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|first=''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]]) | |first=''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]]) | ||
|latest=''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]]) | |latest=''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]]) | ||
|number= | |number=6 (5 main, 1 compilation) | ||
| | |franchise=''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''''Mario Discovery''''' series is a | The '''''Mario Discovery''''' series, also known as '''''Mario's Early Years''''', is a spin-off series in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise consisting of five games published and developed by {{wp|Mindscape Group|The Software Toolworks}} ({{wp|Mindscape}}), licensed by [[Nintendo]]. They are in the [[Genre#educational games|edutainment]] genre. | ||
==Gameplay== | |||
In the ''Mario Discovery'' series, each game is focused on a specific topic to educate the player on. | |||
===''Mario is Missing!''=== | |||
In ''Mario is Missing!'', [[Luigi]] must return artifacts stolen by [[Bowser]] to their correct locations. To properly return the items, the player must correctly answer questions relating to the area. The answers are given by residents. | |||
===''Mario's Time Machine''=== | |||
''Mario's Time Machine'' follows a very similar structure and system to that of ''Mario is Missing!'', though it stars [[Mario]] as the protagonist rather than Luigi. In the game, Mario must travel through time in order to return items stolen by Bowser to their original time periods. | |||
===''Mario's Early Years!'' games=== | |||
In the ''Mario's Early Years!'' games, there are several worlds that cover a different aspect of each topic. Voice lines are present to give instructions and feedback to the player. | |||
==Games== | ==Games== | ||
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!style="background-color: #d9d9d9;font-size:125%;text-align:left" colspan="2"|Title | !style="background-color: #d9d9d9;font-size:125%;text-align:left" colspan="2"|Title | ||
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' | !colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' | ||
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|[[File:MiM DOS Boxart.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mism1.jpg|120x150px]][[File: | |[[File:MiM DOS Boxart.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mism1.jpg|120x150px]][[File:MIM Cover.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Marioismissingcover.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1992, July 1993 (re-release)}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|June 1993}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]<br>{{release|USA|July 1993}} [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]<br>{{release|USA|October 1993}} Mac</span> | ||
|''Mario is Missing!'' is a game that centers on [[Luigi]] as he tries to rescue [[Mario]] from [[Bowser]] by interacting with people and returning artifacts to their proper locations. | |''Mario is Missing!'' is a game that centers on [[Luigi]] as he tries to rescue [[Mario]] from [[Bowser]] by interacting with people and returning artifacts to their proper locations. | ||
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters]]'' | !colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters]]'' | ||
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|[[File:PC Box - Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre3.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{ | |[[File:PC Box - Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre3.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1993}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|October 1994}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span> | ||
|A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about | |A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about English. The game is centered around an early English curriculum, with lessons about simple English topics like [[Sentence World|constructing sentences]], learning about the [[First Letter World|first]] and [[Last Letter World|last]] letters of words, and both the [[Alphabet World|alphabet]] and its [[Sound World|sounds]]. | ||
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]'' | !colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]'' | ||
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|[[File:Mario Numbers.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre2.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{ | |[[File:Mario Numbers.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre2.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1994}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|September 1994}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span> | ||
|A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about numbers. | |A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about numbers. The game teaches basic skills about numbers like [[Number World|numbers]] itself, [[Counting World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|counting]], [[Comparing World|comparing]], [[Sorting World|sorting]], and identifying [[Shape World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|shapes]] and [[How Many World|numbers]]. | ||
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]'' | !colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]'' | ||
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|[[File:DOSMarioPreschoolFun-1-200.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre1.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{ | |[[File:DOSMarioPreschoolFun-1-200.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mariopre1.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1994}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|November 1994}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span> | ||
|A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about basic learning. | |A game in the ''Mario's Early Years!'' collection about basic learning. It contains other worlds that were not present in the first two games: like one about the [[Body World|human body]], [[Listening World|listening]], [[Opposite World|opposites]], [[Color World|colors]], and [[Time World|time]]. | ||
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'' | !colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'' | ||
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|[[File: | |[[File:MTMCoverDos.jpg|120x150px]][[File:Mario's Time Machine Box Art.jpg|120x150px]][[File:MTM Cover.jpg|120x150px]][[File:NES Box - Mario's Time Machine.png|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1993, 1994 (re-release)}} [[MS-DOS]]<br>{{release|USA|December 1993}} [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]<br>{{release|USA|June 1994}} [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span> | ||
|''Mario's Time Machine'' is a game that centers on Mario as he tries to return various artifacts that were stolen by Bowser by | |''Mario's Time Machine'' is a game that centers on Mario as he tries to return various artifacts that were stolen by Bowser by interacting with people and answering various history-related questions. | ||
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]'' | !colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]'' | ||
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|[[File:Mario compilations.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{ | |[[File:Mario compilations.jpg|120x150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|USA|1995}} [[MS-DOS]]</span> | ||
|A compilation of the first three games for MS-DOS. | |A compilation of the first three ''Mario's Early Years!'' games for MS-DOS. | ||
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