Mario characters have appeared as cameos in other Nintendo games over the course of Mario's long history. Below is a list of some of these appearances.
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| 1080° Avalanche
| NGC
| On the bottom of Ricky Winterborn's snowboard, a classic sprite of Mario can be seen. In his biography, it is mentioned that he likes to play Nintendo games such as Super Mario Bros. and the Legend of Zelda.
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| Alleyway
| GB
| When the player starts the game, the player will see Mario walking by and getting in the paddle, thus controlling it. There is also a Mario head that is next to the lives count. There is a Mario sprite that appeared in one of the bonus levels in the game. Also, artwork of the game shows that Mario is the one controlling the paddle.
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| Animal Crossing
| GCN
| There are numerous Mario referrences found in Animal Crossing.
- There are many rare NES that the player can find and play once they are in their house. Among them are several Mario games, including Donkey Kong and Wario's Woods. Super Mario Bros. can be found in the game's coding, though there is no known way to get it legitimately.
- Two items in the game are the rare Mario and Luigi statues.
- While rowing to Animal Island, Kapp'n sings one of a few random songs, and a line to one of them is that he sings better than Mario. After rescuing Gulliver, the player might be told of how he left his pet goldfish in Hyrule and Toad Town.
- There is also a series of Mario-themed furniture that could be unlocked with special cheat codes from Nintendo Power if the player told them to Tom Nook. They include: Warp Pipe, Starman, Fire Flower, Mushroom, Flagpole, Koopa Shell, Cannon (or rather a Bullet Bill Blaster), ? Block, Brick Block, and a Coin; also, there was a wallpaper called "Mushroom Mural" which was an exact replica of the backdrop of the first level in Super Mario Bros., and a carpet called "Block Flooring" which was identical to the brown brick ground Mario walked on.
- There are four Mario-related shirts: the big bro's shirt, a red shirt with Mario's trademark 'M', the lil' bro's shirt, a green shirt with Luigi's 'L', the turnip shirt, on which a pattern resembling vegetables appears, and the toad shirt, which is a red shirt with Toad spots; for some reason, the name in-game incorrectly spells "Toad" with a lowercase t.
- There is a crocodile named Alfonso, who sports the red M shirt, and whose initial catchphrase is "It's-a me". One of the gorillas, Louie, greatly resembles Donkey Kong (who, ironically, wears the lil' bro's shirt). Lastly, if the player sends Bob the code on his E-card, he will write back in a letter claiming he had a dream of the player running around an island with a water pump on their back; this is a reference to Super Mario Sunshine.
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| Animal Crossing: Wild World
| NDS
| The furniture pieces from the original Animal Crossing are available once more, with some new ones added in. However, this time they must be received from Nintendo by Wi-Fi letters. Also, occasionally when players open up villagers' bureaus, dressers, etc., the message that pops up reads "What are Luigi's clothes doing in here?!" Their hats and mustaches are also in the game. Last, the four shirts from the original return.
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| Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
| Xbox 360
| To show the power of the vehicle editor in the game, a Mario on wheels is shown in the trailer in Nutty Acres. It then gets destroyed by Banjo and Kazooie, possibly a reference regarding the departure from Nintendo. The trailer was later edited to remove the portion when the 8-bit Mario is destroyed. However, the shot of it prior to the destroying remains. [1]
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| Kirby Super Star
| SNES
| Mario, Toad, Luigi and Birdo are also in the audience of the Megaton Punch Contest along with several 1-up mushrooms, also a picture of Mario appears at the end of Milky Way Wishes. Several of the items in the The Great Cave Offensive, such as the "Turtle Shell" and "Bucket" are from Mario games. Also when Kirby activates his Stone ability he will (very rarely) turn into a gold statue of Mario. In Kirby's battle against King Dedede in Spring Breeze Mario and Peach are in the audience. Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Birdo can be seen in the "Megaton Punch" mini-game's audience.
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| The Legend of Stafy 3
| GBA
| Wario appears many times to help out Stafy and, additionaly, get his mitts on some treasure. Stafy controls many versions of Wario, including Fiery Wario and Puffy Wario.
