Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records
Founded	November 10, 1951[?]

Guinness World Records (sometimes abbreviated as GWR) is an annual reference book that lists world records for a variety of subjects, including the Super Mario series. A spin-off of the book called Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition features video game-related world records exclusively.

List of Super Mario-related world records by year

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Record	Held by	Details	Link
Highest score on Super Mario World	Jason Baum	1 hour, 31 minutes, 44 seconds	[1]
Fastest 100% completion of Donkey Kong Country	Derek Kisman	50 minutes	[2]
Fastest completion of World 1-1 in Super Mario Bros.	Adrian Keung and Tristen Geren	31 seconds	N/A
Highest score in VS. Super Mario Bros.	Isaiah "TriForce" Johnson	3,404,400 points	N/A
Highest score in Mario Bros. (NES)	Tom Votava	10,777,770 points	N/A
Highest score in Mario Bros. (NES and 2-player co-op)	Ryan Johnson and Jonathan Adams	2,443,650 points	N/A
Highest score in Mario Bros. (Wii)	Chad Brevik	14,900,990 points	N/A
Highest score in Super Mario Land	Rudy Ferretti	999,999 points	N/A
Highest score in Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	John Pompa	1,034,170 points	N/A
Lowest score in Stroke Play Congo Canopy in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour	Jonathan Adams	41 strokes	N/A
Most Block Star Points in Mario Party 6	Jake Patzer	71 points	N/A
Longest Surface Time in Monty's Revenge in Mario Party 7	Jake Patzer	16.16 seconds	N/A
Shortest Distance in Study Fall in Mario Party DS	Ryan Reed	0.0 m	N/A
Biggest Blowout in Domination Mode in Mario Strikers	Jeremy Zsupnik	7	N/A
Most Kills in Endless Brawl of Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Andrew Furrer	525 kills	N/A
Fastest time trial record on Super Mario Kart's Vanilla Lake 2 (female)	Leyla Hasso	51.87 seconds	N/A
Highest score on Donkey Kong (Emulator)	Dean Saglio	1,167,400 points	N/A
Highest score on Donkey Kong 3 (Marathon)	George Riley	4,252,400 points	N/A
Highest score on Donkey Kong 3 (Emulator and Marathon)	George Riley	6,167,400 points	N/A
Highest score on Donkey Kong Junior (Emulator)	George Riley	1,308,000 points	N/A
Highest score on Donkey Kong (Game Boy)	John Pompa	317,600 points	N/A
Fastest completion of Donkey Kong (Game Boy)	Tom Vatava	5 hours, 44 minutes, 19 seconds	N/A
Fastest 200% completion of Donkey Kong Country Returns	John Lundrigan	5 hours, 47 minutes, 50 seconds	N/A
Fastest completion of time attack in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!	Nicholas Reymann	1 minute, 15.36 seconds	N/A
Fastest Completion of Hard Mode of Wario's Woods (NES)	Daniel Dock	11 minutes, 30 seconds	N/A
Fastest Completion of Hard Mode of Wario's Woods (SNES)	Daniel Dock	9 minutes, 45 seconds	N/A
Fastest Completion of Hard Mode of Wario's Woods (Wii)	Ryan Genno	17 minutes, 43 seconds	N/A
Most prolific party videogame series	Mario Party	14 games released	N/A

1980s

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
First platform videogame	Donkey Kong	N/A	July 9, 1981	[3]
First use of cutscenes to tell a story in a videogame	Donkey Kong	N/A	July 9, 1981	[4]
First use of visual storytelling in a videogame	Donkey Kong	Set in Japan	July 9, 1981	[5]
First use of a D-pad in a gaming system	Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)	N/A	June 3, 1982	[6]
First two-screen hand-held gaming device	Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)	N/A	June 3, 1982	[7]
First gamer to reach the kill screen on Donkey Kong	Billy Mitchell	Set in United States	November 7, 1982	[8]
First Super Mario videogame for Apple hardware	Mario Bros.	N/A	December 31, 1984	[9]
First Super Mario videogame released for a non-Nintendo system	Super Mario Bros. Special	Set in Japan	March 1, 1986	[10]
First movie based on a videogame	Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! (directly translated as Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!)	Set in Japan	July 20, 1986	[11]
Shortest videogame release	The Great Giana Sisters	1 week	May 6, 1987	[12]

