Mario Hanafuda

The Mario Hanafuda deck is a deck of Japanese playing cards known as Hanafuda. It was introduced during the 30th Anniversary of Super Mario Bros.. Nintendo creating a deck of Hanafuda cards reference how it originally started out as a Hanafuda card manufacturing company.

Illustrations on the cards
In the Mario Hanafuda deck, all of the cards' traditional illustrations have been modified with elements from the Mario universe. Furthermore, a close inspection of the illustration reveals that a new printing method has been used with respect to the one used in the Club Nintendo Hanafuda. Another important aspect is that now some months follow a theme (although others are mixes of miscellaneous enemies, power ups and the Mario Bros. themselves):


 * January is dedicated to the Yoshi series.
 * February is dedicated to the present time Yoshi.
 * March is dedicated to important women and girls in the Mario universe.
 * April is dedicated to the Donkey Kong Country series.
 * August is dedicated to the Luigi's Mansion games.
 * December is dedicated to Bowser, Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings.