While side-scrolling games in the vein of Super Mario Bros. are possible on the system ( 1990's Scrapyard Dog is the best example ), it is significantly harder to develop such a title than on a tile-based system such as the Nintendo Entertainment System.

He played another villain, King Koopa, in Super Mario Bros. ( 1993 ).

The game would later be a pack-in game, being a dual game pack with this game and Super Mario Bros., and later a triple game with the same two games plus World Class Track Meet.

In the Action Set configuration of the NES in the late 1980s, Duck Hunt was included with Super Mario Bros ..

A Power Set was also available, which included the Action Set, the Power Pad and a 3-in-1 cartridge that included Duck Hunt, World Class Track Meet and Super Mario Bros.

Other games which feature graffiti include Bomb the World ( 2004 ), an online graffiti simulation created by graffiti artist Klark Kent where users can virtually paint trains at 20 locations worldwide, and Super Mario Sunshine ( 2002 ), in which the hero, Mario must clean the city of graffiti left by the villain, Bowser Jr. in a plotline which evokes the successes of the Anti-Graffiti Task Force of New York's Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ( a manifestation of " broken window theory ") or those of the " Graffiti Blasters " of Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Upon making this breakthrough, Carmack and Hall stayed up late into the night making a replica of the first level of the popular 1988 NES game Super Mario Bros. 3, inserting stock graphics of Romero's Dangerous Dave character in lieu of Mario.

When Romero saw the demo, entitled " Dangerous Dave in Copyright Infringement ", he realized that Carmack's breakthrough could have potential, the team that would later form Id Software immediately began moonlighting, going so far as to " borrow " company computers that were not being used over the weekends and at nights while they designed their own remake of Super Mario Bros. 3.

In the Super Mario Bros. video game series, the character, Morton Koopa, Jr. was named after him.

* A playable character in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, a 1996 adventure / console role-playing game

* Super Mario Kart ( 1992, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console )

* Mario Kart: Super Circuit ( 2001, Game Boy Advance, 3DS Virtual Console )

Several Mario Kart-related items appear in the Super Smash Bros. series, with Super Smash Bros. Brawl in particular featuring a stage based on one of Mario Kart DS < nowiki >' s </ nowiki > courses.

* A golden rabbit found in Super Mario 64.

In a January 2000 poll of readers of Computer and Video Games magazine, it appeared in 15th place in a list of the " 100 greatest games " ( directly behind Super Mario 64 ).

In 2012, Cruz appeared in the first ever Nintendo commercial to promote New Super Mario Bros. 2 and the Nintendo 3DS XL in which she played the role of Mario in the ad.

Birdo was originally intended to be a male who pretended to be a female in Super Mario Bros. 2.

Super Mario Kart was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan on June 9, 2009, North America on November 23, 2009, and in Europe on April 2, 2010.

The roster of racers has expanded in recent games to include a greater selection of Nintendo characters including some which had not been created at the time of Super Mario Karts release – such as Petey Piranha from Super Mario Sunshine who appeared in Mario Kart Double Dash.

* Super Mario Sunshine, a 2002 platforming video game for the Nintendo GameCube

* Shine Sprites, fictional objects from the video game Super Mario Sunshine

in Super Mario Sunshine.

King Boo appears in other games either as a boss ( Super Mario Sunshine and Super Princess Peach ) or a playable character ( Mario Kart: Double Dash !!

In other games, eating fruit changes a Yoshi's colour and provides an ability ; Yoshis in Super Mario Sunshine can spit fruit juice to defeat enemies and create platforms, while those in Super Mario Galaxy 2 can use fruit to gain super speed, inflate like a balloon, or produce a platform-enabling glow.

In Super Mario World, Super Mario Sunshine, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Super Mario Galaxy 2, bongos ( or other appropriate percussion instrument ) are added to the level's background music whenever a player rides Yoshi.

He also appeared in the DS remake as a playable ( and starring ) character, and in Super Mario Sunshine where he could be ridden on by Mario in the same fashion as in Super Mario World.

In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario, Peach, Toadsworth and an entourage of Toads went to Isle Delfino on Peach's private plane.

He returns in Super Mario Sunshine, in which his youngest, but favorite son, Bowser Jr., who is disguised as an evil version of Mario, kidnaps Peach.

For example, Super Mario Sunshine for the Nintendo GameCube and Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii.

The game added the ability to pick up and toss enemies and objects, a move that has become part of Mario's permanent repertoire, appearing in other Mario games including Super Mario Bros. 3, Donkey Kong ( Game Boy ), Super Mario World, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Super Mario 64, Super Paper Mario, Super Mario Sunshine, New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2.

In a special meeting prior to Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans on February 2, 2002, NFL owners voted unanimously to approve the purchase.

In 2002, Virgin Trains ' new £ 5m high speed Super Voyager train number 221130 was named " Michael Palin " – it carries his name externally and a plaque is located adjacent to the onboard shop with information on Palin and his many journeys.

Albert was also the lead play-by-play voice of the Westwood One radio network's NFL coverage for several years, calling Monday Night Football as well as numerous playoff games and every Super Bowl beginning 2002.

The Saints failed to make the playoffs in 2001 and 2002, although in the latter year they had the distinction of beating the eventual Super Bowl XXXVII champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in both of their regular season meetings, only the second team to do so in NFL history.

After losing the conference championship in 2001 to the St. Louis Rams, in 2002 to the eventual Super Bowl Champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers and in 2003 to the Carolina Panthers, the Eagles advanced to Super Bowl XXXIX at the end of the 2004 season, where they lost to the New England Patriots, 24 – 21.

Due to heightened security measures following the terrorist attacks, this Super Bowl was designated a National Special Security Event ( NSSE ) for the first time by the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) ( on December 16, 2002, the DHS would later name each subsequent Super Bowl a NSSE ).

Then, for a 10-year period, they were consistent playoff contenders and won Super Bowl XXXVII at the end of the 2002 season.

Between 2002 and 2006 the BTCC ran its own Touring class with Super Production / Super 2000 cars making up the numbers ; the Touring class was phased out ( only privateers are eligible to run old Touring cars ) with the intention of a pure Super 2000 series.

** Bombardier Super Voyager ( British Rail Class 221 ), a tilting train built 2001 – 2002

Yoshi's Island also proved to be a critical and commercial hit in its Game Boy Advance version, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, which was released in 2002.

Super Mario RPG was the final Mario game released for the SNES as well as one of the last games Square produced for Nintendo hardware until Chocobo Land: A Game of Dice in 2002.

2002 AFC Champion with the Oakland Raiders ( Super Bowl XXXVII ).

In 2002, Super Mario Sunshine was the tenth best-selling game in the United States according to the NPD Group.

In 2002, the group released the album Burnin ' Sneakers, spawning the singles " Super Electric ", " Live Your Life " featuring Max ' C, and "( Crack it!

Super Bowl XXXVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2002 season.

* Transformers: Armada / Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Micron Densetsu ( Micron Legend ) ( 2002 – 2003 )

Monday Night Football changed its graphics in 2002, the year the network hosted Super Bowl XXXVII.

The club has also won the Spanish Cup twice ( 1995 and 2002 ) and has also won three Spanish Super Cups.