1990s

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
First videogame protagonist to have a Faceship	Samus Aran	N/A	November 1991	[13]
First kart-racing videogame to include combat	Super Mario Kart	N/A	August 27, 1992	[14]
First live-action movie based on a videogame	Super Mario Bros.	N/A	May 28, 1993	[15]
First videogame starring Luigi as the main character	Mario is Missing!	N/A	July 1993	[16]
First winner of "Favorite Video Game" in Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards	Donkey Kong Country	Set in United States	May 20, 1995	[17]
First 3D sports videogame	Mario's Tennis	N/A	July 21, 1995	[18]
First virtual reality (VR) platforming videogame	Virtual Boy Wario Land	Set in United States	November 27, 1995	[19]
First RPG videogame to feature Mario	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	N/A	March 9, 1996	[20]
First user-controlled camera in a videogame	Super Mario 64	N/A	June 23, 1996	[21]
First Super Mario videogame in 3D	Super Mario 64	N/A	June 23, 1996	[22]
Most collectable items in a platform videogame	Donkey Kong 64	3,821 items	November 22, 1999	[23]
First splitscreen four-player mode in a 3D platform videogame	Donkey Kong 64	N/A	November 22, 1999	[24]

2000s

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Highest score on Mario Tennis (N64, ring or points mode)	Jason Whalls	Set in United Kingdom	August 13, 2002	[25]
Most mini games in a single videogame	WarioWare: Twisted!	223 microgames; surpassed by WarioWare Gold as of July 27, 2018, with 316 microgames	October 14, 2004	[26]
First gamer to score one million points on Donkey Kong	Billy Mitchell	Set in United States	June 4, 2005	[27]
First Nintendo game to feature competitive online play	Mario Kart DS	N/A	September 14, 2005	[28]
First crossover characters in a kart videogame	Mario Kart Arcade GP	Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Blinky from the Pac-Man series appear as playable characters.	October 10, 2005	[29]
Best-selling platform videogame	Super Mario Bros.	40.24 million units sold	2006	[30]
Highest score on Donkey Kong (without using hammers)	Shawn Cram	Set in United States	May 5, 2006	[31] [32]
Fastest completion of Mario Power Tennis: Artist on the Court	Guillaume "cpull" Bertrand	14.1 seconds	July 6, 2006	[33]
Fastest completion of Donkey Kong 64	Tom Votava	4 hours, 26 minutes	December 20, 2006	[34]
Most successful documentary film about a videogame	The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters	N/A	2007	[35]
Highest score on Mario Bros. (Apple II)	Terence O'Neill	408,050 points	April 28, 2007	[36]
Fastest completion of Donkey Kong Country (Wii Virtual Console)	Timothy Peters	32 minutes	June 23, 2007	[37] [38]
Most awards won by a videogame documentary	The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters	11 awards	2008	[39]
Most deployable items in a Mario Kart videogame	Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart Wii	tied at 20 items	April 10, 2008	[40]
Most heats in a kart videogame competition	Mario Kart Grand Wii	30 heats; set in United Kingdom	April 12, 2008	[41]
Fastest-selling kart videogame (first week)	Mario Kart Wii	2,372,441 units sold	April 17, 2008	[42]
Highest winning margin in Super Mario Strikers	Lance Eustache	N/A	July 20, 2008	[43]
First user-generated mini game compilation	WarioWare: Do It Yourself	N/A	April 29, 2009	[44]
First pixel art made in Minecraft	"jwaap", Mario	N/A	May 17, 2009	[45]
Highest score on the Legend of Zelda theme on Donkey Konga (Nintendo, 2003)	Kevin M Lalonde	Set in United States (Texas)	June 6, 2009	[46]
Rarest Super Mario videogame	Nintendo Campus Challenge	20100 U.S. dollars	October 2009	[47]
First use of computer-controlled "help" feature in a 2D platform game	New Super Mario Bros. Wii	Refers to the Super Guide, where a computer-controlled Luigi will finish a level.	November 12, 2009	[48]

2010

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Fastest-selling single-platform videogame	New Super Mario Bros.	N/A	January 10, 2010	[49]
Fastest single-segment completion of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels	Andrew Gardikis	8 minutes, 13 seconds	May 26, 2010	[50]
Highest winning margin in Mario Smash Football	James Bouchier	Set in Afghanistan	June 22, 2010	[51]
Fastest completion of Mario Medley in Mario Party 4	James Bouchier	Set in United Kingdom	June 23, 2010	[52]
Fastest lap of Ghost Valley 2 in Mario Kart Wii	James Bouchier	19.447 seconds	June 29, 2010	[53]
Largest collection of Super Mario memorabilia	Mitsugu Kikai	5441 items; set in Japan (Tokyo)	July 15, 2010	[54]
Youngest competitor at the Super Mario Kart World Championship	Lucas Duarte-Leite	9 years, 149 days; set in France	August 16, 2010	[55]
Largest gathering of people dressed as Mario	Jun Tang	230 people; set in China (Chifeng)	August 18, 2010	[56]

2011

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Fastest completion of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	Craig "cyghfer" Gordon	2 hours, 57 minutes, 28 seconds	January 20, 2011	[57]
Highest score on Dr. Mario	Will P. Nichols	Set in United States	February 18, 2011	[58]
Largest Donkey Kong high-score competition	The Kong Off	N/A	March 20, 2011	[59]
Most videogames completed simultaneously with a single controller	"agwagaf"	4 games	April 4, 2011	[60]
Most Donkey Kong 3 records	George Riley	Set in United States	June 2011	[61]
Most expensive Donkey Kong cartridge	Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge	1,000 U.S. dollars	June 2011	[62]
Smallest Donkey Kong cabinet	Sean "Bender" Beavers	21 centimeters tall; set in United States	June 2011	[63]
Most pirated 3D platform videogame	Super Mario Galaxy 2	N/A	June 2011	[64]
Longest videogame marathon playing the Super Mario franchise	Dan Ryckert	50 hours; set in United States (Minneapolis)	August 8, 2011	[65]
Fastest completion of Super Mario 64	"Funilasm64"	6 minutes, 41 seconds	November 14, 2011	[66]
First flying kart videogame	Mario Kart 7	N/A	December 1, 2011	[67]
First underwater kart videogame	Mario Kart 7	N/A	December 1, 2011	[68]

2012

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Highest score on Super Mario Bros. by a team of two	James McCann, Gareth Beavis	Set in United Kingdom (London)	January 20, 2012	[69]
Fastest completion of Peach's Secret Slide Race on Super Mario 64	Karl Parris	12.40 seconds; set in United Kingdom (Lymington, Hampshire)	February 10, 2012	[70]
Fastest 70-star completion of Super Mario 64	Mike "Siglemic" Sigler	49 minutes, 34 seconds	June 13, 2012	[71]
First Nintendo platform game with a simultaneous digital and retail launch	New Super Mario Bros. 2	N/A	August 17, 2012	[72]
Most Super Mario Kart world records (female)	Leyla Hasso	30 records	September 19, 2012	[73]
Largest collection of video game memorabilia	Brett Martin	8,030 items Record is currently held by Lisa Courtney as of August 10, 2016, with 17,127 items of Pokémon memorabilia; however, Brett's collection is purported to have reached over 20,000 items as of April 9, 2021	September 19, 2012	N/A
Most critically acclaimed platform videogame series	Super Mario	92% average rating on Metacritic	October 9, 2012	[74]
Highest coin target in a platform videogame	New Super Mario Bros. 2	1 million coins	October 9, 2012	[75]
Fastest single-segment completion of Mario Kart Wii	Jose Karica	1 hours, 7 minutes, 9 seconds	October 9, 2012	[76]
Most ubiquitous sports videogame character	Mario	30 appearances	October 9, 2012	[77]
First perfect completion of Super Mario Galaxy	"Snowymountain"	Set in Sweden	November 5, 2012	[78]

2013

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Highest score on Sort or 'Splode in New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS)	Tristen Geren	337 points; set in United States (Fredericksburg)	January 17, 2013	[79]
Longest hammer throw on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)	Klayton Schaufler	97.10 meters; set in United States (Lake Stevens)	January 28, 2013	[80]
Fastest single-segment completion of Super Mario Bros. 2	Chris Knight	8 minutes, 32 seconds; set in United States	June 12, 2013	[81]
Most critically acclaimed platform videogame	Super Mario Galaxy	97.64% rating on GameRankings	June 19, 2013	[82]
First official Super Mario expansion pack	New Super Luigi U	Was released as an expansion for New Super Mario Bros. U, initially on June 19, 2013 in Japan.	June 19, 2013	[83]
First Super Mario platformer not to feature Mario	New Super Luigi U	N/A	June 19, 2013	[84]
Worst-rated kart racing videogame	Donkey Kong Barrel Blast	43.94% rating on GameRankings	June 26, 2013	[85]
Best-selling winter sports videogame	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games	7.72 million units sold	July 10, 2013	[86]
Fastest completion of Maka Wuhu in Mario Kart 7	Jacob Queen	1 minute, 6.51 seconds; set in United States	August 3, 2013	[87]
Fastest lap of Kalimari Desert in Mario Kart 64	Dan Russell	36.73 seconds; set in Canada	August 21, 2013	[88]
First use of a platform videogame in brain study	Super Mario 64	Set in Japan	October 30, 2013	[89]
Most goals in a single match of Super Mario Strikers	Fred Popke	37 goals; set in United States	November 20, 2013	[90]
Fastest completion of Mario Circuit 1 in Super Mario Kart (PAL version)	Sami Cetin	Set in United Kingdom	December 25, 2013	[91]
Best-selling videogame of the third-generation consoles	Super Mario Bros.	40.24 million units sold	August 2013	[92]
Most sports videogames based on a platform series	Super Mario	19 games	November 2013	[93]

