1989

Super Mario Land was released on the Game Boy in April 1989

This is a list of events in 1989 related to the Super Mario franchise.

Events

January

• January 15 – Manga Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryakuhon Chapter 2 was published in Comic BomBom.
• Specific date unknown
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 Stage 2 was published in Wanpakku Comic.
  • Super Mario-kun chapter 32 was published in Shōgaku Ichinensei.

February

• February 3 – Wrecking Crew was released for the Family Computer Disk System.
• February 15 – Manga Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryakuhon Chapter 3 was published in Comic BomBom.
• Specific date unknown – Super Mario-kun chapter 33 was published in Shōgaku Ichinensei.

March

The first Super Mario Kodansha volume was published in March 1989

• March 3 – The Super Mario Kodansha volume Manga Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryakuhon was published.
• March 15 – Manga Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryakuhon "Chapter 5" was published in Comic BomBom.
• Specific date unknown
  • Super Mario Bros. Special was released for the Samsung SPC-1500.
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 Bōken Meiro was published in Gakushū Yōchien.
  • Super Mario-kun chapter 34 was published in Shōgaku Ichinensei.

April

The Game Boy was released in April 1989

• April 15 – Super Mario Land 3 Chapter 4 was published in Comic BomBom.
• April 21 – The Game Boy was released.
  • Super Mario Land, Alleyway and Baseball were released for the Game Boy as launch titles.
• Specific date unknown – Super Mario-kun chapter 35 was published in Shōgaku Ichinensei.

May

• May 15 – Super Mario Land Chapter 1 was published in Comic BomBom.
• May 31 – Pinball was released for the Family Computer Disk System.
• Specific date unknown – Super Mario-kun chapter 36 was published in Shōgaku Ichinensei.

June

• June 1 – Super Mario Bros. was released for the Nelsonic Game Watch.
• June 14 – Tetris was released for the Game Boy.
• June 15 – Super Mario Land Chapter 2 was published in Comic BomBom.
• June 22 – Super Mario Bros. Monogatari was published.
• Specific date unknown
  • Super Mario no Kōtsū Anzen was released.
  • Super Mario-kun chapter 37 was published in Shōgaku Ichinensei.

July

• July 15
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 was released for the Nintendo PlayChoice-10.
  • Super Mario Land Chapter 3 was published in Comic BomBom.
• Specific date unknown
  • Super Mario Bros.: Trapped in the Perilous Pit was published.
  • Super Mario-kun chapter 38 was published in Shōgaku Ichinensei.

August

Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. was released in August 1989

• August 3 – Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. was released.
• August 15 – Super Mario Land Chapter 4 was published in Comic BomBom.
• Specific date unknown – Super Mario-kun chapter 39 was published in Shōgaku Ichinensei.

September

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! first aired in September 1989

• September 4 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! first aired with the episode segments "The Bird! The Bird!" and "Neatness Counts".
• September 5 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "King Mario of Cramalot" and "Day of the Orphan" first aired.
• September 6 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid" and "All Steamed Up" first aired.
• September 7 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Mario's Magic Carpet" and "Marianne & Luigeena" first aired.
• September 8 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segment "Slime Busters" first aired.
• September 9 – The first season of Captain N: The Game Master first aired with the episode "Kevin in Videoland".
• September 11
  • The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Rolling Down the River" and "The Mario Monster Mash" first aired.
  • King Koopa's Kool Kartoons first aired with an unknown episode.
• September 12 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "The Great Gladiator Gig" and "Bonkers From Yonkers" first aired.
• September 13 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Mario and the Beanstalk" and "Bats in the Basement" first aired.
• September 14 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em" and "Will the Real Elvis Please Shut Up!" first aired.
• September 15
  • Super Mario Land 2 Chapter 1 was published in Comic BomBom.
  • The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segment "Magic's Magic" first aired.
• September 18 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "The Great BMX Race" and "Mama Mia Mario" first aired.
• September 19 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Stars in Their Eyes" and "Alligator Dundee" first aired.
• September 20 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Jungle Fever" and "Dance" first aired.
• September 21 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Brooklyn Bound" and "Cher's Poochie" first aired.
• September 22 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segment "Wild Thing" first aired.
• September 25 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Toad Warriors" and "E.C. The Extra Creepy" first aired.
• September 26 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "The Fire of Hercufleas" and "The Marios Fight Back" first aired.
• September 27 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Count Koopula" and "Magician" first aired.
• September 28 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Pirates of Koopa" and "Do You Believe In Magic?" first aired.
• September 29 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segment "Mommies Curse" first aired.
• Specific date unknown
  • King Koopa's Kool Kartoons episode "Kids Rights Day"^{[conjectural]} first aired.
  • Super Mario Bros.: A Giant Color/Activity Book was published.
  • Super Mario-kun chapter 40 was published in Shōgaku Ichinensei.

