Super Mario-kun

This article is about the CoroCoro Comic manga. For other uses, see Super Mario-kun (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Dr. Mario-kun.

Super Mario-kun
Japanese cover of the first volume
Artist	Yukio Sawada
Publishers	Shogakukan Soleil Productions (Soleil Manga collection) Planeta Cómic
Label	CoroCoro Comic
Original language	Japanese
Translations	French Spanish
Volumes	61 (in progress)
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Super Mario-kun (stylized as SUPER MARIO KUN in Super Mario Maker) is a Japanese-published Super Mario manga series written by Yukio Sawada and published by Shogakukan. The manga has been serialized monthly in CoroCoro Comic since November 1990 with the first tankōbon released in July 1991. The series is aimed at children and features the characters and scenarios of various Super Mario games, though with different twists and creative liberties. It also contains crude humor, puns, breaking the fourth wall, nudity, and slapstick violence. There are also a few puzzles (such as mazes and objects hidden in scenes) to be solved throughout the installments.

Starting in August 2014, the Super Mario-kun series was released for the "Bookstore Anywhere" application on Nintendo 3DS in Japan in bundles of ten volumes up to volume 57 for ¥4,400 each. The first set containing volumes one through ten was released on August 27, 2014 the second set on September 24, the third on October 29, and the fourth on November 26.

In December 2014, Soleil Productions began to publish a French localization of the series in its Soleil Manga collection, titled Super Mario: Manga Adventures. A Spanish translation by Planeta DeAgostini under the name Super Mario Aventuras has started to be released since late November 2016.

A "best of" collection titled Super Mario Manga Mania was compiled in September 2017, which was later translated to English by VIZ Media and released on December 8, 2020. Another best-of collection was released in April 2023 in the form of Super Mario-kun Special Selection, starting with a remake of the first ever chapter of the manga series.

To celebrate the manga series' 25th anniversary, Mario's Super Mario-kun design was added as a Costume Mario in Super Mario Maker. The costume is unlocked by clearing the "SUPER MARIO KUN 25th Anniversary" Event Course.

Volumes

Volume #	Description	Date of release	Image
1	First part of the Super Mario World arc: While on a trip to Dinosaur Land with Mario and Luigi, Princess Peach is kidnapped by Bowser and the Mario brothers run to her rescue, meeting Yoshi on the way and learning that the Bowser's Minions has captured Yoshi's friends as well. The three travel through Yoshi's Island and the Donut Plains, encountering many foes, including the four Mutant Ninja Sentai Nokonokoman, and defeating Iggy and Morton. The volume concludes with a special chapter in which Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi travel through the potential next title in the Super Mario series.	August 25, 1991 December 3, 2014 November 29, 2016
2	Second part of the Super Mario World arc: Mario, Luigi and Yoshi travel through Vanilla Dome, the Twin Bridges, and the Forest of Illusion and look for the Star Road, defeating the Mekakuppa, Ludwig, and Roy, as well as Donkey Kong, who was working for the latter. The volume concludes with a recap of Mario's previous adventures and jobs: Donkey Kong, Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros., Golf, Tennis, Wrecking Crew, Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Bros. 3, Tetris, and Dr. Mario, as well as a nod to SimCity.	December 25, 1991 February 4, 2015 February 21, 2017
3	Third part of the Super Mario World arc: Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi travel through the Forest of Illusion and Chocolate Island, defeating Wendy before being swallowed by the Valley of Bowser and being trapped in Bowser's Castle. Once free, the three are attacked by Super Mario Land enemies. They manage to rescue Peach and flee, only to discover that she was in fact King Totomesu in disguise.	February 25, 1992 March 25, 2015 March 21, 2017
4	Fourth part of the Super Mario World arc: Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi return to the Valley of Bowser and must face more traps from Bowser's troops as the winter holidays come near. On the way to rescuing Princess Peach, the heroes find themselves warped into Hyrule, have to face a giant aggressive Kaiju Mario created through Mario Paint, must rescue the final Yoshi egg and defeat Larry, (who manages to kill Mario and sends him to Hell, though he escapes) and finally have a climactic battle against Bowser at Bowser's Castle during his and Peach's marriage.	November 28, 1992 May 20, 2015 April 11, 2017
