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Guinness World Records
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Founded November 10, 1951

Guinness World Records (sometimes abbreviated as GWR) is an annual reference book that lists world records for a variety of subjects, including the Super Mario series. A spin-off of the book called Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition features video game-related world records exclusively.

List of Super Mario-related world records by year[edit]

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Record Held by Details Link
Highest score on Super Mario World Jason Baum 1 hour, 31 minutes, 44 seconds [1]
Fastest 100% completion of Donkey Kong Country Derek Kisman 50 minutes [2]
Fastest completion of World 1-1 in Super Mario Bros. Adrian Keung and Tristen Geren 31 seconds N/A
Highest score in VS. Super Mario Bros. Isaiah "TriForce" Johnson 3,404,400 points N/A
Highest score in Mario Bros. (NES) Tom Votava 10,777,770 points N/A
Highest score in Mario Bros. (NES and 2-player co-op) Ryan Johnson and Jonathan Adams 2,443,650 points N/A
Highest score in Mario Bros. (Wii) Chad Brevik 14,900,990 points N/A
Highest score in Super Mario Land Rudy Ferretti 999,999 points N/A
Highest score in Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 John Pompa 1,034,170 points N/A
Lowest score in Stroke Play Congo Canopy in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour Jonathan Adams 41 strokes N/A
Most Block Star Points in Mario Party 6 Jake Patzer 71 points N/A
Longest Surface Time in Monty's Revenge in Mario Party 7 Jake Patzer 16.16 seconds N/A
Shortest Distance in Study Fall in Mario Party DS Ryan Reed 0.0 m N/A
Biggest Blowout in Domination Mode in Mario Strikers Jeremy Zsupnik 7 N/A
Most Kills in Endless Brawl of Super Smash Bros. Brawl Andrew Furrer 525 kills N/A
Fastest time trial record on Super Mario Kart's Vanilla Lake 2 (female) Leyla Hasso 51.87 seconds N/A
Highest score on Donkey Kong (Emulator) Dean Saglio 1,167,400 points N/A
Highest score on Donkey Kong 3 (Marathon) George Riley 4,252,400 points N/A
Highest score on Donkey Kong 3 (Emulator and Marathon) George Riley 6,167,400 points N/A
Highest score on Donkey Kong Junior (Emulator) George Riley 1,308,000 points N/A
Highest score on Donkey Kong (Game Boy) John Pompa 317,600 points N/A
Fastest completion of Donkey Kong (Game Boy) Tom Vatava 5 hours, 44 minutes, 19 seconds N/A
Fastest 200% completion of Donkey Kong Country Returns John Lundrigan 5 hours, 47 minutes, 50 seconds N/A
Fastest completion of time attack in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! Nicholas Reymann 1 minute, 15.36 seconds N/A
Fastest Completion of Hard Mode of Wario's Woods (NES) Daniel Dock 11 minutes, 30 seconds N/A
Fastest Completion of Hard Mode of Wario's Woods (SNES) Daniel Dock 9 minutes, 45 seconds N/A
Fastest Completion of Hard Mode of Wario's Woods (Wii) Ryan Genno 17 minutes, 43 seconds N/A
Most prolific party videogame series Mario Party 14 games released N/A

1980s[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
First platform videogame Donkey Kong N/A July 9, 1981 [3]
First use of cutscenes to tell a story in a videogame Donkey Kong N/A July 9, 1981 [4]
First use of visual storytelling in a videogame Donkey Kong Set in Japan July 9, 1981 [5]
First use of a D-pad in a gaming system Donkey Kong (Game & Watch) N/A June 3, 1982 [6]
First two-screen hand-held gaming device Donkey Kong (Game & Watch) N/A June 3, 1982 [7]
First gamer to reach the kill screen on Donkey Kong Billy Mitchell Set in United States November 7, 1982 [8]
First Super Mario videogame for Apple hardware Mario Bros. N/A December 31, 1984 [9]
First Super Mario videogame released for a non-Nintendo system Super Mario Bros. Special Set in Japan March 1, 1986 [10]
First movie based on a videogame Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! (directly translated as Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!) Set in Japan July 20, 1986 [11]
Shortest videogame release The Great Giana Sisters 1 week May 6, 1987 [12]

