History Trivia / SuperMariobros

* ExiledFromContinuity: Spin-off games made before the Microsoft buyout of Creator/{{Rare}} very seldom referenced characters and elements created specifically for the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' series. ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 used Donkey Kong Jr. because the developers were unsure if they could legally use Diddy Kong at the time. This changed after the buyout and Nintendo assumed full ownership of the DKC characters starting with ''VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash''.

*** During [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fee-6ETQ5s a public demo]] for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'', he stated his favorite ''Mario'' game is his final one in the director's chair, ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.

** From the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube Era onwards, Peach, Toad and Toadette have all shared the same voice actress, the first one being Jen Taylor and the current one being Samantha Kelly. Creator/JenTaylor also voiced Daisy alongside Peach and Toad in ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'', ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty4 4]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty5 5]]''.

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto has given several answers as to what his favorite ''Mario'' game is.
** In [[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2010/11/qa-mario-creator-shigeru-miyamoto/1?csp=34 a 2010 Q&A]], he named ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' as his personal favorite.
** [[https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/15/this-is-shigeru-miyamotos-favorite-mario-game At E3 2012]], Miyamoto said his favorite ''Mario'' game as a developer is the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' due to his memories of working on it, while his favorite as a player is the CultClassic ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' due to its uniqueness.
** During [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fee-6ETQ5s a public demo]] for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'', he stated his favorite ''Mario'' game is his final one in the director's chair, ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.

** During a demo for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'', he stated his favorite ''Mario'' game is his final one in the director's chair, ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.
** In 2021

* FandomLifeCycle: Stage 5, because the Mario series is basically the most well known, popular video game series in history. Especially true of the 'Mario Mania' years during the early-to-mid 90's, wherein American children knew Mario better than WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse.

** Creator/ToruFuruya provided the voice for Mario in ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'' OVA and various Japanese anime shorts from the late 80's. [[PlayingAgainstType Surprised?]]

** Charles Martinet's retirement as a voice actor for the series in 2023 necessitated the permanent recasting of [[ActingForTwo his multiple voice roles]] for the first time in nearly 30 years. In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'' (the first post-Martinet ''Mario'' game), Kevin Afghani provides the voices of both Mario and Luigi in his place and also does Wario in ''[=WarioWare=]: Move It!". In the latter game, Afghani retroactively replaces Martinet as Mario and Luigi in a microgame based on ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 DS''.

** Charles Martinet's retirement as a voice actor for the series in 2023 necessitated the permanent recasting of [[ActingForTwo his multiple voice roles]] for the first time in nearly 30 years. In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'' (the first post-Martinet ''Mario'' game), Kevin Afghani provides the voices of both Mario and Luigi in his place and also does Wario in ''[=WarioWare=]: Get It Together!".

** No, Waluigi doesn't say "Too bad! Waluigi Time!" in any of the games he has appeared in. That line originates from ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily''. He ''does'' say "Waluigi Time!" (without the "too bad!" part) in ''VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash'' though, but then again "[character] time!" is a pretty common CatchPhrase among many characters in the series. That said, Charles Martinet himself did say the line in a fan video.

** Charles Martinet's retirement as a voice actor for the series in 2023 necessitated the permanent recasting of [[ActingForTwo his multiple voice roles]] for the first time in nearly 30 years. In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'' (the first post-Martinet ''Mario'' game), Kevin Afghani provides the voices of both Mario and Luigi in his place.

*** Even after Charles Martinet's retirement, the tradition of Mario and Luigi sharing a voice actor continues, as Kevin Afghani voices both brothers in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder''.

** Nabbit has always being voiced by women, with his first voice actress being Natsuko Yokoyama, and his current one being Creator/DawnMBennett.

* DawsonCasting: Mario and Luigi are estimated to be around 24 to 26 years old, and Wario and Waluigi are around the same age. Charles Martinet started voicing all four of these characters in his 40s and was almost 68 years old by the time he retired in 2023. Martinet's successor Kevin Afghani on the other hand is the opposite case, being 26 years old when he first got the roles, making him the same age as them. Similarly, the Yoshi most often seen in the games may be older than the Mario Brothers (assuming he's one of the Yoshis that rescued Mario and reunited the brothers in VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland rather than [[spoiler:one of the Star Children revealed at the end of VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS]]), and Kazumi Totaka started voicing him when he was 30 years old.

* DawsonCasting: Mario and Luigi are estimated to be around 24 to 26 years old, and Wario and Waluigi are around the same age. Charles Martinet started voicing all four of these characters in his 40s and was almost 68 years old by the time he retired in 2023. Similarly, the Yoshi most often seen in the games may be older than the Mario Brothers (assuming he's one of the Yoshis that rescued Mario and reunited the brothers in VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland rather than [[spoiler:one of the Star Children revealed at the end of VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS]]), and Kazumi Totaka started voicing him when he was 30 years old.