5	Fifth part of the Super Mario World arc, taking place before Volume 4's events: Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi take a shortcut to Bowser's Castle. Chapters reference other Super Mario titles such as Yoshi, and the heroes battle Lemmy in a variation of Gnat Attack. It is revealed that, in the far future, Bowser becomes a princess's maid due to being defeated by Mario, and the volume concludes with the three heroes liberating Star Road's Power-Ups from a mysterious villain who is revealed to be Bowser 3, Bowser's incarnation from Super Mario Bros. 3, culminating in a final battle.	January 25, 1993 July 1, 2015 May 23, 2017
6	Sixth part of the Super Mario World arc: The first half takes place after Volume 5's events, and the second part right after Volume 4's: Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi go back to their rescue of Princess Peach and face more foes, while chapters make references to Super Mario Kart, Super Mario Bros. 2, and Yoshi's Cookie. Mario is challenged twice by Donkey Kong Jr. to a kart race, and the heroes fight with Birdo (who later joins them) and Mouser. After the rescue of Princess Peach, she is kidnapped again and taken to the Special Zone. Mario and Bowser have a Super Mario Kart Battle Mode duel before they must team up to save Princess Peach from a curse meant for Mario. The volume ends with an anticipation of the next story arc, Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins: Mario discovers that Wario has conquered Mario Land and, with the help of a sentient Carrot, begins his journey to liberate it.	April 25, 1993 September 23, 2015 June 20, 2017
7	First part of the Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins arc: Mario returns to Mario Land, only to discover that his old friend Wario has conquered it. Helped by a Carrot, he goes to find the six Golden Coins and free each region from Wario's influence. Mario and Carrot go through the Tree Zone and defeat the Big Bird guarding one of the Golden Coins. As Yoshi sends Mario gifts for liberating Dinosaur Land, they are soon joined by Yokkī, a sentient Yoshi Cookie. They then travel through the Turtle Zone, where they are helped by friendly Goombas and defeat the octopus. Following this, they go through the Mario Zone, facing off against the zone himself (rigged by Wario) and the Three Little Pigheads. They then go through the Macro Zone where they defeat the sewer rat with the help of a collector. There are also two one-off stories: In one, Peach and Bowser's Minions, under her orders, hatch a plan to make Mario lose weight. In the other story, Mario and Yoshi try to save the Yoshis from a curse by adventuring through an RPG-style adventure.	July 25, 1993 November 25, 2015 July 4, 2017
8	Super Mario Bros. 2 arc, which takes place after the first half of Volume 6's events and before Volume 4's: Wart takes over Subcon and, after kidnapping them from Bowser's Castle, challenges Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Birdo to rescue the land. The four heroes travel through the worlds of Subcon, defeating Mouser, Tryclyde, Fryguy, and Clawgrip along the way. Birdo dies trying to protect Yoshi, but is quickly replaced with Toad. The final battle against Wart proves itself to be very difficult, as Wart is not sensitive to vegetables anymore and has the ability to molt. Eventually, Wart is defeated through the combined efforts of Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Bowser, Birdo's sisters, little Yoshis, and Yoshi's hunger, but Bowser kidnaps Princess Peach again and the Mario Bros. return to Dinosaur Land to rescue her. Second part of the Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins arc: Mario, Carrot, and Yokkī go through the Pumpkin Zone and, guided by a friendly Boo, defeat the Witch. There are also two one-off stories: an anticipation of Mario & Wario, in which Wario uses buckets to make Mario, Yoshi, and Peach lose themselves in a forest, and another one based on Yoshi's Safari, in which Yoshi defeats enemies with his bazooka.	October 25, 1993 January 27, 2016 September 19, 2017
9	Yoshi's Safari arc: Mario, wanting to retire, is forced to join yet another adventure to stop the chaos afflicting the world by finding the three Crystal Mushrooms. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Birdo (reincarnated as a fairy) adventure through Dinosaur Land, fighting stronger versions of past enemies and finally finding the first Crystal Mushroom in the ruins of Bowser's old castle. After accidentally drifting off to another land, the heroes encounter Bowser who possesses the second Crystal Mushroom and steals the protagonists' as well. The next step in the journey is Jewelry Land, which has been turned into a mechanical land by Bowser. Using the Super Scope, Mario and Yoshi, the only characters to be unaffected by the mechanical virus, face Ludwig, King Blooper, and finally Mecha Bowser himself. They recover the three Crystal Mushrooms and undo the curse on the world, revealing the Super Scope to be a transformed Prince Pine. Later, Bowser tries to get revenge on the heroes by trapping them in the Mario Bros. stage against the Mecha Nokonoko. First part of the Mario & Wario arc: While Peach is still under Bowser's guard, Wario throws a bucket on her head, revealing to Bowser that Luigi possesses the key to take it off. Bowser rushes to Mario's home at Yoshi's Island, only to learn that Mario himself has had a bucket thrown on him by Wario and that Luigi has been out for a walk. The fairy Wanda appears to help the heroes in their quest to find Luigi, but due to an unfortunate incident, she ends up being merged with Bowser. Mario, Yoshi, Bowser, and Wanda go through the Forest of Fairies and manage to take the bucket off Mario's head after it turned into an enemy. They then go through the Yoshi Lake, where they battle a monster made of eggshells dropped by Wario. Third part of the Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins arc: Mario, Carrot, and Yokkī are robbed of their five Golden Coins by Tatanga and chase him to the Space Zone, with the help of the Hippo statue. However, they are defeated in battle and fall back to Earth, but Bowser, disguised as Santa Claus, defeats Tatanga and gives Mario all six Golden Coins as a Christmas gift. The volume concludes with a one-off story in which Wario and a Goomba go treasure hunting underwater.	January 25, 1994 March 23, 2016 October 3, 2017
10	Second part of the Mario & Wario arc: Mario, Bowser-Wanda, and Yoshi finally find Luigi and run back to Bowser's Castle to free Peach, but are confronted by Wario donning Samus's Power Suit. Defeated, Luigi is turned into a key by Wario, and Peach's bucket is lifted off her head. Fourth part of the Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins arc: Mario, Carrot, and Yokkī, with the help of the Golden Coins power, defeat Wario, shrinking him into Mini Wario form, and shoo him away from Mario Land. In a bonus story based on Yoshi's Safari, Mario is trapped by Roy in a flipper in the form of a ball, while Yoshi tries to help him get through it. First part of the Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 arc: Mario and Yoshi meet Chirako, whose island has been taken by Wario. While they head to stop him, Wario tries to freeze them with Tetris blocks. Once they arrive at the island, they discover the townsfolk and Wario tied up: the Brown Sugar Pirates trapped them after stopping by. The pirates attack Mario and Yoshi and, during the fight, Wario gets free and helps the heroes fight the pirates, deciding then to join forces to stop the pirates and steal their treasure: a giant golden statue of Peach. A special chapter based on Super Mario All-Stars concludes the volume: Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi save Peach from Bowser, Wart, and Wario, who force the heroes to pass through their deadly puzzles.	June 25, 1994 May 25, 2016 November 14, 2017
11	Second part of the Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 arc: Mario, Yoshi, and Wario reach Kitchen Island, the alleged Pirate cove, and face against Spiked Koopa, Minotaur, and Penkoon. Game Boy Donkey Kong: While buying clothes in Pauline's shop with Yoshi, Mario angers Donkey Kong, who kidnaps Pauline and locks her up at the top of a construction site. Mario and Yoshi, avoiding enemies and barrels, reach him and knock him upward with a hammer swing, but the key to Pauline's cage falls and is buried under the debris caused by DK's fall to the ground. First part of the Wario Woods arc: Wario and his monster conquer the Peaceful Woods and Wanda runs to Peach's Castle asking for help, so Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, Toad, and Birdo go to help her. The heroes face Fauster, Boom, and Goro	November 25, 1994 November 23, 2016 February 20, 2018
12	Third part of the Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 arc: Mario, Yoshi, and Wario fight against the Devil's Head, Bobo, and the ghost. The latter one is defeated with the power of three Mario clones created with the Game Boy Donkey Kong bonus roulette and Luigi. After the three Mario clones sacrifice, the rest of the heroes reach Syrup Castle, where they face the Knight and the final battle against Captain Syrup and her Genie starts. Mario is then trapped in the Genie's lamp, where he fights against the defeated bosses of Kitchen Island, but he is rescued by Donkey Kong. Second part of the Wario Woods arc: Mario, Luigi, Toad, Wanda, and Birdo are now against Mad the mermaid, turned into a water demon, and Seizer. Anticipation of the Donkey Kong Country arc: Mario and Yoshi, while flying over Donkey Kong Island with the Sky Pop, are shot down with a barrel by the Kongs. Cranky Kong explains they mistook them with the Kremlings, the pirate crocodiles that are stealing the island's bananas. Mario, in exchange for a new plane, helps Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong retrieve a banana hoard guarded by a Rock Kroc. One last bonus chapter sees Wario irritating his Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins' minions.	April 25, 1995 March 22, 2017 March 20, 2018
