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Super Mario: History, History and development & Gameplay

Super Mario (also known as Super Mario Bros. and simply Mario) is a platform game series developed and published by Nintendo and starring their mascot, Mario. The series was created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and is the flagship series of the greater Mario franchise. At least one Super Mario game has been released for every major Nintendo…

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Super Mario topic overview

The analysis highlights History, History and development and Gameplay as prominent areas in the source structure around Super Mario.

Related topics
145
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
149
Extracted relationships
258
Related term clusters
72
Bridge connections
149

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History and development · 83 topics
Overview · 29 topics
Gameplay · 25 topics
Reception · 8 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Platform
Publisher
Nintendo
Artists
Yoichi Kotabe · Shigehisa Nakaue
Composers
Koji Kondo · Mahito Yokota · Kazumi Totaka
Creator
Shigeru Miyamoto
Developers
Nintendo EAD (1985–2015) · Nintendo EPD (2016–present)

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Super Mario
3Game Boy · Super Mario Land · Super Mario Land 2
3Shigeru Miyamoto · Mario (franchise) · Systems Research & Development
3Wii U · New Super Mario Bros. U · New Super Mario Bros. Wii
3Super Mario World · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Yoshi's Island

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Overview

Gameplay

History and development

Reception

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Super Mario connects Entity context

The extracted context around Super Mario shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Super Mario → Credited, D4, December, Donkey Kong, Famicom, Following, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japan, July, Jumpman, King Features, Koji Kondo, Lady, Led, Luigi, Mario, Mario Bros, Mario's, Miyamoto, NES Another extracted example is Super Mario → Bowser Jr, Bowser's, Charles Martinet's, Delfino Plaza, DS, GameCube, Isle Delfino, Mario, May, Metal Cap, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Peach, Peach's, Power Stars, Production, September, Shadow Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto, Shine Sprites. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Super Mario

Top relations

related to 1980–1989: Conception and Super Mario Bros. games · 37
Super Mario → Credited, D4, December, Donkey Kong, Famicom, Following, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japan, July, Jumpman, King Features, Koji Kondo, Lady, Led, Luigi, Mario, Mario Bros, Mario's, Miyamoto, NES
related to 1996–2005: Introduction of 3D and open-ended exploration · 31
Super Mario → Bowser Jr, Bowser's, Charles Martinet's, Delfino Plaza, DS, GameCube, Isle Delfino, Mario, May, Metal Cap, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Peach, Peach's, Power Stars, Production, September, Shadow Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto, Shine Sprites
related to 1989–1995: 2D sequels · 24
Super Mario → Cape Feather, Game, Game Boy, Items, Japan, Like, Luigi, Mario, New, P-balloon, Power-ups, Princess Daisy, Reaching, Super Flower, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Land, Super Mario World, Super Mushroom, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Star
related to 2006–2016: 2D revival and path-focused 3D games · 23
Super Mario → After Sunshine, Blue Shell, Bowser Jr, Deluxe, Fire Flower, Galaxy, Luigi, Mario, Mega Mushroom, Mini Mushroom, Miyamoto, New Super Mario Bros, Nintendo DS, Power Stars, Princess Peach, Several, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mushroom, Super Star
Platforms · 18
Super Mario → Android, Arcade, Famicom Disk System, Game & Watch, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, GameCube, iOS, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Super NES, Wii, Wii U
related to Invincibility · 16
Super Mario → DS, In Super Mario, In Super Mario World, Invincibility, Mario, Picking, Power-ups, Rainbow Star, Star's, Starman, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Star, The Mega Mushroom, Use, Yoshi's Island
related to 2017–present: Return to open-ended exploration · 14
Super Mario → Bowser, Bowser's Fury, Hat, Likewise, Mario, Nintendo Switch, October, Odyssey, Peach, Super Mario Odyssey, Super Mario Sunshine, Time, World, Yooka-Laylee
related to Collectibles · 13
Super Mario → Coins, Delfino Bank, Galaxy, Hungry Luma, In Galaxy, In Sunshine, Luigi, Mario, Most Super Mario, Power Star, Several, Shine Sprite, Sunshine
related to Reception · 13
Super Mario → All Time, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Games, Genesis, Hedgehog, IGN, Mario, Next Generation, Sega's Sonic, Shigeru Miyamoto, The Mario, The Super Mario, Top
related to Gameplay · 11
Super Mario → Galaxy, Land, Levels, Mario, Objectives, Odyssey, Power-up, Sunshine, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario World, World

