Luigi, and Waluigi characters. Wario's personality and actions are often the opposites of Mario's typical heroism and kindness, just as the first letters in their names appear to be opposites. The name "Wario" is a blending of Mario's name with the Japanese adjective warui meaning "bad"; hence, a "bad Mario". The letter W also resembles an upside-down M, which is recognized by many as a naming correlation. In his games, he has several negative characteristics, among them laziness, ruthlessness, and gluttony, unlike Mario, who is portrayed as kind and heroic. Wario is very strong and is often taken as a villain. One of his most recognizable traits is arguably his greed, as he is often portrayed as being unscrupulous when opportunities arise to gain wealth, whether they are good or bad. Despite Wario's negative personality and character, he has played the role of an anti-hero or neutral character in almost every game that he has appeared in since Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 with the exception of Super Smash Bros Brawl in which he fought alongside Bowser and Ganondorf only to aid the player during the final fight against Tabuu, (although he spent the previous half of the game trying to imprison the rest of the game's cast in trophy form). Wario is designed as a doppelgänger (double) of Mario's. His fierce competitiveness is fueled by an intense jealousy of Mario the plumber, but even though he originally was a rival of Mario's (as shown in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins and several subsequent games), Wario has since then become something of an ally of Mario's, like when he teams up with Yoshi, Mario and Luigi in Super Mario 64 DS to defeat Bowser, although their alliance is still quite fragile. According to a comic published in Nintendo Power, Wario will always hate Mario because when they were both younger, Mario, playful and vaguely oblivious, inadvertently bullied Wario; in the comic, Wario was stuck picking Piranha Plants that would attack him while Mario picked turnips, Wario ends up getting flattened by Thwomps while attempting to flatten coins with Mario. When the two finally reunite as adults, Mario innocently invites Wario to play again, cementing Wario's hatred of him. In his first many appearances as a character, Wario is never shown to have any friends. However, since his appearance in Mario Tennis, Wario has been paired with Waluigi. Their exact relationship is unknown,even thought somes sources and theories suggest that the both are brothers(much in the same way as Luigi is Mario's brother,as it should be noted that Waluigi is Luigi's evil counterpart as well). In the regular Mario games, he still seems to have very few friends, and only has chemistry with Waluigi and Boo in Mario Superstar Baseball. But with the introduction of the WarioWare series, he appears to have a great many of them, such as Jimmy T. and Mona - the latter of whom appears to have special feelings for him. Mario Party 6 also implies that he is secretly friends with Toadette. Wario is portrayed as an exaggerated version of Mario; he is very corpulent and taller than Mario, has muscular arms, an absurdly large moustache, a bellicose cackle, and speaks with a more pronounced Italian accent, provided by Charles Martinet. Stylistically, he is similar to cartoon villains such as Snidely Whiplash and Dick Dastardly, though his counterpart, Waluigi, has an even greater resemblance to them. Traditionally, Wario wears a plumber outfit similar to Mario's, although with some differences. Mario's outfit is red and blue, with brown shoes and an M on his cap, while Wario's is yellow and purple, with curly-toed green shoes and a W on his cap. However, the release of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ saw Wario wearing motorcycling gear, with a yellow-and-red helmet emblazoned with the letter W, aviator goggles, yellow fingerless gloves also emblazoned with a W, a torn light-blue denim vest over a dark-blue shirt, and pink pants. One of his main abilities is his great strength, which he uses to overpower enemies far larger than himself. From Wario Land 2 and onward Wario has the ability to take advantage of physical status effects, such as being set on fire or flattened. In Wario Land 4 and Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, it is shown that Wario owns a purple convertible, loosely resembling a 1960s Cadillac, dubbed the Wario Car. He owns a similar car, the "Brute", in Mario Kart DS that is black with a checkered design, which was apparently made for him by Dr. Crygor. The Wario Car also makes a number of cameo appearances in the WarioWare titles, both in minigames and cutscenes. The Wario Bike is also a heavyweight vehicle in Mario Kart Wii. According to the trophy section of one Mario Party game, Wario's car was designed for him by fellow WarioWare series character Dr. Crygor. Wario also possesses a motorcycle, which features prominently alongside him in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. One of the most distinctive features of the car is that