1990s[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
First videogame protagonist to have a Faceship Samus Aran N/A November 1991 [13]
First kart-racing videogame to include combat Super Mario Kart N/A August 27, 1992 [14]
First live-action movie based on a videogame Super Mario Bros. N/A May 28, 1993 [15]
First videogame starring Luigi as the main character Mario is Missing! N/A July 1993 [16]
First winner of "Favorite Video Game" in Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards Donkey Kong Country Set in United States May 20, 1995 [17]
First 3D sports videogame Mario's Tennis N/A July 21, 1995 [18]
First virtual reality (VR) platforming videogame Virtual Boy Wario Land Set in United States November 27, 1995 [19]
First RPG videogame to feature Mario Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars N/A March 9, 1996 [20]
First user-controlled camera in a videogame Super Mario 64 N/A June 23, 1996 [21]
First Super Mario videogame in 3D Super Mario 64 N/A June 23, 1996 [22]
Most collectable items in a platform videogame Donkey Kong 64 3,821 items November 22, 1999 [23]
First splitscreen four-player mode in a 3D platform videogame Donkey Kong 64 N/A November 22, 1999 [24]

2000s[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Highest score on Mario Tennis (N64, ring or points mode) Jason Whalls Set in United Kingdom August 13, 2002 [25]
Most mini games in a single videogame WarioWare: Twisted! 223 microgames; surpassed by WarioWare Gold as of July 27, 2018, with 316 microgames October 14, 2004 [26]
First gamer to score one million points on Donkey Kong Billy Mitchell Set in United States June 4, 2005 [27]
First Nintendo game to feature competitive online play Mario Kart DS N/A September 14, 2005 [28]
First crossover characters in a kart videogame Mario Kart Arcade GP Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Blinky from the Pac-Man series appear as playable characters. October 10, 2005 [29]
Best-selling platform videogame Super Mario Bros. 40.24 million units sold 2006 [30]
Highest score on Donkey Kong (without using hammers) Shawn Cram Set in United States May 5, 2006 [31]
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Fastest completion of Mario Power Tennis: Artist on the Court Guillaume "cpull" Bertrand 14.1 seconds July 6, 2006 [33]
Fastest completion of Donkey Kong 64 Tom Votava 4 hours, 26 minutes December 20, 2006 [34]
Most successful documentary film about a videogame The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters N/A 2007 [35]
Highest score on Mario Bros. (Apple II) Terence O'Neill 408,050 points April 28, 2007 [36]
Fastest completion of Donkey Kong Country (Wii Virtual Console) Timothy Peters 32 minutes June 23, 2007 [37]
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Most awards won by a videogame documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters 11 awards 2008 [39]
Most deployable items in a Mario Kart videogame Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart Wii tied at 20 items April 10, 2008 [40]
Most heats in a kart videogame competition Mario Kart Grand Wii 30 heats; set in United Kingdom April 12, 2008 [41]
Fastest-selling kart videogame (first week) Mario Kart Wii 2,372,441 units sold April 17, 2008 [42]
Highest winning margin in Super Mario Strikers Lance Eustache N/A July 20, 2008 [43]
First user-generated mini game compilation WarioWare: Do It Yourself N/A April 29, 2009 [44]
First pixel art made in Minecraft "jwaap", Mario N/A May 17, 2009 [45]
Highest score on the Legend of Zelda theme on Donkey Konga (Nintendo, 2003) Kevin M Lalonde Set in United States (Texas) June 6, 2009 [46]
Rarest Super Mario videogame Nintendo Campus Challenge 20100 U.S. dollars October 2009 [47]
First use of computer-controlled "help" feature in a 2D platform game New Super Mario Bros. Wii Refers to the Super Guide, where a computer-controlled Luigi will finish a level. November 12, 2009 [48]

2010[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Fastest-selling single-platform videogame New Super Mario Bros. N/A January 10, 2010 [49]
Fastest single-segment completion of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Andrew Gardikis 8 minutes, 13 seconds May 26, 2010 [50]
Highest winning margin in Mario Smash Football James Bouchier Set in Afghanistan June 22, 2010 [51]
Fastest completion of Mario Medley in Mario Party 4 James Bouchier Set in United Kingdom June 23, 2010 [52]
Fastest lap of Ghost Valley 2 in Mario Kart Wii James Bouchier 19.447 seconds June 29, 2010 [53]
Largest collection of Super Mario memorabilia Mitsugu Kikai 5441 items; set in Japan (Tokyo) July 15, 2010 [54]
Youngest competitor at the Super Mario Kart World Championship Lucas Duarte-Leite 9 years, 149 days; set in France August 16, 2010 [55]
Largest gathering of people dressed as Mario Jun Tang 230 people; set in China (Chifeng) August 18, 2010 [56]

