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 * Super Mario Land (pictured) is the first Super Mario game not to feature Luigi, Princess Peach, or Toads, and the second one not to feature Bowser or the Mushroom Kingdom.
 * Mario Kart DS is the only Mario Kart game where Lakitu does not start the races off as a referee.
 * Rambi was going to be a ridable Animal Friend in the canceled game Donkey Kong Racing for the Nintendo GameCube. Early screenshots of this game also showed that other Rambis, some large in size and some extremely small, were going to be ridable.
 * Super Smash Bros. Melee is the first appearance on the Nintendo GameCube for all of the playable characters excluding Mario, Luigi, and Bowser, whose first appearance in a GameCube game was in Luigi's Mansion.