2014

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Rarest NES racing videogame	Nintendo World Championships	26 known copies; set in United States	February 5, 2014	[94]
Fastest Super Mario Kart time trial (female)	Leyla Hasso	Set in United Kingdom	February 22, 2014	[95]
First high-definition Mario Kart videogame	Mario Kart 8	Set in Japan	May 29, 2014	[96]
First karting videogame with a two-player vertical split screen	Mario Kart 8	N/A	May 29, 2014	[97]
Most playable characters in a Mario Kart videogame	Mario Kart 8	36 characters. Was surpassed by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in 2017 with 42 characters. The record is currently held by Mario Kart Tour, with 265 playable characters.	May 29, 2014	[98]
First Mario Kart game with full anti-gravitational racing	Mario Kart 8	N/A	May 29, 2014	N/A
Most items in a Mario Kart videogame (all items)	Mario Kart 8	22 items	May 29, 2014	[99]
Fastest-selling kart videogame (opening weekend)	Mario Kart 8	1.2 million units sold	May 30, 2014	[100]
Fastest-selling racing videogame	Mario Kart 8	2.82 million units sold	June 1, 2014	[101]
Most difficult coin to collect in a Super Mario game	"Pannenkoek2012"	18 years	June 12, 2014	[102]
Best-selling racing videogame (3DS)	Mario Kart 7	9.59 million units sold	June 30, 2014	[103]
Best-selling racing videogame (Nintendo)	Mario Kart Wii	34.52 million units sold	June 30, 2014	[104]
Best-selling racing videogame (SNES)	Super Mario Kart	8.76 million units sold	June 30, 2014	[105]
Best-selling racing videogame (GameCube)	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	6.95 million units sold	June 30, 2014	[106]
Best-selling Winter Olympics videogame	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games	7.87 million units sold	July 11, 2014	[107]
Highest-ranked player on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	"Becky-Jay"	1,679 points	July 16, 2014	[108]
Fastest lap of Airship Fortress in Mario Kart DS	Thomas Bolton	34.01 seconds	July 26, 2014	[109]
Most critically acclaimed Wii videogame	Super Mario Galaxy	97.64 percentage	July 28, 2014	[110]
Worst-rated Super Mario videogame	Mario Party Advance	N/A	July 28, 2014	[111]
Most viewed fan film based on a platform videogame	Mario: Game Over	55,628,646 views	July 29, 2014	[112]
Best-selling videogame of the fourth-generation consoles	Super Mario World	20.61 million units sold	July 29, 2014	[113]
Most critically acclaimed 3D platform videogame	Super Mario 3D World	N/A	July 29, 2014	[114]
Best-selling videogame character cross-over	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	12.99 million units sold	July 31, 2014	[115]
Fastest lap of Mario Kart DS Koopa Beach 2	David Roldan	N/A	October 4, 2014	[116]
Fastest lap of Rainbow Road in Super Mario Kart	Guillaume Levach	16.53 seconds	November 9, 2014	[117]
Fastest completion of Mario Circuit 1 in Super Mario Kart (NTSC version)	Sami Cetin	N/A	November 23, 2014	[118]
Fastest completion of Super Paper Mario	"Gamerob"	4 hours, 24 minutes, 40 seconds; set in Canada	December 14, 2014	[119]
Fastest lap time for "Dolphin Shoals" (Mario Kart 8)	"Sinunous"	1 minute, 58.49 seconds	December 19, 2014	[120]