2011[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Fastest completion of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Craig "cyghfer" Gordon 2 hours, 57 minutes, 28 seconds January 20, 2011 [57]
Highest score on Dr. Mario Will P. Nichols Set in United States February 18, 2011 [58]
Largest Donkey Kong high-score competition The Kong Off N/A March 20, 2011 [59]
Most videogames completed simultaneously with a single controller "agwagaf" 4 games April 4, 2011 [60]
Most Donkey Kong 3 records George Riley Set in United States June 2011 [61]
Most expensive Donkey Kong cartridge Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge 1,000 U.S. dollars June 2011 [62]
Smallest Donkey Kong cabinet Sean "Bender" Beavers 21 centimeters tall; set in United States June 2011 [63]
Most pirated 3D platform videogame Super Mario Galaxy 2 N/A June 2011 [64]
Longest videogame marathon playing the Super Mario franchise Dan Ryckert 50 hours; set in United States (Minneapolis) August 8, 2011 [65]
Fastest completion of Super Mario 64 "Funilasm64" 6 minutes, 41 seconds November 14, 2011 [66]
First flying kart videogame Mario Kart 7 N/A December 1, 2011 [67]
First underwater kart videogame Mario Kart 7 N/A December 1, 2011 [68]

2012[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Highest score on Super Mario Bros. by a team of two James McCann, Gareth Beavis Set in United Kingdom (London) January 20, 2012 [69]
Fastest completion of Peach's Secret Slide Race on Super Mario 64 Karl Parris 12.40 seconds; set in United Kingdom (Lymington, Hampshire) February 10, 2012 [70]
Fastest 70-star completion of Super Mario 64 Mike "Siglemic" Sigler 49 minutes, 34 seconds June 13, 2012 [71]
First Nintendo platform game with a simultaneous digital and retail launch New Super Mario Bros. 2 N/A August 17, 2012 [72]
Most Super Mario Kart world records (female) Leyla Hasso 30 records September 19, 2012 [73]
Largest collection of video game memorabilia Brett Martin 8,030 items
Record is currently held by Lisa Courtney as of August 10, 2016, with 17,127 items of Pokémon memorabilia[1]; however, Brett's collection is purported to have reached over 20,000 items as of April 9, 2021[2]
September 19, 2012 N/A
Most critically acclaimed platform videogame series Super Mario 92% average rating on Metacritic October 9, 2012 [74]
Highest coin target in a platform videogame New Super Mario Bros. 2 1 million coins October 9, 2012 [75]
Fastest single-segment completion of Mario Kart Wii Jose Karica 1 hours, 7 minutes, 9 seconds October 9, 2012 [76]
Most ubiquitous sports videogame character Mario 30 appearances October 9, 2012 [77]
First perfect completion of Super Mario Galaxy "Snowymountain" Set in Sweden November 5, 2012 [78]

2013[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Highest score on Sort or 'Splode in New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS) Tristen Geren 337 points; set in United States (Fredericksburg) January 17, 2013 [79]
Longest hammer throw on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) Klayton Schaufler 97.10 meters; set in United States (Lake Stevens) January 28, 2013 [80]
Fastest single-segment completion of Super Mario Bros. 2 Chris Knight 8 minutes, 32 seconds; set in United States June 12, 2013 [81]
Most critically acclaimed platform videogame Super Mario Galaxy 97.64% rating on GameRankings June 19, 2013 [82]
First official Super Mario expansion pack New Super Luigi U Was released as an expansion for New Super Mario Bros. U, initially on June 19, 2013 in Japan. June 19, 2013 [83]
First Super Mario platformer not to feature Mario New Super Luigi U N/A June 19, 2013 [84]
Worst-rated kart racing videogame Donkey Kong Barrel Blast 43.94% rating on GameRankings June 26, 2013 [85]
Best-selling winter sports videogame Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 7.72 million units sold July 10, 2013 [86]
Fastest completion of Maka Wuhu in Mario Kart 7 Jacob Queen 1 minute, 6.51 seconds; set in United States August 3, 2013 [87]
Fastest lap of Kalimari Desert in Mario Kart 64 Dan Russell 36.73 seconds; set in Canada August 21, 2013 [88]
First use of a platform videogame in brain study Super Mario 64 Set in Japan October 30, 2013 [89]
Most goals in a single match of Super Mario Strikers Fred Popke 37 goals; set in United States November 20, 2013 [90]
Fastest completion of Mario Circuit 1 in Super Mario Kart (PAL version) Sami Cetin Set in United Kingdom December 25, 2013 [91]
Best-selling videogame of the third-generation consoles Super Mario Bros. 40.24 million units sold August 2013 [92]
Most sports videogames based on a platform series Super Mario 19 games November 2013 [93]