its hood ornament is shaped identically to Wario's mustache. Furthermore, Wario has poor hygiene. This can be revealed by talking to one of the Toads as Wario in Super Mario 64 DS and going to World 3-5 for the first time in Yoshi's Island DS. Also, he has had a crush on Princess Peach in earlier games such as Wario Land and Super Mario Land 2. Wario is incredibly fond of eating garlic, which is often used as a power-up in several of his games and acting as an answer to Mario's Super Mushrooms, and as a result many games depict his breath as foul-smelling. Wario can eat garlic in Super Smash Bros. Brawl to trigger his Final Smash, Wario-Man. Recently, with the onset of games like Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Strikers: Charged, Wario has been depicted using explosive flatulence (explodsive farts! yay! |
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Waluigi is a character created by Camelot's Fumihide Aoki and is voiced by Charles Martinet. He has so far only appeared in spin-off and party games, as opposed to the main platformer titles. He is the same age as Luigi and is his biggest rival, in the same way that Wario is Mario's rival. Waluigi has a mean attitude and is usually a bad loser, often throwing a fit if his opponent makes even a small amount of progress. Waluigi has a hat and gloves with an inverted L ( Γ ), which is similar to Wario's "W", an inverted "M". Waluigi's first appearance was in the Mario Tennis games for the Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64, as Wario's doubles partner. Later, along with Princess Daisy, he joined the Mario Party series's roster in Mario Party 3 where he plays an important role, in which he owns an island full of hearts. He has been a playable character in many entries in the series since, as well as various Mario sports and Kart games. He acts as an antagonist in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, in which he wreaks havoc in the Mushroom Kingdom by stealing special objects called the Music Keys in order to hypnotize the world with his dancing, thus enabling him to conquer it. Also there is a rumor there will be a game called "Waluigi Stadium". | ![]() |
Donkey Kong is a fictional ape who first appeared in Nintendo's popular 1981 video game bearing the same name. Donkey Kong was created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He believed "donkey" meant "stupid" in English, and assumed the name would convey the sense "stupid ape" to an American audience. When he suggested this name to Nintendo of America, he was laughed at, but the name stuck. The validity of this story, as well as others, has been disputed. Donkey Kong made his first appearance as the titular character of the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong alongside the main character, Mario (then known as "Jumpman") and damsel in distress Pauline. As Mario (known as Jumpman at the time), the player must reach Donkey Kong at the top of each stage, where he is holding Pauline captive. Donkey Kong attempts to hinder the player's progress by throwing barrels and other obstacles towards Mario. The ape would reappear the following year in the sequel Donkey Kong Junior, where Donkey Kong is taken captive and locked in a cage by Mario, while Donkey Kong Junior sets out to rescue him. Donkey Kong would resume his antagonistic role in Donkey Kong 3, this time the character Stanley the Bugman taking Mario's place as the main character (Mario was given his own spin-off game, Mario Bros.). Stanley fights Donkey Kong's attempts to invade a greenhouse along with a horde of killer bees. After Donkey Kong, Mario would go on to become Nintendo's primary mascot, while Donkey Kong and his son were relegated to supporting roles and cameos such as in the arcade version of Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Kart, and the Virtual Boy game Mario's Tennis. The 1994 Game Boy version of Donkey Kong marked his re-emergence as a major character. He was redesigned, sporting a necktie as his sole article of clothing. |
Diddy Kong is a fictional character in the Donkey Kong series of video games, first appearing in the 1994 game Donkey Kong Country. He lives on Donkey Kong Island in the Kongo Jungle, and is easily identified by his red hat, which has a Nintendo logo on it, and shirt. He is Donkey Kong's buddy and sidekick. Unlike the other Kongs, he resembles a monkey rather than an ape, due to his tail. He is described as the "nephew wannabe" of Donkey Kong in the Donkey Kong Country manual. During the development of Donkey Kong Country, Diddy was originally meant to be an updated version of Donkey Kong Jr. Not liking the radical changes Rare had made to Donkey Kong Jr., Nintendo told them that they could either use Donkey Kong Jr.'s original appearance for Donkey Kong Country or rename their new version of him. Deciding to simply rename the character, who Rare felt was perfect for their updated version of Donkey Kong's world, Rare at first decided on the name "Dinky Kong", but due to unspecified legal issues settled on the name Diddy Kong. Diddy Kong's hat has had the Nintendo logo on it since Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. | ![]() |