2015

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Most Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island levels completed while blindfolded	"DavisKongCountry"	3 levels; set in United States	January 8, 2015	[121]
Highest score on Super Mario Bros.	Andrew Gardikis	1,435,100 points; set in United States	January 8, 2015	[122]
Highest score on Mario Bros. (Arcade)	Steve Kleisath	5,424,920 points; set in United States	January 10, 2015	[123]
Fastest completion of Super Mario World (11 Exit)	"GreenDeathFlavor"	9 minutes, 47 seconds	January 23, 2015	[124]
Fastest lap time for "Mario Kart Stadium" (Mario Kart 8)	"Diogo"	1 minute, 34.89 seconds	February 4, 2015	[125]
Fastest single-segment completion of Super Mario Bros. 3	Mitch "Mitchflowerpower" Fowler	3 minutes, 8 seconds; set in Canada	February 9, 2015	[126]
Fastest lap time for Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart 8)	"Kyser"	1 minute, 58.89 seconds	February 26, 2015	[127]
Fastest completion of Super Mario 3D World	"Vallu"	1 hour, 41 minutes, 18 seconds	March 10, 2015	[128]
Fastest completion of Mario Party 9	"Tealgamemaster"	2 hours, 50 minutes, 38 seconds; set in United Kingdom	March 15, 2015	[129]
Fastest lap time for "Twisted Mansion" (Mario Kart 8)	"Tyler"	1 minute, 54.75 seconds	March 21, 2015	[130]
Highest-rated racing videogame on Nintendo DS	Mario Kart DS	91.43% rating on GameRankings	March 30, 2015	[131]
Fastest lap time for "Cloudtop Cruise" (Mario Kart 8)	"Ray"	1 minute, 54.48 seconds	March 30, 2015	[132]
Best-selling racing videogame (hand-held)	Mario Kart DS	23.11 million units sold	March 31, 2015	[133]
Fastest lap time of "Shy Guy Falls" (Mario Kart 8)	"Danny"	1 minute, 54.21 seconds	April 11, 2015	[134]
Fastest lap time for "Sweet Sweet Canyon" (Mario Kart 8)	"Victor"	1 minute, 48.38 seconds	April 12, 2015	[135]
Best-selling Sonic videogame	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	13.06 million units sold	April 13, 2015	[136]
Fastest lap time for "Mario Circuit" (Mario Kart 8)	"Chonko3"	1 minute, 43.89 seconds	April 15, 2015	[137]
Best-selling non-bundled Super Mario videogame	New Super Mario Bros.	29.66 million units sold	April 15, 2015	[138]
Fastest lap time for "Water Park" (Mario Kart 8)	"Domenico"	1 minute, 40.36 seconds	April 22, 2015	[139]
Fastest mode for a Mario Kart videogame	Mario Kart 8	200cc	April 23, 2015	[140]
Most viewed online videogame walkthrough	"New Super Mario Bros Walkthrough Part 22"	30,221,835 people	May 3, 2015	[141]
Most critically acclaimed Super Mario videogame	Super Mario Galaxy	97.64% rating on GameRankings	May 18, 2015	[142]
First person to complete Super Mario World blindfolded	"PangaeaPanga"	Set in United Kingdom	June 23, 2015	[143]
First game of Super Mario Kart played by a neural network	"SethBling"	Set in United States	June 27, 2015	[144]
Fastest completion of The Galaxy's Greatest Wave in Super Mario Galaxy	Taylor Green	Set in United States (Fredericksburg)	June 29, 2015	[145]
Largest Super Mario Maker hackathon	Facebook	100 people; set in United States (Menlo Park)	July 29, 2015	[146]
Largest reward offered for a videogame glitch	"Pannenkoek2012"	1,000 U.S. dollars	August 4, 2015	[147]
Highest score on Nintendo PowerFest '94	Paul J. Tesi	25,163,950 points; set in United States	December 23, 2015	[148]
Best-selling kart-racing videogame series	Mario Kart	108.8 million units sold	December 31, 2015	[149]
Best-selling racing videogame	Mario Kart Wii	35.76 million units sold	December 31, 2015	[150]

2016

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Fastest blindfolded completion of Super Mario Bros.	"きらめきでどーだい" (“KIRAMEKIDEDODAI”)	14 minutes, 46 seconds; set in Japan	January 27, 2016	[151]
Best-selling videogame series	Super Mario	555.35 million units sold	January 29, 2016	[152]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Galaxy 2	"Vallu"	3 hours, 1 minute, 57 seconds; set in Finland	February 26, 2016	[153]
Most recent Super Mario Kart world record	"KVD", aka Karel van Duijvenboden	17.08 seconds; set in Netherlands	March 4, 2016	[154]
Most starred Super Mario Maker UGC creator	“ちゃがま” (“CHAGAMA”)	Set in Japan	March 21, 2016	[155]
Most successful Super Mario Kart gamer	Guillaume Levach	30 world records; set in France	March 24, 2016	[156]
Most live-action parodies of a racing videogame	Mario Kart	17 YouTube videos	April 12, 2016	[157]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Bros. 3 (no wrong warp)	Mitch "Mitchflowerpower" Fowler	10 minutes, 47 seconds; set in Canada	April 12, 2016	[158]
Fastest lap of GCN Waluigi Stadium - Time Trial in Mario Kart Wii	Ethan Evans	43.427 seconds; set in United Kingdom	April 21, 2016	[159]
Fastest race of GCN Dino Dino Jungle on Mario Kart 7	Andrew Carrick	2 minutes, 11.158 seconds; set in United Kingdom	April 21, 2016	[160]
Best-selling Wii U videogame	Mario Kart 8	6.79 million units sold	April 28, 2016	[161]
Longest-standing Mario Kart lap record	Karel "KYD" van Duijvenboden	3,408 days	April 28, 2016	[162]
Most viewed fan film based on a racing videogame	"Mario Kart (Remi Gaillard)"	67,827,239 views; set in France	April 29, 2016	[163]
Largest Super Smash Bros. tournament	2016 Evo Championship Series	2,662 people; set in United States	July 17, 2016	[164]
Longest-running racing videogame tournament	Super Mario Kart World Championship	14 years; set in France	August 2016	[165]
Fastest blindfolded "102%" completion of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest	"Katun24"	16 hours, 3 minutes, 16 seconds; set in Netherlands	October 30, 2016	[166]
Fastest 48-track 200cc completion of Mario Kart 8	"aje4naton"	1 hour, 33 minutes, 47 seconds; set in Spain	November 8, 2016	[167]
Fastest race time for "Animal Crossing" in Mario Kart 8	"SuperFX"	1 minute, 35.63 seconds	November 21, 2016	[168]
First remake of an entire Super Mario game in Super Mario Maker	Dave Pickett, Super Mario 64 2D	N/A	November 23, 2016	[169]
Most critically acclaimed videogame (GameRankings)	Super Mario Galaxy	97.64 percentage	December 14, 2016	[170]
First Super Mario mobile videogame	Super Mario Run	N/A	December 15, 2016	[171]

