Mario (universe)/Elements appearing in the Super Smash Bros. series

The following content are media from the Mario universe that appeared throughout the Super Smash Bros. franchise. The latest game represented in this universe is Mario Golf: Super Rush, released on June 25, 2021.

Media with elements appearing in the Super Smash Bros. series

Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)

  • Playable characters:
    •   Luigi, who debuted in this game, is an unlockable character for all games other than Smash 4, where he is a starter.
    •   Mr. Game & Watch's forward-aerial attack involves swinging a package, much like Mario and Luigi do in that game.
    •   Mr. Game & Watch's down taunt is based on Mario and Luigi's animation after finishing a level.

Mario's Cement Factory

  • Playable characters:
    •   Mr. Game & Watch's grab animation is based on how Mario grabs the levers in this game.

Mario Bros.

  • Playable characters:
    •   Luigi's white costume in Smash 64 and Melee is reminiscent of what he wore in the NES version of this game. Additionally, his fireballs are identical to the green ones that appear in this game.
    •   Mario's green alternate costume in all Super Smash Bros. games is based on Luigi's outfit on the cover of Mario Bros. Wario also has these colors for one of his alternate costumes in Brawl, Smash 4, and Ultimate.
    •   Mario's pink and cyan alternate costume in Smash 4 and Ultimate is based on his outfit on the Japanese/Europe box art of Mario Bros. Wario also has these colors for one of his alternate costumes in Brawl, Smash 4 and Ultimate.
    •   Luigi's cyan and navy blue alternate costume in all Super Smash Bros. games is based on Mario's outfit on the box art of Mario Bros.
    •   Coins make their first appearance in this game as collectible bonus items, and appear in Mario, Luigi, and Dr. Mario's (Melee only) Super Jump Punch.
    •   Red and Green Fireballs also make a debut, though the Mario Bros. are unable to control these. They would later do so in the successor to this game, Super Mario Bros., but only the red fireballs exist.
    •   In Smash 4, the sound effect for Luigi crawling emits the same sound when running in this game.
    •   Warp Pipes, which debuted in this game, are used in Mario and Luigi's On-screen appearances in all Super Smash Bros. games except Melee.
  • Stages:
    •   One of the levels appears as a stage in Brawl and Ultimate under the same name as the game, but Freezies (due to already being items), Red Fireballs, and Fighter Flies are not present.
  • Stage elements:
    •   The way a character respawns in most modes is similar to how the brothers respawn in this game after losing a life (see revival platform).
    •   The Shellcreeper enemies are the predecessors to the Koopa Troopas, which play many roles in the series.
  • Items:
    •   The Freezie enemies in this game became items in Melee, Brawl, and Smash 4.
    •   The POW Block appears as an item in Smash 4.
  • Trophies:
    •   Sidesteppers and Shellcreepers appear as trophies in Brawl and Smash for Wii U .
    •   Fighter Flies appear as a trophy in Smash for Wii U.
    •   A coin appears as a trophy in Melee.
    •   Pipes appear as a trophy in Smash 4.
  • Stickers:
    •   A Sidestepper appears as a sticker in Brawl.
  • Spirits:
    •   A Sidestepper and a Freezie appear as spirits.
  • Music:
    •   "Mario Bros.": An arrangement of "New Match" and "Title" from this game.

Pinball

  • Playable characters:
    •   Luigi's orange costume in Brawl, Smash 4 and Ultimate is very similar to Mario's outfit on the box art of Pinball.

Wrecking Crew

Main article: Wrecking Crew (game)
  • Playable characters:
    •   Mario's black (brown in Smash 64) costume in Smash 64, Melee and Brawl is a reference to Foreman Spike.
    •   Mario's green alternate costume in all Smash games is based on his outfit on the Japanese box art of Wrecking Crew.
    •   Luigi's pink alternate costume in all Smash games is based on his outfit in Wrecking Crew.
    •   Wario's brown alternate costume in Brawl is based on Foreman Spike; arguably a more accurate take in comparison to Mario's black and white costume.
    •   Wario's green overalls costume in Brawl, Smash 4, and Ultimate is based on Mario's appearance in this game.
  • Stages:
  • Items:
  • Trophies:
  • Spirits:
    •   Eggplant Man appears as a spirit.
  • Music:
  • Misc:

Super Mario Bros.

Main article: Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

  • Playable characters:
    •   This game introduced differences between Mario and Luigi, where the latter could jump higher, but with less overall agility. This difference is a recurring feature in the Super Smash Bros. series.
    •   Bowser's eighth alternate coloration in Smash 4 and Ultimate is based on the appearance of Blue Bowser in this game.
  • Items:
    •   This game introduced the Poison Mushroom, which would damage or defeat Mario or Luigi if they touched it; it has appeared as an item in every Super Smash Bros. game since Melee.
  • Music:
    •   "Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Medley": An orchestration medley of music from Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, which includes the ending theme, underground theme, 1-Up tune, "timer warning" theme, underwater theme, invincibility theme, and the "level clear" theme.
  • Misc:
    •   The game is available as a masterpiece in Smash for Wii U.