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| The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
| SNES
| One of the houses in the light world village has a painting of Mario in it. If Link pulls on it, rupees will come out.
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| The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
| GB
| A Yoshi Doll is found at the Trendy Game shop in Mabe Village. Link can win the Yoshi Doll by controlling the crane and hovering over it. When you receive the doll, the text box will state that it has appeared in many games recently, another reference to the Mario games. Also, when Mr. Write shows you the picture sent to him by the goat in Animal Village. The picture shows a girl named Christine who looks exactly like Princess Peach.
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| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
| N64
| The Lon Lon Ranch owners, Ingo and Talon, both look like the Mario Bros. Ingo, Talon, and Malon all wear necklaces with Bowser's head on it. In the area where Zelda usually stands in the Hyrule Castle courtyard there is a window on the right. Look in it at different angles and pictures of Yoshi, Peach, Mario, Bowser, and Luigi can be seen.
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| The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
| GBA
| Lakitus appear as enemies who throw lightning bolts at Link, then disappears back into their clouds. Bob-omb is also found in this game, and if struck with the player's sword, will scurry around then then explode. A second hit will cause it to stop and then explode.
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| Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
| NGC
| Mario and Yoshi dolls can be found in Otacon's Lab. Additionally, there is also a Nintendo GameCube that can be found in the same place.
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| Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
| NES
| Mario acts as the in-ring referee during the gameplay of the game.
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| Pinball
| NES
| During gameplay, when the player enters the bonus stage; the player will see Mario and Pauline in that stage. Mario has holding some kind of grid bridge, as the player can control him with that item.
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| PilotWings 64
| Nintendo 64
| In one of the games levels Mount Rushmore can be seen and it has Mario's face on it. If the player shoots Mario's face, it changes into Wario's.
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| Punch-Out!!
| Game & Watch
| Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. sometimes appear in the audience.
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| Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
| Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS
| In one Nintendo Power of the Wii version, a rabbid was in Mario clothes and crossed out the Power to Nintendo Plunger. In the DS version, in one minigame called Lunch Time, one of the things the player has to dodge is a Warp Pipe.
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| Sim City
| SNES
| If the player's city has a population of 500,000 residents, the player will earn a Mario statue. The bonus scenario Freeland has it's trees shaped like Mario's head. Bowser can appear and destroy the player's city by selecting him on the disasters menu. The Tokyo scenario has Bowser walking through the city, like Godzilla.
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| The Simpsons Game
| Wii/ DS
| Mario can be seen working in the video game factory (although, with a few changes to avoid copyrights), the Simpson family can use Warp Pipes to travel around, an ape uses barrels to attack, like Donkey Kong, and a cut-scene shows Proffesor Frink marrying a female Koopa.
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| SSX on Tour
| GCN
| Mario, Luigi and Peach are playable. Also, one of the courses, Nintendo Village, is completely Mario themed.
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| Tennis
| NES
| Mario appears as the referee during the gameplay of the game.
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| Tetris
| NES
| Mario and Luigi are seen dancing when the player completes Stage 9 Level 5 in Type B mode. Samus Aran, Pit, Donkey Kong and Link can also be seen dancing after the rocket ship takes off.
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| NBA Street V3
| GameCube
| Mario, Luigi, and Peach are playable characters in the game, along with their Nintendo-themed home court (they guest star along with New Yorker hip-hop trio Beastie Boys, who appear in the other versions of the game, obviously unlike the Mario team).
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| Nintendogs
| DS
| In Nintendogs, there are a Mario hat and a Luigi hat that can be worn by the player's dog.Also, the player can find a Mario Kart Toy, a Peach Kart Toy, a Bowser Kart Toy, a ? Block and a classic Mario mushroom.
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| The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
| GameCube/Wii
| Fyer who operates the cannon down by Lake Hylia has a Bullet Bill on his sleeve.
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| The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
| N64
| A Mario mask is on the back on the Happy Mask Salesman's backpack, but it is not wearable.
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| The Tower DS
| DS
| A Mario trophy that can be obtained.
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