The Super Mario Chronicles - Legacy From Start to Finish

Remember that this timeline is put in order of prediction of how the events in the Super Mario series took place chronologically, not by released date or by sequel after sequel and this is not the official chronological timeline as Nintendo hadn't released one yet. There are only four key characters in this series: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach,and Bowser.

(Note: All events are in the Super Mario and related series not counting Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, Mario Kart, Mario Clash, Mario Party, Mario Striker, Mario Is Missing, Mario Time Warp, Mario Hoop 3-on-3, Hotel Mario, Yoshi's Safari, Yoshi's Egg, Yoshi's Cookies, the Olympic Games, and the Super Smash Bros. series.)

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Super NES)

- This begins with Mario and Luigi as babies, Bowser is still a baby and Kamek's is his adopted father. Kamek wanted to kidnap the baby bros. so they can become slaves to his adopted son; however, he was able to only snag one, the other one was saved and rescued by the Yoshis. The Yoshi then embark on a mission to reunite the two brothers and send them back home safely.

Why is this the first in the series?
Mario, Luigi, and Bowser are still babies. The Yoshi clans and almost all of the creatures there are not minions of Bowser. Some were control by Kamek under his spell but got broken after Yoshi and Mario saves them. This was the first game in the Super Mario series chronologically as well as the first in the Yoshi's Island series periodically.

Yoshi's Island 2 (Nintendo DS)

- Still the same story as before with Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Bowser still babies and Kamek's is still his adopted father. After this game, Peach called Bowser an ugly reptile which angers him that spans hatred between them throughout the rest of the series.

Why is this the second in the series?
Same as above but this time the Yoshis must save both the brothers and Peach as well.

Tetris Attack (Super NES)

- After Mario and Luigi are deliver safely to Brooklyn by a stork and baby Peach is been deliver safely to the Mushroom Kingdom. Ten years has passed, now Kamek had raise his son Bowser as a full teen to take revenge against Yoshi and his many friends for helping the plumber brothers escape and also helping Princess Peach grow up to be of full royalty to the Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser ignited a storm to flood the remaining residence of Yoshi's Island and all of Yoshi's friends are being turn against him. Now Yoshi must fight back to save his friends from Bowser's evil intention and borrow their strength for the battles ahead in able to save their world from Bowser and his evil minions.

Why is this the third in the series?
In this game, Bowser is the main villain but he's not going after the Mario Bros. or Princess Peach but Yoshi. The setting still take place in Yoshi's Island but this time Bowser is a lot older then he was in the first two Yoshi's Island games.

Donkey Kong 3 (NES)

- While in Brooklyn, Mario's cousin Stanly, is having trouble with a wild ape rampaging his factory garden. Since Mario is still in his teen at this age, he was unable to save his beloved cousin Stanly from getting beat by DK.

Why is this the fourth in the series?
Although the Mario Bros., Bowser, and Peach are not in this game, it's still part of the prologue to the Donkey Kong and Super Mario series and a beginning for Mario's young debut. Stanly is the only relatives outside of Mario's own family to had starred his own game.

Donkey Kong (NES)

- After DK beat Stanly, Mario's girlfriend Pauline was at the wrong place at the wrong time, she was looking for Mario and decided to visit Stanly to see if he can tell her where he is but when she got there, DK kidnapped her and escaped up to the top floor. Stanly then immediately called Mario regarding Pauline and DK. After getting the call, Mario (who is now a carpenter) arrives just in time to chase after the wild ape through several floors until he finally caught up to him and rescue Pauline.

Why is this the fifth in the series?
Mario is in his teen in this game and the Donkey Kong here is the elder Kong known as Cranky Kong in the Donkey Kong Country games.

Donkey Kong 94' (Game Boy)

- But as Mario and Pauline are about to reunite, the wild ape then stomp on the ground and make both Mario and Pauline both fall down under and manage to get a hold of Pauline once more and escape throughout Brooklyn. To rescue her, Mario then chases after them and through several tough obstacles and finally managed to beat DK once and for all and lock him away at an animal zoo.

