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Summary
The Super Mario Bros. franchise is a highly popular video game franchise founded by Shigeru Miyamoto, featuring as its protagonist the plumber for whom it is named, Mario. The plot in many of its games revolves around him, and occasionally his brother, Luigi, fighting Bowser, the fire-breathing, turtle-like main antagonist, and his army in order to thwart his plans for global conquest and rescue the captured princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, Princess Peach. The series began in 1981 in the arcade game Donkey Kong, where Mario (then known as Jumpman) has to hurdle over barrels thrown by an ape known as Donkey Kong. As time went by, Mario has become one of the world's best-known video game characters since 1985 after the release of Super Mario Bros. on the NES. The series spawned multiple genres and series such as racing games, party games, puzzle games, and role-playing games. Additionally, Mario's various co-stars, such as the aforementioned Luigi, Princess Peach, and Donkey Kong, as well as Toad, Yoshi and Wario, have all starred in their very own games. It's the most popular and iconic Nintendo franchise, as well as one of the most popular and iconic video game franchises in general.
Power of the Verse
The main characters, such as, but not limited to, Mario, Luigi, and Bowser, as well as other bosses who can match their power, receive Island level, scaling from Donkey Kong sending the Moon flying with a punch in Donkey Kong Country Returns, although their strongest forms reach up to Small Country level, scaling from Giant Bowser punching Super Peach's Castle of Fury all the way around the planet in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. The regular enemies are significantly lower, at Building level, scaling from Captain Goomba destroying a rock and a Monty Mole digging a tunnel. With preparation, some of the stronger characters can reach cosmic tiers, such as Bowser reaching Galaxy level with his Galaxy Reactor, or King Boo reaching Universe level Environmental Destruction with his portal.
The artifacts in the verse are even more powerful than most characters. Power Stars and their users are Large Star level, scaling from one moving hundreds of actual stars in Mario Party 4. The Dream and Dark Stones, being powered by thousands of universe-equivalent dreams, grant Multiverse level to their wielders and those who scale to them. The Pure Hearts and Chaos Heart are Multiverse level+, due to the latter destroying the multiverse over time.
In terms of speed, the cast is consistently Massively FTL+, scaling from two instances of fast intergalactic travel in Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel. The main characters' and bosses' lifting strength is Class P, scaling from Mario being able to jump against the pull of a black hole in the former game, and the Power Stars and possibly their wielders have Multi-Stellar lifting strength, due to the same star-moving feat that makes them Large Star level. Regular enemies have Superhuman lifting strength, scaling from Goomba Tower being able to support their weight.
Besides the obvious Superhuman Physical Characteristics, the verse has several recurring powers, such as Non-Physical Interaction from being able to attack the ghostly Boos, Toon Force and Elasticity from recovering from being cartoonishly flattened, Type 1 Self-Sustenance and Resistance to Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations from staying in outer space unprotected and Vehicular Mastery from driving karts in the Mario Kart series, and Acrobatics from the parkour the platforming games feature prominently.
Alternative continuities have their separate tiers, from Valiant Comics', The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'s and the live-action movie's Wall level, to Hotel Mario's and possibly Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!'s Building level, to the 2023 movie's Bomber Bill's Town level.
