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'''''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 [[Genre#Edutainment|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. The overall design of the game is based of ''[[Super Mario World]]'', where the character graphics are taken from it while the music features rearrangements of various tracks.
'''''Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun''''', released in Europe as '''''Mario's Playschool''''',<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNbeCja0M3o|title= Mario's Playschool (PC DOS) (English)|author=LuigiBlood|date=December 5, 2009|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=July 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Mario%27s_Early_Years_(DOS)|title=Mario's Early Years (DOS)|publisher=TCRF|accessdate=July 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/marios-playschool-doscd-v1_0_1|title=Mario's Playschool|publisher=Internet Archive}}</ref> is an [[Genre#Educational|educational]] game released in North America in 1994<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 67|page=105|date=December 1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=American English}}</ref> for the MS-DOS<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHjXq1K0Nvk|title=Mario's Early Years - Preschool Fun (PC) - Intro|author=LuigiBlood|date=June 1, 2009|accessdate=May 6, 2024}}</ref> and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] with a demographic of 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. The overall design of the game is based of ''[[Super Mario World]]'', where the character graphics are taken from it while the music features rearrangements of various tracks.


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]]''; as such, the game is very similar to the first two games of the series. The main difference between this entry is that the subjects in the islands cover a more general learning, such as learning opposites, colors, and animals. The game, alongside the other two ''Mario's Early Years!'' titles was re-released under ''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]'' in 1995.
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]]''; as such, the game is very similar to the first two games of the series. The main difference between this entry is that the subjects in the islands cover a more general learning, such as learning opposites, colors, and animals. The game, alongside the other two ''Mario's Early Years!'' titles was re-released under ''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]'' in 1995.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
''Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun'' is a point-and-click game, similar to other edutainment titles and the first two games of the ''Mario's Early Years!'' series. Players control the mouse cursor with the mouse in the MS-DOS version of the game, and the SNES version uses the controller that imitates mouse functions. In each of game's worlds, children's voice overs instruct players how to proceed.
[[File:MEYPF CDROM MainMenu.png|thumb|left|The main menu in the ''CD-ROM Collection'' version]]
 
''Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun'' is a point-and-click game, similar to other edutainment titles and the first two games of the ''Mario's Early Years!'' series. Players control the mouse cursor with the mouse in the MS-DOS version of the game, and the SNES version uses the controller that imitates mouse functions; the SNES Mouse is compatible with this game. In each of game's worlds, when the worlds are clicked, the Fun Friends instruct players how to proceed, and remind players to wake Luigi up before playing a game. In worlds where players need to pick objects to proceed, the character moves and jumps according to a clicked location. If an item is clicked on, the character runs and jumps, hitting the item as if it were a [[block]]. Clicking on the various [[Warp Pipe|Exit Pipes]] takes players to further parts of the level, while clicking on Warp Pipes with an arrow pointing at them (yellow in the MS-DOS version, green in the SNES version) takes player back to the main menu.
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==Characters==
==Characters==
{{multiframe
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===Playable characters===
===Playable characters===
The playable characters are the same across all three ''Mario's Early Years!'' titles. Players can pick their character by clicking on them in the main menu screen. In the MS-DOS version of the game, [[Mario]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] are the playable characters. In the SNES version of the game, Yoshi is added as a playable character.
The playable characters are the same across all three ''Mario's Early Years!'' titles. Players can pick their character by clicking on them in the main menu screen. In the MS-DOS version of the game, [[Mario]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] are the playable characters. In the SNES version of the game, Yoshi is added as a playable character.
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MarioPlayschoolFunDos.png|[[Mario]] (MS-DOS)
MarioPlayschoolFunDos.png|[[Mario]] (MS-DOS)
MEY SNES Mariosprite.png|Mario (SNES))
MEY SNES Mariosprite.png|Mario (SNES)
MEY DOS Toadstoolsprite.png|Princess Toadstool (MS-DOS)
MEY DOS Toadstoolsprite.png|Princess Toadstool (MS-DOS)
MEYFWLSNESPrincessPeach.png|[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] (SNES)
MEYFWLSNESPrincessPeach.png|[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] (SNES)
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===Supporting characters===
===Supporting characters===
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==Worlds==
===Fun Friends===
===[[Shape World (Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun)|Shape World]]===
These characters instruct players and congratulate them if they made the correct choices in the stages. Subtitles are present in the SNES version of the game.
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]]===
<gallery>
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.
BowserPlayschoolFun.png|[[Bowser]] (MS-DOS)
GaloombaPlayschool.png|[[Galoomba|Goomba]] (MS-DOS)
MEY SNES Goomba.png|[[Goomba]] (SNES)
MEY SNES Goomba (small).gif|Goomba (SNES)
MEY SNES Koopa Troopa.png|[[Koopa Troopa]] (SNES)
LudwigVonKoopaPlayschool.png|A Koopa Troopa dressed like [[Ludwig von Koopa]] (MS-DOS)
MEY DOS Monkey striped.png|Monkey (striped) (MS-DOS)
MEY DOS Monkey purple.png|Monkey (purple) (MS-DOS)
MEY DOS Piranha Plant.gif|[[Piranha Plant]] (MS-DOS)
MEY SNES Piranha Plant.gif|Piranha Plant (SNES)
WeirdKoopaPlayschool.png|Fun Friend (MS-DOS)
CreatureThingSNESPlayschool.png|Fun Friend (SNES)
MEY SNES Yoshi-species.png|[[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] (SNES)
</gallery>


