Guinness World Records

The Guinness World Records (also 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.

Super Mario

 * Highest Coin Target in a Platform Game: New Super Mario Bros. 2, 1,000,000 coins
 * Fastest 70-Star Completion of Super Mario 64: 49 min, 36 sec, by Mike Sigler
 * Fastest Super Mario Bros. Minimalist Speedrun: 5 min, 2 sec, by John Lundrigan
 * Rarest Super Mario Game: Nintendo Campus Challenge, one remaining
 * Highest Rated Platform Game Series: Super Mario, with a Metacritic average of %92
 * Fastest Single Segment Completion of Super Mario Bros. 2, 9 min, 15 sec, by Andrew Gardikis

Mario Kart

 * Best Selling Racing Game on the 3DS, Mario Kart 7, 6,140,000+ sold
 * Best Selling Racing Game, Mario Kart Wii, 32,040,000 + sold
 * Fastest Single-Segment Speedrun of Mario Kart Wii (hard difficulty), 1 hr, 7 min, 9 sec, by Jose Karica
 * Most Super Mario Kart World Records (Female), Leyla Hasso, 30
 * Most Watched Racing Game Themed Video, Rémi Gallard, 48,910,491 views as of September 19, 2012

Donkey Kong

 * Highest Score on Donkey Kong, 1,100,000, by Hank Chien

Other

 * Largest Collection of Video Game Memorabilla, 8,030+ as of September 19, 2012, by Brett Martin