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Important terminology

mario super game bros games series nintendo character released 3d new levels player 64 luigi world gameplay power-ups yoshi coins

Super Mario relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 258 structured relationships around Super Mario. Examples in this analysis include Super Mario → Artists → Yoichi Kotabe and Super Mario → Artists → Shigehisa Nakaue. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Super MarioArtistsYoichi Kotabe1.00infobox
Super MarioArtistsShigehisa Nakaue1.00infobox
Super MarioComposersKoji Kondo1.00infobox
Super MarioComposersMahito Yokota1.00infobox
Super MarioComposersKazumi Totaka1.00infobox
Super MarioCreatorShigeru Miyamoto1.00infobox
Super MarioDevelopersNintendo EAD (1985–2015)1.00infobox
Super MarioDevelopersNintendo EPD (2016–present)1.00infobox
Super MarioFirst releaseSuper Mario Bros. September 13, 19851.00infobox
Super MarioGenrePlatform1.00infobox
Super MarioLatest releaseSuper Mario Bros. Wonder October 20, 20231.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsGame & Watch1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsNES1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsFamicom Disk System1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsArcade1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsGame Boy1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsSuper NES1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsNintendo 641.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsGame Boy Color1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsGame Boy Advance1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsGameCube1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsNintendo DS1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsWii1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsNintendo 3DS1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsWii U1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsiOS1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsAndroid1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsNintendo Switch1.00infobox
Super MarioPlatformsNintendo Switch 21.00infobox
Super MarioPublisherNintendo1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Super Mario bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Super, Bros and Game. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Super Mario
    • Super
    • Bros
    • Game
    • Series
    • Games
    • New
    • World
    • 3d
    • Land
    • Million
    • Released
    • Sold
  • player character
    • Character
    • Player
    • Flower
    • Enemies
    • Power-ups
    • Levels
    • World
    • Yoshi
    • Mushroom
    • Luigi
    • Coins
    • Include
  • super mario
    • Super
    • Bros
    • Game
    • Games
    • Series
    • New
    • World
    • 3d
    • Land
    • Million
    • Released
    • Sold
  • platform game
    • Super
    • Mario
    • Released
    • Nintendo
    • Series
    • New
    • Million
    • 3d
    • Video
    • Sold
    • World
    • Miyamoto
  • mario
    • Super
    • Bros
    • Game
    • Games
    • Series
    • New
    • World
    • Released
    • 3d
    • Nintendo
    • Million
    • Luigi
  • mario franchise
    • Super
    • Bros
    • Game
    • Games
    • Series
    • New
    • World
    • Released
    • 3d
    • Nintendo
    • Million
    • Luigi
  • nintendo video game console
    • Super
    • Mario
    • Released
    • Nintendo
    • Time
    • Series
    • New
    • Million
    • 3d
    • Video
    • Miyamoto
    • Sold
  • super mario bros.
    • Super
    • Bros
    • Mario
    • Game
    • New
    • Games
    • Series
    • World
    • 3d
    • Land
    • Million
    • Released

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Super Mario, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Super Mario with History and development. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Super Mario — History and development · splits 66 ⟂ 84
Super Mario — Overview · splits 120 ⟂ 30
Super Mario — Gameplay · splits 124 ⟂ 26
Super Mario — Reception · splits 141 ⟂ 9

Map overview Semantic statistics

Super Mario

Nodes150
Edges149
Triples258
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013333
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Super Mario to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, History and development & Gameplay, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Super Mario · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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