===[[Body World]]===
==Worlds==
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.
''Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun'' contains seven worlds in the DOS version of the game, six worlds in the SNES version of the game, and eight worlds in the CD-ROM collection version of the game. When the worlds are completed, players are automatically taken back to the main menu, which also acts as the world selection.


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.
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===[[Listening World]]===
|name1=[[File:MEYPF Body World Sprite.png]]<br>[[Body 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.
|description1=Represented by a person with colored body parts, this world contains a grassy area with mountains in the background. Here, the player can click on some of Mario's body parts, and the amount of body parts the player can click on depends on the version of the game. 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.
 
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===[[Opposite World]]===
|name2=[[File:MEYPF Color World Sprite.png]]<br>[[Color 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.
|description2=Represented by colorful balloons, in this world, the player must wake Luigi up first. Then the game indicate some pictures and their color. The player must click on the indicated object.
 
|image3=[[File:MEYPF DOS Counting World.png|150px]]<br>'''MS-DOS'''<br>[[File:Counting World 2.png|150px]]<br>'''SNES'''
===[[Color World]]===
|name3=[[File:MEYPF Counting World Sprite.png]]<br>[[Counting World (Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun)|Counting World]]
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.
|description3=Represented by numbers on a chalkboard, 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. In the CD-ROM collection version of the game, Mario's Kitchen from the ''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]'' [[Counting World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|Counting World]] version is included.
 
|image4=[[File:MEYPF DOS Listening World1.png|150px]]<br>'''MS-DOS'''<br>[[File:Listening World.png|150px]]<br>'''SNES'''
===[[Sing Song World (Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun)|Sing Song World]]===
|name4=[[File:MEYPF Listening World Sprite.png]]<br>[[Listening 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}}.
|description4=Represented by a radio, whistle, and bell, 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. In the MS-DOS version of the game, three more stages are added.
 
|image5=[[File:MEYPF DOS Opposite World1.png|150px]]<br>'''MS-DOS'''<br>[[File:Opposite World.png|150px]]<br>'''SNES'''
===[[Time World]]===
|name5=[[File:MEYPF Opposite World Sprite.png]]<br>[[Opposite World]]
Exclusive to the ''Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection'' version of the game, this world deals with time-related subjects. Players watch through the seasons, life cycles for people, plants, butterflies, and frogs, the months of a calendar, and the day and night.
|description5=Represented by opera masks, in this world, the player must wake Luigi up first. The player must then click the opposite item to the one that is being indicated at the top of the screen, with three different stages.  
|image6=[[File:MEYPF DOS Shape World1.png|150px]]<br>'''MS-DOS'''<br>[[File:Shape World 2.png|150px]]<br>'''SNES'''
|name6=[[File:MEYPF Shape World Sprite.png]]<br>[[Shape World (Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun)|Shape World]]
|description6=Represented by three colored shapes, 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. Players need to click on a sleeping Luigi to start the game. When a form is clicked, the character approaches and strikes it, resulting in the form being transported to the canvas.
|image7=[[File:MEYPF DOS Sing Song World.png|150px]]
|name7=[[File:MEYPF Sing Song World Sprite.png]]<br>[[Sing Song World (Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun)|Sing Song World]]
|description7=Appearing only in the MS-DOS version of the game, it is represented by Old MacDonald with cows, a cat, wooden fence, and musical notes. This is a world where nursery rhymes/children songs are reenacted with the Mario cast. The included songs are "{{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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|description8=Appearing only in the ''Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection'' version of the game, this world deals with time-related subjects. Players watch through the seasons, life cycles for people, plants, butterflies, and frogs, the months of a calendar, and the day and night.
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==Console differences==
==Console differences==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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===Screenshots===
<gallery>
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PeachMEY.png
MEYPF DOS Title Screen.png|Title screen (MS-DOS)
Body World.png|[[Body World]] in the SNES version.
MEYPF DOS MainMenu.png|Main menu (MS-DOS)
Counting World 2.png
MEYPF SNES Title Screen.png|Title screen (SNES)
Shape World 2.png
MEYPF SNES MainMenu.png|Main menu (SNES)
Listening World.png
MarioPlayschoolFunDos.png|[[Mario]] (MS-DOS)
Opposite World.png
MEY SNES Mariosprite.png|Mario (SNES)
Color World.png
DOSMarioPreschoolFun-1-200.jpg|North American MS-DOS box art
BodyWorldPC.png|[[Body World]] in the MS-DOS version.
mariopre1.jpg|North American SNES box art
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</gallery>