Why is this the sixth in the series?
The event in this game takes place immediately after the event in the NES Donkey Kong game.

Donkey Kong, Jr. (NES)

- After rescuing Pauline from DK and locking the menacing ape in a zoo, Mario was later assigned to watch the big ape in the case if he ever got loose again. Mario was then later got beat by DK's younger baby son, DK, Jr. After DK, Jr. rescue his father, they both then try to escape out of Brooklyn.

Why is this the seventh in the series?
In this game Donkey Kong was capture in a cage and you must play as his son Donkey Kong, Jr. (who later became the main character in the Donkey Kong Country series thus dropping the Jr. affixes when his father the original DK changed his name to Cranky Kong) to rescue him from Mario.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Game Boy Advance)

- Despite their escape, Mario is on the chase for their captive, both Kongs got separate and now DK must beat out Mario in able to reunite with his son.

Why is this the eighth in the series?
In this game Donkey Kong lose track of his son while escaping from Mario. Mario must avoid traps and obstacle in order to prevent the menacing ape from escaping.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2 (Nintendo DS)

- Like the first story but longer. The Kongs managed to outsmart Mario and escaped both the zoo and Brooklyn and set their way to freedom.

Why is this the ninth in the series?
It took place right after the first one and Donkey Kong also managed to escape from Mario in the end.

Mario Bros. (NES)

- After failing to capture the wild ape, Mario was fired from his job as a carpenter and later was hired to work alongside his younger brother as a plumber instead. Their first job was to plumb their neighborhood's drain pipes out from creatures known as shell creepers who seem to be cutting their water's supplies. It is said that one nasty green creature is responsible for their existence.

Why is this the tenth in the series?
This game features the first appearance of the shell creepers (turtle creatures who would later evolve into the popular koopas in the later Super Mario games) and also the first game in which player can control Luigi alongside Mario.

Super Mario Bros. (NES)

- After cleaning their neighborhood's pipe from shell creepers, the Mario Bros. found their way through a secret warp pipe that warp them into the Mushroom Kingdom where the Mushroom people await their arrival and tasking them to prove their worth by rescuing their princess from Bowser.

Why is this the eleventh in the series?
This game features the debut of Princess Peach in her full teen self alongside Mario, Luigi, and Bowser. It is also the first game that those four individuals met for the first time since Yoshi's Island 2. It is also the first game that let players had their first taste of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels (NES)

- After losing the princess to Mario a second time, Bowser then use the remaining magic of his once decease adopted father, Kamek to turn his most toughest warriors into clones of himself to ambush Mario and prevent him from recapturing the princess. Once the Mario Bros. was lure to fight the phony Bowser clones once again, Bowser managed to kidnapped the princess and take her away. Now the Mario Bros. must repeat their quest once again.

Why is this the twelfth in the series?
It take place right after the first NES game with Bowser capturing Peach again and sending Mario and Luigi into various part of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Dr. Mario (NES)

- After rescuing the princess, Mario then found out that she is very ill from the dark atmosphere of Bowser. It seems the princess had being infected by three evil viruses made by Kamek's magic to inflict pain and illness on the mushroom people. Now Mario must use his clinical skills to bring her back to good health.

Why is this the thirteenth in the series?
It features the first appearance of the three evil viruses cause by her time in Bowser's captive. Player must use different color medical pills to destroy each ones of the havocking viruses in able to heal the princess from her illness.

Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)

- After bringing the princess back to health, Mario felt tired and was resting at Toad's place. While there he dreamt of a nightmare adventure about him, his brother, the princess, and Toad being transport to a fantasy realm called "Subcon" where the nightmare master Wart roam. While there, Mario and his companions managed to rescue the people of Subcon and send Wart back to the trenches from where he came. After the horrifying nightmare, Mario woke up and notices that it was only a dream.

