List of references in video games

Mario characters have appeared as cameos in other Nintendo games over the course of Mario's long history. Below is a list of some of these appearances.

List of Game Sightings

 * 1080° Avalanche – On the bottom of Ricky Winterborn's skateboard, a classic sprite of Mario can be seen. In his biography, it is mentioned that he likes to play Nintendo games such as Super Mario Bros. and the Legend of Zelda.
 * Alex Kidd in Shinobi World – The first level's boss, "Mari-Oh", bears a striking resemblance to Mario. This was likely a way to mock Nintendo, as the Alex Kidd games were all made by Sega, Nintendo's brutal business rival.
 * Animal Crossing/Animal Crossing: Wild World – There are several unlockable NES games that can be played, including Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3, and Super Mario Bros.. There is also a Mario statue and a Luigi statue. The character Kapp'n sings a song about how he sings better than Mario and Gulliver talks about his goldfish back in Toad Town. There are pieces of furniture, such as Warp Pipes, Starmen, and Fire Flowers to be unlocked with cheat codes from Nintendo Power. These furniture pieces are also available in the sequel, Animal Crossing: Wild World. However, they have either be released by Nintendo via wi-fi or are hacked. Also, in wild world, one of the villagers has Luigi's clothes in their closet.
 * Alleyway – Mario controls the paddle.
 * Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission Las Vegum – A certain Roman looks like Mario, only much more skinny. He also come with his own version of FLUDD. When attacking, he will very faintly shout "Yahoo!" in a Mario-esque voice. Upon beating him, he will shout "Mama mia!" The Roman also moves in a similar way to the way Mario moves in Super Mario Sunshine. In later stages, the Roman will even resort to trying to jump up high and stomping the character.
 * Banjo-Tooie – A toilet in Grunty Industries, Inc. needs a plumber, Kazooie suggests Mario because he's a plumber. The toilet says he thinks Mario doesn't do that job anymore.
 * Big Brain Academy – One of the Syllable Count sentences is the famous Toad quote "Thank you, Mario, but our princess is in another castle" and in The Missing Link, sometimes a sketch of Mario's Hat will appear.
 * Chibi-Robo – A character named Kid Eggplant looks just like the Eggplant Man enemy from Wrecking Crew.
 * Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest – At the end of the game, Mario is awarded second or first place for collecting the most DK Coins. Mario's rank depends on how many DK Coins the player has collected.
 * Donkey Konga 2 – A save image/badge used in saving scores.
 * Earthbound/Mother 2 – In the Onett arcade there are several Donkey Kong arcade machines. In the Japanese version of Earthbound (known as Mother 2) Mario, Peach, Luigi and Toad are a few of the default names of the games characters. Also the default name for the dog is Yoshi and Ness's favorite meal is "Mushroom Meal" and the favorite thing is "goal".
 * Earthworm Jim – The Sega CD version of this game includes several secret masks for the character, including one of Donkey Kong with an arrow through his head. This is reportedly to mock Nintendo as the release of Donkey Kong Country around the same time blunted the success of Earthworm Jim.
 * F-1 Race – Mario waves the checkered flag when the player wins a race.
 * F-Zero X and F-Zero GX - A playable racer named Mr. EAD has an uncanny similar phisical appearance to Mario. In F-Zero X, a race course named Rainbow Road appears, with a striking resemblance to the Mario Kart 64 Rainbow Road.
 * Goldeneye 007 – A cheat mode in this game is "DK mode" this is named after Donkey Kong. In this mode players have big heads and small bodies.
 * Jill of the Jungle – A "News Bulletin" announces Mario, at age 72, is giving up superhero status because of Jill's "incredible" popularity. "We are not cool enough. We just did not stand a chance." states the newsflash. It also says that he will return to his old job, cleaning gorilla cages at the local zoo. (Unfortunately for Jill, because of her incredible unpopularity she was retired after only three games.)
 * Justice League Heroes – The villain Gorilla Grodd attacks the player's characters by materializing large barrels and hurling them.
 * Kirby Super Star – Mario, Toad, Luigi and Birdo are also in the audience of the Megaton Punch Contest along with several 1-up mushrooms, also a picture of Mario appears at the end of Milky Way Wishes. Several of the items in the The Great Cave Offensive, such as the "Turtle Shell" and "Bucket" are from Mario games. Also when Kirby activates his Stone ability he will (very rarely) turn into a gold statue of Mario. In Kirby's battle against King Dedede in Spring Breeze Mario and Peach are in the audience. Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Birdo can be seen in the "Megaton Punch" mini-game's audience.
