Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox

|developer=[[wikipedia:Mindscape Group|The Software Toolworks]] (Mindscape)

|publisher=[[wikipedia:Mindscape Group|The Software Toolworks]]

|released={{released|USA|November 1994}}

|genre=Educational

|modes=Single player

|ratings={{ratings|esrb=ec|pegi=3}}

'''''Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun''''', released in Europe as '''''Mario's Playschool''''',<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNbeCja0M3o YouTube video of the MS-DOS version released in Europe] (Retrieved July 21, 2019)</ref><ref>[https://tcrf.net/Mario%27s_Early_Years_(DOS) TCRF: Mario's Early Years (DOS)] (Retrieved July 21, 2019)</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/marios-playschool-doscd-v1_0_1 Archive.org - Mario's Playschool]</ref> is an educational ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' game released in North America in 1994<ref>Nintendo Power Volume 67, Page 105</ref> for the MS-DOS<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHjXq1K0Nvk YouTube video of the MS-DOS version] (Retrieved August 9, 2011)</ref> and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0YPmPrkDhA YouTube video of the SNES version's introduction] (Retrieved August 9, 2011)</ref> developed for children under six years of age. The game is set around a group of islands, where each island teaches a different subject to the players.

This was the last of three educational games to be released in the ''[[Mario Discovery (series)|Mario's Early Years!]]'' series, the others being ''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters]]'' and ''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]''.

==Main characters==

*[[Mario]]

*[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]

*[[Luigi]]

==Worlds==

===[[Shape World (Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun)|Shape World]]===

This world contains many art-related objects, such as pencils and ink jars. Here, the player must click on the indicated forms to make a picture. [[Luigi]] is sleeping, click on him so he will be awakened in order to start the game. When a form is clicked, [[Mario]] approaches and strikes it, resulting in the form being transported to the canvas.

===[[Counting World (Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun)|Counting World]]===

This world is similar to a child playroom. Here, the player can count objects. When a group is tapped, the objects will be counted while the children in the room show the number with their fingers.

===[[Body World]]===

This world contains a grassy area with mountains in the background. Here, the player can click on some of Mario's body parts. If the player clicks on Mario's [[Mario Cap|cap]], it floats and show Mario's hair. If Mario's right hand is clicked, he snaps his fingers. If Mario's left hand is clicked, Mario claps his hands. If Mario's right foot is clicked, he taps it on the ground. If Mario's nose is clicked, he shakes it a bit.

The player can also click the monkeys in the background, causing them to wave. The sun in the background can be clicked, causing it to raise its eyebrows.

===[[Listening World]]===

This world is similar to a farm. Here, the player must wake up a sleeping Luigi to start. Three animals are shown and a sound is played. The player must click the animal that makes the indicated sound.

===[[Opposite World]]===

In this world, the player must click the opposite item to the one that is being indicated at the top of the screen. The player must wake Luigi up first.

 

In this world, the player must first wake Luigi up. Then the game will indicate some pictures and their color. The player must click on the indicated object.

===[[Sing Song World (Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun)|Sing Song World]]===

A world where nursery rhymes/children songs are reenacted with the Mario cast. Such as {{wp|I'm a Little Teapot}}, the English alphabet song, {{wp|Old MacDonald Had a Farm}}, {{wp|The Wheels on the Bus}}, and {{wp|Itsy Bitsy Spider}}.

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