Why is this the fourteenth in the series?
This game doesn't take place in any familiar location in the Mushroom Kingdoms so it is believe to be nothing more than a simple dream adventure. This is the first Mario game to feature all the familiar main heroes of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad fighting against a new nemesis other than Bowser.

Super Mario Land (Game Boy)

- After waking up from an overwhelming nightmare, Mario was informed by Princess Peach that Princess Daisy of the kingdom of Sarasaland is missing and only Mario could save her. Mario then begin an adventure to save Daisy where he finally met face to face with Tatanga. After defeating Tatanga, the Mario managed to rescue Daisy and bring her back to the kingdom of Sarasaland.

Why is this the fifteenth in the series?
This game features the first appearance of Princess Daisy and the villain Tatanga as well as the monochrome kingdom of Sarasaland. It is also the first Super Mario game to take place outside of the Mushroom Kingdom but was not a dream.

Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (Game Boy)

- After saving Daisy, Mario return back to his home in the Mushroom Kingdom where Peach gave him his own castle but then Mario's own castle was taken over by his longtime rival from Brooklyn, Wario. The only way to unlock his castle is to retrieve the six golden coins and unlock the sacred door to face against Wario and take back the castle.

Why is this the sixteenth in the series?
The event in this game took place immediately after the first Game Boy game and was also the first game to introduced players to Wario who play his role as the main nemesis in this game.

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Game Boy)

- After Mario take back his castle, he exile Wario from his home and let Wario find his own castle throughout the Mushroom Kingdom.

Why is this the seventeenth in the series?
This event took place immediately after Mario got his castle back from the second game. Mario; however, was not the star of this game though.

Dr. Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)

- While in the Mushroom Kingdom, the citizen of the kingdom were all infected by the same viruses that Mario once cure but now he must face them all again. However, this time Wario also want to help out on the challenged. The two challenge each other to cure the sick from everyone until the whole kingdom is completely healed from the illness.

Why is this the eighteenth in the series?
This event occurred right after the time Mario return to the Mushroom Kingdom so it had to take place after Wario Land because Wario was also in this game as a second main character as well and had his own story mode.

Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga (Game Boy Advance)

- After curing everyone of the illness they got, Wario venture out of the Mushroom Kingdom while Mario and the Mushroom people celebrates with joy. While celebrating, Peach then received an invite from the neighboring kingdoms of Bean Bean Kingdom where Queen Cackletta arrived to show her respect only to steal Peach's voice. Mario and Luigi was then task to join Bowser and get her voice back. Later on in the adventure, the Mario Bros. saw a strange doll (known as Geno) at a crane machine, a young boy wanted to get that doll so Mario deceided to win it for him. Also later on, Cackletta had completely control Bowser and finally unleash his seven koopaling who he had began training to be little bad koopas who want a piece of the Mario Bros. After beating the koopalings, sending both Fawful and Cackletta back to Bean Bean, and saving the Mushroom Kingdom once again, Mario and Luigi was announce as heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Why is this the nineteenth in the series?
This is the second game to take place outside of the Mushroom Kingdom and also the first game chronologically that the Mario Bros. and Bowser united with each other to take on new villains in Fawful and Cackletta. Also Geno make a chronological cameo appearance in this game.

Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time (Nintendo DS)

- Somehow Cackletta and Fawful managed to take revenge by transporting the Mari Bros. back in time to when they were babies. Now Mario and Luigi must help their young selves and embark on a journey back to prevent Cackletta from taking over time and changing history.

Why is this the twentieth in the series?
It takes place after the first no questions ask and both Fawful and Cackletta returns for this game.

Super Princess Peach (Nintendo DS)

- After the journey against time, Mario turn out missing, Peach then embark on an adventure to seek and find Mario and bring him back to the Mushroom Kingdom.

