List of Mario sports games


There have been numerous sports games in the Mario franchise. Although originally a branch of the Mario sports games, the Mario Kart series is not included in this list, as it has since become a stand-alone series in the Mario franchise.

''Mario Tennis'' series

While Mario appeared in several tennis games preceding it, he first starred as a player in the Virtual Boy game Mario's Tennis, developed by Nintendo R&D1. Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64 was the first to use the Mario Tennis branding. Most all successive Nintendo consoles and handhelds have featured a game since. Like the Mario Golf series, all of the games are currently developed by Camelot Software Planning.

''Mario Golf'' games

As with tennis, Mario appeared in multiple golf games before appearing in a Mario branded entry on the Nintendo 64. NES Open Tournament Golf was developed by Nintendo R&D2 and was the first game to feature Mario as a player. The next game, Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64, was published by Nintendo and developed by Camelot Software Planning, who has developed all games in the series since. A second version was released for the Game Boy Color. Since then, there have also been releases of one game on both the GameCube and the Game Boy Advance. The fifth and latest installment was released on the Nintendo 3DS in 2014.

''Mario Baseball'' games

The Mario Baseball series is a collection of video games based on baseball that takes place in the Mushroom Kingdom. The series are developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

''Mario Strikers'' games

The Mario Strikers franchise is a video game franchise that introduced football to the Mushroom Kingdom. The series is developed by Next Level Games and it began in 2005 for the GameCube with Super Mario Strikers.

''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games'' series

The Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series is a collection of games that take place during the Olympic Games in the Summer and Winter, crossing over characters from the Mario series with those from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. It debuted in 2007 for the Wii with the Beijing 2008 edition called Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. The Japanese versions of the first five games are published by Nintendo, while Sega publishes the American and European versions of the first three games and fully publishes the sixth game. Nintendo, however, fully published the fourth and fifth game.

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