| Pauline is the woman whom Mario must rescue from the eponymous ape in the original Donkey Kong. In the same way Mario was originally called "Jumpman", Pauline was simply referred to as Lady in Japan. It was during the game's distribution in North America that she was given the name Pauline after Polly James, the wife of Nintendo of America's warehouse manager, Don James. Following her first appearance in Donkey Kong, Pauline appeared in Family Basic and in Pinball for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Princess Peach, who was introduced in Super Mario Bros., took Pauline's place as damsel-in-distress in that game, eventually becoming Mario's primary romantic interest in the most of the subsequent games in the series. Pauline did not appear in another game until the 1994 Game Boy version of Donkey Kong, where she was once again taken captive by Donkey Kong and his son. Whereas the original arcade game's cabinet depicts Pauline with blond hair, the Game Boy remake features a redesigned modern Pauline as a brunette, distinguishing her from the blond-haired Peach, wearing a red dress with a torn skirt. This version of Pauline makes an appearance in Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis for the Nintendo DS, where she appears as the guest of honor in the opening of the Super Mini-Mario World theme park. |
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| Professor Elvin Gadd, more commonly known as E. Gadd, is a scientist that usually helps Mario and his friends with various inventions. In Japan, he is named after Nintendo game designer Yoshiyuki Oyama. He first appears in Luigi's Mansion, where he starts to investigate the mansion that mysteriously appeared by his house to study ghosts, his favorite subject. To help him study the ghosts, he uses the Poltergeist 3000, an invention that can capture ghosts, and the Game Boy Horror, an invention to track and detect objects. He lends it to Luigi, and helps him on his quest. Other major inventions include his FLUDD and Magic Brush used in Super Mario Sunshine. He later appears in Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time where he creates a time-traveling machine. | ![]() |
Poochy is a dog-like creature that first appears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, where he could be found in few levels and could be ridden by Yoshi over spikes and into enemies, who are instantly destroyed upon touching Poochy. In Tetris Attack, Poochy is among the denizens of Yoshi's Island who are brainwashed by Bowser and Kamek; Poochy must be battled and defeated by Yoshi in order to free him from this brainwashing. In Yoshi's Story, Poochy appears in some levels, but is smaller in size and can not be ridden, and can only be used to sniff for buried treasures. | ![]() |
| Toad is a humanoid mushroom in games of Nintendo's Mario series. Toad is the general collective name of the "Mushroom People" found in the Mushroom Kingdom, who are a wise, anthropomorphic (resembling or made to resemble a human form) mushroom race, with a peaceful, human-following monarchistic culture. Like other characters in the Mario games such as Yoshi, Toad is both a unique character called "Toad" and a specimen of an entire, homonymous race. The Toad species first appeared in Super Mario Bros.. They were seven guards that serve Princess Peach, called Mushroom Retainers. In games prior to Paper Mario, which featured an entire race of Toads inhabiting Toad Town, the capital of the Mushroom Kingdom, manuals referred to them as Mushroom People, which is derived from the Japanese name. However, certain comics called them Toads even before Paper Mario. The unique character Toad is also the chief retainer to the Mushroom Kingdom. The chief Toad that we've heard before is Toadsworth. Toad's voice is first heard in Mario Kart 64, which featured actor Isaac Marshall. Toad sounded particularly chipper and spoke with a high-pitched voice. Subsequently, Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine even ran a feature inquiring about the character's gender — even using his possession of a rainbow-decorated racquet in the Nintendo 64 installment of Mario Tennis as proof of his ambiguous gender. However, the appearance of "Toadette" in Mario Kart Double Dash suggests that Toad, in general, could be male. By the advent of the GameCube, Jen Taylor has continued to provide the voice of Toad until 2005, when Kelsey Hutchison took over for games such as Super Mario Strikers. |
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Toadette is a member of the Toad species who appears as a playable character in various Mario spin-off games. She first appeared as Toad's partner in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! as a hidden character, and later appeared in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door as an instructor when Mario received upgraded boots and hammers. She now appears regularly in the Mario Party series as a playable character starting with Mario Party 6, with the exception of the handheld games, where she acts as a NPC. The official Mario Kart Wii guide says that she is in fact Toad's sister.Other playable appearances include Mario Superstar Baseball and Mario Kart Wii. She is voiced by Jen Taylor in most of her appearances, however in Mario Party 8, she is voiced by Nicole Mills. |
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Toadsworth is voiced by Charles Martinet, is an elderly Toad steward of Princess Peach who has taken care of Peach since she was a toddler. He first appears in Super Mario Sunshine, where he travels to Isle Delfino with Mario, Princess Peach and an entourage of Toads. He has a very minor appearance in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. He plays similar supporting roles in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. He makes his first playable appearance in Mario Superstar Baseball. | ![]() |
| Birdo, known in Japan as Catherine, is an antagonist (one that opposes another) and playable character in various games. Birdo first appeared in the Japanese game Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and the remade Super Mario Bros. 2 as a recurring boss. Birdo later appeared in Wario's Woods as an ally of Toad, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars as a boss character, and in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, as a boss paired with the thief Popple. Birdo made its first playable appearance in the Nintendo 64 installment of Mario Tennis, as Yoshi's partner. Since then, Birdo appears as a playable character in several Mario sports titles and in the Mario Party series. Birdo's distinguishing characteristic is its gaping tubular snout, which can shoot eggs, as well as fireballs on occasion. Birdo is most frequently depicted as pink, although various colored Birdos are also seen in Super Mario Bros. 2 and other games. Birdo's gender has changed throughout various American games. In the original manual for Super Mario Bros. 2, Birdo is referred to as male that believes he is female, and would liked to be called Birdetta. Most later American games, such as the Mario sports titles, which have featured Birdo with a diamond ring, have listed Birdo as a female. | ![]() |
Dry Bones are skeletal mummified Koopa Troopas reanimated by the Koopa Troopa's spirit inhabiting its bones. Dry Bones first appear in Super Mario Bros. 3 as inhabitants of fortresses and underground areas. Due to their undead nature, Dry Bones are exceptionally difficult to defeat, most attacks only knocking them apart temporarily or having no effect at all. In some games, Dry Bones have specific weaknesses, such as to fire, magic, hammers, and explosions, which can permanently destroy them. Along with charging into the player, Dry Bones may also attack by tossing what resemble femur bones. Starting with Mario Superstar Baseball, Dry Bones appear as playable characters in various spin-off Mario games, such as various sports titles and Mario Party 8, Mario Kart DS, and Mario Kart Wii. |
King Boo (King Teresa) first appears as the final boss of Luigi's Mansion and plays minor roles in various other Mario games, including the Mario Kart series and Mario Party series. He appears as a playable character in Mario Kart Wii. King Boo is member of the Boo species, though he is larger than the average Boo and dons a crown, with a large ruby in Luigi's Mansion, and a regular crown in subsequent appearances, on his head. As well as appearing as the main antagonist of Luigi's Mansion, he also appears as a boss in Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario 64 DS, Mario Kart DS, and Super Princess Peach. |
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Fryguy, known as Hībōbō in Japan, is an enemy character that appears in Super Mario Bros. 2. Fryguy is essentially a giant living fireball, given life by Wart, that spews smaller fireballs when it is angry. He, along with Mouser, Tryclyde and Clawgrip, is one of the boss characters that appear at the end of each world in Super Mario Bros. 2. Fryguy was also a recurring character on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where he worked for King Koopa. He also appeared occasionally in Nintendo Comics System's Mario comic stories, which revealed that there was more than one of him. According to the comics, Fryguys are made by exposing Toads to fire or lava. | ![]() |
Foreman Spike, known as Blackey in Japan, is the main antagonist of the game Wrecking Crew during both regular gameplay and bonus levels and Wrecking Crew '98 after being hired by Bowser to build him a new castle. Foreman Spike also appears as an unlockable character in Mobile Golf. He depicted as an obese, bearded and apparently corrupt construction worker, whose face is mostly obscured by his sunglasses. | ![]() |
