The Complete Super Mario Family Tree

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. On top of this, there's always the Mario & Luigi series, in which brothers team up to take on some of the craziest threats the Mushroom Kingdom has ever seen; At one point, it was even just to get Mario the cure for an illness he had suffered due to a bad fungus. There was also that moment in the same game where Luigi used a dress to impersonate Princess Peach to fool Bowletta and Fawful. Hey, speaking of Mario Bros. in dresses, let's talk about Marianne and Luigeena. These lovely ladies are cousins ​​of Mario and Luigi. And to all our gentlemen in the audience: you are single~!

Appearing in a live-action Super Show segment bearing their names, they are often said to bear a striking resemblance to the Mario Brothers... personally, we don't see it, but we won't debunk the claim. They show up to flirt with a guy named Lyle who is visiting the Mario brothers, only to bail when they see Mel Gibson. That's right... Mel Gibson is the canon of the Mario universe. Moving on from those two sophisticated ladies, we now come to two more Mario Bros. cousins ​​from the other side of the tracks: Mario Joe and Luigi Bob. Like Marianne and Luigeena, these two appeared in a live action segment of the Super Show.

They were meant to join the brothers on a fishing trip before a party, but they arrive late at the apartment and end up inadvertently stealing a client... and possibly a date... from the brothers. Charisma comes in all shapes and sizes, even when it's totally unexpected. Our latest entry in the live-action series is Marilyn. She is not to be confused with Shadow Sirens' middle sister in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, whose iconic lines like "Guh!" They have inspired fans for generations. No, this is Mario and Luigi's niece, who appeared in “Wild Thing” to party at her house.

Looking at her, you wouldn't expect Marilyn to actually be quite nice. She only came because her mother (who remains anonymous and unseen) said that the Mario Bros. wouldn't mind her coming and wanted her uncles to join her and her friends at the party. her loud dance party. She's a nice girl and her existence has some interesting implications for the Mario

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. After all, being the Brothers' niece implies that they have at least one brother we don't know about. We can't confirm anything, but since they are implied to exist in this segment, we'll quickly mention Marilyn's mother, who insisted that she could spend time with her aunt and uncle Troy in California. (we don't have a picture) Whether these two are related to the Brothers by blood or in-laws or what is

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ly unknown, but who knows?

Maybe we'll see Marilyn and her

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in the sequel to Mario's movie. And that is the last of the characters related to the Mario brothers by blood. This is technically as far as the family

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goes... BUT we're not going to rule out the Mario Bros. love interests! Obviously the first two that come to mind are a couple of certain princesses, but let's go chronologically, starting with Pauline. Pauline was Mario's first love interest that we meet. She debuted in the original Donkey Kong alongside her (at the time) boyfriend Jumpman–A.K.A. Mario. Mario used to force DK Sr. to do tricks in a circus, and DK finally had enough, escaped and kidnapped Pauline.

Since then, the two have had a rivalry in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong, which ranges from DK kidnapping Pauline repeatedly to Mario holding his son hostage. I mean, this conflict has put Mario in a difficult situation, I'm not going to lie. Fortunately, they've both calmed down since then, with Donkey Kong more concerned with protecting DK Island (and his banana stash, of course) and Mario seems to be on good terms with both him and Pauline, the latter even being friendly with him. . in Super Mario Odyssey when they meet again in New Donk City. So, we can assume that the Mario vs.

DK predate the main Super Mario series. We hope we're right about that; Otherwise, we would have to accuse Mario of being unfaithful to his main love interest, Princess Peach. Princess Peach was Mario's first mission in the Mushroom Kingdom, teaming up with her brother Luigi to rescue her from the evil Koopa King. Since then, the three have been good friends. She's always willing to join them on adventures, kart racing, sports, and more...assuming they don't kidnap her, that is. But although in most games Mario and Luigi rescue Peach, the opposite is not ruled out; in Super Princess Peach, she ends up saving them when Bowser kidnaps them, and has also occasionally helped them on their quests, most memorably in Super Mario 3D World, where she was a full playable character in the main series for the first time since Super Mario.

Bros. 2. That said, although Mario clearly likes Peach, even proposing to her in the ending of Super Mario Odyssey, Peach's feelings are unclear. While she invites him to eat cake... whatever it is; code for... and parties quite frequently, and even gives her a kiss on the nose or cheek whenever she rescues her, she rejected the aforementioned proposal and stormed off. Additionally, in Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam, both she and her paper counterpart also kiss Luigi on the cheek. You go, Luigi. Speaking of which, let's quickly mention Paper Mario Bros. The Paper Mario series is one of the most beloved Mario spin-offs, and as we mentioned in our Bowser family

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video, Paper Jam confirms that it exists in the main Mario. universe.

Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario teamed up to defeat Bowser and Paper Bowser, with a little help from Paper Peach. On the other hand, Paper Luigi was a little busy listening to music on the beach... Come on, Luigi, you're going to have to work a LITTLE if you want to win over Daisy. These two are often rumored to be love interests, and is one of the most popular ships in the Mario fandom. After all, Luigi does almost as much as Mario to save Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom. Why couldn't he have a princess of his own? There are some in-universe clues, such as a statue of Luigi and Daisy holding hands in Daisy Circuit in Mario Kart Wii.

But, and we're not trying to break any hearts here, Daisy and Luigi don't really have much interaction outside of fan speculation and implications. Daisy only appears primarily in the Mario spin-offs; her only appearance in the main series to date is in Super Mario Land, in which Mario rescued her from the alien Tatanga. Oddly enough, Luigi wasn't even there, but that shows that maybe Luigi is

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ior to Mario in an area other than jumping. It may not be exactly canon, but we're definitely rooting for you, Luigi; Hopefully, Nintendo will also send you on a rescue mission for Daisy one day.

Well, we have reached the end of our list. We'll smell them later... as soon as we can stop smelling Wario and Waluigi. Some would say that these two don't really deserve a place on the family tree, since they are not related to the Mario brothers. And they're certainly not love interests...unless they're hiding something...? We'll save that discussion for another day. But come on, who doesn't love these two? They are the not-quite-evil "evil versions" of Mario and Luigi. Wario and Mario are childhood rivals, and Wario eventually returns to rob Mario's castle in Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins.

After this event, Wario hasn't really caused too many problems. He is still friends with Mario and appears in the games Mario Kart and Mario Party. At worst, he's mischievous and actually cares more about getting rich through his lucrative microgames and treasure hunting businesses. He'll even save the world if it means making a dime... but also, probably only if it means that. As for Waluigi, even less is known about him. Not only is he not related to the Bros., like Wario, but it is unknown if he is related to Wario. But one thing is for sure: Waluigi is a good friend to Wario and a great enemy to the Mario Bros., giving them good competition in the realms of kart racing, partying, dancing, sports, and staying out of Smash Bros.

But while there are many mysterious unanswered questions about these two, one stands out from the rest: Nintendo, WHERE is Waluigi's place in Super Smash Bros.?