13	Fourth part of the Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 arc: Genie creates a powerful explosion that damages the castle, so Captain Syrup flees, leaving everyone else behind in the crumbling castle. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Wario, chased by the Genie, escape from the castle and find the stolen Peach's golden statue, but Syrup comes back and activates a secondary function of the castle, making it turn into a robot. While Wario tries to stop Syrup from getting away with the statue, Mario and his friends fight the castle. The castle is defeated and Syrup escapes, but Wario manages to retrieve the statue. Suddenly, the statue eats Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi and disappears, leaving Wario alone with the Genie's lamp, which he uses to ask for a castle, but the Genie gives him a dog kennel instead. Koopa Empire arc: Meanwhile, Mario and the others are taken by the statue into the future, where the Bowser took over the Mushroom Kingdom. Following the destruction of the statue, Mario decides to first stop the Koopa reign and then find a way to go back to the past. Third part of the Wario Woods arc: The heroes face against Drago, the Fake Warios, and finally Wario, which accidentally fused himself with a tree. Fierce battle!! Survival race edition: Peach has prepared a survival race. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi intend to participate, and so do Bowser, Wario, and DK. During the race, each participant uses every possible tactic to win. The last chapter is a collection of puzzles based on the final act of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, with Mario, Yoshi, and Wario traversing Syrup Castle, defeating the Genie, and getting their own castle.	September 25, 1995 May 24, 2017 July 3, 2018
14	First part of the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island arc: still stuck in the future that is the Koopa Empire, Mario and Luigi finds a photo of Yoshi's childhood album, in which he once helped a young Mario reunite to Luigi and be delivered home. Bowser also appears and decides to go to the past to stop the young Yoshi's mission to reunite the Mario Bros. Mario and Luigi follow him with the Taru-gata Machine and end up in Yoshi's Island from the past (Yoshi quickly follows them with another machine). After saving Baby Mario from Kamek's clutches, they all go to Bowser's Castle to rescue Baby Luigi. In the volume, the heroes fight against Burt the Bashful and Froggy. First part of the Donkey Kong Country arc: Mario and Yoshi crash on Donkey Kong Island where the Kremlings are stealing all the bananas on the island. Cranky Kong, asking Mario for help, decides to take the island and bananas back. Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Mario, and Yoshi face Very Gnawty, Master Necky, and Dumb Drum. The 4-komas are based on Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest: Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong explore the dangerous Crocodile Isle to rescue DK. Dixie is constantly pulling Diddy out of trouble while he does not even acknowledge it.	February 25, 1996 August 23, 2017 September 18, 2018
15	Second part of the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island arc: Yoshi, Mario, Luigi, and Baby Mario face off against Sluggy the Unshaven and Bowser, the latter turned into a Baby by Baby Mario after the explosion of a POW Block. Kamek then turns Bowser into a giant, but with the combined forces of Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, Bowser is defeated and both the past and future are saved. Second part of the Donkey Kong Country arc: The party fights against Master Necky Snr. and Hard Hat and boards the Gangplank Galleon where they face the King K. Rool. Anticipation of the Super Mario 64 arc: Luigi has a Nintendo 64 with a copy of Super Mario 64 and Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi have fun with all the new game mechanics. First part of the Super Mario 64 arc: Mario is invited by Peach to her castle for a party, but once there, Mario discovers that Bowser has conquered the castle to make it the new base for his minions. With the help of Toad and a Bob-omb Buddy, Mario starts his hunt for the Power Stars; the source of Peach's Castle's power and the only thing that can keep the minions away. In this volume, Mario and his friends go in Bob-omb Battlefield, Whomp Fortress, Hazy Maze Cave and Jolly Roger Bay, fighting against the Big Bob-omb (who becomes their ally), King Whomp and the Unagi. The 4-komas are based on Mario Kart 64.	November 25, 1996 November 22, 2017 October 16, 2018
