Mario Clash

This article is about the Virtual Boy game Mario Clash. For information about the microgame of the same name, see here.

Mario Clash
American boxart.
Developer(s)	Nintendo EAD
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Virtual Boy
Release date	September 28, 1995 October 1, 1995
Genre	Platform Game
Rating(s)	ESRB: - Kids to Adults
Mode(s)	Single Player
Media
Input	Virtual Boy: Virtual Boy Controller

Mario Clash is a game released for the Virtual Boy in 1995. The game is a return to the style of the original Mario Bros. To progress through the game, Mario must knock enemies off platforms using Koopa Shells. There are always two Koopas; if one gets knocked off, another one takes its place. Many enemies need to be hit from the side, thus Mario must throw Koopa shells from the background to the foreground and vice-versa in order to knock them off.

Enemies

Mario battles Thornies by throwing Koopa Troopa shells from the foreground to the background.

• Koopa Troopa
• Spike Top
• Thorny
• Paragoomba
• Lobb
• Sidestepper
• Boo
• Snake
• Pokey

Staff

Main article: List of Mario Clash staff

Beta Elements

Main article: List of Mario Clash beta elements

Reception

The game received mixed reviews, and half of the comments by critics were complaints stating that the game was too long. ScrewAttack named this video game "The second worst Mario video game of all time", while other reviews were kinder. The Video Game Critic gave it an A and called it a "must have for Virtual Boy owners".

Gallery

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  Japanese boxart

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  Mario grabbing a shell

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  Mario bowling a shell towards three Spike Tops

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  Enemy group artwork

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  Koopa artwork

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  Para-Goomba artwork

Trivia

• A Mario Clash microgame appears as one of 9-Volt's microgames in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!.

Virtual Boy
Mario Clash | Mario's Tennis | VB Mario Land (cancelled) | Virtual Boy Mario Kart (cancelled) | Virtual Boy Wario Land

Mario series
Platformer	Donkey Kong (1981) • Mario Bros. (1983) • Mario's Cement Factory (1983, G&W) • Mario's Bombs Away (1983, G&W) • Mario Bros. Special (1984, PC88) • Punch Ball Mario Bros. (1984, PC88) • Wrecking Crew (1985, NES) • Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES) • Super Mario Bros. Special (1986, PC88) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Land (1989, GB) • Super Mario World (1990, SNES) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992, GB) • Hotel Mario (1994, Philips CD-i) • Mario Clash (1995, VB) • Super Mario 64 (1996, N64) • Wrecking Crew '98 (1998, SFC) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006, NDS) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007, Wii) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Wii) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010, Wii) • Super Mario 3D Land (2011, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U (2012, Wii U)
Role-Playing Games	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996, SNES) • Paper Mario (2000, N64) • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003, GBA) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004, GCN) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005, NDS) • Super Paper Mario (2007, Wii) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009, NDS) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013, 3DS)
Ports and Remakes	Donkey Kong (1982, G&W) • Mario Bros. (1983, G&W) • Vs. Super Mario Bros. (1986, Arcade) • All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. (1987, G&W) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993, SNES) • Donkey Kong (1994, GB) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (1994, SNES) • BS Super Mario USA (1997, SNES) • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999, GBC) • Super Mario Advance (2001, GBA) • Super Mario Advance 2 (2002, GBA) • Super Mario Advance 4 (2003, GBA) • Famicom Mini Series (2004, GBA) • Classic NES Series (2004-2005, GBA) • Super Mario 64 DS (2004, NDS) • Virtual Console (2006-current, Wii) • Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010, Wii) • Virtual Console (2011-current, 3DS)