 * The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – One of the houses in the light world village has a painting of Mario in it. If Link pulls on it, rupees will come out.
 * The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening – Li'l Bow-Wow, known in the Marioverse as a Chain Chomp is featured in the game and 'befriends' Link as actually helps him access one of the dungeons. Other Marioverse monsters like Bob-ombs and Goombas also appear in the game. The character Mamu also looks just like Wart.
 * The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask – A Mario mask is on the back on the Happy Mask Salesman's backpack, but it is not wearable.
 * The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – The Lon Lon Ranch owners, Ingo and Talon, both look like the Mario Bros. Ingo, Talon, and Malon all wear necklaces with Bowser's head on it. In the area where Zelda usually stands in the Hyrule Castle courtyard there is a window on the right. Look in it at different angles and pictures of Yoshi, Peach, Mario, Bowser, and Luigi can be seen.
 * The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – Lakitus appear as enemies who throw lightning bolts at Link, then disappears back into their clouds. Bob-omb is also found in this game, and if struck with your sword, will scurry around then then explode. A second hit will cause it to stop and then explode.
 * The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Fyer who operates the cannon down by Lake Hylia has a Bullet Bill on his sleeve.
 * Maniac Mansion – When you turn on a "video game," some music is played, and you hear the first five notes of the famous Super Mario Bros. theme.
 * Megaman Battle Network 3 – Mario's clothes appear in Mayl's room.
 * Megaman ZX – There are two brothers who resemble Mario and Luigi.
 * Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes – Mario and Yoshi dolls in Otacon's Lab.
 * Mike Tyson's Punchout! – Mario acts as the in-ring referee.
 * Mother 1 & 2 – Same as Earthbound
 * Nintendogs – Mario and Luigi's hats appear as wearables for the dogs, as well as RC Mario, Peach, and Bowser Kart toys.
 * Pikmin 2 – A picture of Bowser is on a box of matches. The game's protagonists, Captain Olimar and Louie, resemble Mario and Luigi respectively. Their original Japanese names are also anagrams or shortening of Mario and Luigi's names. (Orima = Mario, Rui/Lui = Luigi)
 * PilotWings 64 – In one of the games levels Mount Rushmore can be seen and it has Mario's face on it. If the player shoots Mario's face it changes into Wario's.
 * Pinball – Mario appears in a bonus stage.
 * Pokémon – On the TV in the copycat's room the player can see Mario with a bucket on his head. This is a reference to the game Mario & Wario, where Mario gets a bucket dropped on his head by Wario.
 * Pokémon Stadium 2 – One of the accessories for your room is a Nintendo console, on which can be viewed Super Mario characters.
 * Qix – Mario appears, dressed from certain cultures from around the world.
 * Sim City (SNES) – If the player's city has a population of 500,000 residents you will earn a Mario statue. The bonus scenario Freeland has it's trees shaped like Mario's head. Bowser can appear and destroy the player's city by selecting him on the disasters menu. The Tokyo scenario has Bowser walking through the city, like Godzilla.
 * The Simpsons Road Rage – Some houses have the switch from the switch places in the garden.
 * SSX on Tour – [[Image:ssxtour.jpg|thumb|Luigi gets some big air!]]In the GCN version, some of the more popular Mario characters (Mario, Luigi and Peach are playable. Also, one of the courses, Nintendo Village, is completely Mario themed.
 * Stunt Race FX – Mario and Luigi appear on billboards.
 * Super Play Action Football – On the coin that is tossed before the game, Mario's head is the Head side and Raccoon Mario's tail is the Tail side.
 * Super Punch Out – Mario, DK, and DK Jr. (all in their original forms) appear in crowd.
 * Super Scope 6 – Mario flies one of the planes once a certain amount of progress is made.
 * Taiko no Tatsujin 8 – The Super Mario Bros. theme is one of the playable songs.
 * Tennis – Mario appears as the referee.
 * Tetris (NES) – Mario and Luigi are seen dancing when you complete Stage 9 Level 5 in Type B mode. Samus Aran, Pit, Donkey Kong and Link can also be seen dancing after the rocket ship takes off.
 * Tetris DS – When you play Standard Mode, Mario plays the original Super Mario Bros.
 * The Legend of Stafy 3 – Wario appears many times to help out Stafy and, additionaly, get his mitts on some treasure. Stafy controls many versions of Wario, including Fiery Wario and Puffy Wario.
 * Uniracers – The Hopper track Wario Paint is a spin off of the game Mario Paint.
 * Viewtiful Joe – Joe whistles the main theme to Super Mario Bros.: B-Dasher.