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!

  • Playable characters:
    •   Luigi's yellow and blue outfit in Smash for 3DS could be based on his appearance from in that movie.

Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally

  • Trophies:
  • Stickers:
    •   The Monster Truck appears as a sticker in "Brawl".
  • Spirits:
    •   The artwork of Mario and Luigi driving the Monster truck appears as a spirit.
  • Music:

Super Mario Bros. 2

Main article: Super Mario Bros. 2
  • Playable characters:
    •   Peach's Vegetable move is based on plucking turnips from this game.
    •   This game introduced Peach's ability to float.
    •   Luigi performs a scuttle from this game in Smash 4 onward when he jumps.
    •   One of Daisy's alternate costumes is based on Princess Peach's appearance with brunette hair from this game.
    •   Daisy's neutral special makes a Blue Toad, just like the playable character introduced in this game, block attacks and counter them.
  • Stages:
  • Items:
    •   Bob-ombs appear in all the Super Smash Bros. games as an item.
    •   Grass is a world element in this game, and it appears as an item in Smash 4 and Ultimate.
  • Stage elements:
  • Enemies:
    •   Shy Guys appear as enemies in Smash Run in the colors of red, blue, yellow and green.
  • Trophies:
    •   Pokey appears as a trophy in Smash for 3DS.
  • Spirits:
    •   Shy Guy, Birdo, Mouser, Wart, Pidgit, and a Bob-omb appear as spirits.
  • Music:
  • Stickers:
    •   Snifit and Mouser appear as stickers in Brawl.
    •   Peach appears as a sticker in Brawl, depicting her artwork for this game.
  • Misc:
    •   This game is available as a masterpiece in Brawl by winning in Versus mode with Peach five times. The game starts the player with Peach, yet the player can change their character to either Mario, Luigi, or Toad once they make Peach lose all her health.
    •   Two of the random names generated in Brawl when naming something are "BIRDO" and "WART", referencing Birdo and Wart, both who originated in this game.

Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Mario Land

  • Playable characters:
    •   Daisy first appeared in this game, and is an Echo Fighter of Peach in Ultimate.
    •   Peach's yellow costume is based on Daisy.
  • Trophies:
    •   Daisy appears as a trophy in Melee, Brawl, and Smash 4.
  • Spirits:
  • Music:
  • Misc:
    •   Daisy appears as a sticker in Brawl.
    •   A Daisy Wig is available as a headgear for all Mii Fighter types.
    •   Daisy in her baseball appearance appears in Smash Tour as an item.

Dr. Mario

Main article: Dr. Mario (game)
  • Playable characters:
    •   Dr. Mario, Mario's doctor persona, premiered in this game.
    •   Dr. Mario's neutral special, Megavitamin, originates from this game.
  • Trophies:
    •   Viruses appear as a trophy in Melee and Smash for Wii U.
  • Spirits:
    •   The Viruses appear as a spirit.
  • Music:
  • Stickers:
    •   Dr. Mario, The Viruses and a Megavitamin appear as stickers in Brawl.
  • Misc:

Super Mario World

Main article: Super Mario World
  • Playable characters:
    •   The Mario Tornado and Luigi Cyclone may come from the Spin Jump in this game.
      •   The Mario Tornado became Mario's down aerial, instead of his down special like it was in Smash 64 and Melee.
      •   The Dr. Tornado may also come from the Spin Jump in this game.
    •   Yoshi, a starter character in all of the Super Smash Bros. games, premiered in this game.
    •   In Brawl and Smash 4, Yoshi's Final Smash, Super Dragon, is based on powers Yoshi could obtain in Super Mario World, Red Koopa Shells allowed him to spit fire, and Blue Koopa Shells allowed him to fly.
    •   Yoshi's red, blue and yellow alternate costumes in all of the Super Smash Bros. games are based on those corresponding colored Yoshis in Super Mario World.
    •   Luigi's default costume in Smash 64 is based on his in-game sprite in this game.
    •   Bowser's green alternate costume in Smash 4 and Ultimate could be based on his appearance in that game.
    •   Mario and Dr. Marios's side specials, Cape and Super Sheet, respectively, are based on the Cape Feather power-up in this game, which gave Mario a cape he could use to swing and damage enemies.
    •   Mechakoopa, an enemy who originated in this game, serves as Bowser Jr.'s down special move.
    •   A Grinder, an obstacle from this game, serves as Bowser Jr.'s dash attack.
    •   The Koopa Clown Car first appeared in this game's final boss. Bowser Jr.'s modest revolves around a junior version of the Koopa Clown Car.
    •   One of Mario and Luigi's alternate costumes in Brawl, Smash 4, and Ultimate (Luigi only) was based on their fire forms, whose respective current designs were introduced in this game.
    •   One of Bowser's alternate costumes is based on his original sprite from this game.
  • Items:
    •   The Hothead enemies appear as items in Brawl and Smash 4.
  • Stages:
    •   The stage Yoshi's Island, available in Melee, Brawl, Smash for Wii U, and Ultimate, is based on the levels of this game.
  • Stage elements:
    •   Banzai Bills appear as a hazard on Princess Peach's Castle and as a background element on Yoshi's Island (Melee).
    •   Stretch Blocks, which made their debut in this game, appear in the Mushroom Kingdom U stage in Smash for Wii U as platforms in the Acorn Plains section. Additionally, the mountains from Acorn Plains are very similar to and likely based on the slanted mountains from this game.
  • Enemies:
  • Trophies:
    •   There is a trophy of Mario riding Yoshi in Melee, which was distributed at certain Nintendo events.
    •   The Koopa Clown Car appears as a trophy in Melee.
    •   Spike Top and Wiggler appear as trophies in Smash for 3DS.
  • Stickers:
    •   Wiggler and Blargg appear as stickers in Brawl.
  • Spirits:
    •   A Banzai Bill, a Chargin' Chuck, a Hothead, a Wiggler, and a Mechkoopa all appear as spirits.
  • Music:
  • Misc:
    •   This game appears as a masterpiece in Brawl and Smash for Wii U.
    •   Bowser uses his Koopa Clown Car in the Subspace Emissary.

