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===Edutainment games===
====''Mario Teaches Typing''====
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====''Mario Teaches Typing''= / ''Mario Teaches Typing 2''===
Mario plays a role by helpinghelps children type in both games, ''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'' and ''[[Mario Teaches Typing 2]]''. By typing correctly, players enable the game to advance. ''Mario Teaches Typing 2'', the sequel, has another story. Mario and Luigi find a [[Magical Typewriter]]. The note attached to it explains that it is essential to beat Bowser. If one types the correct sequence into the scroll, a spell is cast and defeats Bowser. If it is used incorrectly, however, the typewriter will self-destructdestructs. Mario attempts to type, but he fails, and the typewriter explodes, sending its pieces to various regions. The two adventure, retrieving the pieces while improving their typing abilities, eventually restore the typewritetypewriter, and cause a giant typewriter to fall on top of Bowser's castleCastle.
 
====''Mario is Missing!''====
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The 1992 game ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' was the first game in the ''Mario Discovery Series''<ref>An [http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=39370 alternate box art] of ''Mario is Missing!'' sported the "Mario Discovery Series" symbol.</ref> of Educational Games, and setit thetakes ''Mario''place characters inon [[Earth]]. When hearing of Bowser's plan to flood the Earth by melting [[Antarctica]]'s ice with hair dryers, Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi head to Bowser's castleCastle in the Antarctic. Mario is captured, althoughwhich hisvaries capturedepending varieson betweenthe versionsversion. ofLuigi is the gamemain protagonist, and it involves him having to rescue Mario.
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The 1992 game ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' was the first game in the ''Mario Discovery Series''<ref>An [http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=39370 alternate box art] of ''Mario is Missing!'' sported the "Mario Discovery Series" symbol.</ref> of Educational Games and set the ''Mario'' characters in [[Earth]]. When hearing of Bowser's plan to flood the Earth by melting [[Antarctica]]'s ice with hair dryers, Mario, Luigi and Yoshi head to Bowser's castle in the Antarctic. Mario is captured, although his capture varies between versions of the game.
 
In the [[MS-DOS]] version, Mario enters the castle alone, as Luigi is too scared to follow. Mario meets Bowser, who is in a butler disguise, and accepts candy from him, despite Luigi's warning not to take candy from strangers. Bowser uses this as a distraction to trap Mario in a net. Despite his captured status, however, Mario in that version will nonetheless managemanages to give contact to Luigi to guide him to the continents to stop Bowser's plans, as well as update him on the situation. Over the course of the game, Mario tells Luigi that he admitted to Bowser that he has a fear of the dark, which strained communication since Bowser is threatening him with his fear. In the NES version, Mario is captured outside in the snow by a Koopa with a bag. In that version, he also reacts angrily to the title shortly before being captured by the Koopa. In the SNES version, Mario trapsgets trapped intoinside a pitfall outside the castle.
 
The game centers around Luigi, who rescues Mario from Bowser in the end.
 
====''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''====
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Mario appears in various scenes of the virtual coloring book, ''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]''. He and various other Mario characters (and [[Link]]) are shown in various occupations.
 
====''Mario's Time Machine''====
[[File:MariosTimeMachineMario.png|thumb|left|Mario in his time machine]]
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In ''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'', Bowser uses a time machine to steal various artifacts from different time periods of human history in order to display them at his museum. Mario goes on a mission to return all objects of Bowser's museum to their original time periods in order to prevent history from being altered. Additionally, Mario hadhas to rescue Yoshi from Bowser in the NES version of the game. ''Mario's Time Machine'' is one of the few games in which Mario talks.
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In ''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'', Bowser uses a time machine to steal various artifacts from different time periods of human history in order to display them at his museum. Mario goes on a mission to return all objects of Bowser's museum to their original time periods in order to prevent history from being altered. Additionally, Mario had to rescue Yoshi from Bowser in the NES version of the game. ''Mario's Time Machine'' is one of the few games in which Mario talks.
 
In the NES version, the player has to play an altered version of ''Mario Bros.'' to defeat Koopa Troopas, who drop the stolen objects when defeated. Mario then has to travel back in time to return the objects to their proper placelocations in a side-scrolling mission.
 
In the SNES version, Mario has to pick a stolen object from the museum and then go to a "Time Surfing" level to collect enough Mushrooms to make a time jump, then return the objects to their proper placelocations.
 
====''Mario's Early Years! series''====
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Mario has appeared in ''[[Mario's Early Years!]]'' series, which consists of three games. Mario, by traveling to different worlds, teaches basic learning skills to younger players such as counting, recognizing shapes, and basic spelling. Mario is controlled by a cursor interacting with an object.
 
====''Mario's FUNdamentals''====
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Mario has also appeared in ''[[Mario's FUNdamentals]]''. Here, Mario plays several games with younger players such as "Go Fish", "Checkers", "Backgammon", "Dominoes", or "Yahtzee". This game is also the first game where [[Charles Martinet]], the current voice actor for Mario, provided voices for Mario.
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===''Super Mario Adventures''===
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