Calculations for the Verse
- Mario and Luigi break through a wall in the Illumination movie - 0.000062 tons of TNT (9-B, Wall level)
- Captain Goomba shatters a boulder - 0.002 tons of TNT (9-B, Wall level)
- Bowser hurls a large rock in the Illumination movie - 0.014 tons of TNT (9-B, Wall level)
- Sherms destroy a stone block - 0.036 tons of TNT (9-A, Small Building level)
- Chargin' Chuck's charge - 0.08 tons of TNT (9-A, Small Building level)
- Chunky Kong smashes a boulder - 0.08 tons of TNT (9-A, Small Building level)
- Chain Chomp makes a pit - 0.09 tons of TNT (9-A, Small Building level)
- Bowser's fire destroys a large ice wall in the Illumination movie - 0.17 tons of TNT (9-A, Small Building level+)
- Bullet Bills destroy multiple stone blocks - 0.1 ‒ 0.21 tons of TNT (9-A, Small Building level)
- Bowser's fire breath in the Illumination movie - 0.22 tons of TNT (9-A, Small Building level+)
- Chain Chomp destroys a stone pillar - 0.29 tons of TNT (8-C, Building level)
- Cat Mario breaks a steel beam in the Illumination movie - 0.46 tons of TNT (8-C, Building level)
- Monty Mole's tunnel - 0.71 tons of TNT (8-C, Building level)
- Chain Chomp destroys a stone wall - 1 ton of TNT (8-C, Building level)
- Blue Shell's explosion in the Illumination movie - 2.05 tons of TNT (High 8-C, Large Building level)
- Sherms destroy multiple metal blocks - 2.76 ‒ 3.68 tons of TNT (8-C, Building level)
- Poochy dashes through rock - 3.69 tons of TNT (High 8-C, Large Building level)
- Mario and Luigi break part of Bowser's island in the Illumination movie - 29.68 tons of TNT (8-B, City Block level)
- Bomber Bill's potency - 91.52 tons of TNT (8-B, City Block level+)
- Reset Rocket's and Undodog's AP - 1.59 kilotons of TNT (Low 7-C, Small Town level)
- Bowser shakes all of Pagoda Peak - 18.1 kilotons of TNT (7-C, Town level)
- Shaking disperses a cloud - 18.44 kilotons of TNT (7-C, Town level)
- If the Bomber Bill hit the Mushroom Kingdom - 59.355 kilotons of TNT (7-C, Town level)
- Wario shakes Mt. Lava Lava - 1 megaton of TNT (Low 7-B, Small City level)
- Super Star‒boosted character sends Metal Bowser flying far into space - 208.56 megatons of TNT (7-A, Mountain level)
- Mario, Peach and Mallow part a cloud - 24.49 gigatons of TNT (6-C, Island level)
- Donkey Kong launches the Moon - 33.66 gigatons of TNT (6-C, Island level)
- Giant Bowser punches a castle around the world - 2.7 teratons of TNT (Low 6-B, Small Country level)
- Power of the Star Rod - 18.64 exatons of TNT (High 6-A, Multi-Continent level+)
- Power Star forms a constellation - 7.62 Foe (High 4-C, Large Star level)
- Speed of the Illumination movie's Donkey Kong - 95.51 m/s (Subsonic)
- Speed of the Illumination movie's Cat Mario - 108.62 m/s (Subsonic)
- Donkey Kong launches the Moon - 15,556.98 m/s (High Hypersonic)
- Super Star‒boosted character sends Metal Bowser flying far into space - 6.87 × 106 m/s (Sub-Relativistic)
- Giant Bowser punches a castle around the world - 8.41 × 106 m/s (Sub-Relativistic)
- Mario and Luigi move at comparable speed to sunlight - 1.43 c (FTL)
- Rosalina's Hyper Strike - 65.9 c (FTL+)
- Launch Star Reaction Speed - 8.21 × 1014 c (Massively FTL+)
- Mario crosses World 5 - 2.76 × 1016 c (Massively FTL+)
- Mario and Luigi (Super Star) launch Bowser into the sky - 878.88 kilograms (Class 1)
- Goombas' lifting strength - 1,740 kilograms (Class 5)
- Chunky Kong lifts boulders - 13,337 kilograms (Class 25)
- Bowser hurls a large rock in the Illumination movie - 37,941.07 kilograms (Class 50)
- Bowser lifts a large rock in the Illumination movie - 45,981 kilograms (Class 50)
- Donkey Kong saves the prisoners - 2,255,663 kilograms (Class M)
- Chain Chomp leaps at Yoshi - 23,489,162 kilograms (Class M)
- Mario punts a castle - 4.83 × 1014 kilograms (Class G)
- Super Star‒boosted character sends Metal Bowser flying far into space - 2.27 × 1016 kilograms (Class P)
- Mario escapes a Black Hole - 2.795 × 1016 kilograms (Class P)
- Power Star forms a constellation - 2.66 × 1033 kilograms (Multi-Stellar)
- Cranky falls on his head - 0.00007 ‒ 0.000016 tons of TNT (9-B, Wall level)
- Bowser and the Captains tank a castle explosion - 0.0064 tons of TNT (9-A, Small Building level)
- Hotel Peach survives an explosion - 0.42 tons of TNT (8-C, Building level)
- Comic Mario survives an explosion - 2.88 tons of TNT (High 8-C, Large Building level)
- K. Rool withstands the destruction of Crocodile Isle at point blank range - 2.96 ‒ 25.56 kilotons of TNT (Low 7-C, Small Town level)
- Various characters tank a stadium explosion - 1.49 kilotons of TNT (7-C, Town level)
- Paper Mario and his partners get shot to the Moon - 210.4 kilotons of TNT (High 7-C, Large Town level)
- Bye Bye Cannon's Power - 518.64 kilotons of TNT (High 7-C, Large Town level)
- Cyrus shoots Paper Bowser into space - 6.43 megatons of TNT (7-B, City level)
- Power Star Range - 356,352,000 km (Stellar)
- Mini Mario's height - 56.6 centimeters (Type 0 Small Size)
- Bowser's height - 1.55‒6.2 meters (At most Type 0 Large Size)
- Mega Mario's height - 5.58 meters (Type 0 Large Size)
Blogs for the Verse
Notes for the Verse
Note 1: Mario characters' base stats are not scaled to cosmic tiers based on feats such as scaling to the creation abilities of Power Stars, as such tiering was determined to be an outlier in regards to their accepted feats and anti-feats.