===Sprites===
==Quotes==
<gallery>
Some quotes from Fun Friends instructing players are compiled from separate sound bytes.
MarioPlayschoolFunDos.png|[[Mario]]
 
MarioPlayschoolFunDosSide.png|[[Mario]]
*''That works for me!''
LuigiPlayschoolFunDos.png|[[Luigi]]
*''Mario likes you.''
BowserPlayschoolFun.png|[[Bowser]]
*''Wow, you did it.''
BowserPlayschoolFunDos.gif|[[Bowser]]
*''Good choice.''
LudwigVonKoopaPlayschool.png|A Koopa that resembles [[Ludwig von Koopa]]
*''You did well.''
WendyKoopaPlayschool.png|[[Wendy O. Koopa]]
*''I like your choice.''
WendyKoopaPlayschoolDance.gif|[[Wendy O. Koopa]]
*''I know that's right.''
WeirdKoopaPlayschool.png|[[Koopa Troopa]]
*''Well done.''
GaloombaPlayschool.png|[[Galoomba|Goomba]]
*''You are good!''
</gallery>
*''Great!''
*''Good for you.''
*''You found it!''


==Media==
==Media==
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{{more media|SNES and DOS|section=yes}}
{{media table
|file1=MEY DOS - MainMenu.oga
|title1=Main Menu (MS-DOS)
|description1=A rearrangement of the map theme from [[Donut Plains]], [[Twin Bridges]], and [[Chocolate Island]] from ''[[Super Mario World]]'' heard in the main menu in the MS-DOS version of the game.
|length1=0:28
}}
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Fre=Mario à l'école
|FreM=Mario at school
|Ger=Marios Vorschule
|GerM=Mario's preschool
}}


==References==
==References==
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Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (DOS)
MS-DOS version
Box art for Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
SNES version
For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Developer The Software Toolworks (Mindscape)
Publisher The Software Toolworks
Platform(s) MS-DOS, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Release date USA November 1994
Europe 1994
Genre Educational
Mode(s) Single-player
Media
Super NES:
Game Pak
Home computer system:
Optical disc
Input
Super NES:
Home computer system:

Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun, released in Europe as Mario's Playschool,[1][2][3] is an educational game released in North America in 1994[4] for the MS-DOS[5] and SNES with a demographic of 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. The overall design of the game is based of Super Mario World, where the character graphics are taken from it while the music features rearrangements of various tracks.

This was the last of three educational games to be released in the Mario's Early Years! series, the others being Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters and Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers; as such, the game is very similar to the first two games of the series. The main difference between this entry is that the subjects in the islands cover a more general learning, such as learning opposites, colors, and animals. The game, alongside the other two Mario's Early Years! titles was re-released under Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection in 1995.

Gameplay[edit]

The main menu for the CD-ROM collection version of Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
The main menu in the CD-ROM Collection version

Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun is a point-and-click game, similar to other edutainment titles and the first two games of the Mario's Early Years! series. Players control the mouse cursor with the mouse in the MS-DOS version of the game, and the SNES version uses the controller that imitates mouse functions; the SNES Mouse is compatible with this game. In each of game's worlds, when the worlds are clicked, the Fun Friends instruct players how to proceed, and remind players to wake Luigi up before playing a game. In worlds where players need to pick objects to proceed, the character moves and jumps according to a clicked location. If an item is clicked on, the character runs and jumps, hitting the item as if it were a block. Clicking on the various Exit Pipes takes players to further parts of the level, while clicking on Warp Pipes with an arrow pointing at them (yellow in the MS-DOS version, green in the SNES version) takes player back to the main menu.

Characters[edit]

Playable characters[edit]

The playable characters are the same across all three Mario's Early Years! titles. Players can pick their character by clicking on them in the main menu screen. In the MS-DOS version of the game, Mario and Princess Toadstool are the playable characters. In the SNES version of the game, Yoshi is added as a playable character.

