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{{short description|Comic series}}
{{Infobox comic book title
|image = Super Mario Adventures Cover.jpg
|caption = Cover for the 2016 reprint
|schedule =
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|genre =
|startmo = January 1,
|startyr = 1992
|endmo = January 31,
|endyr = 1993
|issues = 13
|writers = [[Kentaro Takekuma]]
|artists = [[Tamakichi Sakura]]
|ISBN = 978-1421588643 (English)
|publisher = [[VIZ Media]] (English)
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'''''Super Mario Adventures'''''<ref>"[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006QBMK0 Super Mario Adventures Official Nintendo Comic Book (Paperback)]". ''[[Amazon.com]]''. Retrieved on November 19, 2008.</ref> is an [[anthology]] of comics that ran in ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' throughout 1992, featuring the characters from [[Nintendo]]'s ''[[Mario]]'' series and based loosely on ''[[Super Mario World]]''. In 1993, the series was also serialized in ''[[CoroCoro Comic]]'' in Japanese, under the title {{nihongo|'''''Mario's Big Adventure'''''|マリオの大冒険|Mario no daibōken|lead=yes}}. [[Tamakichi Sakura|Charlie Nozawa]], the artist who created the comics,<ref>"[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006QBMK0/ Super Mario Adventures Official Nintendo Comic Book (Paperback)]". ''[[Amazon.com]]''. Retrieved on November 19, 2008.</ref> is also known by the pen name Tamakichi Sakura.<ref name="Sakura">"[http://www.mandarake.co.jp/information/2008/04/12/21utu02/index.html たまに読むならこんなゲーム漫画～桜玉吉のスーマリ編～]". ''[[Mandarake]]''. Retrieved on November 19, 2008. - "小学館「SUPER MARIO ADVENTURES マリオの大冒険」漫画・チャーリー野沢（桜玉吉）"</ref> [[Kentaro Takekuma]] was responsible for the story, which follows [[Mario]] and [[Luigi (character)|Luigi]] as they attempt to rescue [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] after she is kidnapped by [[Bowser (character)|Bowser]] with intent to marry her.
It marks the first time the Mario universe is developed into a livable place, as the comic was made before ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' or any other story- or exploration-heavy Mario game. It's notable for its use of the many gameplay devices in the Mario series as elements of everyday life. For example, Mario plays a psychologist and treats the social anxiety of a Boo (a ghost enemy in the videogame series that disappears whenever the player is facing it).▼
▲It marks the
When the comic originally ran, it ran alongside a just-as-long serial based off of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]''. Both serials were later reprinted in separate graphic novels published at the time of the magazine's fiftieth issue. ▼
▲When the comic originally ran, it ran alongside a just-as-long serial based
In 2016, ''Super Mario Adventures'' as well as the said adaptation of ''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past'' later got a reprint, handled by publisher [[Viz Media|VIZ Media]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2016/08/04/nintendo-powers-super-mario-adventures-comic-reprinted-viz-media/|title=Nintendo Powers "Super Mario Adventures" Comic To Be Reprinted By VIZ Media|website=Siliconera|date=4 August 2016 |accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref>
== Synopsis ==▼
The story opens in the Mushroom Kingdom with [[Mario]] and [[Luigi (character)|Luigi]] entering the Mushroom Castle basement, where Mario gets right to work, singing as he does so. Just then, gigantic pipes start popping up in the basement and in the courtyard. Various enemies from ''Super Mario World'' pop out of the pipes and attack the guards, but the Mario Bros. fight back. [[Bowser]] comes out of the largest of the pipes in his Koopa Clown Car and proposes marriage to Princess Toadstool (known as [[Princess Peach]] in most modern English ''Mario'' media). He then leaves her one week to decide on his proposal, but she rallies her troops and takes off after him.
Mario and Luigi chase after the Princess and soon find a large egg, which cracks open to reveal a grateful [[dinosaur]]-like animal called [[Yoshi]]. Mario and Luigi feel afraid, thinking that the Yoshi might eat them, until they find that he is friendly when they see him eat a Wiggler. Yoshi takes them to the nearby Yoshi Village, where they meet Friendly Floyd and discover Yoshi's backstory. [[Toad (Nintendo)|Toad]] arrives to inform the pair that Toadstool has been captured.
In a nearby tower surrounded by a lake, the [[Koopalings]] are contacted by Bowser, who informs them of his decision to make the Princess their stepmother and then orders the Koopalings to make sure she doesn't escape. She soon does, using a cape she finds that gives her the ability to fly.
On the other side of the lake, the Mario Bros., Toad, and Yoshi are trying to figure out a way to get to the tower. Mario rescues Luigi from a [[Bullet Bill (Super Mario Bros.)|Bullet Bill]] which takes Mario across the lake. The Princess lands unconscious by Luigi, and Mario lands dazed in the clutches of the [[Koopalings]].
Floyd parts ways with the heroes, who feel victorious due to Bowser's apparent defeat. Mario realises there's no way to reach the entry pipe in the sky. Toad takes the Princess's cape to fly up to the pipe and send for a rescue party. Shortly afterward, some odd-looking Mushroomites show up with a rope ladder. The leader cuts the portion of the ladder with the Mario Brothers, and it is revealed that Bowser and the Koopas have taken control of the Mushroom Kingdom and the Princess is once again kidnapped.
The Mario Bros. and Yoshi give chase after the Koopas' saucer, but Bowser responds by sending down Koopa Paratroopas to attack them. Mario fights back and Yoshi eats each Paratroopa until finally he swallows a Blue Koopa Shell and grows wings. The trio eventually crash-land in front of a Ghost House. Luigi dashes into the house, smelling cheese, and Mario follows when a metal door comes down, leaving Yoshi locked out.
