Earth

Earth (also called the Real World in the cartoons) is an expansive planet that features a wide variety of people, cultures, and ecosystems. Although Earth in the Super Mario series is supposed to be the actual planet Earth, like other nonfictional concepts that have entered the series, the Earth that appears in Super Mario acts as a comic, satirical version of the real life subject. It shares many similarities to Mushroom World, including several species of plants and animals. The planets are connected to one another through Warp Pipes. The planet has been referred to as the "Real World" by citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom in the non-canonical cartoons.

Earth is a vast planet that includes plains, mountains, oceans, and deserts. The planet is divided by seven continents surrounded by vast oceans. The planet is orbited by a single moon.

Lands of Earth
Earth is organized into seven continents whose borders are based on geographical features rather than political boundaries. Continents are not necessarily separated by water. With the exception of Antarctica, each continent is further subdivided into countries, political bodies ruled by a government. Several countries are in more than one continent. The subdivisions of countries vary, but every country has population centers such as towns or cities.

Africa
Africa is home to both sandy deserts and lush rain forests. Its nations include Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya. Humans and a variety of exotic animal species inhabit this continent.

Antarctica
Antarctica is a large icy, ferociously cold desert continent located at the southernmost point of the planet. It is the only continent that does not have specific countries ruling portions of it.

Asia
The largest continent, Asia is home to a variety of countries, including Russia and China. The Great Wall of China is one of the continent's most famous landmarks. China's capital city, Beijing, was the location of the Olympic Games in which Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, and others competed during the events of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (non-canon).

Australia
The smallest continent on Earth, Australia is home to humans and a variety of animal species, including kangaroos. Alligator Dundee originally lived on this continent (non-canon). It is occasionally referred to as "Down Under" due to its location in the southern hemisphere of the planet.

Europe
Famous for its varied culture and role large role in Earth's history, Europe is divided into countries such as France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Famous cities include Paris and Venice. Europe is densely populated.

North America
North America is the location of the United States and Mexico among other nations. The United States is home to many famous and influential cities, including New York City, where Mario and Luigi used to live, and Washington, D.C., the nation's capital. Other famous locations in the United States include Hawaii and the Kennedy Space Center.

South America
A largely tropical continent, South America is famous for the Amazon Rainforest. Countries include Argentina, of which Buenos Aires is the capital. "7 Continents for 7 Koopas" portrayed a part of South America's human population as primitive, spear wielding hunter-gatherers.

Extinction of the Dinosaurs
The Super Mario Bros. film features an introduction that outlines the rule and extinction of the dinosaurs on Earth. Dinosaurs used to live the good life, superior to the small mammals who also inhabited the planet, until one day a gigantic meteor struck the planet, destroying the dinosaurs. However, the narrator then asks the audience to consider a "what-if" scenario that paves the way for the remainder of the film.

As the plot of Super Mario Bros. is a "what-if" scenario, the applicability of this piece of Earth's history to the rest of the Super Mario series is unknown. Nintendo has yet to comment on this matter.

Super Mario Bros. Plumbing
In the live-action segments of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Mario and Luigi lived on Earth and ran a Brooklyn plumbing business: Mario Brothers Plumbing. How or why the brothers came to live on the planet is unknown: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island DS, and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time have all confirmed that Baby Mario and Baby Luigi lived on Mushroom World during the first few years of their lives.. Many of the brothers' relatives lived on the planet as well, including Mama Mario and their father. Mario and Luigi's plumbing business was moderately successful.

How the brothers came to leave Earth is another point of potential inconsistency. As revealed in "The Legend," the brothers left Earth for the Mushroom World upon hearing a call for help through the pipes in Mario Brothers Plumbing. According to the introduction to The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and "Toddler Terrors of Time Travel," the brothers happened upon a Warp Zone to the Mushroom World while performing a house call, and were sucked down. This second explanation was later modified through the power of Ludwig von Koopa's Time Travel Tube, but no major changes were made to Earth's history. Although this is quite a reasonable theory, it is not to be taken as fact until confirmed by Nintendo or a game.

Other Appearances


Official artwork for Mario Kart DS depicts various characters racing and battling on the Earth's surface, visually demonstrating the worldwide scope of the Nintendo DS' Wi-Fi capabilities.

In Mario Party 7, while all the boards exist on Mushroom World, the Mushroom World (when depicted in the game) resembles Earth.

Also, Wario refers to the area below the Awazon as "deep within the Earth" in the manual of Virtual Boy Wario Land. It is unknown if he is referring to Mushroom World as "Earth", calling the Awazon area "Earth", or merely referring to the soil of the Awazon. It is more likely that he was referring to the surface of the planet, and not the name of the planet itself.

In Mario Kart Wii, the Earth appears in the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and in the Rainbow Road course of the Special Cup. The planet is located in the background of the course, underneath of the track and the drivers when compete in it. If the players accidentally fall off the course, they will fall to the void by the gravity of the planet, instead of being floating in the space.

in Mario Party DS there is a minigame where you run around on a globe and shoot enemies with water balloon guns

Appearances in Other Media
In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Mario and Luigi often try to find their way back to Brooklyn (their hometown in the cartoon series) usually via a Warp Pipe. Towards the end of the series, the Mario Brothers decide to stay so that they can protect Princess Toadstool and the Mushroom Kingdom. Additionally, the live action sequences take place in Brooklyn. The first and last parts of the Super Mario Bros. movie are also set in Brooklyn.

Additionally, in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, many episodes featured characters using Warp Pipes to travel back and forth between the "Real World" (Earth) and Mushroom World. In the episode "7 Continents for 7 Koopas", Bowser assigns each of his seven Koopalings to take over one of the Real World's continents.




 * Bully – Asia
 * Cheatsy – Australia
 * Kootie Pie – Europe
 * Kooky – Africa
 * Big Mouth – Antarctica
 * Hip – North America
 * Hop – South America

Notably, after all the trouble is undone, a screen is shown with many errors and mislabellings of the various continents.

Also, Bowser is seen in the Real World yet again in a flashback sequence from the Super Mario World episode "Rock TV".

During the events of the Club Nintendo comic "Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24", aliens erroneously took Earth for a giant coconut, and since they adored this kind of fruit, they took the planet with them, pulling it away from the sun. This resulted in a sudden drop of temperature all over the planet. When Donkey Kong and some of his friends talked to the aliens, they returned Earth back to its original position.

In the comic "Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All", from the same magazine, Mario and Luigi traveled through space in search for a new spaceship. They finally found it on Earth (which Luigi referred to as "Planet Terra").

"Dino World"
In the Super Mario Bros. live-action film, an alternate, unnamed version of Earth is revealed to exist; this parallel Earth was brought into creation when a meteorite struck the true Earth, causing spatial and dimensional disturbances, resulting in the creation of the alternate Earth, which the dinosaurs, at least those who weren't killed, and a few other creatures were flung to.

On this Earth, various types of dinosaurs evolved into humanoid creatures, though some, such as Yoshi, seemed to have retained their reptilian forms. Aside from one rundown city, Dinohatten, this Earth is a desert wasteland, lacking various resources.