| Kamek is a Magikoopa who acts as Bowser's caretaker during Bowser's childhood and one of his high-ranking minions afterwards. Kamek can perform various feats of magic, such as self-duplication, teleportation, shooting magical blasts and increasing the size of other creatures. He first appears as the main antagonist of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, which has him trying to abduct Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, who he foresees as causing trouble for the Koopas in the future. Succeeding in only capturing Baby Luigi, Kamek and his minions, the Toadies, try to steal Baby Mario from the Yoshis throughout the game; before every boss battle, Kamek will appear and change an enemy creature into a giant, or perform some magical feat, and make them fight a Yoshi. After his appearance in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Kamek appears in several other games, such as Tetris Attack, which features him as the penultimate boss and the one who brainwashed the inhabitants of Yoshi's Island; Super Princess Peach as a boss character; Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time as Baby Bowser's sidekick; Yoshi Touch and Go, where he kidnaps the babies once again; and as a main antagonist in Yoshi's Island DS. Kamek also appears throughout the Mario Party series, most commonly as an orb summon and or a boss. |
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Mouser is one of Wart's generals featured as in Super Mario Bros. 2 and Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. His strategy is to throw bombs at his opponents. Mouser is also a major character in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, which casts him as King Koopa's second-in-command and a member of the Koopa Pack. John Stocker provided the voice for Mouser, who spoke with a German accent in the series. He also appears in the Super Mario Bros. comic books as a king corrupted by Bowser, whose now-leaderless subjects now steal vegetables for food. He is voiced by Charles Martinet in Super Mario Advance. |
Petey Piranha (Boss Packun) first appears as the primary boss of Bianco Hills in Super Mario Sunshine. He has appeared as a boss in later games as well such as in Super Princess Peach, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, New Super Mario Bros., and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.He also acts as a playable character in spin-off Mario games like Mario sports games and in Mario Kart Double Dash!!. Petey is a larger, much more powerful version of a Piranha Plant, which is the result of mutation. Whereas normal Piranha Plants usually grow from pipes, Petey's leaves and roots have grown into foot-like and arm-like appendages. He can also use his leaves to fly around in the air. Furthermore, Petey sports a pair of white-spotted red briefs. Although Petey does not speak, he does make some growling, drooling and licking noises, which translate into actual speech. Petey frequently vomits out mud-like Earth Goop, a substance similar to that of Shadow Mario's Paintbrush, which can make the ground slippery and sometimes generate more goop-based monsters. |
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Raphael the Raven, also known as Raphael Raven, is large version of the Raven species of enemies in the Yoshi series. He first appears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island as the boss character, who is a regular Raven enlarged by Kamek. He also appears in Tetris Attack as a boss that be rescued from Kamek's spell, and Paper Mario as a leader of tribe of Ravens on Lavalava island. |
Tryclyde is an enemy character that appears in Super Mario Bros. 2. Tryclyde is a large, red serpent with three heads and the ability to breathe fire. Tryclyde serves as Wart's lackey, and was apparently an outsider before Wart took him in due to his cunning and evil nature. He was also a semi-regularly recurring villain in the animated series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show and a member of the semi-competent Koopa Pack. He was voiced by Harvey Atkin in the television show and by Charles Martinet in Super Mario Advance. |
Tatanga the Mysterious Spaceman appears as the final boss in Super Mario Land, where he kidnaps Princess Daisy of Sarasaland. He fights in a war robot called Pagosu while Mario attempts to shoot him down from his Sky Pop airplane. Tatanga also appears in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as the guardian of the Space Zone coin. Since then, Tatanga has remained largely obscure. Tatanga also appeared in the Game Boy comic books, published by Valiant as part of the Nintendo Comics System in 1990. There, in addition to an obvious change in his appearance, he had taken control of an estranged human from New Jersey by the name of Herman Smirch. |
Wart plays the role of final boss in Super Mario Bros. 2, and Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, the game that it is derived from. Wart is a fat toad-like creature, with a crown on his head and a robe that can scarcely conceal his big belly. He is voiced by Charles Martinet in Super Mario Advance. Wart appears in one comic story published for the Nintendo Comics System, his character design resembling a crocodile rather than a frog. Wart also appeared in book six of the Nintendo Adventure Books, titled Doors to Doom. There, though, he appeared as a skateboarder who ended up helping the Mario Bros. during their current plight. Wart also makes a cameo appearance in Link's Awakening for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color, as Mamu the Frog of Soul. | ![]() |