2017

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Most prolific developer of kart videogames	Shigeru Miyamoto	8 games	January 9, 2017	[172]
Most shared UGC course on Super Mario Maker	"ΛV☆YEAH!"	Shared 400 times via Miiverse	January 13, 2017	[173]
Most “100 Mario Challenge” clears in Super Mario Maker’s Super Expert Mode	"Vellhart"	1,252 levels	January 13, 2017	[174]
Most international iOS charts topped simultaneously for an iOS game in its first month (downloads)	Super Mario Run	147 charts	January 14, 2017	[175]
Most downloads for an iOS mobile videogame in one month	Super Mario Run	90,000,000 downloads	January 15, 2017	[176]
Fastest 32-track 200cc completion of Mario Kart 8	MBisonFuté	1 hour, 2 minutes, 53 seconds	January 22, 2017	[177]
Most shared Super Mario Maker level	"ΛV☆YEAH!"	Shared 400 times via Miiverse; set in United States	March 27, 2017	[178]
Most watched Super Mario Maker video	"Lets Play Super Mario Maker! Derpy Mushrooms Real Life Undo Button? w/ AMIIBO Unboxing" by "FGTEEV"	14,583,838 views; set in United States	March 27, 2017	[179]
Most viewed fan film based on Super Mario Maker	"Mario Maker real life" by "THE rohail"	20,449,016 views	March 27, 2017	[180]
Most critically acclaimed Mario Kart videogame	Mario Kart: Super Circuit	91.54% rating on GameRankings	April 3, 2017	[181]
Highest score in WarioWare: Smooth Moves	Taylor Geren	178 points; set in United States	April 8, 2017	[182]
Fastest final lap of Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 64	Matthias Rustemeyer	1 minute, 37.33 seconds	April 15, 2017	[183]
Most playable characters in a kart racing videogame	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	42 characters	April 28, 2017	[184]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Run	"Really_Tall"	18 minutes, 37 seconds	April 28, 2017	[185]
Best-selling videogame for Nintendo DS	New Super Mario Bros.	29.81 million units sold	April 28, 2017	[186]
Fastest blindfolded completion of Super Mario World	"Katun24"	13 minutes, 31 seconds	May 24, 2017	[187]
Fastest lap of Mario Circuit in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (200cc)	Jimmy Strawa	1 minute, 13.908 seconds	July 6, 2017	[188]
First virtual reality (VR) kart racing videogame	Mario Kart Arcade GP VR	Set in Japan (Tokyo)	July 14, 2017	[189]
Most critically acclaimed racing videogame for an eighth-generation platform	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	92.39 percentage	September 14, 2017	[190]
Fastest race in Mario Kart 8	Matt Piper	1 minute, 2.403 seconds	September 27, 2017	[191]
First perfect score on Arcade Archives Mario Bros.	Isaiah "Triforce" Johnson	N/A	October 16, 2017	[192]
Fastest shortcut time for Choco Mountain in Mario Kart 64	Beck Abney	16.38 seconds; set in United States	October 29, 2017	[193]
Fastest lap of Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (200cc)	Jeremy Kyle	1 minute, 33.751 seconds	November 2, 2017	[194]
Highest score on Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991	Paul J. Tesi	18,748,000 points	November 8, 2017	[195]
Fastest completion of Mario Rabbids Kingdom Battle	"StKildaFan"	5 hours, 25 minutes, 36 seconds	November 16, 2017	[196]
Most critically acclaimed Switch videogame	Super Mario Odyssey	97.38 percentage	November 21, 2017	[197]
Most coins collected in a single round of Coin Runners team of 4 in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Sean Thorne, Sam Homewood, Ross Thompson, Callum Knight	53 coins; set in United Kingdom (London)	November 28, 2017	[198]
Best-selling SNES videogame by a second-party developer	Donkey Kong Country	9.3 million units sold	December 6, 2017	[199]
First player to complete Super Mario Odyssey without jumping	"Gamechamp3000"	N/A	December 10, 2017	[200]