2014[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Rarest NES racing videogame Nintendo World Championships 26 known copies; set in United States February 5, 2014 [94]
Fastest Super Mario Kart time trial (female) Leyla Hasso Set in United Kingdom February 22, 2014 [95]
First high-definition Mario Kart videogame Mario Kart 8 Set in Japan May 29, 2014 [96]
First karting videogame with a two-player vertical split screen Mario Kart 8 N/A May 29, 2014 [97]
Most playable characters in a Mario Kart videogame Mario Kart 8 36 characters. Was surpassed by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in 2017 with 42 characters. The record is currently held by Mario Kart Tour, with 265 playable characters. May 29, 2014 [98]
First Mario Kart game with full anti-gravitational racing Mario Kart 8 N/A May 29, 2014 N/A
Most items in a Mario Kart videogame (all items) Mario Kart 8 22 items May 29, 2014 [99]
Fastest-selling kart videogame (opening weekend) Mario Kart 8 1.2 million units sold May 30, 2014 [100]
Fastest-selling racing videogame Mario Kart 8 2.82 million units sold June 1, 2014 [101]
Most difficult coin to collect in a Super Mario game "Pannenkoek2012" 18 years June 12, 2014 [102]
Best-selling racing videogame (3DS) Mario Kart 7 9.59 million units sold June 30, 2014 [103]
Best-selling racing videogame (Nintendo) Mario Kart Wii 34.52 million units sold June 30, 2014 [104]
Best-selling racing videogame (SNES) Super Mario Kart 8.76 million units sold June 30, 2014 [105]
Best-selling racing videogame (GameCube) Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 6.95 million units sold June 30, 2014 [106]
Best-selling Winter Olympics videogame Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 7.87 million units sold July 11, 2014 [107]
Highest-ranked player on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games "Becky-Jay" 1,679 points July 16, 2014 [108]
Fastest lap of Airship Fortress in Mario Kart DS Thomas Bolton 34.01 seconds July 26, 2014 [109]
Most critically acclaimed Wii videogame Super Mario Galaxy 97.64 percentage July 28, 2014 [110]
Worst-rated Super Mario videogame Mario Party Advance N/A July 28, 2014 [111]
Most viewed fan film based on a platform videogame Mario: Game Over 55,628,646 views July 29, 2014 [112]
Best-selling videogame of the fourth-generation consoles Super Mario World 20.61 million units sold July 29, 2014 [113]
Most critically acclaimed 3D platform videogame Super Mario 3D World N/A July 29, 2014 [114]
Best-selling videogame character cross-over Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 12.99 million units sold July 31, 2014 [115]
Fastest lap of Mario Kart DS Koopa Beach 2 David Roldan N/A October 4, 2014 [116]
Fastest lap of Rainbow Road in Super Mario Kart Guillaume Levach 16.53 seconds November 9, 2014 [117]
Fastest completion of Mario Circuit 1 in Super Mario Kart (NTSC version) Sami Cetin N/A November 23, 2014 [118]
Fastest completion of Super Paper Mario "Gamerob" 4 hours, 24 minutes, 40 seconds; set in Canada December 14, 2014 [119]
Fastest lap time for "Dolphin Shoals" (Mario Kart 8) "Sinunous" 1 minute, 58.49 seconds December 19, 2014 [120]

2015[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Most Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island levels completed while blindfolded "DavisKongCountry" 3 levels; set in United States January 8, 2015 [121]
Highest score on Super Mario Bros. Andrew Gardikis 1,435,100 points; set in United States January 8, 2015 [122]
Highest score on Mario Bros. (Arcade) Steve Kleisath 5,424,920 points; set in United States January 10, 2015 [123]
Fastest completion of Super Mario World (11 Exit) "GreenDeathFlavor" 9 minutes, 47 seconds January 23, 2015 [124]
Fastest lap time for "Mario Kart Stadium" (Mario Kart 8) "Diogo" 1 minute, 34.89 seconds February 4, 2015 [125]
Fastest single-segment completion of Super Mario Bros. 3 Mitch "Mitchflowerpower" Fowler 3 minutes, 8 seconds; set in Canada February 9, 2015 [126]
Fastest lap time for Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart 8) "Kyser" 1 minute, 58.89 seconds February 26, 2015 [127]
Fastest completion of Super Mario 3D World "Vallu" 1 hour, 41 minutes, 18 seconds March 10, 2015 [128]
Fastest completion of Mario Party 9 "Tealgamemaster" 2 hours, 50 minutes, 38 seconds; set in United Kingdom March 15, 2015 [129]
Fastest lap time for "Twisted Mansion" (Mario Kart 8) "Tyler" 1 minute, 54.75 seconds March 21, 2015 [130]
Highest-rated racing videogame on Nintendo DS Mario Kart DS 91.43% rating on GameRankings March 30, 2015 [131]
Fastest lap time for "Cloudtop Cruise" (Mario Kart 8) "Ray" 1 minute, 54.48 seconds March 30, 2015 [132]
Best-selling racing videogame (hand-held) Mario Kart DS 23.11 million units sold March 31, 2015 [133]
Fastest lap time of "Shy Guy Falls" (Mario Kart 8) "Danny" 1 minute, 54.21 seconds April 11, 2015 [134]
Fastest lap time for "Sweet Sweet Canyon" (Mario Kart 8) "Victor" 1 minute, 48.38 seconds April 12, 2015 [135]
Best-selling Sonic videogame Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 13.06 million units sold April 13, 2015 [136]
Fastest lap time for "Mario Circuit" (Mario Kart 8) "Chonko3" 1 minute, 43.89 seconds April 15, 2015 [137]
Best-selling non-bundled Super Mario videogame New Super Mario Bros. 29.66 million units sold April 15, 2015 [138]
Fastest lap time for "Water Park" (Mario Kart 8) "Domenico" 1 minute, 40.36 seconds April 22, 2015 [139]
Fastest mode for a Mario Kart videogame Mario Kart 8 200cc April 23, 2015 [140]
Most viewed online videogame walkthrough "New Super Mario Bros Walkthrough Part 22" 30,221,835 people May 3, 2015 [141]
Most critically acclaimed Super Mario videogame Super Mario Galaxy 97.64% rating on GameRankings May 18, 2015 [142]
First person to complete Super Mario World blindfolded "PangaeaPanga" Set in United Kingdom June 23, 2015 [143]
First game of Super Mario Kart played by a neural network "SethBling" Set in United States June 27, 2015 [144]
Fastest completion of The Galaxy's Greatest Wave in Super Mario Galaxy Taylor Green Set in United States (Fredericksburg) June 29, 2015 [145]
Largest Super Mario Maker hackathon Facebook 100+ people; set in United States (Menlo Park) July 29, 2015 [146]
Largest reward offered for a videogame glitch "Pannenkoek2012" 1,000 U.S. dollars August 4, 2015 [147]
Highest score on Nintendo PowerFest '94 Paul J. Tesi 25,163,950 points; set in United States December 23, 2015 [148]
Best-selling kart-racing videogame series Mario Kart 108.8 million units sold December 31, 2015 [149]
Best-selling racing videogame Mario Kart Wii 35.76 million units sold December 31, 2015 [150]

2016[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Fastest blindfolded completion of Super Mario Bros. "きらめきでどーだい" (“KIRAMEKIDEDODAI”) 14 minutes, 46 seconds; set in Japan January 27, 2016 [151]
Best-selling videogame series Super Mario 555.35 million units sold January 29, 2016 [152]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Vallu" 3 hours, 1 minute, 57 seconds; set in Finland February 26, 2016 [153]
Most recent Super Mario Kart world record "KVD", aka Karel van Duijvenboden 17.08 seconds; set in Netherlands March 4, 2016 [154]
Most starred Super Mario Maker UGC creator “ちゃがま” (“CHAGAMA”) Set in Japan March 21, 2016 [155]
Most successful Super Mario Kart gamer Guillaume Levach 30 world records; set in France March 24, 2016 [156]
Most live-action parodies of a racing videogame Mario Kart 17 YouTube videos April 12, 2016 [157]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Bros. 3 (no wrong warp) Mitch "Mitchflowerpower" Fowler 10 minutes, 47 seconds; set in Canada April 12, 2016 [158]
Fastest lap of GCN Waluigi Stadium - Time Trial in Mario Kart Wii Ethan Evans 43.427 seconds; set in United Kingdom April 21, 2016 [159]
Fastest race of GCN Dino Dino Jungle on Mario Kart 7 Andrew Carrick 2 minutes, 11.158 seconds; set in United Kingdom April 21, 2016 [160]
Best-selling Wii U videogame Mario Kart 8 6.79 million units sold April 28, 2016 [161]
Longest-standing Mario Kart lap record Karel "KYD" van Duijvenboden 3,408 days April 28, 2016 [162]
Most viewed fan film based on a racing videogame "Mario Kart (Remi Gaillard)" 67,827,239 views; set in France April 29, 2016 [163]
Largest Super Smash Bros. tournament 2016 Evo Championship Series 2,662 people; set in United States July 17, 2016 [164]
Longest-running racing videogame tournament Super Mario Kart World Championship 14 years; set in France August 2016 [165]
Fastest blindfolded "102%" completion of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "Katun24" 16 hours, 3 minutes, 16 seconds; set in Netherlands October 30, 2016 [166]
Fastest 48-track 200cc completion of Mario Kart 8 "aje4naton" 1 hour, 33 minutes, 47 seconds; set in Spain November 8, 2016 [167]
Fastest race time for "Animal Crossing" in Mario Kart 8 "SuperFX" 1 minute, 35.63 seconds November 21, 2016 [168]
First remake of an entire Super Mario game in Super Mario Maker Dave Pickett, Super Mario 64 2D N/A November 23, 2016 [169]
Most critically acclaimed videogame (GameRankings) Super Mario Galaxy 97.64 percentage December 14, 2016 [170]
First Super Mario mobile videogame Super Mario Run N/A December 15, 2016 [171]

