The Cat Mario Show

The Cat Mario Show is a video series available via the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Nintendo eShop produced and published by Nintendo. It is aimed to educate and entertain younger players. The show is hosted by hand-puppets of Cat Mario and Cat Peach, who present each episode with facts, strategy tips, quizzes, and other content relating to games for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, as well as the Nintendo Switch in later episodes.

The series began in Japan on February 26, 2014, in Europe on July 17, 2014, and in North America on December 18, 2014. In 2016, levels created by the actor and actress for Cat Mario and Cat Peach released as event courses in Super Mario Maker. Completing them unlocks Cat Mario and Cat Peach costumes.

List of puppets

 * Cat Mario is one of the two main hosts of the show. He often misinterprets words (e.g. hearing the word "girly" as "," a type of pickled ginger in the Japanese cuisine). He also forgets things easily, such as souvenirs for Cat Peach when he travels to E3.
 * Cat Peach is the other host of the show. One of this show's running gags is whenever something particularly amazing or surprising happens, she often says, "Unbelievable!" Sometimes she will take a role like a performer in the Japanese version, which is reflected in generally rail at the boke for their mistakes and exaggerations, as opposed to be Cat Mario's boke.
 * Captain Toad sometimes appears as an assistant for Cat Mario and Cat Peach, starting in Episode 20. Unlike the other puppets, he does not talk in full sentences.
 * Bowser occasionally interrupts the show by talking about the enemies and traps in certain games, such as Super Mario Maker. He also interrupts the show for advertising Bowser related things, such as for a T-shirt of himself in the original Super Mario Bros. for Animal Crossing: New Leaf in Episode 13.
 * Link appears as a host in some episodes with The Legend of Zelda series-related segments, using his design from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. He speaks with the verbal tic "deyaa," like Cat Mario and Peach speak with "nya."

Europe
The European Cat Mario Show can be watched through the Nintendo eShop, as well as the Nintendo Kids and Nintendo Extra microsites, in different languages. PEGI 3 editions, which remove coverage of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, are compiled in a YouTube playlist published in July 2015 by Nintendo of Europe; the PEGI 12 editions are only available officially on the Nintendo eShop (except for Episodes 16, 17, 18, 20, and 21).

Pokémon Playtime
Pokémon Playtime is a separated section from the European version of show, which is entirely related to Pokémon universe.
 * Its first episode was released in August 5, 2016 and explained to the beginners what are the Pokémon creatures, as well as talking a little about Pokémon Sun and Moon and its first three Pokémon, and finally a game about guessing a Pokémon (which is Meowth).
 * Its second episode was released on September 23, 2016 via Nintendo eShop and on October 13, 2016 via European Nintendo YouTube channels, and talks about Alola versions of Pokémon, shows the Rotom Pokédex and makes a game about guessing a Pokémon (which is Diglett).
 * Its third episode was released on October 27, 2016 on the Nintendo UK YouTube channel. Cat Mario and Cat Peach talk about some of the human characters in Sun and Moon and some of the Pokémon that can be ridden. The episode ends with the hosts challenging the viewer to identify a silhouette of a Pokémon, which is a Slowpoke.

North America
The North American episodes can be seen at Play Nintendo and on the YouTube playlist. This version is based off the European version, but with some changes, such as the removal of various segments and that Mario and Peach now speak with American accents rather than British.

South Korea
Because the Wii U, and by extension the original Super Mario 3D World, was never officially released in South Korea, the Korean version focuses on Yo-kai Watch instead.

Cat Mario Quiz
The Cat Mario Quiz allow viewers to answer questions about various games including Super Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, and more.

Super Smashing Secrets
This segment shows the characters' special moves in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It is taken out in the European PEGI 3 editions.

Become a Mario Expert
This segment introduces the hidden secrets in various Super Mario games including hidden shortcuts and techniques in Mario Kart 8, multiplayer aspects in Super Mario 3D World, showing some Virtual Console Super Mario games, and many more. It is the first segment shown on the show. In addition, a special variation covers Zelda, Splatoon, and Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Speed Run Fun
This segment shows developers of games such as Kenta Motokura and Risa Tabata doing speed runs in levels in the games they have worked on (except in Episode 56 of the Japanese version, in which Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash assistant director plays a short match between Luigi and Daisy). In the Japanese version, the developer says how to complete the level that there are playing the fastest way they know, but in other language versions such as the English, Spanish and Portuguese versions, instead of adding subtitles as they usually do in other videos, Mario and Peach explain how to pass through the level.

Learn from Cat Mario: Tips & Tricks
This segment has got the same idea from "Become a Mario Expert" but currently has only talk about Super Mario 3D World, Captain Toad Treasure Tracker and Super Mario 3D Land. The music from Hands-On Hall from Super Mario 3D World plays while Mario and Peach are presenting the segment.

Pokémon Training
This segment talks about some aspects from Pokémon.

amiibo Silhouette Quiz
The amiibo Silhouette Quiz shows four hints of the character that is in an amiibo. This debuted at the end of Episode 59 of the Japanese version.

Chotto Pokémon
Chotto Pokémon covers the first 151 Pokémon in the Kanto region in a special quiz, debuted at the end of Episode 63 of the Japanese version to honor 20 years of the franchise. It shows three clues of that mystery Pokémon.

Yo-kai Time!
Yo-kai Time! is like the sections "Pokémon Training" or "Become a Mario Expert", but this time the focus is in Yo-Kai Watch in-game elements.

Trivia

 * The Mario Drawing Song is often played in the Japanese version while presenting random drawings or contests winners of Pokémon Art Academy and The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes contests and Miiverse pictures. This is replaced by the Training music from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate when presenting the winners of picture contests of that game.
 * The series reveals more traits about Mario, such as the fact that his drawing skills are terrible and that Mario's favorite is  from the 2013 animated film .
 * There are several countries in which the show airs but is not dubbed into the country's official language; rather, they simply add subtitles. Some examples include the Russian and Portuguese versions.