16	Second part of the Super Mario 64 arc: Mario and Bob-omb Buddy traverse Shifting Sand Land, join forces with Yoshi in Big Boo's Haunt, defeats Bowser's submarine in Dire, Dire Docks, and fight Bowser in Bowser in the Fire Sea and the Chill Bully in Snowman's Land. The heroes then take a break from hunting Power Stars for a quick Mario Kart race with Bowser, Wario, Toad, and Luigi. In Lethal Lava Land, Mario fights against the Big Bully. In Cool, Cool Mountain, he helps Tuxie, the Headless Snowman, and has a race with the Big Penguin. On their way to Bowser in the Sky, Mario loses his cap in Rainbow Ride and the party searches for it, having discovered that it is magical. Bowser is finally reached and defeated, and Peach is freed.	April 1, 1997 February 21, 2018 February 19, 2019
17	Third part of the Super Mario 64 arc: Peach is strangely still missing, and Mario, Luigi, Toad, Yoshi, and Bob-omb Buddy look for her in Tall, Tall Mountain, Tiny-Huge Island, and other areas they have already visited, as well as the flea market of Bowser's Minions and a dump of enemies based on items (like the Moneybag and the Mad Piano). Mario later finds himself trapped in the mirror world, where he is harassed by his and his friends' mirror copies. First part of the Mario Kart 64 arc: Mario, Luigi, Toad, Yoshi, Wario, and Bowser have a kart race to see which one is number one. The characters race on Royal Raceway, Choco Mountain, Bowser's Castle, DK's Jungle Parkway (where they are joined by DK), Koopa Troopa Beach, Banshee Boardwalk, and a snowed Kalimari Desert.	November 25, 1997 May 23, 2018 July 9, 2019
18	Fourth part of the Super Mario 64 arc: Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi are about to re-enter Bowser in the Sky, but Yoshi eats all the collected Power Stars, forcing the group to take another pack of Stars from Tick Tock Clock and Rainbow Ride. Reaching Bowser, Mario notices that things are too familiar and Bowser reveals his trump card: he did lose before and Peach was free, but he simply turned off the game before saving and is now canceling the save files, nullifying the whole adventure. Bowser has won; Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi are back at the start, and Peach's Castle is now the cove of Bowser's minions. Slowly but steadily, Mario takes back the castle from the minions, even managing to bring some of them on his side, and with the help of other friends, the castle is now minion-free. Now, all that is left for Mario and his friends to do is save Peach. Second part of the Mario Kart 64 arc: The characters race through Yoshi Valley, Rainbow Road, and Sherbet Land. The race is finished, but it ends with a tie, so Peach suggests declaring the winner after a Battle Mode.	May 25, 1998 August 22, 2018 November 19, 2019
19	Fifth part of the Super Mario 64 arc: The final battle between Mario and Bowser begins. Bowser starts by using the Yoshi's Safari's mecha, then uses his troops against Mario, which uses his own troop, made out of the enemies he befriended during the adventure. Bowser is defeated and Mario can finally enjoy Peach's cake. First part of the Yoshi's Story arc: In the past, Baby Bowser stole the Super Happy Tree from the Yoshis, but the island suddenly turned into a book. In the present, Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi find the book where Yoshi's Island once was and Mario is sucked in. He then helps the colorful Team Chibi Yoshi retrieve the Super Happy Tree from Baby Bowser and restore the island. In this volume, the group finds Poochy and fights against Bone Dragon, Cloud N. Candy, and Slug.	October 25, 1998 November 14, 2018 January 23, 2020
20	Second part of the Yoshi's Story arc: Mario and Team Chibi Yoshi defeat Don Bongo, Cloudjin, and Baby Bowser, restoring the Super Happy Tree and the island.	April 25, 1999 February 20, 2019 November 17, 2020
21	Special chapter of the Yoshi's Story arc: This is a short version of the previous arc, facing other enemies that were not shown in the previous volumes. In the final battle, Mario fights Baby Bowser in a minigame: Bumper Balls. First part of the Mario Party arc: While on a picnic with Peach and Toad, Mario, Wario, Yoshi, Luigi, and DK start arguing about who is the best hero of them all. After they all defeat giant snake, Toad suggests testing their worth with minigames. Meanwhile, Bowser decides to interfere with the minigames. The only board visited in the volume is DK's Jungle Adventure. The minigames played are: Buried Treasure, Limbo Dance, Hammer Drop, Crazy Cutter, and Bash 'n' Cash.	October 25, 1999 March 24, 2021 January 27, 2021