Pokey is a cactus enemy that first appears in Super Mario Bros. 2. They started out with something of a cat's head but have lately adopted more of a flower look. Pokey consists of four green or yellow segments that detach when an enemy or object is thrown at him; to completely defeat Pokey, all four segments must be killed. Other types include Poison Pokeys and Skellokey. Pokey made a cameo appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, in the Yarna Desert on Koholint Island, and again in Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons. |
| Blooper (originally known as Bloobers) are white, squid-like creatures that first appear in Super Mario Bros. as underwater enemies that attack by chasing the player and trying to touch them. Later games give Bloopers a multitude of powers, including flight and the ability to expel ink and electricity. Large variations, such as Gooper Blooper and Big Blooper appear as bosses.Gooper Blooper appears in Super Mario Sunshine as a boss. Although usually depicted as antagonists, Blooper occasionally have other roles, such as an item in Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii and a playable character in Mario Party 8. | ![]() |
| Bob-omb are living, circular, black bombs possessing legs, fuses, and sometimes arms or wind-up keys. They first appeared as enemies in the North American and European versions Super Mario Bros. 2. The main attack method of Bob-ombs is to either wander around aimlessly, eventually exploding, or actively seeking out a target to detonate near. Inanimate Bob-ombs are commonly used as weapons in various spin-off games such as the Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. series. | ![]() |
Boos are spectral beings with beady eyes, long tongues, vampiric canine teeth, and nubs for arms; they are often portrayed laughing or smiling. The first appearance of Boos was in Super Mario Bros. 3, where they appear under the name Boo Diddlies. Boos possess powers commonly associated with ghosts, such as the ability to travel through solid objects, teleport and turn invisible. Due to being intensely shy, Boos cover their faces with their arms, cower, and become translucent when directly looked at. Takashi Tezuka's wife was the inspiration for the Boos featured in Super Mario 64. Like Boos, she is often shy, but one day became very angry at him for spending too much time at work. Boos appear as playable characters in various Mario spin-off games, such as the Mario Party series, and various sports games, where they sometimes act as items as well, doing deeds such as stealing objects from opponents. Though Boos are depicted as being malevolent in most games, some portray them as simply being mischievous and occasionally good, like in Paper Mario, where a green female Boo named Lady Bow acts as an ally of Mario. |
Bullet Bills are large, black, missile-like enemies, commonly depicted as either having small arms or fanged frowns adorning their faces. Bullet Bills are fired by cannons known as Bill Blasters, although some games have them fired by other sources such as Snifits and generic cannons, while others simply have them coming out of nowhere. Bullet Bills commonly appear as enemies or obstacles, attacking by either flying forward after being shot or actively seeking out a target, either smashing into them and continuing on their way or exploding on contact. Bullet Bills come in several variants. Missile Bills in Super Mario Bros. 3 flashed red and would home in on Mario. Banzai Bill is a much larger variation of the Bullet Bill, with a fanged snarl on its face. Torpedo Ted is an underwater ballistic enemy very similar to a Bullet Bill. Both Banzai Bill and Torpedo Ted appeared in Super Mario World. Banzai Bill was featured in Super Mario Galaxy, along with both Torpedo Ted and Missile Bill appearing frequently in the game as well. Starting with Mario Kart DS, a Bullet Bill item transforms the player into Bullet Bill, who shoots at high speed through the course, invincible and automatically navigating the track. The item returned in Mario Kart Wii. |
Buzzy Beetle are blue shelled, tortoise-like creatures commonly found in underground locations, such as caverns and ruins. Buzzy Beetles first appear in Super Mario Bros. as infrequently encountered enemies. Due to their powerful shells, Buzzy Beetles are largely immune to most forms of attacks, and complete invulnerability to fire is one of their most well-known attributes. Though they were originally depicted as attacking players by simply walking into them, later games would introduce other attack patterns for Buzzy Beetles, such as dropping from the ceiling and retracting into their shells and spinning into characters. |
