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(Wario Blast is actually a really bad example since it's a sprite-swapped bomberman game with no changes made to it beside adding Wario)
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*''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' and ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]''
*''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' and ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]''


In some cases, the games are obviously part of the ''Mario'' series (i.e. ''Mario Sports Mix'' or ''Wario Blast''), while others are more evenly split between the franchises (i.e. ''Mario & Sonic'' or ''Fortune Street'') but should still be counted as ''Mario'' games. Even series that can stand alone as their own set of games separate from any of the contributing franchises (i.e. ''SSB'') are considered to be partner series of the ''Mario'' games. In all cases, these crossovers are given full coverage: everything appearing in the games gets articles.  (Please note that puzzle games like ''Tetris DS'' and ''PiCTOBiTS'' have very little content, and so, are limited in scope to game pages only.)
In some cases, the games are obviously part of the ''Mario'' series (i.e. ''Mario Sports Mix''), while others are more evenly split between the franchises (i.e. ''Mario & Sonic'' or ''Fortune Street'') but should still be counted as ''Mario'' games. Even series that can stand alone as their own set of games separate from any of the contributing franchises (i.e. ''SSB'') are considered to be partner series of the ''Mario'' games. In all cases, these crossovers are given full coverage: everything appearing in the games gets articles.  (Please note that puzzle games like ''Tetris DS'' have very little content, and so, are limited in scope to game pages only.)


Giving full coverage to crossovers means that the characters and other aspects originating in the other series involved in the crossover are also given articles, however these articles must be limited to the non-''Mario'' subject's role in the crossover game itself. For example, our article about [[Link]] talks about his role in the ''SSB'' games, but does not go on to discuss what happens in any of ''The Legend of Zelda'' games, although a brief overview about his role in the series is permitted in the article's introduction.
Giving full coverage to crossovers means that the characters and other aspects originating in the other series involved in the crossover are also given articles, however these articles must be limited to the non-''Mario'' subject's role in the crossover game itself. For example, our article about [[Link]] talks about his role in the ''SSB'' games, but does not go on to discuss what happens in any of ''The Legend of Zelda'' games, although a brief overview about his role in the series is permitted in the article's introduction.