Why is this the twenty-first in the series?
This game could be put on almost any timeline in the Super Mario series so I decided that it would fit best after Partners in Time. As readers you decided where it would fit.

Luigi's Mansion (GameCube)

- While Mario and Luigi are on their way home to the Mushroom Kingdom, they managed to stop at a nearby house to spend the night. While spending a night there, Mario was then seems to be missing and was locked within the house which was haunted by thousand of Boo creatures, it was up to Luigi and his new trusty vacuum to find and save him.

Why is this the twenty-second in the series?
This is the first game chronologically where both Mario Bros. first face off against the Boo creatures in the series which would become mainstay nemesis throughout the rest of the series to come.

Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)

- When the finally Mario Bros. return to the Mushroom Kingdom, they received letter from the seven remaining Mushroom Worlds that Bowser is sending his seven koopalings (who Mario and Luigi fought back while in Super star Saga) to conquer all of the seven worlds and turning the royals there into animals while capturing all the kingdoms under there control. Peach then task them to stop the koopalings, Bowser; however managed to nab Princess Peach again while they are away. After defeating all the koopalings once again and rescuing Peach from Dark Land, Peach and the Mario Bros. then decided to plan a vacation tour to Dinosaur Land.

Why is this the twenty-third in the series?
This game mark the first in-game roles of all the seven koopalings and was also the first game to introduce payers to multiple power-ups other than the power mushroom, fire flower, and starman. It may have taken place after Superstar Saga because Bowser had fixed his destroys airship and managed to make multiple ones for this game.

Super Mario World (Super NES)

- While on a vacation tour to Dinosaur Land, Peach's balloon pop and the trio of Mario, Luigi, and Peach had been separated. While the Mario Bros. landed on Yoshi's Island, Peach was missing and was later captured by Bowser. Now while in Yoshi's Island, the Mario Bros. met a dino-lizard friend named Yoshi. Remembering from their youth that it was the Yoshis that once saved them from Kamek (Bowser's adopted father), the Mario Bros. then agreed to help Yoshi freed his friends from Bowser and his seven koopalings while enjoying every part of their vacation and rescuing Princess Peach in the process.

Why is this the twenty-fourth in the series?
It marks the return of Yoshi and the Yoshi clan; however Mario and Luigi are all grown up now so it must had took place after all the above. This is the first game in the series to feature Bowser as a villain outside the Mushroom Kingdom. Yes, he was in Superstar Saga but in that game he was a good guy unlike here where he is back to his old bad self again.

New! Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS)

- After returning from their vacation, the Mario Bros. and Peach returns to the Mushroom Kingdom. In this game, all of Bowser's koopalings left him behind leaving only the youngest of his decent, Bowser, Jr. Bowser and his left over son then plan to retake the Mushroom Kingdom once again by having Bowser, Jr. capture Peach and luring the Mario Bros. to his castle where they must pay for their act by helping the Yoshis return to their home in Yoshi's Island.

Why is this the twenty-fifth in the series?
It was the first to feature Bowser, Jr. It was also the first platform to take the 3D routes borrowing features from previous Super Mario games before it. It took place after Super Mario World because of Bowser, Jr. been a mainstay in the series and onward.

Super Mario 64/Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo 64/Nintendo DS)

- While not going to admit defeat, Bowser managed to sneak into Peach's castle and put a spell on all the pictures there opening portal to different zones. When Toad knew of this, he immediately informs the help of the Mario Bros., Yoshi, and even Wario. Mario was the first to arrive and was the first to enter while Luigi and Wario weren't far behind. Then while finding his way to the Mushroom Kingdom on invite by Toad, Yoshi was tired and felt asleep on the roof, but was awaken by lakitu and welcome him to the Mushroom Kingdom then was met by Toad. Toad then informs Yoshi of where he could go to find the remaining group and how to help save the princess from Bowser.