| Chain Chomps are black, spherical, dog-like creatures, often shown to be restrained by chains. Portrayed as savage, Chain Chomps constantly strain against the chain holding them, attempting to break free and bite anything that passes close by. The inspiration for Chain Chomps comes from a childhood experience of Mario creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, where a dog tried to attack him. The dog lunged at him, but was jerked back by its leash just as the canine snapped at Miyamoto inches in front of his face. The first appearance of Chain Chomps is in Super Mario Bros. 3. Some games depict Chain Chomps as being unrestrained by chains, effectively making them simply Chomps who can attack by chasing or dive-bombing players. In various spin-off games, Chain Chomps appear as obstacles or hazards. Games such as those in the Mario Party series and Mario Kart: Double Dash!! employ Chain Chomps as ally characters. Outside Mario video games, Chain Chomps appear irregularly on The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 animated series, where they have some robotic traits, such as being able to be turned on and off by controls. Chain Chomps also appear in various installments of The Legend of Zelda series of games, where they are known as "Bow Wows". | ![]() |
Cheep Cheeps are red and yellow fish with white undersides, first introduced in Super Mario Bros., where they appear as common underwater enemies who will swim lazily forward or leap out of water and soar through the air. Cheep Cheeps can survive out of water, though their means of locomotion on it varies between games, either showing them flopping around uselessly or hopping from place to place. Throughout their appearances, the attack pattern of Cheep Cheeps remains consistent, slowly swimming towards the player. In spin-off games such as the Mario Kart series, Cheep Cheeps most commonly appear as background scenery or obstacles. |
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Hammer Bros. are creatures from the Koopa Troopa race commonly found in pairs who wear helmets and use hammers as their main weapons. Hammer Bros. are described in various games as being the elite of Bowser's army, and often appear in games either as powerful generic enemies or as boss characters. In Super Mario Bros. 3, players can wear the Hammer Bros. Suit, an exceptionally rare power-up that allows Mario or Luigi to gain Hammer Bros. armor and ability to toss hammers. Beginning with Mario Superstar Baseball, Hammer Bros. appear infrequently as playable characters in spin-off Mario games. A Hammer Bro is also seen in Mario Party DS as the 2nd boss in story mode. He plays the timpani in that boss level and you have to repeat his paterns. In Mairo Party DS, when you get the Hammer Bro. Character Figure, it says "This guy's hammers aren't just for attacking, they're apparently for making music too! Who knew hammer Bro wanted to play the timpani?" So Hammer Bro. likes to play the timpani. In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 by DIC Entertainment, Hammer Bros. make sparse appearances as antagonists. Printed mediums such as Nintendo Comics System and Nintendo Adventure Books make more frequent use of Hammer Bros.
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The Koopa Troopa, a turtle like being, is the most common classification of Koopa. Koopa Troopas are the standard troopers of the Koopa Army who work for Bowser. As the lowest ranking members of the Koopa Army, they just patrol their assigned areas on foot. Koopa Troopas first appeared in the arcade game Mario Bros. under the name "Shellcreepers" as enemies that have to be flipped. In Super Mario Bros., they were renamed "Koopa Troopas". They can be used as projectiles after they are stomped on and retreat into their shells. Super Mario World brought drastic changes to the Koopa Troopa, altering them to walk on two legs and wear shoes. They could also be ejected from their shells, revealing them to be wearing a t-shirt. The Paper Mario series introduces friendly Koopas that have their own towns, and are even rescued by Mario on occasions. Generic Koopa Troopas have also appeared throughout the Mario Party series as NPCs. Single Koopa Troopas have been playable in Mario Kart games and various other sport games along with Paratroopas. Koopa Troopas were the most regularly-seen minions of Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where they were voiced by John Stocker, and made one appearance in the Super Mario World animated series. | ![]() |
Magikoopa are creatures from the Koopa Troopa race wearing a blue hat and robes, as well as spectacles. Magikoopas attack by firing spells that can not only injure Mario, but transform certain blocks into enemies. Magikoopas' magic spells are represented as a sequence of a red square, a blue circle and a green triangle that constantly spin. Paper Mario introduced several variants of Magikoopas, each wearing different colored robes and having different abilities. Regular Magikoopa, who are only encountered in Bowser's Castle, possess all of these abilities. These various colors make appearances in other games. |
