Mario's face

Not to be confused with Mini Mario. "I bet ya can't a do this! Wheeeeeeeee! Ahahaaha!"

- mario mini

mario mini is a floating head of Mario, appearing in several games, though it was not named until Super Mario 64 DS.

Mario mini also first appeared in Mario Teaches Typing 2. He taught players how to type, and also made lots of random small talk. Later the head appeared on the title screen of Super Mario 64, where players could tug and stretch it into humorous positions. As Super Mario 64 was Nintendo's first title for the Nintendo 64, the mario mini served to familiarize the player to the Nintendo 64 controller without worrying about gameplay.

Mario mini later appears in the mini-game Face Lift, found in Mario Party and Mario Party 2. In Mario Party 2, the player has to alter the face of mario mini. The more accurately the face is changed, the more points the player gets. The player who earns the most points wins.



In Super Mario 64, mario mini appeared at the title screen, and the player could pull on his facial features, such as his nose, ears, cheeks, chin, and hat. The Mario mini is usually smiling merrily and gazing at the player. When the player gets a Game Over, Mario mini is dazed and beat up.

In the later remake of the game, Super Mario 64 DS had a mario mini, along with a yoshi mini, is able to turn into an ink outline version of himself, which can be distorted with the stylus or various buttons. The player can also erase mario mini or yoshi mini and draw his or her own creations.

The mario mini is also a feature in some of the mini-games in Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros. It is on the top screen and appears in mini-games that need something to go on the top screen to fill the space. When the player opens a chest in Boom Box, the chest makes a sound, astonishing the Mario mini head on the top screen. If the player makes a mistake, the Mario mini head frowns, while if the player succeeds, the Mario mini head beams at the player. If the player gets a Game Over in any mini-game, then Mario mini screams and looks dazed. When a player clears any mini-game round, Mario mini is astonished, then bursts out laughing.

Quotes
All from Mario Teaches Typing 2.


 * "I'm-a going to-a fly for you. VRMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM."
 * "Help! I've-a fallen, and I can't-a get up! And that's my impersonation of American advertising."
 * "Hmmm. Oh. Nice computer you've got here. Can I have it?"
 * "My nose a feels-a funny against this screen. Hmm."
 * "Have you seen the Princess? PRINCESS! Hmm."
 * "Hey! I'm-a thirsty. You have-a anything to drink-y?"
 * "IIII have no BODY!"