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This is a collection of citations for primary texts for the Super Mario franchise for easy copy and pasting, and uniformity. It includes citations for in-game menus, in-game dialogue, instruction booklets, official websites, books, and other such sources generally organized by game. Sections are navigatiable using the table to the right. Where Nintendo has officially hosted PDFs for the public to view, they are provided for their relevant citations.
Citing and writing
Why do we cite things?
In all my years, I do not think I have met many people who like citing works. Anyone who has attended school knows about citing references, and many people find it to be needless, superfluous busy work. They would not do it unless explicitly required. I sympathize. Citing works is hard. It is tedious. However, that is not quite the same as being needless. The unfortunate reality is that there are good reasons why authors, editors, and researchers utilize citations. They are tools to help your readerbase and the text your are writing. How so depends on who you ask or what they are writing about. However, I have personally distilled three main universal reasons:
- It allows your readerbase to understand where the information you wrote came from, and gives them the information to check it themselves if they so desire.
- It builds trust with the readerbase by demonstrating you are not fabricating information written, which is especially important if you are building an argument based on the objective knowledge of someone else.
- Finally, it strengthens the longevity and reliability of your work. If you include a citation once, you should never again have to worry if a reader will not understand what you are writing about or where it came from. You gave them everything they need. For collaborative projects, perhaps another writer will come along in the subsequent years and find what you provided is helpful to their own projects too. You never know what the future may hold.
There are less utilitarian reasons why citations are used. For example, for me, I do not like feeling like I am taking advantage of the labor of others, so if I learn something from the research of someone else, it feels like I am doing them a disservice by not citing their work. (One should take note that in more professional spaces, you can get in serious trouble for presenting information as if it is yours. Outside of that though, it just feels unkind for its own merits.)
Here on Super Mario Wiki, our policies discourage citations for obvious information from the games, which is for good reason. For all intents and purposes, our wiki is the reference people use for such information, and there are users who play games on the fly and just write articles for what they are doing as they play. To cite that type of stuff would be needless busy work. However, for cryptic and obscure information, research on development or creative choices, as well material restricted to non-English localizations, all the principles I relay above apply to citations on Super Mario Wiki. Additional details about citing and the wiki's policies concerning references are readable on our citations policy and instructions page.
Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
Citations for the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia.
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<ref>{{cite|author=Roberts, Rachel, and Cardner Clark, editors|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years]]''|format=First English Edition|translator=William Flanagan and Zack Davisson|location=Milwaukie|publisher=[[Dark Horse Books]]|isbn=978-1-50670-897-3|page=XX}}</ref>
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Roberts, Rachel, and Cardner Clark, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years (First English Edition). Translated by William Flanagan and Zack Davisson. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books. ISBN 978-1-50670-897-3. Page XX. | book | English (American) | 2018 |
<ref>{{cite|author=Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|translator=Fabien Nabhan|location=Toulon|publisher=Soleil Productions|language=fr|isbn=978-2-3020-7004-2|page=XX}}</ref>
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Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page XX. | book | French (European) | 2018 |
<ref>{{cite|author=Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors|date=2017|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015]]''|translator=Yamada Hirofumi|location=Hamburg|publisher=Tokyopop|language=de|isbn=978-3-8420-3653-6|page=XX}}</ref>
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Scholz, Sabine, und Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page XX. | book | German | 2017 |
<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|translator=Marco Amerighi|location=Milan|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=XX}}</ref>
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Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page XX. | book | Italian | 2018 |
<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors|date=2025|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|format=2nd ed.|translator=Alessandro Apreda|location=Milan|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=979-1259575760|page=XX}}</ref>
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Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 979-1259575760. Page XX. | book | Italian | 2025 |
<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=XX}}</ref>
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Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page XX. | book | Japanese | 2015 |
<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2017|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario]]''|translator=Gemma Tarrés|location=Barcelona|publisher=Editorial Planeta, S.A.|language=es-es|isbn=978-84-9146-223-1|page=XX}}</ref>
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Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page XX. | book | Spanish (European) | 2017 |
Other encyclopedias and general works
Encyclopedias and other such works that cover multiple games.