Note 2: All non-crossover video game spin-offs, excluding the Paper Mario series and Hotel Mario, plus Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition and Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, are considered part of the same continuity, as they have never been acknowledged as different canons.
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Characters
Super Mario Series
Main characters
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 Mario  Luigi  Princess Peach  Toad  Princess Daisy  Rosalina  Waluigi | ||
Koopa Troop
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 Bowser  Bowser Jr.  Ludwig von Koopa  Lemmy Koopa  Roy Koopa  Iggy Koopa  Wendy O. Koopa  Larry Koopa  Morton Koopa Jr.  Kamek  Boom Boom  Pom Pom  King Bob-omb  King Boo  Petey Piranha
 Sand Bird  Phantamanta  Bouldergeist  Kamella  King Lakitu  Mechawiggler  Topper  Hariet  Spewart  Rango
 Goomba  Koopa Troopa  Spike  Conkdor  Dry Bones  Chain Chomp  Shy Guy  Bob-omb  Boo  King Bill  Magikoopa  Lakitu  Wiggler  Hammer Bro  Chargin' Chuck  Pokio | ||
Yoshi Series
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 Yoshi  Poochy  Boo Guy | ||
Donkey Kong Series
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 Donkey Kong  Diddy Kong  Dixie Kong  Cranky Kong  Lanky Kong  Chunky Kong  Funky Kong
 King K. Rool  Krusha  Kip  Kass  Kludge  Kalypso  Kopter
 Ghastly King  Karate Kong  Mugly  Thugly  Tiki Tong  Lord Fredrik  Wizpig | ||
Wario Series
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 Wario
 Princess Shokora  Spritelings  Black Jewel  Shake King  Golden Diva  Terrormisu
 Ashley & Red  Kat & Ana | ||
Super Mario RPG
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 Geno  Mallow  Smithy  Culex | ||
Paper Mario Series
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 Paper Mario  Kammy Koopa  Paper Bowser Jr.  Paper Kamek
 Jr. Troopa  Goomboss  Watt  Lava Piranha  Huff N. Puff  Crystal King
 Lord Crump  Rawk Hawk  Grubba  Doopliss  Bonetail  Cortez  Shadow Queen  Sir Grodus  Vivian  Beldam  Marilyn
 Dimentio  Mimi  Count Bleck  Tribe of the Ancients  Shadoo  Pixl Queen
 Megasparkle Goomba  Mizzter Blizzard
 Paper Morton  Paper Iggy  Paper Ludwig
 Olivia  King Olly  Hole Punch  Colored Pencils | ||
Mario & Luigi Series
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 Fawful  Captain Goomba  Popple  Shroob
 Cackletta  Trunkle
 Princess Shroob  Elder Princess Shroob
 Midbus  Dark Bowser  Dieter  Kaley  Beef  Best Fitness Friends (Fusion)
 Antasma  Zeekeeper | ||
Mario + Rabbids Series
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 Rabbid Mario  Rabbid Peach  Megabug | ||
Additional characters
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 Wart  Birdo  Viruses  Luma  Cappy  Knucklotec  Ruined Dragon  Lucien  Wingo  Undodog  Madame Grape | ||
Alternative Media
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Items
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 Reset Rocket  Goodstyle  Alien Vase  Brobot  Black paint | ||
| Artifacts | ||
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 Super Star (Illumination)  Power Star  Chaos Heart  Pure Hearts  Star Rod  Wonder Flower | ||
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