2017[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Most prolific developer of kart videogames Shigeru Miyamoto 8 games January 9, 2017 [172]
Most shared UGC course on Super Mario Maker "ΛV☆YEAH!" Shared 400 times via Miiverse January 13, 2017 [173]
Most “100 Mario Challenge” clears in Super Mario Maker’s Super Expert Mode "Vellhart" 1,252 levels January 13, 2017 [174]
Most international iOS charts topped simultaneously for an iOS game in its first month (downloads) Super Mario Run 147 charts January 14, 2017 [175]
Most downloads for an iOS mobile videogame in one month Super Mario Run 90,000,000 downloads January 15, 2017 [176]
Fastest 32-track 200cc completion of Mario Kart 8 MBisonFuté 1 hour, 2 minutes, 53 seconds January 22, 2017 [177]
Most shared Super Mario Maker level "ΛV☆YEAH!" Shared 400 times via Miiverse; set in United States March 27, 2017 [178]
Most watched Super Mario Maker video "Lets Play Super Mario Maker! Derpy Mushrooms + Real Life Undo Button? w/ AMIIBO Unboxing" by "FGTEEV" 14,583,838 views; set in United States March 27, 2017 [179]
Most viewed fan film based on Super Mario Maker "Mario Maker real life" by "THE rohail" 20,449,016 views March 27, 2017 [180]
Most critically acclaimed Mario Kart videogame Mario Kart: Super Circuit 91.54% rating on GameRankings April 3, 2017 [181]
Highest score in WarioWare: Smooth Moves Taylor Geren 178 points; set in United States April 8, 2017 [182]
Fastest final lap of Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 64 Matthias Rustemeyer 1 minute, 37.33 seconds April 15, 2017 [183]
Most playable characters in a kart racing videogame Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 42 characters April 28, 2017 [184]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Run "Really_Tall" 18 minutes, 37 seconds April 28, 2017 [185]
Best-selling videogame for Nintendo DS New Super Mario Bros. 29.81 million units sold April 28, 2017 [186]
Fastest blindfolded completion of Super Mario World "Katun24" 13 minutes, 31 seconds May 24, 2017 [187]
Fastest lap of Mario Circuit in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (200cc) Jimmy Strawa 1 minute, 13.908 seconds July 6, 2017 [188]
First virtual reality (VR) kart racing videogame Mario Kart Arcade GP VR Set in Japan (Tokyo) July 14, 2017 [189]
Most critically acclaimed racing videogame for an eighth-generation platform Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 92.39 percentage September 14, 2017 [190]
Fastest race in Mario Kart 8 Matt Piper 1 minute, 2.403 seconds September 27, 2017 [191]
First perfect score on Arcade Archives Mario Bros. Isaiah "Triforce" Johnson N/A October 16, 2017 [192]
Fastest shortcut time for Choco Mountain in Mario Kart 64 Beck Abney 16.38 seconds; set in United States October 29, 2017 [193]
Fastest lap of Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (200cc) Jeremy Kyle 1 minute, 33.751 seconds November 2, 2017 [194]
Highest score on Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991 Paul J. Tesi 18,748,000 points November 8, 2017 [195]
Fastest completion of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle "StKildaFan" 5 hours, 25 minutes, 36 seconds November 16, 2017 [196]
Most critically acclaimed Switch videogame Super Mario Odyssey 97.38 percentage November 21, 2017 [197]
Most coins collected in a single round of Coin Runners team of 4 in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Sean Thorne, Sam Homewood, Ross Thompson, Callum Knight 53 coins; set in United Kingdom (London) November 28, 2017 [198]
Best-selling SNES videogame by a second-party developer Donkey Kong Country 9.3 million units sold December 6, 2017 [199]
First player to complete Super Mario Odyssey without jumping "Gamechamp3000" N/A December 10, 2017 [200]