22	Second part of the Mario Party arc: The characters challenge themselves on Peach's Birthday Cake, Wario's Battle Canyon, and Yoshi's Tropical Island. Mini-games included in these chapters are Hammer Drop, Coin Block Bash, Piranha's Pursuit, Tightrope Treachery, Crane Game, Key-pa-Way, Desert Dash, Balloon Burst, Treasure Divers, Running of the Bulb, and Cast Aways. Wario Land II: On their way to the next board, the party arrives at Wario's Castle, where all the rooms are flooded by the Black Sugar Gang. Mario Golf: Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi are enjoying a quiet golf match until a Big Kamukamu eats their balls and hides at the bottom of the water obstacle. In the first bonus chapter, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Bowser play a Jumanji-like board game where they are forced to follow instructions given by a screen. The second bonus chapter is based on the Donkey Kong Country animated series, in which Donkey Kong and their family protect the Crystal Coconut from King K. Rool's clutches.	February 25, 2000 May 26, 2021 July 14, 2021
23	Third part of the Mario Party arc: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Toad, and Wario reach the Bowser's Magma Mountain board, playing other minigames along the way (Bombs Away and Hot Rope Jump). Bowser steals the party's Stars and tries to stop them with a Ztar, but it ends up helping them, being tired of being mistreated by Bowser. To win, Bowser eats all the Stars collected by the heroes, but the Ztar power-ups Mario, who defeats Bowser and obtains the title of Superstar. After celebrating, Bowser takes over Mario's Rainbow Castle, so one last match begins. The first bonus story is based on Mario Golf: One of the holes is occupied by a Monty Mole family, and Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Yoshi have to fight them. Then, in the next course, the different enemies keep stealing or deviating from the protagonists' shots. The second bonus story is based on Donkey Kong 64 and the Donkey Kong Country animated series: Candy Kong challenges DK and Bluster Kong in a race on which they need to get her the photo of the first sunset of 2000. They both head to the mountains to take a good photo, but they are ambushed by the Kremlings. The last chapter is an anticipation of the Mario Party 2 arc: Bowser Land is replaced by Mario Land, but Peach, Luigi, Wario, and Yoshi start arguing with Mario to have the land named after them. While Bowser retakes it back, Toad calms the heroes down and declares the start of a new Mario Party to declare the name of the land.	July 25, 2000 August 25, 2021 December 1, 2021
24	Mario Party 2 arc: Mario creates Mario Land, full of humorous and thematic boards, but his friends want the land to be named after them. During their arguing, Bowser takes the land over, so Toad starts a Mario Party to defeat Bowser and declare who should have the land named after. The board visited are Western Land, Horror Land, Mystery Land, Pirate Land, and Space Land. During the last minigame (Hammer Slammer), Yoshi destroys the entire land with the rocket, so Mario happily gives the land to him. Mario Tennis: Mario interrupts the Mario Party to duel at tennis with Bowser's new minion: Waluigi. Two bonus chapters based on the Yoshi series game, Mario and Yoshi go and visit the Team Chibi Yoshi and help them fight Naval Piranha and Baby Bowser from using the river as his personal pool. Anticipation of the Paper Mario arc: Bowser stole the Star Rod and becomes invincible. With the help of Goombario, Mario embarks on a new adventure.	February 25, 2001 December 8, 2021 January 26, 2022
25	First part of the Paper Mario arc: Bowser steals the Star Rod from the Star Spirits to become invincible and finally win against Mario. After stealing Peach's Castle with her inside, Mario is tossed down the flying castle and allies with Goombario to free the Star Spirits from Bowser's minions' clutches. After defeating the Goomba King, the duo meets Kooper. The three defeat the Koopa Bros., Tutankoopa, the Bloopers and (with the help of Lady Bow) Tubba Blubba. The first bonus chapter is based on Wario Land 3: Mario and Wario, after crash-landing in Bulldog, find themselves inside the music box world and, after defeating Wormwould, they manage to escape. The second bonus chapter is based on Mario Tennis: Mario and Yoshi challenge Bowser and Waluigi on the Bowser Stage.	August 25, 2001 March 9, 2022