NES Open Tournament Golf

  • Playable characters:
    •   Mario's striped red/blue alternate costume in Smash 4 and Ultimate onward is based on his outfit in this game.
    •   Peach's Green Costume Resembles her appearance on the title screen of that game.
    •   Peach's Blue Costume Resembles Daisy's appearance on the title screen of that game.
    •   Daisy's Green Costume Resembles Peach's appearance on the title screen of that game.
    •   Daisy's Blue Costume Resembles her appearance on the title screen of that game.

Mario Paint

  • Assist Trophies:
    •   Flies & Hand make their grand return as an Assist Trophy in Ultimate.
  • Spirits:
    •   Flies & Hand appear as a spirit.
  • Music:
    •   "Mario Paint Medley": A medley of tracks from this game, including "Title", "Opening Demo 1 (Kung-Fu Men)", "Gnat Attack Phase 1", "Save & Load (Data Robot)", "BGM 2 (Monkey Song)", and "BGM 1 (Creative Exercise)".

Super Mario Kart

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

  • Playable characters:
    •   Mario's yellow/purple alternate costume in all Super Smash Bros. games (with the exception of Ultimate) is based on Wario's color scheme.
    •   Wario debuted in this game and is a playable character in Brawl, Smash 4 and Ultimate.
    •   Wario's ground pound move originated in this game and was re-purposed as his down throw in Smash.
    •   Half of Wario's costumes show him dressed in his classic overalls outfit, which was first seen in this game.
    •   His original monochromatic color scheme from this game is used as one of his alternate costumes.
    •   Wario's pose while parrying is lifted directly from his character artwork from this game.
  • Trophies:
    •   Wario appears as a trophy in Melee.
  • Misc:
    •   Wario's cap appears as a headgear for all of the Mii Fighters in Smash 4 and Ultimate.
  • Spirits:
    •   Wario (Overalls) appears as a fighter spirit.

Super Mario All-Stars

  • Stages:
  • Trophies:
    •   The game is mentioned in the Poison Mushroom trophy in Melee, Brawl and Smash for Wii U.

Mario Teaches Typing

  • Playable characters:
    •   Charles Martinet voiced Mario for the first time ever in the CD-ROM version of this game.

Mario & Wario

  • Trophies:
  • Spirits:
    •   Wanda, a character from this game, appears as a spirit.

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

  • Playable characters:
    •   Wario's forward smash is his signature Dash Attack, which originated from this game.
    •   His shoulder bash returns as his dash attack in Ultimate.
  • Spirits:

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

  • Playable characters:
    •   Mario's Final Smash, Mario Finale, is very similar to his Ultra Flame move.
    •   One of his custom moves for Fireball, Fire Orb, has the same name and a similar appearance as one of his special attacks in this game.
    •   Peach's neutral attack is reminiscent of her Super Slap attack in this game.
    •   Peach uses a frying pan as part of her side smash attack.
      •   Daisy's side smash is the same as Peach's.
    •   Peach uses a Parasol for attacking and floating.
    •   Bowser's forward tilt, along with one of his specials, Koopa Klaw, is reminiscent of his Drill Claw attack in this game.
    •   Wario's forward tilt is based on one of Booster's attacks in this game.
    •   Piranha Plant's Classic Mode end picture is based off of a Japanese commercial for the game.
  • Spirits:
  • Misc:
    •   Geno's costume for the Mii Gunner is based on one of the playable characters in this game.
    •   Viridi names Megasmilax, one of this game's bosses, as a variant of Piranha Plant in its Palutena's Guidance.