Why is this the twenty-sixth in the series?
This game is the first Mario game to be in full 3D, it also took place after New! Super Mario Bros. because of the appearance of Wario and Yoshi who the Mario Bros. met before this game took place and also the first inclusion of collecting stars which would continue on the sequels to come.

Super Mario Sunshines (GameCube)

- In this game, Peach invite the Mario Bros. again to go with her on a tour vacation to Dolfino; however, Luigi refuse to go because of him still tired. Mario then went with the princess to Dolfino and finally met with all the residence there. While there, conflict of pollution broke and Mario must use his new water pumping friend to help him clean all of Dolfino once and for all.

Why is this the twenty-seventh in the series?
This game also took place outside of the Mushroom Kingdom and also the only 3D Super Mario game not to feature Bowser as the main villain.

Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

- After cleaning all of Dolfino, Mario and Peach return to the Mushroom Kingdom, then later on Bowser launch his castle and take Peach into outer space across various galaxies, Mario must travel to different galaxies and save each one so he can save Peach from Bowser and bring her back to the Mushroom Kingdom once again.

Why is this the twenty-eighth in the series?
This game was the first to take place outside the Earth atmosphere and was also the second to introduce the inclusion of collecting stars and grabbing power-ups. Bowser returns as the main villain in this game. This game was hail as the true sequel to Super Mario 64 as Sunshine is a side-story.

Paper Mario (Nintendo 64)

- While Mario is out on his adventure, the citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom created a storybook fairytale for their children about Mario and his companions saving their fictional world from Bowser.

Why is this the twenty-ninth in the series?
This game may have took place anytime in the Super Mario timeline; however, as a storybook fairytale itself, it could be put anywhere on the chronology of the Super Mario series. This game may also serve as a spin-off story to the main ones as well.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GameCube)

- The second chapter of the storybook fairytale the citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom told their children while Mario is away on his adventure.

Why is this the thirtieth in the series?
Nothing too major, it took place after the first game so it best fit after it as well.

Super Paper Mario (Wii)

- The third chapter of the storybook fairytale the citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom told their children while Mario is still away on his adventure.

Why is this the thirty-first in the series?
Same as the first two, because it took place after both of them.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Super NES)

- After Mario rescue Peach from Bowser through eight galaxies. The two then return to the Mushroom Kingdom in one piece. After that Bowser had retreat back to his open hilltop castle. After recovering from his defeat Bowser strikes back by quickly nabbing Peach but not until Mario quickly follows them and save Peach once again. After beating Bowser and saving Peach; however, something terrible had happen. When Mario and Bowser was battling across galaxies from their previous chapter, the Smithy Gangs managed to break apart the Star Road and prevent wishes to ever come true; thus, ending all hopes. Now the guardian of the Star Road known as Geno then make his presence at last as a doll (who Mario once gave to a little boy in Superstar Saga long ago). Geno's mission was to seek the help of Mario and collect all seven pieces of the stars and glued them each back on the Star Road so that hopes could occur and wishes could be made. While journeying to stop the Smithy Gangs and their minions, Mario and his companion encounter a strange creature from a different fantasy dimension named Culex who was thought to be brought to haunt the land by Smithy; however, upon defeat he revealed that he simply came to the Mushroom World by mistake and said that Mario and his companion are strong, then immediately return to his own world. After seeking all their companions, collecting all the seven stars, and returning each to the Star Road and defeating the Smithy Gangs and sending them back to the galaxy from which they came, the long lasted legacy of Mario had finally concluded...or did it not?

Why is this the final in the series?
This game features the debut of the Smithy Gangs, the re-debut of Geno from Superstar Saga, it also may have took place after Super Mario World and Super Mario Galaxy because of the involvement regarding the Star Road, the villains from another galaxy, and also Bowser riding his clown copter which first debut in Super Mario World. The hilltop in which Bowser resided in may have being from the same hilltop his castle once stood in Super Mario Galaxy.