Super Mario Games

Here are some facts about Poochy…

Poochy is a dog like creature that first appears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island where he could be found in few levels and could be ridden by Yoshi over spikes and into enemies, who are instantly destroyed upon touching Poochy.

In Tetris Attack, Poochy is among the denizens of Yoshi’s Island who are brainwashed by Bowser and Kamek; Yoshi must defeat Poochy in battle to free him from this brainwashing.

In Yoshi’s Story, Poochy appears in some levels, but is smaller and can not be ridden, and can only be used to sniff for buried treasures.

Here are some facts about Pauline…

Pauline is the woman Mario must rescue from Donkey Kong in the original Donkey Kong game.

Pauline later appeared in Family Basic and in Pinball for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Princess Peach who was introduced in Super Mario Bros, took Pauline’s place as damsel-in-distress in that game eventually becoming Mario’s primary romantic interest in most of the subsequent games in the series.

Pauline did not appear in another game until the 1994 Game Boy version of Donkey Kong, where she was once again taken captive by Donkey Kong and his son.

The original arcade game depicts Pauline with blonde hairm but the Game Boy remake features a redesigned modern Pauline as a brunette distinguishing her from the blonde-haired Peach.

The latest version of Pauline makes an appearance in Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis for the Nintendo DS where she appears as the guest of honor in the opening of the Super Mini-Mario World theme park.

Here are some facts about Professor Elvin Gadd…

Professor Elvin Gadd is more commonly known as E. Gadd

The Professor is a scientist who with his various inventions helps Mario and his friends.

He first appears in Luigi’s Mansion in which he investigates the mansion that mysteriously appeared by his house.

In Mario Party 6, he is featured on a party board called E. Gadd’s Garage.

He later appears in Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time where he creates a time-traveling machine.

He also makes brief appearances in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga with various inventions as rewards for making bean coffees at the Starbean Cafe.

Here are some facts about Donkey Kong Jr…

Donkey Kong Jr is the son of Donkey Kong.

He was first introduced in Donkey Kong Jr where he had to save his father from Mario.

He appears as an obstacle throughout Donkey Kong 94 and attemps to stop Mario by pulling levers and throwing poison mushrooms at him.

Donkey Kong Jr also appeared in Donkey Kong 2 and Donkey Kong Classics as the main character.

Donkey Kong Jr also appears in Super Mario Kart and as an unlockable character in Mario Tennis.

Here are some facts about Donkey Kong…

Donkey Kong and Mario first appeared in the popular 1981 Nintendo video game Donkey Kong.

Donkey Kong has a son called Donkey Kong Jr.

The game designer thought that donkey meant stupid in English, and Donkey Kong would mean stupid ape to an American audience.

When the game designer suggested the name Donkey Kong to Nintendo he was laughed at but the name stuck.

Donkey Kong appears in more recent games as the elderly Cranky Kong.