Supporting characters[edit]

Image Name Description

Luigi from the MS-DOS release of Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun Luigi Luigi Luigi is found sleeping in most worlds. Players need to click on him to wake him up to start playing the games. He additionally shows up in the title screen, helping to assemble the letters.

Fun Friends[edit]

These characters instruct players and congratulate them if they made the correct choices in the stages. Subtitles are present in the SNES version of the game.

Worlds[edit]

Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun contains seven worlds in the DOS version of the game, six worlds in the SNES version of the game, and eight worlds in the CD-ROM collection version of the game. When the worlds are completed, players are automatically taken back to the main menu, which also acts as the world selection.


Image Name Description

Body World from the MS-DOS release of Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun.
MS-DOS
Body World.png
SNES
Body World icon from Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
Body World
Represented by a person with colored body parts, this world contains a grassy area with mountains in the background. Here, the player can click on some of Mario's body parts, and the amount of body parts the player can click on depends on the version of the game. 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.
Color World from the MS-DOS version of Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
MS-DOS
Color World.png
SNES
Color World icon from Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
Color World
Represented by colorful balloons, in this world, the player must wake Luigi up first. Then the game indicate some pictures and their color. The player must click on the indicated object.
Counting World from the MS-DOS version of Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
MS-DOS
Counting World 2.png
SNES
Counting World icon from Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
Counting World
Represented by numbers on a chalkboard, 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. In the CD-ROM collection version of the game, Mario's Kitchen from the Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers Counting World version is included.
Listening World from the MS-DOS version of Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
MS-DOS
Listening World.png
SNES
Listening World icon from Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
Listening World
Represented by a radio, whistle, and bell, 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. In the MS-DOS version of the game, three more stages are added.
Opposite World from the MS-DOS version of Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
MS-DOS
Opposite World.png
SNES
Opposite World icon from Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
Opposite World
Represented by opera masks, in this world, the player must wake Luigi up first. The player must then click the opposite item to the one that is being indicated at the top of the screen, with three different stages.
Shape World from the MS-DOS version of Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
MS-DOS
Shape World 2.png
SNES
Shape World icon from Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
Shape World
Represented by three colored shapes, 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. Players need to click on a sleeping Luigi to start the game. When a form is clicked, the character approaches and strikes it, resulting in the form being transported to the canvas.
Sing Song World from the MS-DOS version of Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun Sing Song World icon from Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
Sing Song World
Appearing only in the MS-DOS version of the game, it is represented by Old MacDonald with cows, a cat, wooden fence, and musical notes. This is a world where nursery rhymes/children songs are reenacted with the Mario cast. The included songs are "I'm a Little Teapot", the English alphabet song, "Old MacDonald Had a Farm", "The Wheels on the Bus", and "Itsy Bitsy Spider".
Time World from Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection Time World icon from Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
Time World
Appearing only in the Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection version of the game, this world deals with time-related subjects. Players watch through the seasons, life cycles for people, plants, butterflies, and frogs, the months of a calendar, and the day and night.

Console differences[edit]

The SNES version of the game is largely the same as the PC edition, but with some differences due to reduced space.

  • The main menu of the DOS version of the game uses a rearrangement of the map theme for Donut Plains while the SNES version uses the title screen theme. The icons are also in slightly different places.
  • Options to turn off music/sounds/voice clips, randomize the questions, and show text in worlds that have it were removed.
  • The help screen with tips on how to continue learning outside of the program was removed.
  • Yoshi was added as a third playable character.
  • Various background graphic differences.
  • Like its predecessors, Sing Song World was removed.

Staff[edit]

Main article: List of Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun staff

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun.

Quotes[edit]

Some quotes from Fun Friends instructing players are compiled from separate sound bytes.

  • That works for me!
  • Mario likes you.
  • Wow, you did it.
  • Good choice.
  • You did well.
  • I like your choice.
  • I know that's right.
  • Well done.
  • You are good!
  • Great!
  • Good for you.
  • You found it!

Media[edit]

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
French Mario à l'école
Mario at school
German Marios Vorschule
Mario's preschool

References[edit]

  1. ^ LuigiBlood (December 5, 2009). Mario's Playschool (PC DOS) (English). YouTube. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  2. ^ Mario's Early Years (DOS). TCRF. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  3. ^ Mario's Playschool. Internet Archive.
  4. ^ (December 1994). Nintendo Power Volume 67. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 105.
  5. ^ LuigiBlood (June 1, 2009). Mario's Early Years - Preschool Fun (PC) - Intro. Retrieved May 6, 2024.