Monty Moles are species of mole that are characterized by hiding and waiting for an enemy before attacking. Monty Moles appear in several Mario games in varying forms, having made their first appearance in Super Mario World. They appear as playable characters in Mario Superstar Baseball and Mario Strikers Charged. They are also seen in the Mario Kart race track "Moo Moo Farm" popping out of holes in the ground. | ![]() |
Paratroopas are Koopa Troopas, but have feathery wings. Though they have wings, they cannot fly very well; some varieties of Paratroopa fly back and forth while staying at the same altitude or move up and down in a straight vertical line, while others clumsily hop. They are playable in Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Mario Kart: Double Dash!, and Mario Superstar Baseball, usually as light and tricky characters. Their wings can fall off becoming regular Koopa Troopas. | ![]() |
Piranha Plant (Pakkun Flower) is a Venus fly trap-like enemy, almost always portrayed as a leafy green stalk topped with a white-spotted red globe, almost bisected by a white lip mouth with razor-sharp teeth. Piranha Plants typically hide within pipes, periodically emerging and ensnaring unwary passersby. Some species can also spit fireballs. Others live entirely outside pipes, being either rooted in the ground or even walking about on rootlike legs. They have otherwise changed little since their first appearance, but they have also appeared in various forms and sub-species such as the poisonous Putrid Piranha, the Ice Piranha, and the Pale Piranha. On the television series based on Super Mario Bros., Piranha Plants made various appearances, usually acting as obstacles for the heroes, much as they do in the games. In the Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoon, Venus Fire Traps and Ptooie plants were used in a manner similar to guns. |
| Shy Guy, known as Heyho in Japan, are small masked beings that appear in various colors. These masks can come off, causing them to live up to their name by instantly retreating. They have a wide variety of variations that range from just walking on stilts to piloting submarines. The Fly Guy , who flies via a propeller on his head, is a notable variant. They first appeared in Doki Doki Panic before being converted into the American release of Super Mario Bros. 2. From then on, Shyguys appear as generic enemies in various other games. While they do appear in Mario games as enemies, they are a major element in Yoshi-related games. They are playable in various sport games, such as Mario Tennis, Mario Kart DS, Mario Strikers Charged, and Mario Superstar Baseball. They act as guides in the Mario Party series and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. They have also appeared in Luigi's Mansion, available on Nintendo GameCube. | ![]() |
Thwomps are cubical animated blocks of stone, depicted as having angry-looking faces and clenched teeth. The physical appearance of Thwomps has varied over the years, though they are most commonly shown to be either gray or blue in color with spikes sometimes adorning their body. The first appearance of Thwomps was in Super Mario Bros. 3, in which they are found exclusively in fortresses. Thwomps are usually depicted as guards in castle levels in games, found floating in the air and, when something ventures underneath them, slamming into the ground with extreme force, often grunting menacingly while doing so. In spin-off games, Thwomps appear most often as obstacles, which can impede players or crush them. Thwomps appear regularly in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, but only make one appearance in the Super Mario World animated series. Two different types of Thwomps (large and small ones) appear in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Smaller Thwomps, as shown in the end credits of Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo are referred to as "Thwimps" |
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Wigglers are caterpillar-like insects with a segmented body and large nose. Wigglers are most commonly depicted as being yellow and having a cheerful expression on their faces. They also wear small flowers on their heads. When enraged, which occurs when a Wiggler is injured, the creature turns a bright red color, gains solid white eyes and fangs and its flower wilts. Wigglers first appear in Super Mario World, being found in wooded areas. Although usually generic enemies in games, some appearances feature Wigglers, usually gigantic in size, as boss characters, such as in Super Mario 64. Wigglers with butterfly wings appeared in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. In spin-off games, the appearance of Wigglers is infrequent, although one does appear as an unlockable playable character in Mario Power Tennis and as a boss to race against in Mario Kart DS. In the Super Mario World animated series Wigglers, though referred to as Caterpillars and always drawn in their angered form, appear in various episodes. | ![]() |