Super Mario 64

  • Playable characters:
    •   Charles Martinet voiced Mario in a game made by Nintendo since this game.
    •   Mario's look in both Smash 64 and Melee is based on this game's official artwork of him.
    •   Mario's (and Luigi's standard attacks in the original Super Smash Bros.) standard attacks are based on the "punch, punch, kick" move he used in this game.
    •   Mario's down smash is based on a move in this game, which requires Mario to crouch and attack. (In Ultimate, it has an altered animation but still resembles it.)
    •   Mario's dash attack is based on a move in this game, which requires Mario to run, crouch, and attack. (In Ultimate, the move has a new animation but is still very similar)
    •   Luigi's down throw in Smash 4 and Ultimate is based on the Ground Pound from this game.
    •   Mario's and Luigi's dash attacks (while holding an item) is based on a move in this game, which requires Mario to run and attack.
    •   Mario's back throw (and Luigi's back throw in the first four games) in all five games mimics how he threw Bowser in this game's three boss battles with him.
    •   Bowser's Fire Breath move originated in this game.
    •   Mario and Luigi's sleeping position comes from this game, where Mario would fall asleep after standing still for a certain amount of time.
    •   Mario and Luigi's crouching position comes from this game.
    •   The design of the coins from Mario, Luigi and Dr. Mario's (in Melee only) up special (prior to Smash 4) comes from this game.
    •   Mario's and Luigi's voice clips in Smash 64 and Melee are from this game. Luigi's voice clips are simply Mario's voice clips sped up
    •   Mario's ability to wall jump in Melee, Brawl, Smash 4 and Ultimate and Dr. Mario's ability to wall jump in Smash 4 and Ultimate comes from this game.
    •   Peach and Bowser’s designs in Melee are based on their appearances from this game.
    •   Thwomp's design from this game appears in Kirby's down special move, Stone (up until Smash 4).
    •   Rosalina summons a Power Star in her Final Smash in Smash 4 (though it is based on its appearance in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2).
  • Stages:
  • Stage elements:
  • Items:
    •   The Metal Box from this game appears in every Smash game since Melee.
  • Bosses:
    •   Metal Mario, one of Mario's forms in this game, appears as a boss in Smash 64 and Melee.
  • Trophies:
  • Spirits:
    •   King Bob-omb and Metal Mario appear as a spirits.
  • Music:

Mario Kart 64

Mario Party

Mario Golf

  • Playable characters:
    •   Bowser's red costume in Melee, Brawl, Smash 4, and Ultimate resembles one of his alternate colors from this game.
    •   Peach's blue and green alternate costumes in Melee, Brawl, Smash 4, and Ultimate resemble two of her alternate colors from this game.
    •   Peach uses a golf club as part of her side smash.
      •   Daisy's side smash is the same as Peach's.
    •   Jen Taylor, Peach's voice actress in Melee, first voiced her in this game.
    •   Wario's red and blue costume in Brawl, Smash 4, and Ultimate resembles one of his alternate colors from this game.
    •   Wario's black and white costume in Brawl resembles one of his alternate colors from this game.
    •   Bowser's green and blue costumes in Smash 4 and Ultimate resemble two of his alternate colors from this game.
    •   Donkey Kong's yellow alternate costume in Smash 4 and Ultimate resembles one of his alternate colors from this game.
  • Trophies:
    •   Plum, who debuted in the N64 version of this game, appears as a trophy.
  • Stickers:
    •   Plum appears as a sticker in Brawl.
  • Spirits:
    •   Kid, who debuted in the Game Boy Color version of this game, appears as a spirit.

Mario Party 2

  • Playable character:
    •   When Luigi loses in some minigames in Mario Party 2, he performs an action similar to his down taunt in the Super Smash Bros. games.
  • Stickers:
    •   Yoshi appears as a sticker using artwork from this game.

Mario Tennis

  • Playable characters:
    •   The colors of Waluigi, who debuted in this game, appear as a palette swap for Luigi in Brawl, Smash 4, and Ultimate, and for Mario in Smash 4, and Ultimate.
    •   Peach uses a tennis racket as part of her side smash.
      •   Daisy's side smash is the same as Peach's.
    •   Daisy's Purple costume Resembles her appearance in the Short Game mode from this game.
  • Assist Trophies:
    •   Waluigi appears as an Assist Trophy in Brawl, Smash 4, and Ultimate.
  • Trophies:
    •   Waluigi appears as a trophy in Melee.
  • Stickers:
    •   Artwork of Boo and Donkey Kong Jr. for this game appear as a sticker.
  • Spirits:
    •   Waluigi appears as a spirit.
  • Misc:
    •   Waluigi's cap appears as a headgear for all of the Mii Fighters in Smash 4 and Ultimate.

Paper Mario

Mario Party 3

  • Playable characters:
    •   Peach's Daisy-based alternate costume in Melee, unlike in Brawl and SSB4, is a near-exact recreation of Daisy's design from this.
  • Trophies:
    •   Daisy's trophy in Melee is based on her appearance in Mario Party 3.
  • Stickers:
    •   Millenium Star and Snifit appear as stickers

Super Mario Advance

  • Trophies:
    •   The game is mentioned in the Freezie, Shellcreeper and Sidestepper trophies in Brawl and Smash for Wii U.
  • Spirits:
    •   Pidgit appears as a spirit using artwork from this game.