October

• October 2 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Two Plumbers and a Baby" and "Lost Dog" first aired.
• October 3 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "The Adventures of Sherlock Mario" and "Plumbers of the Year" first aired.
• October 4 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Do You Princess Toadstool Take this Koopa...?" and "Mario Hillbillies" first aired.
• October 5 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "The Pied Koopa" and "Super Plant" first aired.
• October 6 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segment "Fred Van Winkle" first aired.
• October 9 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Koopenstein" and "Baby Mario Love" first aired.
• October 10 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service" and "9001: A Mario Odyssey" first aired.
• October 11 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Mario and Joliet" and "Captain Lou Is Missing" first aired.
• October 12 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Too Hot to Handle" and "Time Out Luigi" first aired.
• October 13 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segment "Tutti Frutti, oh Mario" first aired.
• October 15 – Super Mario Land 2 Chapter 2 was published in Comic BomBom.
• October 16
  • The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Hooded Robin and His Mario Men" and "Flower Power" first aired.
  • King Koopa's Kool Kartoons episode "Good Golly, Miss Molly!" first aired.
• October 17 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "20,000 Koopas Under the Sea" and "Vampire Until Ready" first aired.
• October 18 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Mighty McMario and the Pot of Gold" and "Heart Throb" first aired.
• October 19 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Mario Meets Koop-zilla" and "Fortune Teller" first aired.
• October 20 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segment "The Magic Love" first aired.
• October 23 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Koopa Klaus" and "Little Marios" first aired.
• October 24 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Mario and the Red Baron Koopa" and "Gorilla My Dreams" first aired.
• October 25 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "The Unzappables" and "George Washington Slept Here" first aired.
• October 26 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Bad Rap" and "Caught in a Draft" first aired.
• October 27 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segment "Defective Gadgetry" first aired.
• October 30 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "The Mark of Zero" and "Toupee" first aired.
• October 31 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "The Ten Koopmandments" and "The Artist" first aired.
• Specific date unknown – Super Mario-kun chapter 41 was published in Shōgaku Ichinensei.

November

• November 1 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "The Koopas are Coming! The Koopas are Coming!" and "Zenned Out Mario" first aired.
• November 2 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "The Trojan Koopa" and "Texas Tea" first aired.
• November 3 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segment "The Great Hereafter" first aired.
• November 6 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Quest for Pizza" and "The Painting" first aired.
• November 7 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "The Great Gold Coin Rush" and "Game Show Host" first aired.
• November 8 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Elvin Lives" and "Home Radio" first aired.
• November 9 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Plummers Academy" and "Glasnuts" first aired.
• November 10 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segment "Treasure of the Sierra Brooklyn" first aired.
• November 11 – Captain N: The Game Master episode "Simon the Ape-Man" first aired.
• November 13 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Karate Koopa" and "Adee Don't" first aired.
• November 14 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Mario of the Apes" and "Chippie Chipmunks" first aired.
• November 15
  • Super Mario Land 2 Chapter 3 was published in Comic BomBom.
  • The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers" and "A Basement Divided" first aired.
• November 16 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Little Red Riding Princess" and "No Way to Treat a Queenie" first aired.
• November 17 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segment "Pizza Crush" first aired.
• November 20
  • The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "The Provolone Ranger" and "Goodbye Mr. Fish" first aired.
• King Koopa's Kool Kartoons unknown final episode first aired.
• November 21 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Escape from Koopatraz" and "French" first aired.
• November 22 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Mario of the Deep" and "Two Bums From Brooklyn" first aired.
• November 23 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Flatbush Koopa" and "Opera" first aired.
• November 27 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Raiders of the Lost Mushroom" and "Cyrano de Mario" first aired.
• November 28
  • Golf was released for the Game Boy.
  • The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Crocodile Mario" and "Rowdy Roddy's Rotten Pipes" first aired.
• November 29 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Star Koopa" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Flatbush" first aired.
• November 30 – The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segment "Robo Koopa" first aired.
• Specific date unknown – Super Mario-kun chapter 42 was published in Shōgaku Ichinensei.

December

• December 7 – Mario Ice Capades first aired.
• December 15
  • Super Mario Land 2 Chapter 4 was published in Comic BomBom.
  • The Wizard was theatrically released.
• December 16 – The Super Mario Kodansha volume Super Mario Land 2 was published.
• Specific date unknown
  • Super Mario Land Kessen Meiro was published in Gakushū Yōchien.
  • Super Mario-kun chapter 43 was published in Shōgaku Ichinensei.

Specific date unknown

• Nintendo Power issue 4 was published.
• Nintendo Power issue 5 was published.
• Nintendo Power issue 6 was published.
• Nintendo Power issue 7 was published.
• Nintendo Power issue 8 was published.
• Nintendo Power issue 9 was published.
• Nintendo Power issue 10 was published.
• Super Mario Bros.: A Big Color/Activity Book was published.
• Super Mario Bros.: A Big Activity Book was published.
• Super Mario Bros. Sticker Fun was published.
• Super Mario Bros. Paint 'n' Marker Book was published.
• Super Mario Bros. (Kellogg's sticker album) was published.
• Super Mario Bros. 3 Hisshō Kōryakuhō was published.
• Super Mario Bros. 3 Urawaza Daizenshū was published.
• Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōshiki Daihyakka was published.
• Super Mario Bros. 3 Hisshō Urawaza Daihyakka was published.
• Nintendo My Play a Tune Book was published
• Les Trésors de Super Mario first aired.
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode segments "Fake Bro" and "The Ghoul of my Dreams" first aired.
• King Koopa's Kool Kartoons episodes "Vegetable Theater", "Dirty Underwear", "Candy"^{[conjectural]}, "Lies! All Lies!", "Hail to the King!", "Power Glove"^{[conjectural]}, "Baby Potato"^{[conjectural]}, "Thanksgiving"^{[conjectural]} and "Koopa Quiz #2" first aired.
• Super Mario no Shōbōtai was released.