Summary

• Mario and friends make cameos in various games, from boxing to snowboarding.
• Nintendo characters often support each other, like in Kirby Super Star and NBA Street V3.
• Even non-Mario games like Tetris and SimCity feature the iconic characters.

There's seemingly no activity that Mario hasn't dipped his steel-toed boots into. You've seen him enjoy the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:relationship-challenging 🎃fun of Mario Kart plenty of times and the relationship-destroying agony of Mario Party even more, but he's also managed to branch out even in games where he doesn't take a starring role.

It should come as no surprise that Mario, gaming's most prolific presence this side of the humble jump button, has made cameos alongside his fellow characters in plenty of games aside from their own. Of course, since Nintendo will continue to Nintendo, you won't be seeing them outside their consoles. But even so, you might be surprised where the multitalented plumber and his friends have shown up.

9 🌃 🐓 Punch-Out!!

Ironically, Still Less Violent Than His Treatment Of Goombas

One of Mario's more well-known appearances separate from his own games comes from the original 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Punch-Out!!, the legendary boxing game that delved far too greedily into the punctuation box. However, he doesn't step into the ring as a fighter himself, as refreshing as that might have been in the days before Super Smash Bros.

Instead, Mario serves as the game's referee, likely feeling a bit overdressed wearing a bowtie surrounded by sweaty muscle boys, but he's there to mediate and keep things familiar, much like the feeling of playing a classic Mario game after trying to figure out Star Fox Zero. Don't forget to give Donkey Kong a good wallop too in Punch-Out!! for the Wii if you have further need of frustration.

8 𒆙 Kirby Super Star

A Good Beatdown Brings Everyone Together

Kirby is one of the core members of the Super Smash Bros. roster in each game, but have you ever stopped to think that maybe the little pink puff is returning a favor? Perhaps he's just helping out after his buddy Mario regularly showed up with his friends to support 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Kirby's video game dreams.

In Kirby Super Star for the SNES, Mario can be seen alongside Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, Toad, and Birdo in the audience for the Megaton Punch and King Dedede battles. The remake of DS, Kirby Super Star Ultra, sees Wario replacing Birdo and Bowser; friends supporting friends is great, though Birdo and Bowser didn't earn that courtesy.

7 The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Dream A Little Dream Of A Crossover Episode

Ironically, Mario is one of the few Mario characters who doesn't make an appearance in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, both the Game Boy original and Nintendo Switch remake. The game's setting ultimately turns out to be a dream (spoilers), so why not include some familiar faces? Goombas, Piranha Plants, and even Shy Guys sprinkle the landscape among others.

But it also includes plenty of unlikely friendly faces, like a Chain Chomp who helps you access a dungeon and Super Mario Bros. 2 boss Wart showing his benevolent side by teaching Link a new song. That's not to mention Princess Peach's picture being used to catfish a poor lonely guy into falling for a goat. Hey, maybe he'd be into that. You don't know.

6 ༒ NBA Street V3꧃

You'd Think They Would Have Learned Their Lesson After Air Bud

Ah, the wonders of corporate deals. Thanks to EA and Nintendo shaking hands, the GameCube version of NBA Street V3 featured the enticing exclusive additions of Mario, Luigi, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Princess Peach as playable characters. Who wouldn't believe a squat Italian plumber could dunk on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

It's really a wild experience to play this game; the majority of it is simply a regular NBA Street game, with NBA legends and players of the time throwing down in various less-than-official basketball venues. Then strangely-animated Nintendo characters show up, sure to inspire some wonderful questions from anybody watching you play.

5 ♑ Just Dance Wii/3/2018/Unlimited

You Can Never Unsee Mario With Human Proportions

Does somebody in a Mario costume count as a cameo? Hey, if those Crash Bandicoot commercials could be part of the culture, then so can this. The rhythm game series 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Just Dance decided to choose confusion and include a new song called Just Mario, complete with a cos🔥tumed dancer.

Along with the three appearances of Just Mario, subscribers to the Just Dance Unlimited service could choose complete chaos and download a version of Beyonce's Naughty Girl featuring a dancing Rabbid Peach. Wouldn't you have loved to be in the crusty board room when that decision was made?

4 📖 SSX On Tour

Would Mushrooms Be Considered Doping?

If basketball isn't your jam, how about snowboarding? 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:SSX on Tour was another multiplatform sports-ish game from EA that featured Mario, L🌺uigi, and Pri෴ncess Peach as playable riders in the GameCube version.

At least in this case, you don't have to see the three oddly-proportioned video game characters interacting intimately with whole human people. Just pick one and start moving downhill while trying not to think about why Mario and Luigi apparently refused to dress for the occasion.

3 Tetris

Monochrome Sibling Rivalry

Even Nintendo's big non-Mario game that turned 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the original Game Boy into a phenomenon wasn't safe from that Mario infection. In fact, many might not have even realized Mario and Luigi were in the game if they stuck to single-player mode.

If you play against someone in Tetris, both players are represented by Mario and Luigi, respectively. That's right, you can't even have a fun family game night without them butting in, and the NES version also included Mario and Luigi alongside Peach and several other Nintendo stars celebrating the completion of certain levels.

2 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Showing Up Just To Brag, What A Power Move

First things first, yes, it's called 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, not Diddy Kong's Quest. Once you defeat Kaptain K. Rool, the game will judge how many DK Coins you've found using the only metric that matters; Did Mario do it better?

The results screen for this features Mario, Yoshi, and Link in the first three positions if you haven't collected enough, enticing you with the ability to knock the heroes down a peg. Cranky Kong's incessant beratement is now only part of your motivation.

1 SimCity

Bowser's Most Ambitious Role Yet: Godzilla's Understudy

Every good city management game needs one thing: a reason to stop playing. The 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:classic and loved SimCity series does this by randomly summoning a massive beast to lay waste to yoꩵur hard-constructed💞 metropolis, so naturally, the SNES version had to take things one step further.

In this case, the Godzilla-inspired monster is replaced by Bowser himself, j📖ust wreaking havoc in your town while searching for Mario and Luigi. See what a one-track mind gets you? Nothing but destruction. Remain curious, kids.