Dr. Mario 64

  • Playable characters:
    •   Dr. Mario's appearance in Smash 4 is based off of this game. However, he still retains his black pants from Melee.
  • Stickers:
    •   Dr. Mario appears as a sticker using artwork from this game.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

  • Stickers:
    •   Lakitu appears as a sticker using artwork from this game.
  • Music:
    •   "Rainbow Road Medley": A medley of the "Rainbow Road" themes from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario Kart DS, and Mario Kart 7.

Luigi's Mansion

  • Playable characters:
    •   Mario, Luigi and Bowser's designs were taken from this game.
    •   Luigi's cowardly personality comes from this game, which is detailed by his voice and most of his attacks.
    •   In Luigi's up taunt, he strikes several poses: in his first pose, he throws up a V sign, referencing his animation from this game when he would find a key. In the same taunt, in his last pose, he places both of his hands on his face in fear, referencing his pose in one of his artwork on the box art of Luigi's Mansion. He also strikes this pose in his on-screen appearance.
  • Stages:
    •   In Brawl, Smash for Wii U and Ultimate, the mansion itself is a playable stage.
  • Trophies:
    •   Vacuum Luigi, which is Luigi carrying the Poltergust 3000 on his back as he appears in this game, is a trophy in Melee using the same character model from his game.
    •   The mansion itself and the Poltergust 3000 are trophies in Brawl.
    •   Professor Elvin Gadd, and King Boo appear as trophies in Smash for 3DS .
    •   Ghosts from this game appear as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U .
  • Stickers:
    •   Artwork of Luigi for this game appears as a sticker in Brawl.
  • Spirits:
    •   Professor Elvin Gadd and King Boo appear as spirits.
  • Music:

Super Mario Sunshine

  • Playable characters:
  • Stages:
    •   Delfino Plaza, the main "hub world" of this game, is a stage in Brawl, Smash for Wii U and Ultimate.
  • Bosses:
  • Trophies:
    •   Toadsworth, who first appeared in this game, appears as a trophy in Brawl and Smash for Wii U.
    •   Bowser Jr. appears as a trophy in Brawl.
  • Stickers:
    •   Noki, Shine Sprite, Bowser Jr., Female Piant, Male Pianta, Mario riding Yoshi, Toadsworth and Shadow Mario appear as stickers.
    •   Bowser Jr., Petey Piranha, and Toadsworth appear as multiple stickers in Brawl.
  • Spirits:
    •   Petey Piranha, Shadow Mario, Toadsworth, a Shine Sprite, F.L.U.D.D, and Piantas all appear as spirits.
  • Music:

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

  • Stickers:
    •   The group of eight Yoshi colors appear as a sticker.
  • Spirits:
    •   Baby Mario, Baby Bowser, Burt the Bashful, Toadies, Roger the Potted Ghost, and Raphael the Raven all appear as spirits using their artwork for this game.

Mario Party 4

  • Playable characters:
    •   Daisy's design in Ultimate is based on her design first seen in this game.
    •   Donkey Kong's design in Brawl is based on his design first seen in this game.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

  • Items:
    •   The Boomerang who first appeared in the e-Cards content of that game appears as an item in Smash 4 and Ultimate.
  • Trophies:
    •   the game is mentioned in the trophy description of the boomerang in the japanese version of Smash for Wii U.

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

  • Playable Character
    •   Deanna Mustard, Daisy's voice actress in Ultimate, first portrayed her in this game.
  • Stickers:
  • Music:

Mario Kart: Double Dash

Mario Party 5

  • Stickers:
    •   Eldstar, Misstar and Muskular appear as stickers using artwork from this game.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

  • Stickers:
    •   Prince Peasley, Luigi, Cackletta and Mario & Luigi appear as stickers.
  • Spirits:
  • Misc:
    •   One of the random names generated in Brawl when pressing the "random button" and naming something is "FWFUL". This is a reference to Fawful.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

  • Stickers:
    •   The Artwork of "DK with Barrel" appears as a sticker. but it was labeled as coming from "Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis" in the English version of Brawl by mistake, This was corrected in the Japanese version.
  • Spirits:
    •   Mini Mario, who debuted in this game, appears as a spirit.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Mario Power Tennis

Mario Party 6

  • Stickers:
    •   Toad and Toadette appear as stickers using artwork from this game.
    •   Bowser Coin, Brighton and Twila appear as stickers.

Super Mario 64 DS

  • Trophies:
    •   The game is mentioned in the Metal Box trophy description although the Metal Box never appeared in "Super Mario 64 DS", in that game the Metal Box was replaced by the colored caps.
  • Stickers:
    •   Wario's artwork for this game appears as a sticker in Brawl.
  • Spirits:
    •   In the spirits battle of King Bob-Omb there's Bob-omb items referencing King Bob-omb's battle in Super Mario 64 DS where King Bob-omb throws Bob-ombs at the player if the player controls Yoshi.

