MarioWiki:Marioverse

The Marioverse is any place that exists in the same world(s) as Mario. The name is a catch-all term used by fans to describe all of the various worlds (and everything in them) that Mario (including his friends and enemies) has visited.

The Marioverse tends to be limited to only game related material (or, anything that Nintendo declares official).

The Marioverse seems to overlap with other dimensions. For example, Link, Samus Aran, and Culex (who are clearly not Mario characters) appear in the Marioverse, while creatures such as Goombas and Piranha Plants appear in other dimensions, such as Link's land of Hyrule.

The name is a portmanteau of the words 'Mario' and 'Universe'. With Super Mario Galaxy on its way, we will truly see the full extent of the 'universe' part of the Marioverse.