Is there a Mario timeline?

[Clash!]

I was just sitting here thinking about the Mario games and a thought struck me, is there any sort of time line here?

I think the secret is with Yoshi. In Super Mario World Yoshi is pretty serious, makes minimal deeper sounds. And of course Yoshi's Island is a game that takes place in the past, and yoshi has a much younger feel. Same with Sunshine, Yoshi is all young again. And when you find him in Mario 64 he looks older.

Also in 3 arn't all the bosses Bowers kids? So he has like 8 kids in 3, and only one in Sunshine?

So the way I see it is that Yoshi's Island is the earliest game, and Mario 64 is the most recent in terms of Timeline. But who knows, Miyamoto more then likely has no clue either.

[NeoZeedeater]

I don't think anyone at Nintendo really considered any sort of timeline until Yoshi's Island.

It's definitely not something I think about since the games have minimal story to them.

[Captain Vegetable]

There is more than one "Yoshi." I.E. they are a race. An older one could co-exist with a younger one. Thusly, the "timeline" becomes much more unintellaganble and convoluted.

[Kidnemo]

I think Mario just got back from vacation or something...

[Clash!]

:: throws a bottle against wall :: Damnit! I forgot that they are a race! Hmm this does throw quite the monkey wrench into the gears that are Mario.

So we are to assume that in games 1-3 Mario is somewhere where Yoshis don't live or exist? Makes you wonder if mario is going into different dimensions, he should be carefull which pipe he goes down. He somehow got back to earth in the Mario Is Missing games.

Mario is quite the Nomad me thinks.

But Sunshine still might be the most recent, considering Bowsers growth. He was pretty damn big in 64 and then HUGE in Sunshine.

Who knows, maybe someday this will all be clear.

[Shin Johnpv]

id say yoshi's island is the first obviously and then probably Sunshine is the last

then you have 1 -3 and world imbetween

*shrug*

[Jeremy]

I think that SMB III might be the last game, chronoligically, due to the Koopa kids.
Yoshi's Island would be the first chronologically due to baby Mario.
Sunshine might take place before III, but only if my theory can hold water. And since this involves a Mario storyline, that probably won't happen.

[piku]

:: throws a bottle against wall :: Damnit! I forgot that they are a race! Hmm this does throw quite the monkey wrench into the gears that are Mario.

Yeah, but just because Yoshi is a race doesn't mean there isn't one Yoshi. Is there a single main character Yoshi or is any Yoshi you ever see with Mario just a random one?

[Shin Johnpv]

Originally posted by piku
Yeah, but just because Yoshi is a race doesn't mean there isn't one Yoshi. Is there a single main character Yoshi or is any Yoshi you ever see with Mario just a random one?

well in Yoshi's island its a bunch of random ones (theres all kinds of colors of yoshis remember)

maybe in World 64 and Sunshine its one yoshi but in YOshi's island its a whole bunch of them

[piku]

well in Yoshi's island its a bunch of random ones (theres all kinds of colors of yoshis remember)

maybe in World 64 and Sunshine its one yoshi but in YOshi's island its a whole bunch of them

True. And in Mario World it makes it seem like there might be one Yoshi, yet there are still a ton of them in it. Also, in Super Mario RPG (if you want to count it towards the timeline, which I guess you would) there is an island of Yoshis, and there is also one Yoshi, so I don't know.

I’m going to have to assume there is indeed a single Yoshi named Yoshi.