Africa

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Africa

Animals found in Africa in the The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "7 Continents for 7 Koopas"
Appearances
First appearance Saturday Supercade - "Hairy Parent" (1984, overall)
Mario is Missing! (1992, video games)
Latest appearance Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017)

Africa is a continent located on Earth. Its first Mario-related appearance is in the Saturday Supercade episode "Hairy Parent."

Game appearances

Mario is Missing!

Luigi and Yoshi in Nairobi, Kenya in the SNES version of Mario is Missing!

In Mario is Missing!, Luigi visits a few cities in Africa on his quest to rescue Mario:

Mario's Time Machine

Alexandria, Egypt in the SNES version of Mario's Time Machine

In the PC and SNES versions of Mario's Time Machine, Mario travels to Alexandria, Egypt in Africa, and in the NES version, he simply travels to Egypt.

Mario Kart series

Mario, Peach, Yoshi, and Wario racing across the globe in Mario Kart DS artwork for the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. Mario is shown driving over Africa.

While not appearing in gameplay, Africa, along with Earth's other continents, is featured on the online racing menus in the entries of the Mario Kart series that support online play, including Mario Kart DS, Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart 7, and Mario Kart 8 along with its remake Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Mario Party DS

In Mario Party DS, Africa is included on the globe in the minigame Globe Gunners, with the Egyptian pyramids being featured as one of the many landmarks on the globe that the characters battle on.

Appearances in other media

Saturday Supercade

In the Saturday Supercade episode "Hairy Parent," Donkey Kong visits the wilderness of an unspecified location in Africa to deliver a letter to a resident ape known as Momma.

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3

In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "7 Continents for 7 Koopas," when Bowser tries to conquer the entire Earth, he puts Kooky von Koopa in charge of Africa. Kooky uses his magic wand to turn all of Africa's animals (including a lion, giraffe, zebra, gorilla, and an African elephant) into stuffed animals. Luigi later steals Kooky's wand and turns the stuffed animals back to normal. The animals then proceed to chase Kooky.

Club Nintendo

Mario after breaking off the Sphinx's nose in "Mario's Picross"

Africa, specifically Egypt, is featured in the German Club Nintendo comic "Mario's Picross".

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