The Super Mario Bros franchise has spanned a huge number of locations, from all across the Mushroom Kingdom, to the Donkey Kong Isles, to Sarasaland, to space and beyond. The world is huge, filled with varying landmarks, geography, history and lore - so what does this world look like? There have been many attempts, which pull from different areas of the Mario universe, but not one complete picture that covers everything. This is the start of our Mario Mapping Project, which begins with our interpretation of Peach's Castle.
In the near future a justification document will be releasing, explaining why we put places where we did. If you want to support the project share this around to other Mario fans! Additionally, we encourage you to make your own maps of the Mario universe - the more people getting involved the more exciting solutions we can find, and we can create a truly comprehensive map of Mario's world.
Credits
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noclip. (2017). Noclip.website: Free 3D game environments [Website].
This was a huge help in viewing the maps of the 3D games: 64, 64 DS, Sunshine, Galaxy, Galaxy 2, and Odyssey.
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Super Mario Wiki. (2005). Super Mario Wiki: The Mario encyclopedia [Website].
I have spent hours on this site checking for lore and maps and appearances. It was a really great source of information, and several useful Mario SVG emblems.
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Peardian. (2018). Mario Universe Maps [Website].
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LadySophie17. (2020). Cartographer's Office [Website].
One of the core inspirations for this map, the Cartographer's Office was a massive help for all of their fantastic maps.
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Alex_GER. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - Maps [Sprite maps].
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Vice. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - Maps [Sprite maps].
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aWiibo. (2023). Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam HD - Full Game (Longplay) [Video].
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ProsafiaGaming. (2020). Paper Mario The Origami King - Full Game (Longplay) [Video].
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PirahnaPlant. New Super Mario Bros DS - World 1-1 [Level map].
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Super Mario Wiki. New Super Mario Bros Wii - World 1-1 [Level map].
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Super Mario Wiki. New Super Mario Bros 2 - World 1-1 [Level map].
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Litronom. (2016). Super Mario 3D Land 1-1 - SFM [BSP map file].
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Rainwolf#0239. (2018). Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour - Topviews [Images].
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Vladimir Agafonkin. (2011). Leaflet: An open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps (Version 1.9.4) [Software].
This was the key library in creating the interactive map, with incredibly helpful documentation and guides.
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TextStudio. TextStudio: Font Generator & 3D Text Effects [Website].
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Krita Foundation. (2023). Krita (Version 5.1.5) [Software].
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GDAL2Tiles. (2020). GDAL2Tiles: A Python package for creating tiles from raster datasets [Software].
Special Thanks
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General Donitsky - For their constant support and helpful insights.
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My old housemates: Asher, Morgan, Ivan, Icen - For putting up with my non stop ramblings.