2018

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Most expensive costume in Super Mario Odyssey	Skeleton Suit	9,999 coins	January 17, 2018	[201]
Most downloaded character mod in ModNation Racers	Mario II	284,664 downloads	January 18, 2018	[202]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Sunshine (120 Shines)	"AverageTrey"	2 hours, 59 minutes, 58 seconds; set in United States	January 26, 2018	[203]
Most critically acclaimed strategy videogame for Nintendo Switch	Mario Rabbids Kingdom Battle	84.81 percentage	February 5, 2018	[204]
Fastest all-cups completion of Mario Kart 64	"abney317"	38 minutes, 37.41 seconds	February 16, 2018	[205]
Most difficult level created in Super Mario Maker	Alex Tan	0.007636% clear rate; set in United States	February 22, 2018	[206]
Most "world records" in Super Mario Maker	"SlipStream"	27,511 total number; set in United States	February 22, 2018	[207]
Fastest 100% completion of Super Mario Odyssey (no assists)	"Hazeruin"	11 hours, 50 minutes, 40 seconds	February 23, 2018	[208]
Highest score for the first level of Donkey Kong	Jeremy Young	12,600 points	February 24, 2018	[209]
Most fan-made videogames based on a videogame universe	Super Mario	632 total number	February 27, 2018	[210]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Kart 150cc Mushroom Cup	"DangerMoll"	7 minutes, 43 seconds	March 3, 2018	[211]
Fastest completion of Automatic Mario Kart on Super Mario Maker	"Rain"	23.733 seconds	March 7, 2018	[212]
Most Super Mario Kart World Championship trophies	Frolent Lecoanet	12 total number; set in France	March 29, 2018	[213]
Best-selling racing videogame for Nintendo Switch	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	6.95 million units sold	March 29, 2018	[214]
Most critically acclaimed kart-racing videogame	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	92.39 percentage	March 29, 2018	[215]
Fastest time to make Mario topless in Super Mario Odyssey	"Timpani"	9 minutes, 55 seconds; set in United Kingdom	May 29, 2018	[216]
Fastest 0-star completion of Super Mario 64	"Drozdowsky"	6 minutes, 41 seconds; set in United States	July 9, 2018	[217]
Most Mario Kart 64 non-shortcut course records	Matthias Rustemeyer	29 records; set in Germany	August 22, 2018	[218]
Fastest completion of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Nitro tracks with items (200cc)	"Brionac"	31 minutes, 15 seconds; set in Italy	September 30, 2018	[219]
Fastest 32-Track completion of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with items (200cc)	"Brionac"	1 hour, 1 minute, 21 seconds; set in Italy	September 30, 2018	[220]
Fastest half marathon dressed as a videogame character (female)	Jean Oh, dressed as Yoshi	1 hour, 35 minutes, 56.2 seconds; set in Canada (Toronto)	October 21, 2018	[221]
Longest videogame marathon playing games in the Mario Kart series	Hunter Nierman, Ben Fick, Anthony Lehnertz	40 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds; set in United States (Iowa City)	November 3, 2018	[222]
Fastest-selling Nintendo videogame	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	12.08 million units sold	December 31, 2018	[223]

2019

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Best-selling Super Mario videogame	Super Mario Bros.	40.24 million units sold	January 11, 2019	[224]
Most ubiquitous videogame villain	Bowser	132 appearances	January 11, 2019	[225]
Fastest completion of New Super Luigi U (Any%, Luigi)	"Mchan338"	26 minutes, 23 seconds	February 4, 2019	[226]
Fastest Any% completion of New Super Mario Bros. 2	"J_duude"	26 minutes, 8 seconds	March 4, 2019	[227]
Fastest Any% completion of New Super Mario Bros. (official release version)	"MoistenedWah"	22 minutes, 58.3 seconds	March 12, 2019	[228]
Most videogame voiceover performances as the same character	Charles Martinet	104 voiceovers	August 14, 2019	[229]
Fastest Warpless completion of Super Mario Bros.	David "Kosmic" Livingston	18 minutes, 59.856 seconds; set in United States	August 14, 2019	[230]
Most coins collected with a matching total in a one-minute game of Coin Runners on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (team of two)	Muhamma Abdullah Khan, Huzefa Sutterwala	30 coins; set in United Arab Emirates (Dubai)	October 18, 2019	[231]
Most coins collected with a matching total in a one-minute game of Coin Runners on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Luigi's Mansion, team of two)	Omar Mohamed, Immaneual Sampath	40 coins; set in United Arab Emirates (Dubai)	November 2, 2019	[232]
Most coins collected with a matching total in a one-minute game of Coin Runners on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Sweet Sweet Kingdom, team of two)	Omar Mohamed, Immaneual Sampath	44 coins; set in United Arab Emirates (Dubai)	November 23, 2019	[233]