Mario and Luigi are surrounded by [[Boo (Mario)|Boo]]s, eventually meeting [[List of Mario franchise characters#Enemy characters|Big Boo]]. They escape through a door, and when the Boos follow, they find Mario [[Dr. Mario (video game)|dressed as a psychiatrist]] and Luigi as a nurse. Mario consults the Big Boo, who confesses that his fear of humans stems from bad childhood experiences. Now feeling better, the Big Boo and his buddies let Mario and Luigi out of the house and tell them how to get to Bowser's castle.
The Mario Bros. and Yoshi make it to the Koopa-conquered Mushroom Kingdom and find that practically every enemy character from the classic ''Mario'' games is gathering for Bowser's marriage. The trio use available pipes, and Mario gets separated from the other two.
Bowser uses [[Magikoopa]] to hypnotize the Princess into loving him, but just as the ceremony begins, Mario comes out and attacks Bowser. He is astonished to hear Princess Toadstool declaring her apparent love for Bowser, but he refuses to let that stop him, and he attempts to carry her out while Bowser orders his men to seize him.
Down in the basement, Luigi and Yoshi
When ''Super Mario Adventures'' was reprinted in graphic novel form half a year later, some minor changes were made to the dialogue
▲Down in the basement, Luigi and Yoshi, who have somehow escaped from the aforementioned chasm, come upon the captured Yoshis, who are now all trapped in eggs. They get to work setting the Yoshis free, during which Bowser, "feeling generous", allows Mario, who's now tied to a column, to live long enough to witness his blessed event. But just when the ceremony gets underway again, Luigi and the Yoshis come stampeding in, trampling all of Bowser's minions, including the hypnotist Magikoopa. This breaks the spell on Peach, who then proceeds to untie Mario. Bowser tries to hide in his wedding cake, which the Yoshis begin devouring. Bowser climbs out onto the top, only to see Mario telling him "the party's over." Just then, the cake crumbles from the Yoshis eating it; Mario jumps down and lands safely, leaving Bowser to fall down with his cake. The Yoshis are freed, and peace returns to the Mushroom Kingdom.
▲== Dialogue Changes ==
▲When ''Super Mario Adventures'' was reprinted in graphic novel form half a year later, some minor changes were made to the dialogue. Why exactly this was done is unclear. Here is a list of the lines that were changed.
* ''Part 2, page 8, panel 6:'' Luigi: "Tell my stomach that!" --> "Tell your stomach that!"
* ''Part 3, page 4, panel 8:'' Luigi: "
* ''Part 6, page 8, panel 2:'' Toad: "
* ''Part 8, page 8, panel 7:'' Mario: "Quit clowning around, Luigi!
* ''Part 9, page 1, panel 1:'' Mario: "Quit clowning around, Luigi!
* ''Part 9, page 5, panel 8:'' Koopa Kids: "He's off the royal rocker!" --> "I hate it when he's right!"
* ''Part 11, page 4, panel 5:'' Mario: "Ow ow ow!" --> "
* ''Mario Vs. Wario, page
* ''Mario Vs. Wario, page 8, panel 4:'' Mario: "Hello there... Wario! Are you home?" --> Mario: "Wario! Long time no see!".<ref name=":0" />
Immediately following the end of ''Super Mario Adventures'', Nintendo Power concluded the epic with a ten-page story loosely based
A year later, immediately following a comic adaptation of ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star Fox]]'', another ''Mario
▲== ''Mario VS Wario'' ==
==See also==
▲Immediately following the end of ''Super Mario Adventures'', Nintendo Power concluded the epic with a ten-page story based off of ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', which ran in their [[January 1993]] issue and was later reprinted in the graphic novel. In this story, Mario receives a letter from his childhood playmate [[Wario]], who is inviting him over to his castle to "catch up on things." What Mario doesn't know, though, is that Wario is secretly plotting revenge for how much of a bully Mario was to him in their childhood. In the road between his house and Wario's castle, Mario encounters several of the bosses from the game, but doesn't suspect that they're out to eliminate him. Eventually, he reaches the castle and finds a giant Wario waiting to pummel him. In the fight that ensues, Mario finds that Wario's new size is thanks to a plug on his overalls, which he then pulls off, deflating Wario to his normal size (which is apparently the same size as Mario). Wario is upset about Mario bullying him again, but Mario, realizing this, apologizes. The story ends on them playing cowboys again, with Wario once again vowing to get even.
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* [[Mario (franchise)#Other media|Other Mario media]]
==References==
▲A year later, immediately following a comic adaptation of ''[[Star Fox]]'', another ''Mario VS Wario'' comic ran in the magazine, this one published in the January [[1994]] issue. Here, Mario and Wario (who is now drawn in his official size from the games) are invited to Princess Peach's birthday party, and they both recall of the Princess' infatuation with a [[chibi]] doll in the likeness of [[Samus Aran]] (perhaps foreshadowing the ''[[Super Metroid]]'' comic adaptation that started in the next issue). Wario heads off to the toy shop, only to find that "some guy" with "a big black moustache" already bought the last Samus doll there was. Thinking it's Mario, Wario buys a jack-in-the-box and has it wrapped in the same packaging. At the party, Wario sees that Mario's gift looks just like his and switches his gift with Mario's when the plumber isn't looking. But when Wario presents Mario's gift to Peach, she opens it up to find it's a jack-in-the-box (which apparently scares her). Then, when Mario presents "his" gift, Wario claims it to be his gift, but it is also a jack-in-the-box. A big fistfight emerges between Mario and Wario until they finally realize that neither of them had the Samus doll, and it is revealed that Luigi was the one who bought it for Peach.
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==External links==
* ''[https://www.viz.com/super-mario-adventures Super Mario Adventures]'' - [[VIZ Media]]
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