List of unofficial Mario media

Unlicensed developers and fans have created unofficial media relating to the Mario franchise. Such media have included video games, ROM hacks, and animations.

Due in-part to the franchise's popularity, some of these unlicensed works have received critical attention. In September 2016, Nintendo issued over 500 DMCA takedown requests for various fan games based on their intellectual properties. These requests have resulted in the end of development for many of the infringing games.[1]

Video games

Console games

Several unofficial, and unlicensed, Mario games and game mods have been released for various video game consoles.

Level editors

There exist several unofficial level editors created to allow users with no programming skills to easily make their own levels or ROM hacks.

Computer games

Unofficial Mario games playable on computers have consisted mostly of browser-based games. Such games either can be parodies or fangames that feature the franchise's characters or settings reimagined within the style of other media, or vice-versa. 'Infinite Mario', is a Mario game where the level and maps are random each time the players visit the level. It can be a cave or an outdoor theme.


Videos and series

Super Mario Bros. Z uses pre-existing sprites from various Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog video games, which are rearranged with original pixel graphics to create anime-style action scenes.
  • Super Hornio Brothers and Super Hornio Brothers II are two 1993 pornographic parodies of the Super Mario franchise, they were released at the same time as the official Super Mario Bros. film. Both films star Buck Adams, T. T. Boy, Ron Jeremy and Chelsea Lynx as the main characters. Nintendo bought the rights to the films to halt their distribution.[84]
  • Super Mario Clouds (2002), Totally Fucked (2003), and Super Mario Movie (2005), are videos created by post-conceptual artist Cory Arcangel by modifying Super Mario Bros. NES cartridges. These works have been presented in multiple museums.
  • Super Mario Bros. Z (2006–2012; 2016–present) – A sprite animated series created by Mark Haynes that originally used Adobe Flash. It is a crossover between the Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises known for dynamic, fast-paced movement and story elements inspired by Dragon Ball Z.[85][86] Eight episodes would be completed and released on Newgrounds between 2006 and 2012, before its cancellation was announced. A reboot of the series was launched in 2016 on Haynes' YouTube channel. The first episode of the rebooted series would be removed after Nintendo filed a DMCA notice and took down the series' Patreon account; the episode would be re-uploaded in 2020.[87][88] The series is referenced in the official comic miniseries Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island, in which Mecha Sonic says a same line by the same character within the series.[89]
  • Stupid Mario Brothers (2007–2012; 2014–2017) – A YouTube live-action series created by Richard Michael Alvarez portraying the Mario brothers escaping the Mushroom Kingdom for time in the Real World. Initially the series started off as mainly comedy but got progressively story driven and gained a more serious tone by mid Season 2. A tie-in movie was made in 2009. The main story of the series ended in 2012 but a spinoff, the Plumber Knight, resumed the story with "Stupid Mario World" being a continuation of the main story ultimately ending with another movie in 2017, "Stupid Mario Brothers Legacy". The series features character appearances from many other franchises as well such as Metal Gear, Pokémon, The Legend of Zelda, Mother, Street Fighter, and Final Fantasy.
  • Mario: Game Over (2007) – A short-film created by POYKPAC. The video depicts Mario's life after breaking up with Princess Peach. The video was nominated for "Best Comedy Video" in the 2008 YouTube Awards, but lost to Potter Puppet Pals.[90]
  • Mario Kart (2008) – A viral video by prankster Rémi Gaillard, which depicts him driving a go-cart through public streets while dressed as Mario. He later did a similar prank in 2011.[91]
  • Mario Kart: The Movie (2009) – A fan-made trailer created by DrCoolSex that was loosely based on the Mario Kart series.[92][93]
  • Real Life Mario Kart (2011) – A viral video by filmmaker Freddie Wong.[94]
  • Mario Warfare (2012–2015) – Created by Micah Moore, the project parodies both Super Mario and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare as Mario must rescue Princess Peach from the dictator Bowser in the midst of a hostile revolution.[95]
  • SMG4 (2011–present) – A machinima web series created by an Australian Garry's Mod filmmaker Luke Lerdwichagul. Named after the initials for Lerdwichagul's YouTube channel and username, Supermarioglitchy4, the series consists mainly of pop-culture parodies.[96] Lerdwichagul's channel was created in 2009, while he was a teenager. He would begin uploading content in 2011, primarily creating comedic videos using recorded game footage from Super Mario 64 edited in Windows Movie Maker.[97] The series originally focused on characters from the Mario franchise, as well as other Nintendo-owned IP, before gradually introducing original characters.
  • Racist Mario (2014) – A flash-animated short on YouTube that was created by Flashgitz. The video depicts Mario violently eliminating his opponents in Mario Kart.[98][99][100] There are also characters from non-Nintendo-and-Sega games such as God of War's Kratos and LittleBigPlanet's Sackboy.
  • The Mama Luigi Project (2017) – A project where over 227 animators reanimated the internet-famous Super Mario World episode "Mama Luigi", where over 255 split scenes were recreated in unique animation styles. The video was dedicated to the memories of both Canadian actor Tony Rosato, who voiced Luigi, and Canadian actor Harvey Atkin, who voiced King Koopa, both passing away before the project's completion.[101]
  • Wario (2021) – Created by SNL, "Wario", detailing the premise of Wario (played by Elon Musk) being held in trial for the death of Mario in a racing accident, had been ridiculed and received backlash for its poor quality alongside the fact that Elon Musk had made an appearance in the show.[102][103]

Fandom

In the late 2000s, YouTube Poop meme videos arose using cutscenes from various Mario-related sources, including the Philips CD-i game Hotel Mario[104][105] and The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.

After the release of Mario Kart 8 in 2014, a short clip featuring "Luigi's Death Stare" went viral; the original clip featured Luigi passing other drivers with an uncharacteristically angry facial pose set to the music of Chamillionaire's 2006 hit song Ridin'.[106][107][108] The meme was referenced by Nintendo itself during their E3 2014 presentation.[109]

Several Mario characters have become prominent memes, such as Waluigi, who's garnered a online fanbase as a meme to the point of outcry to be added to the fighting game series Super Smash Bros. as well as backlash for his lack of inclusion in the series.[110]

In September 2018, a fanmade character called Bowsette became popular and had hundreds of artists producing fanart. Bowsette is a depiction of Bowser using Toadette's Super Crown power-up from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe to transform himself into a Princess Peach lookalike.[111]

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