** In the original N64 installment of ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' and ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' ''3'' through ''5'', Daisy had a much higher-pitched and girlier-sounding voice provided by Kate Fleming and Jen Taylor respectively, but starting with ''VideoGame/MarioGolf Toadstool Tour'' until ''VideoGame/MarioStrikersBattleLeague'', she is voiced by Deanna Mustard, whose take on Daisy is much, ''much'' different from Fleming and Taylor's. Deanna Mustard would be replaced by Giselle Fernandez starting with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'', with Fernandez's take on Daisy resembling Mustard's so much, few had realized she had been replaced until Fernandez themselves confirmed it on the day the game was released.

* DawsonCasting: Mario and Luigi are estimated to be around 24 to 26 years old, and Wario and Waluigi are around the same age. Charles Martinet started voicing all four of these characters in his 40s and was almost 68 years old by the time he retired in 2023. Averted with Mario and Luigi's current voice actor, Kevin Afghani, who was 26 when he got the roles, making him the same age as them. Similarly, the Yoshi most often seen in the games may be older than the Mario Brothers (assuming he's one of the Yoshis that rescued Mario and reunited the brothers in VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland rather than [[spoiler:one of the Star Children revealed at the end of VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS]]), and Kazumi Totaka started voicing him when he was 30 years old.

* DawsonCasting: Mario and Luigi are estimated to be around 24 to 26 years old, and Wario and Waluigi are around the same age. Charles Martinet started voicing all four of these characters in his 40s and was almost 68 years old by the time he retired in 2023. Averted with Mario and Luigi's new voice actor, Kevin Afghani, who was 26 when he got the roles, making him the same age as them. Similarly, the Yoshi most often seen in the games may be older than the Mario Brothers (assuming he's one of the Yoshis that rescued Mario and reunited the brothers in VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland rather than [[spoiler:one of the Star Children revealed at the end of VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS]]), and Kazumi Totaka started voicing him when he was 30 years old.

** In the original N64 installment of ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' and ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' ''3'' through ''5'', Daisy had a much higher-pitched and girlier-sounding voice provided by Kate Fleming and Jen Taylor respectively, but starting with ''VideoGame/MarioGolf Toadstool Tour'' until ''VideoGame/MarioStrikersBattleLeague'', she is voiced by Deanna Mustard, whose take on Daisy is much, ''much'' different from Fleming and Taylor's. Deanna Mustard would be replaced with Giselle Fernandez starting with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'', with Fernandez's take on Daisy resembling Mustard's so much, few had realized she had been replaced until Fernandez themselves confirmed it on the day the game was released.

** In the original N64 installment of ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' and ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' ''3'' through ''5'', Daisy had a much higher-pitched and girlier-sounding voice provided by Kate Fleming and Jen Taylor respectively, but starting with ''VideoGame/MarioGolf Toadstool Tour'' until ''VideoGame/MarioStrikersBattleLeague, she is voiced by Deanna Mustard, whose take on Daisy is much, ''much'' different from Fleming and Taylor's. Deanna Mustard would be replaced with Giselle Fernandez starting with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'', with Fernandez's take on Daisy resembling Mustard's so much, few had realized she had been replaced until Fernandez themselves confirmed it on the day the game was released.

** In the original N64 installment of ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' and ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' ''3'' through ''5'', Daisy had a much higher-pitched and girlier-sounding voice provided by Jessica Chisum and Jen Taylor respectively, but starting with ''VideoGame/MarioGolf Toadstool Tour'', she is voiced by Deanna Mustard, whose take on Daisy is much, ''much'' different from Chisum and Taylor's.

* DawsonCasting: Mario and Luigi are estimated to be 24, and Wario and Waluigi are around the same age. Charles Martinet started voicing all four of these characters in his 40s and was 67 by the time he retired in 2023. Similarly, the Yoshi most often seen in the games may be older than the Mario Brothers (assuming he's one of the Yoshis that rescued Mario and reunited the brothers in VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland rather than [[spoiler:one of the Star Children revealed at the end of VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS]]), and Kazumi Totaka started voicing him when he was 30 years old.

** Charles Martinet's retirement as a voice actor for the series in 2023 necessitated the permanent recasting of [[ActingForTwo his multiple voice roles]] for the first time in nearly 30 years. In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'' (the first post-Martinet ''Mario'' game) Kevin Afghani provides the voices of both Mario and Luigi in his place.