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|latest=''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]]) | |latest=''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]]) | ||
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The '''''Mario Discovery''''' series, also known as '''''Mario's Early Years''''', is a | The '''''Mario Discovery''''' series, also known as '''''Mario's Early Years''''', is a spin-off series in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise consisting of five games published and developed by {{wp|Mindscape Group|The Software Toolworks}} ({{wp|Mindscape}}), licensed by [[Nintendo]]. They are in the [[Genre#educational games|edutainment]] genre. | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
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===''Mario's Time Machine''=== | ===''Mario's Time Machine''=== | ||
''Mario's Time Machine'' follows a very similar structure and system to that of ''Mario is Missing!'', though it stars [[Mario]] as the | ''Mario's Time Machine'' follows a very similar structure and system to that of ''Mario is Missing!'', though it stars [[Mario]] as the protagonist rather than Luigi. In the game, Mario must travel through time in order to return items stolen by Bowser to their original time periods. | ||
===''Mario's Early Years!'' games=== | ===''Mario's Early Years!'' games=== | ||
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|[[File:PC Box - Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre3.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1993}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|October 1994}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span> | |[[File:PC Box - Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre3.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1993}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|October 1994}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span> | ||
|A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about | |A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about English. The game is centered around an early English curriculum, with lessons about simple English topics like [[Sentence World|constructing sentences]], learning about the [[First Letter World|first]] and [[Last Letter World|last]] letters of words, and both the [[Alphabet World|alphabet]] and its [[Sound World|sounds]]. | ||
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]'' | !colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]'' | ||
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|[[File:Mario Numbers.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre2.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1994}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|September 1994}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span> | |[[File:Mario Numbers.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre2.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1994}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|September 1994}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span> | ||
|A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about numbers. | |A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about numbers. The game teaches basic skills about numbers like [[Number World|numbers]] itself, [[Counting World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|counting]], [[Comparing World|comparing]], [[Sorting World|sorting]], and identifying [[Shape World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|shapes]] and [[How Many World|numbers]]. | ||
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]'' | !colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]'' | ||
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|[[File:DOSMarioPreschoolFun-1-200.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre1.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1994}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|November 1994}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span> | |[[File:DOSMarioPreschoolFun-1-200.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre1.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1994}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|November 1994}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span> | ||
|A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about basic learning. | |A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about basic learning. It contains other worlds that were not present in the first two games: like one about the [[Body World|human body]], [[Listening World|listening]], [[Opposite World|opposites]], [[Color World|colors]], and [[Time World|time]]. | ||
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'' | !colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'' | ||