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<ref>{{cite|author=Haley, Sebastian, and Meagan Marie|date=2017|title=''Playing With Super Power: Super NES Classics''|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=0744018706|page=XX}}</ref>
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Haley, Sebastian, and Meagan Marie (2017). Playing With Super Power: Super NES Classics. Roseville: Prima Games. ISBN 0744018706. Page XX. | book | English (American) | 2017 |
<ref>{{cite|author=Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and [[Claude Moyse]], editors|date=1992|title=''Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power''|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|language=de|isbn=3-929034-02-6|page=XX}}</ref>
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Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors (1992). Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). ISBN 3-929034-02-6. Page XX. | book | German | 1992 |
<ref>{{cite|author=Haley, Sebastian, and Meagan Marie|date=2017|title=''Playing With Super Power: Super NES Classics''|format=Italian Edition|translator=Christian Colli|location=Terni|publisher=Multiplayer Edizioni, [[Prima Games]]|language=it|isbn=9788866312833|page=XX}}</ref>
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Haley, Sebastian, and Meagan Marie (2017). Playing With Super Power: Super NES Classics (Italian Edition). Translated by Christian Colli. Terni: Multiplayer Edizioni, Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 9788866312833. Page XX. | book | Italian | 2017 |
<ref>{{cite|date=2022|title=''[[Super Mario Trading Card Collection]]''|location=Modena|publisher=Panini Group|language=it|tab=XX}}</ref>
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2022. Super Mario Trading Card Collection. Modena: Panini Group (Italian). Tab XX. | book | Italian | 2022 |
<ref>{{cite|date=2023|title=''[[Super Mario Play Time Sticker Album]]''|location=Modena|publisher=Panini Group|language=it|page=XX}}</ref>
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2023. Super Mario Play Time Sticker Album. Modena: Panini Group (Italian). Page XX. | book | Italian | 2023 |
<ref>{{cite|date=2025|title=''[[Super Mario IT’S-A ME, MARIO!]]''|location=Modena|publisher=Panini Group|language=it|page=XX}}</ref>
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2025. Super Mario IT’S-A ME, MARIO!. Modena: Panini Group (Italian). Page XX. | book | Italian | 2025 |
<ref>{{cite|author=Technopolis Editorial Department|date=1985|title=『任天堂のファミリーベーシック人門』|location=Tokyo|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|language=ja|isbn=4-19-723063-X|page=XX}}</ref>
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Technopolis Editorial Department (1985). 『任天堂のファミリーベーシック人門』. Tokyo: Tokuma Shoten (Japanese). ISBN 4-19-723063-X. Page XX. | book | Japanese | 1985 |
<ref>{{cite|author=Kiire, Kyoko (Shogakukan), Koichi Watanabe, Hiroaki Nagata, Masatoshi Watanabe, Haruko Ueki (Supersonic), and Toru Mori, editors|date=1994|title=『[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten|パーフェクト{{ruby|版|ばん}} マリオキャラクター{{ruby|大事典|だいじてん}}]]』|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=4-09-259067-9|page=XX}}</ref>
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Kiire, Kyoko (Shogakukan), Koichi Watanabe, Hiroaki Nagata, Masatoshi Watanabe, Haruko Ueki (Supersonic), and Toru Mori, editors (1994). 『パーフェクト |
book | Japanese | 1994 |
<ref>{{cite|author=Gaglianone, Arthur, and Francisco Pellegrini Jr., directors|date=1991|title=''Super Mario Bros. Livro Ilustrado''|location=Rio de Janeiro|publisher=Multi Editora|language=pt-br|page=XX}}</ref>
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Gaglianone, Arthur, and Francisco Pellegrini Jr., directors (1991). Super Mario Bros. Livro Ilustrado. Rio de Janeiro: Multi Editora (Brazilian Portuguese). Page XX. | book | Portuguese (Brazilian) | 1991 |
