It is often referred to as 'down under', due to its location in the southern half of the planet.Įurope shares a landmass with Asia, separated from it by the Ural Mountains. Tokyo is the location where the Mario & Sonic cast competes during the events of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.Īustralia is the smallest continent on Earth its largest country shares the same name, and is home to a very large variety of animal species, including kangaroos. China's national capital, Beijing, is the location of the 2008 Summer Olympics in which Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, and others competed during the events of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. He also visits the city of Mumbai-or Bombay as it was previously known-in India. The Great Wall of China is one of the continent's most famous landmarks, visited by Luigi in Mario is Missing!. The largest continent, Asia includes Japan, China and India. In Mario is Missing!, Bowser attempts to melt Antarctica in a plot to flood Earth, thus setting the game's plot into motion. Luigi visits one of its countries, Egypt, in Mario is Missing! specifically, he visits the city of Cairo.Īntarctica is a large icy desert continent located at the southernmost point of the planet, mostly populated by penguins. The subdivisions of countries vary, but every country has population centers such as towns or cities.Īfrica is home to both sandy deserts and lush rainforests. Several countries are in more than one continent. With the exception of Antarctica, each continent is further subdivided into countries, political bodies ruled by a government. Continents are not necessarily separated by water.

However, this received little to no mention in the games at the time and is no longer addressed in recent material either, meaning that the real 'Earth' and the Super Mario version of Earth are instead considered as being the one and the same.Ĭountries, cities, and places on Earth that have appeared in the Super Mario franchise Mario is Missing! / Mario & Sonic series Lands of Earth Įarth is organized into seven continents whose borders are based on geographical features rather than political boundaries.

In the cartoons, there were two versions of the planet which were the ' Real World' and a parallel one that featured the Mushroom Kingdom. While the Earth that appears in the Super Mario franchise has some features derived from the nonfictional entity, fictional alterations to the planet have been applied in the series. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 ( 2019)Įarth is a planet that features a wide variety of people, cultures, and ecosystems. EarthĮarth as it appears in Mario is Missing! (SNES) For information about the general locale from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team sometimes colloquially referred to as the 'real world', see Pi'illo Island.

Mario and sonic at the mushroom world