Mario Excite Bike

Mario Excite Bike (known as Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium in Japan) is an obscure remake/adaptation of the NES title, Excitebike. In this game, all human bikers were replaced with Mario characters. Mario Excite Bike was somewhat based off of the Mario Kart series. As a Satellaview title, Nintendo developed the video game and released four versions of it through the satellite download service operated by St.GIGA, each expanding on or replacing the features of the last.

Versions
There are 4 different versions of the game, each adding a new character.


 * Version 1 featured: Mario, Luigi, and Toad.
 * Version 2 featured: Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Toad.
 * Version 3 featured: Mario, Luigi, Wario, Princess Peach, and Toad.
 * Version 4 featured: Mario, Yoshi, Wario, Princess Peach, and Toad.

Characters
There are six main characters: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Wario, and Yoshi. Red and Green Koopa Troopas appear as non-playable opponents.



Release info
Like many other Satellaview games, Excitebike was released in four installments.

1997/05/11～1997/05/17	エキサイトバイク　ぶんぶんマリオバトル スタジアム１ Excitebike BunBun Mario Battle Stadium 1

1997/05/18～1997/05/24	エキサイトバイク　ぶんぶんマリオバトル スタジアム２ Excitebike BunBun Mario Battle Stadium 2

Notably the list shows the second half of the series being released half a year later;

1997/11/02～1997/11/08	エキサイトバイク　ぶんぶんマリオバトル スタジアム３ Excitebike BunBun Mario Battle Stadium 3

1997/11/09～1997/11/15	エキサイトバイク　ぶんぶんマリオバトル スタジアム４ Excitebike BunBun Mario Battle Stadium 4

The likely time of broadcast was 7PM. The program may have re-aired various times, but exactly when or how many times is uncertain.