2018[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Most expensive costume in Super Mario Odyssey Skeleton Suit 9,999 coins January 17, 2018 [201]
Most downloaded character mod in ModNation Racers Mario II 284,664 downloads January 18, 2018 [202]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Sunshine (120 Shines) "AverageTrey" 2 hours, 59 minutes, 58 seconds; set in United States January 26, 2018 [203]
Most critically acclaimed strategy videogame for Nintendo Switch Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle 84.81 percentage February 5, 2018 [204]
Fastest all-cups completion of Mario Kart 64 "abney317" 38 minutes, 37.41 seconds February 16, 2018 [205]
Most difficult level created in Super Mario Maker Alex Tan 0.007636% clear rate; set in United States February 22, 2018 [206]
Most "world records" in Super Mario Maker "SlipStream" 27,511 total number; set in United States February 22, 2018 [207]
Fastest 100% completion of Super Mario Odyssey (no assists) "Hazeruin" 11 hours, 50 minutes, 40 seconds February 23, 2018 [208]
Highest score for the first level of Donkey Kong Jeremy Young 12,600 points February 24, 2018 [209]
Most fan-made videogames based on a videogame universe Super Mario 632 total number February 27, 2018 [210]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Kart 150cc Mushroom Cup "DangerMoll" 7 minutes, 43 seconds March 3, 2018 [211]
Fastest completion of Automatic Mario Kart on Super Mario Maker "Rain" 23.733 seconds March 7, 2018 [212]
Most Super Mario Kart World Championship trophies Frolent Lecoanet 12 total number; set in France March 29, 2018 [213]
Best-selling racing videogame for Nintendo Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 6.95 million units sold March 29, 2018 [214]
Most critically acclaimed kart-racing videogame Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 92.39 percentage March 29, 2018 [215]
Fastest time to make Mario topless in Super Mario Odyssey "Timpani" 9 minutes, 55 seconds; set in United Kingdom May 29, 2018 [216]
Fastest 0-star completion of Super Mario 64 "Drozdowsky" 6 minutes, 41 seconds; set in United States July 9, 2018 [217]
Most Mario Kart 64 non-shortcut course records Matthias Rustemeyer 29 records; set in Germany August 22, 2018 [218]
Fastest completion of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Nitro tracks with items (200cc) "Brionac" 31 minutes, 15 seconds; set in Italy September 30, 2018 [219]
Fastest 32-Track completion of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with items (200cc) "Brionac" 1 hour, 1 minute, 21 seconds; set in Italy September 30, 2018 [220]
Fastest half marathon dressed as a videogame character (female) Jean Oh, dressed as Yoshi 1 hour, 35 minutes, 56.2 seconds; set in Canada (Toronto) October 21, 2018 [221]
Longest videogame marathon playing games in the Mario Kart series Hunter Nierman, Ben Fick, Anthony Lehnertz 40 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds; set in United States (Iowa City) November 3, 2018 [222]
Fastest-selling Nintendo videogame Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 12.08 million units sold December 31, 2018 [223]

2019[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Best-selling Super Mario videogame Super Mario Bros. 40.24 million units sold January 11, 2019 [224]
Most ubiquitous videogame villain Bowser 132 appearances January 11, 2019 [225]
Fastest completion of New Super Luigi U (Any%, Luigi) "Mchan338" 26 minutes, 23 seconds February 4, 2019 [226]
Fastest Any% completion of New Super Mario Bros. 2 "J_duude" 26 minutes, 8 seconds March 4, 2019 [227]
Fastest Any% completion of New Super Mario Bros. (official release version) "MoistenedWah" 22 minutes, 58.3 seconds March 12, 2019 [228]
Most videogame voiceover performances as the same character Charles Martinet 104 voiceovers August 14, 2019 [229]
Fastest Warpless completion of Super Mario Bros. David "Kosmic" Livingston 18 minutes, 59.856 seconds; set in United States August 14, 2019 [230]
Most coins collected with a matching total in a one-minute game of Coin Runners on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (team of two) Muhamma Abdullah Khan, Huzefa Sutterwala 30 coins; set in United Arab Emirates (Dubai) October 18, 2019 [231]
Most coins collected with a matching total in a one-minute game of Coin Runners on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Luigi's Mansion, team of two) Omar Mohamed, Immaneual Sampath 40 coins; set in United Arab Emirates (Dubai) November 2, 2019 [232]
Most coins collected with a matching total in a one-minute game of Coin Runners on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Sweet Sweet Kingdom, team of two) Omar Mohamed, Immaneual Sampath 44 coins; set in United Arab Emirates (Dubai) November 23, 2019 [233]

