Super Mario: Guess the Game!
- Not to be confused with Guess That Game.
Super Mario: Guess the Game! is a video series produced and published weekly by Nintendo for the Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary event since September 14, 2025. The videos are published on the Nintendo Today! app as news pages; since September 29, 2025, the series is also shown inside trains in Japan, replacing the Pikmin: What's This? video series.[1][2][3] Just like the Pikmin videos, they always precede an advertisement for a recent or upcoming Nintendo product (with the first one attached to these videos being Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2). The videos are quizzes in which the viewer has to guess the title of a Super Mario game after being shown three cropped clips of footage from it as hints, each progressively making the game more obvious. The viewer is given a five-star-based score depending on when they guess the game. At the end of each video, the game's title, release date, and uncropped footage are shown, as well as a "Did you know?" section related to the clips. Additionally, the train version includes a real-life fact that coincides with the year the game released.
Videos[edit]
| # | Date | Game | 1st hint | 2nd hint | 3rd hint | Did you know? | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 14, 2025 | Super Mario Bros. | ★★★★★ Cheep Cheeps in World 2-3 |
★★★☆☆ The Warp Zone in World 1-2 |
★☆☆☆☆ Mario in World 1-1 |
If you go above the ceiling of W1-2, you'll find pipes that can be used to warp to other worlds. | [1] |
| 2 | September 21, 2025 | Super Mario Odyssey | ★★★★★ The World 1-1 recreation in the Metro Kingdom |
★★★☆☆ The Beach Volleyball minigame in the Seaside Kingdom |
★☆☆☆☆ Mario in the Metro Kingdom |
There are also sections that involve playing beach volleyball and going on adventures with 8-bit Mario. | [2] |
| 3 | September 28, 2025 | Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels[n 1] | ★★★★★ Red Piranha Plants in World 4-1 |
★★★★☆ A Sky Blooper in World 1-3 |
★★★☆☆ Luigi in World 5-1 |
Red Piranha Plants and Sky Bloopers first appeared in this game. | [3] |
| 4 | October 5, 2025 | Super Mario 3D World | ★★★★★ A Boo portrait in Shifty Boo Mansion |
★★★★☆ A shadow section in Shadow-Play Alley |
★★☆☆☆ Cat Mario in Mount Beanpole |
Cat Mario makes an appearance, and even some of the enemies show up in cat form. | [4] |
| 5 | October 12, 2025 | Super Mario World | ★★★★★ A Bob-omb in Vanilla Secret 2 |
★★★☆☆ The background of Yoshi's Island 2 |
★☆☆☆☆ Mario riding Yoshi in Chocolate Island 2 |
Mario's friend Yoshi first appeared in this game. | [5] |
| 6 | October 19, 2025 | Super Mario Land | ★★★★★ A Superball in the coin room of World 4-2 |
★★★☆☆ Tokotokos in World 3-1 |
★☆☆☆☆ Mario riding the Sky Pop in World 4-3 |
There is an area where Mario pilots the Sky Pop and shoots down enemies. | [6] |
| 7 | October 26, 2025 | Super Mario Galaxy 2 | ★★★★★ Big Piranha Plants in Supermassive Galaxy |
★★★☆☆ The Whomp King in Throwback Galaxy |
★☆☆☆☆ Mario riding Yoshi on Starship Mario |
Yoshi appears in an adventure that spans galaxies. | [7] |
| 8 | November 2, 2025 | Super Mario Bros. 2 | ★★★★★ A whale in World 4-2 |
★★★☆☆ A key in World 1-3 |
★☆☆☆☆ Mario in World 1-1 |
There is a course you'll cross by hopping on the backs of whales, who sometimes spray water. | [8] |
| 9 | November 9, 2025 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | ★★★★★ The map of Sky Land |
★★★☆☆ Tanks in World 8-Big Tanks |
★☆☆☆☆ Tanooki Mario in World 4-1 |
The World Map makes its first appearance. Clear the courses to progress through the map. | [9] |
| 10 | November 16, 2025 | New Super Mario Bros. U | ★★★★★ A Ghost Block in Spinning Spirit House |
★★★☆☆ The background of Dragoneel's Undersea Grotto |
★☆☆☆☆ Flying Squirrel Mario in Acorn Plains Way |
Ghost Blocks appear in this game. They look like ? Blocks, but attack when you approach. | [10] |
| 11 | November 23, 2025 | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury | ★★★★★ A Super Bell graffiti in Clawswipe Colosseum |
★★★☆☆ 8-bit Luigi jumping out of a ? Block in Trickity Tower |
★☆☆☆☆ Giga Cat Mario battling Fury Bowser |
Sometimes, 8-bit Luigi appears when hitting a ? Block. | [11] |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スーパーマリオ このゲーム な~んだ?[4] Sūpā Mario: Kono Gēmu Na~nda? |
Super Mario: What's This Game? | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 超級瑪利歐 這款遊戲是什~麼?[4] Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu: Zhè Kuǎn Yóuxì Shì Shén~me? (Mandarin) Chīukāp Máhleih'āu: Jéh Fún Yàuhhei Sih Sahm~mō? (Cantonese) |
Super Mario: What's This Game? | |
| Dutch | Super Mario: Welke game is dit?[4] | Super Mario: What game is this? | |
| French | Super Mario : Devine ce jeu ![4] | Super Mario: Guess this game! | |
| German | Super Mario: Errate das Spiel![4] | Super Mario: Guess the Game! | |
| Italian | Super Mario: Indovina il gioco![4] | Super Mario: Guess the game! | |
| Korean | 슈퍼 마리오 이 게임은 뭘까요~?[4] Syupeo Mario: I Geim-eun Mwolkka-yo~? |
Super Mario: What's This Game? | |
| Portuguese | Super Mario: Que jogo é este?[4] | Super Mario: What game is this? | |
| Spanish | Super Mario: ¿Qué juego es este?[4] | Super Mario: What game is this? |
Footnotes and references[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ The video refers to the game by its original Japanese title Super Mario Bros. 2, with additional text indicating that the game was released in North America as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.
References[edit]
- ^ @ChefKawasaki (September 29, 2025). 電車のテレビのニンテンドーの所がピクミンからToday!でも最近はじまったマリオのゲーム当てるクイズに変わってる. X (Japanese). Retrieved October 2, 2025. (Archived October 2, 2025, 19:23:54 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ @Rei_ka0208 (September 29, 2025). え電車の任天堂さんの広告ピクミンから変わった!?!?マリオ40周年のやつになってる!. X (Japanese). Retrieved October 2, 2025. (Archived October 2, 2025, 19:26:52 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ @sepo_Synchron (September 29, 2025). 電車内でふと顔を上げたらマリオのクイズが流れてたんだけど、『これで分かれば☆☆☆☆★!』みたいな感じで一向にマリオのプレイ映像しか出なくて そんな事ある?と思ったら本当にどのマリオ作品か当てるクイズだった……. X (Japanese). Retrieved October 2, 2025. (Archived October 2, 2025, 19:29:37 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Nintendo Today! news