2020

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Most appearances of a character on the top 50 most shipped videogames	Mario	14 appearances	January 30, 2020	[234]
Least cleared Super Mario Maker course	Lucky Draw, "Phenotype"	0.0002% clear rate	February 28, 2020	[235]
Most liked/starred course on Super Mario Maker	Mission: Impossible	413,323 likes	March 2, 2020	[236]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Galaxy	"Mr. CloudKirby"	2 hours, 31 minutes, 21 seconds	March 11, 2020	[237]
Fastest completion of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nitro Tracks; 150cc)	"HitsujiOmochi"	40 minutes, 27 seconds	March 11, 2020	[238]
Fastest Story Mode completion of Super Mario Maker 2	"IamUncleSlam"	1 hour, 41 minutes, 6 seconds	March 11, 2020	[239]
Fastest 120-star completion of Super Mario 64	"Cheese"	1 hour, 38 minutes, 54 seconds	March 19, 2020	[240]
Fastest completion of Mario Kart's All-Cup Tour	"Goomba"	32 minutes, 38 seconds	March 19, 2020	[241]
Most speed-run game ever	Super Mario 64	14,009 runners	March 19, 2020	[242]
Fastest completion of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Nitro Tracks with items (150cc)	"HitsujiOmochi"	40 minutes, 27 seconds	March 19, 2020	[243]
Fastest completion of all 32 tracks without skips or items of Mario Kart Wii	"batcake"	1 hour, 13 minutes, 42 seconds	March 19, 2020	[244]
Fastest 100% completion of Super Mario Bros. 3	Mitch "Mitchflowerpower" Fowler	1 hour, 10 minutes, 3 seconds	March 19, 2020	[245]
Fastest Any% completion of Super Mario Sunshine (Normal)	"Weegee"	1 hour, 14 minutes, 13 seconds	March 19, 2020	[246]
Fastest 96-Exit completion of Super Mario World	"Lui"	21 minutes, 57.4 seconds	March 19, 2020	[247]
Fastest Any% completion of New Super Mario Bros. Wii	"FadeVanity"	22 minutes, 21.8 seconds	March 19, 2020	[248]
Largest online Super Smash Bros. tournament	The Box	8,158 entrants; set in United States (Santa Monica)	May 8, 2020	[249]
Fastest completion of Super Mario World (0 Exit)	"FURiOUS"	41.022 seconds	June 11, 2020	[250]
Highest score on Donkey Kong	Robbie Lakeman	1,260,700 points; set in United States	June 15, 2020	[251]
Fastest Any% completion of Super Mario Odyssey (no assists)	"Mitch"	57 minutes, 54 seconds	July 27, 2020	[252]
Fastest All Stars completion of Super Mario 3D All-Stars	"Odme"	10 hours, 55 minutes, 35 seconds	September 26, 2020	[253]
Best-selling videogame character	Mario	657.46 million units sold; set in United Kingdom	September 30, 2020	[254]
Best-selling videogame for Nintendo Switch	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	28.99 million units sold	September 30, 2020	[255]
Longest-running kart videogame series	Mario Kart	28 years, 51 days	October 16, 2020	[256]
Most ubiquitous videogame character	Mario	237 appearances	November 13, 2020	[257]

2021–2022

Record	Held by	Details	Date	Link
Best-selling Luigi videogame	Luigi's Mansion 3	9.59 million units sold	March 31, 2021	[258]
Most expensive videogame sold at an online auction	Super Mario 64	1.56 million U.S. dollars; set in United States	July 11, 2021	[259]
Fastest half marathon dressed as a videogame character (male)	Mike Lucas, dressed as Mario	1 hour, 26 minutes, 33 seconds; set in United Kingdom (London)	October 10, 2021	[260]
Largest videogame cartridge mosaic (image)	Yorihito Ishida	32.436 square meters; set in Japan (Moriyama)	October 31, 2021	[261]
First Super Mario 64 120 star blindfolded completion	"Bubzia"	Set in Germany	May 8, 2022	[262]
Fastest completion of Super Mario Bros. (Any%)	"Niftski"	4 minutes, 54.798 seconds; set in United States	August 7, 2022	[263]

Gallery

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  The cover of 2008's Gamer Edition

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  Alternate cover

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  The cover of 2010's Gamer Edition

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  "Platformers" section

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  The cover of 2013's Gamer Edition

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  The cover of 2015's Gamer Edition

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  The cover of 2018's Gamer Edition

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  The cover of 2019's Gamer Edition

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  The cover of 2020's Gamer Edition

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  Brett Martin, former holder of the Guinness World Record for most videogame memorabilia, pictured with his collection of Mario merchandise

External links

• Official website