Mario Superstar Baseball

  • Stickers:
    •   Mario, Peach, Waluigi, Bowser Jr., Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong appear as stickers in Brawl, depicting their artwork for this game.
  • Trophies:
    •   The game is mentioned in the Peach (Baseball) and Daisy (Baseball) trophy description.

Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix

  • Stickers:
    •   Bowser's artwork for this game appears as a sticker in Brawl.

Super Princess Peach

  • Trophies:
    •   Perry, Peach's magic parasol, appears as a trophy in Brawl.
  • Stickers:
    •   Princess Peach's artwork for this game and Perry appear as stickers in Brawl.
  • Spirits:
    •   Perry appears as a spirit.

Mario Kart DS

  • Stages:
  • Items:
    •   The functionality of Bullet Bills come from this series, first appearing in Mario Kart DS.
  • Stickers:
    •   Artwork of Mario, Donkey Kong, Banana Peel, Lightning Bolt and R.O.B. for this game appear as stickers.
  • Spirits:
    •   The B Dasher, which first appeared in Mario Kart DS, appears as a spirit.
  • Music
    •   "Waluigi Pinball": An arrangement of "Waluigi Pinball" from Mario Kart DS.
    •   "Rainbow Road Medley": A medley of the "Rainbow Road" themes from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario Kart DS, and Mario Kart 7.

Super Mario Strikers

  • Playable characters:
    •   Samantha Kelly, Peach's voice actress from Brawl onward, first appears in this game.
    •   Caety Sagoian who voices Bowser Jr.'s in Smash 4 onward, first appears in this game.
  • Items:
  • Stickers:
    •   Daisy, Wario, Waluigi, and Koopa appear as stickers in Brawl, depicting their artwork from this game.

Mario Party 7

  • Stickers:
    •   Drybones, Toad, Peach & Daisy, and Toad & Toadette appear as stickers using artwork from this game.
  • Spirits:
    •   Birdo appears as a spirit using her artwork from this game.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

  • Playable characters:
    •   In Luigi's up taunt, he strikes several poses; in his third pose, he makes a pose that resembles his artwork from this game.
  • Trophies:
    •   Baby Peach, who first appeared in this game appears as a trophy in Brawl and Smash for 3DS.
  • Stickers:
    •   Shroob, Stuffwell, and Luigi & Baby Luigi appear as stickers.
    •   Toadsworth appears as a sticker using artwork from this game.
  • Spirits:
  • Music:
    •   "Gritzy Desert": An arrangement of the music played in Gritzy Desert from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

New Super Mario Bros.

  • Playable characters:
    •   In Smash 4, the design of the coins from Mario and Luigi's up special are based on the Star Coins from this game.
    •   Mario's side taunt in Brawl and Smash 4 resembles an animation he performs in New Super Mario Bros., where he twirls around and takes his cap off after grabbing a Goal Pole.
    •   Piranha Plant's appearance in Ultimate is based on its design from this game.
  • Stage elements:
  • Stickers:
    •   Coin, Super Mushroom, 1-UP Mushroom, Fire Flower, Starman, Cheep Cheep, Hammer Bro, Lakitu, Spiny and Bullet Bill appear as stickers depicting their artwork for this game.
    •   The Mega Mushroom's redesign appears as a sticker in Brawl.
  • Spirits:
    •   Dry Bowser, who debuted in this game, appears as a spirit.
    •   A Goomba, Lakitu & Spiny, a Blooper, and Koopa Troopa appear as spirits using their artwork for this game.
  • Music:

Mario Hoops 3-on-3

  • Trophies:
    •   The game is mentioned in the Koopa Paratroopa (Green) and the Koopa Paratroopa (Red) trophy description.
  • Stickers:
    •   Diddy Kong appears as a sticker in Brawl, depicting his artwork for this game.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis

  • Stickers:
    •   Mini Mario appears as a sticker in Brawl, depicting its artwork for this game.
  • Spirits:

Super Paper Mario

  • Playable characters:
    •   Peach's Peach Parasol design as of Brawl is a replica of its appearance in this game.
  • Trophies:
    •   Trophies of Mario, Luigi, Fracktail, and both Peach and Bowser with and without their wedding clothes from Super Paper Mario appear as trophies.
    •   Trophies of Tippi, Flint Cragley, Mr. L, and Count Bleck appear in Smash for Wii U .
  • Stickers:
    •   Count Bleck, O'Chunks, Tippi appear as stickers.
    •   Bowser appears as a sticker, depicting his artwork from this game.
  • Spirits:

Mario Strikers Charged

  • Items
    •   The act of the soccer ball catching fire might be based on Toad's skillshot from Mario Strikers Charged, the Fire Meteor.
  • Trophies:
    •   The Striker Mario, Striker Daisy, and Kritter (Goalie) trophies are taken directly from this game.
  • Stickers:
    •   Peach, Petey Piranha and Kritter appear as stickers, depicting their artwork from this game.
  • Spirits:
    •   Waluigi and Petey Piranha's appearances from this game appear as spirits.