2020[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Most appearances of a character on the top 50 most shipped videogames Mario 14 appearances January 30, 2020 [234]
Least cleared Super Mario Maker course Lucky Draw, "Phenotype" 0.0002% clear rate February 28, 2020 [235]
Most liked/starred course on Super Mario Maker Mission: Impossible 413,323 likes March 2, 2020 [236]
Fastest compleition of Super Mario Galaxy "Mr. CloudKirby" 2 hours, 31 minutes, 21 seconds March 11, 2020 [237]
Fastest completion of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nitro Tracks; 150cc) "HitsujiOmochi" 40 minutes, 27 seconds March 11, 2020 [238]
Fastest Story Mode completion of Super Mario Maker 2 "IamUncleSlam" 1 hour, 41 minutes, 6 seconds March 11, 2020 [239]
Fastest 120-star completion of Super Mario 64 "Cheese" 1 hour, 38 minutes, 54 seconds March 19, 2020 [240]
Fastest completion of Mario Kart's All-Cup Tour "Goomba" 32 minutes, 38 seconds March 19, 2020 [241]
Most speed-run game ever Super Mario 64 14,009 runners March 19, 2020 [242]
Fastest completion of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Nitro Tracks with items (150cc) "HitsujiOmochi" 40 minutes, 27 seconds March 19, 2020 [243]
Fastest completion of all 32 tracks without skips or items of Mario Kart Wii "batcake" 1 hour, 13 minutes, 42 seconds March 19, 2020 [244]
Fastest 100% completion of Super Mario Bros. 3 Mitch "Mitchflowerpower" Fowler 1 hour, 10 minutes, 3 seconds March 19, 2020 [245]
Fastest Any% completion of Super Mario Sunshine (Normal) "Weegee" 1 hour, 14 minutes, 13 seconds March 19, 2020 [246]
Fastest 96-Exit completion of Super Mario World "Lui" 21 minutes, 57.4 seconds March 19, 2020 [247]
Fastest Any% completion of New Super Mario Bros. Wii "FadeVanity" 22 minutes, 21.8 seconds March 19, 2020 [248]
Largest online Super Smash Bros. tournament The Box 8,158 entrants; set in United States (Santa Monica) May 8, 2020 [249]
Fastest completion of Super Mario World (0 Exit) "FURiOUS" 41.022 seconds June 11, 2020 [250]
Highest score on Donkey Kong Robbie Lakeman 1,260,700 points; set in United States June 15, 2020 [251]
Fastest Any% completion of Super Mario Odyssey (no assists) "Mitch" 57 minutes, 54 seconds July 27, 2020 [252]
Fastest All Stars completion of Super Mario 3D All-Stars "Odme" 10 hours, 55 minutes, 35 seconds September 26, 2020 [253]
Best-selling videogame character Mario 657.46 million units sold; set in United Kingdom September 30, 2020 [254]
Best-selling videogame for Nintendo Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 28.99 million units sold September 30, 2020 [255]
Longest-running kart videogame series Mario Kart 28 years, 51 days October 16, 2020 [256]
Most ubiquitous videogame character Mario 237 appearances November 13, 2020 [257]

2021-2022[edit]

Record Held by Details Date Link
Best-selling Luigi videogame Luigi's Mansion 3 9.59 million units sold March 31, 2021 [258]
Most expensive videogame sold at an online auction Super Mario 64 1.56 million U.S. dollars; set in United States July 11, 2021 [259]
Fastest half marathon dressed as a videogame character (male) Mike Lucas, dressed as Mario 1 hour, 26 minutes, 33 seconds; set in United Kingdom (London) October 10, 2021 [260]
Largest videogame cartridge mosaic (image) Yorihito Ishida 32.436 square meters; set in Japan (Moriyama) October 31, 2021 [261]
First Super Mario 64 120 star blindfolded completion "Bubzia" Set in Germany May 8, 2022 [262]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Bros. (Any%) "Niftski" 4 minutes, 54.798 seconds; set in United States August 7, 2022 [263]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Largest collection of Pokémon memorabilia. Guinness World Records. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Truly. I Have The World's Largest Video Game Memorabilia Collection - TOTALLY GAME. YouTube. Retrieved December 24, 2022.