Mario Party 8

  • Trophies:
  • Spirits:
    •   MC Ballyhoo & Big Top from appear as a spirit.
    •   Chain Chomp, Luigi, and Daisy appear as spirits using their artwork for Mario Party 8.

Super Mario Galaxy

Mario Party DS

  • Spirits:
    •   Wiggler and Piranha Plant appear as spirits using their artwork from this game.

Mario Kart Wii

  • Playable characters:
    •   Some of Bowser Jr.'s voice clips were reused from this game.
    •   Some of Daisy's voice clips were reused from this game and Mario Kart 8.
  • Trophies:
    •   Baby Daisy, who debuted in this game, appears as a trophy.
    •   Mario and some other characters appear as trophies riding in their karts and bikes.
  • Spirits:
  • Music:

Mario Super Sluggers

  • Trophies:
    •   The game is referenced and mentioned in the Peach (Baseball) and Daisy (Baseball) trophy description.
  • Spirits:
    •   Petey Piranha and Baby Peach appear as spirits using their artwork for this game.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

  • Spirits:
    •   Dry Bowser and Silver appear as spirits using artwork from this game.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

  • Playable characters:
    •   One of Luigi's custom moves, Ice Ball, is based off of Ice Luigi from New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
    •   The Junior Clown Car, which most of Bowser Jr.'s moveset revolves around, first appeared in this game.
    •   The Koopaling's redesigns and voice clips originate from the game.
  • Stage elements:
  • Trophies:
  • Spirits:
    •   A Big Urchin appears as a spirit.
    •   A Mechakoopa, Peach and Bowser appear as spirits using their artwork for this game.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Super Mario 3D Land

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

  • Playable characters:
    •   Several of Sonic's English voice clips are recycled from the game.

Mario Kart 7

Mario Party 9

  • Spirits:
    •   King Bob-omb appears as a spirit using his artwork from this game.
  • Music:

Mario Tennis Open

  • Trophies:
    •   The Peach (Tennis Outfit) and Daisy (Tennis Outfit) trophies design is based on their apperances in that game.

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Paper Mario: Sticker Star

  • Stages:
    •   The first and third sections of the Paper Mario stage are based on locations in this game's first and last worlds, respectively.
  • Trophies:
  • Spirits:
    •   Paper Bowser (in his normal form and his form from Paper Mario: Sticker Star), appears as spirits.
  • Music:
    •   "Paper Mario Medley": A medley consisting of "Overworld Theme" and "Bowser Jr.'s Flotilla" from Paper Mario: Sticker Star, and "Rougeport" from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

New Super Mario Bros. U

  • Playable characters:
    •   Bowser Jr.'s neutral attack is based on his attack pattern in New Super Mario Bros. U.
  • Stages:
  • Stage elements:
    •   Nabbit appears on Mushroom Kingdom U where he will attempt to capture players and carry them past the top Blast Line.
  • Trophies:
    •   Flying Squirrel Mario appears as a trophy in Smash for Wii U.
    •   Nabbit appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U .
  • Spirits:
    •   Flying Squirrel Toad and Nabbit appear as spirits.
    •   A Hammer Bro., Banzai Bill, Boo, Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Super Star, Bob-omb, Thowmp, Iggy, Wendy, Lemmy, Roy, Larry, Ludwig, and Morton all appear as spirits using their artwork for this game.
  • Music:
  • Other:
    •   Nabbit appears as a random event in Smash Tour.

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

  • Playable characters:
    •   Luigi's Final Smash in Smash 4 is the Poltergust 5000.
    •   Luigi's green and blue outfit in Smash 4 and Ultimate is based on one of the ScareScraper colors for Luigi in the Multiplayer mode of this game.
  • Trophies:
    •   Luigi (With Poltergust 5000) appears in this game, as a trophy in Smash for 3DS using the same character model from his game.
    •   The ghosts from this game and the Polterpup appear as trophies in Smash for 3DS.
  • Spirits:
    •   The Poltergust 5000 and Polterpup appear as spirits.
    •   Professor Elvin Gadd and King Boo appear as spirits using artwork for this game.
  • Music:

New Super Luigi U

  • Trophies:
    •   The game is mentioned in the Nabbit trophy description.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

  • Playable characters:
  • Spirits:
  • Music:
    •   "Try, Try Again": A remix of "Try, Try Again", the enemy battle theme from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

  • Playable characters:
    •   Some of Sonic's English voice clips are recycled from the game.

Super Mario 3D World

Mario Party: Island Tour

Dr. Luigi

  • Trophies:
    •   The game is referenced in the Viruses trophy description.

Mario Golf: World Tour

  • Playable characters:
    •   One of Daisy's victory animations in Ultimate is a reference to her Birdie animation from this game.
  • Music:

Mario Kart 8

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars

Mario Party 10

  • Playable characters:
    •   Daisy's running animation is inspired from the running animation she has in this game, introduced as a way of differentiating her from Peach.
  • Spirits:
    •   Walugi, Mario, Yoshi, and Rosalina appear as spirits using their artwork for Mario Party 10.

Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure

  • Spirits:
    •   The Viruses and Dr. Mario appear as spirits using their artwork for this game.

Super Mario Maker

  • Playable characters:
  • Stages:
    •   The game allows the player to make custom stages with four styles to choose from. The elements appear in the stage of the same name.
  • Spirits:
    •   Mario in his builder outfit from this game appears as a spirit.
  • Music:

Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia

  • Spirits:
    •   The Wario (Overalls) Spirit uses his spirit artwork from this book.

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

  • Spirits:
  • Music:
    •   "Attack and Run!": A song played during Papercraft battles in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, ripped directly from that game.
    •   "Mixed-up Scramble": A song played during regular battles in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, ripped directly from that game.
    •   "Time's Running Out!": A song played during time-based Paper Toad missions in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, ripped directly from that game.

Paper Mario: Color Splash

Mario Party: Star Rush

Mario Sports Superstars

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

  • Spirits:
  • Misc:
    •   The title screen theme from this game was played over the reveal trailer for the Rabbids hat for the Mii Fighters. The reveal trailer also makes a reference to this title, with a scene depicting Mario with a Ray Gun shooting at a Mii Brawler with a Rabbids hat behind a Crate, referencing the game's cover-based tactical gameplay.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Super Mario Odyssey

  • Playable characters:
    •   Mario, Luigi, Peach and Bowser’s designs in Ultimate were taken from this game.
    •   Mario has an alternate costume based on his wedding outfit from this game in Ultimate.
    •   Cappy makes an appearance in Ultimate where he replaces Mario's signature cap.
    •   Cappy occasionally appear on Mario's Super Jump Punch when this happens it produces regional coins found in the Metro Kingdom along with its sound effect.
    •   In Mario's side taunt, Mario throws Cappy and then he catches it and puts it back.
  • Stages:
  • Spirits:
    •   Mario, Bowser, and Peach's wedding appearances from this game appear as spirits.
    •   Cappy and the Odyssey appear as spirits.
    •   Pauline appears as a spirit, using her artwork for this game.
  • Music:
    •   "Fossil Falls": Taken directly from this game, this song is played when Mario and Cappy visit Fossil Falls.
    •   "New Donk City": Taken directly from this game, this song is played when Mario and Cappy visit New Donk City.
    •   "Jump Up, Super Star!": The theme song, performed by The Super Mario Players and Kate Higgins as Pauline, sourced from this game.
    •   "Band Performance (Super Mario Bros.)": Ripped directly from this game where it plays in the New Donk City Auditorium in New Donk City of the Metro Kingdom, this is a remix of the overworld theme from the original Super Mario Bros.
    •   "Steam Gardens": Taken directly from this game, this song is played when Mario and Cappy visit Steam Gardens.
    •   "Underground Moon Caverns": Taken directly from this game, this song is played when Mario and Cappy travel the Underground Moon Caverns.
    •   "Break Free (Lead the Way)": Taken directly from this game, this song is played when Bowser, Mario, and Peach escape the Underground Moon Caverns, performed by Kate Higgins.

Mario Tennis Aces

Super Mario Party

  • Spirits:
    •   The Dice Block uses its artwork from this game.
    •   River Survival from Super Mario Party appears as a spirit and uses the artwork from the game's cover featuring Yoshi, Bowser, Goomba, and Rosalina.

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Luigi's Mansion 3

  • Playable characters:
    •   Luigi uses his new Poltergust, the Poltergust G-00, from this game for his Final Smash.
    •   Luigi also uses the new features of the Poltergust G-00 like the Suction Shot for his Grab, and the Slam for his Forward throw and Back throw.
  • Misc:
    •   Notably, Luigi was first shown using the Poltergust G-00 and Suction Shot in Simon and Richter's reveal trailer before Luigi's Mansion 3 was revealed.

Paper Mario: The Origami King

  • Spirits:

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Mario Golf: Super Rush

  • Spirits:
    •   Mario, Luigi and Peach in their golf attire appear as spirits.

Trivia

  • The "DK with Barrel" sticker is labeled as coming from Mario Hoops 3-on-3 on the English version of Brawl, but this is a mistake, as it actually was for the first Mario vs. Donkey Kong game. This was corrected in the Japanese release.
  • Mario + Rabbids and Banjo-Kazooie series composer Grant Kirkhope was first hinted about the prospect of Banjo and Kazooie in Smash 64 when Davide Soliani, creative director of the former title, emailed him asking for his contact information on behalf of Nintendo saying Nintendo loved what Grant has done for the Mario + Rabbids soundtrack and wanted his help on an unspecified piece of music. Kirkhope was initially skeptical and speculated if it could be Banjo and Kazooie in Smash, but accepted the offer anyway; upon realizing that he was being asked to arrange music for Banjo & Kazooie's appearance in Ultimate, he was incredibly excited to return to the characters.[1]

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