Forgotten Videogames: Mario Is Missing

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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be taking a look at nintendo and
software tool works all but forgotten
edutainment platformer mario is missing
for the nes SNES and the pc that’s right
there was a time when nintendo was
willing to have their mascots appear in
educational games as well as other
gaming platforms holding an extra level
of rarity this also marked the first
time that Mario’s brother Luigi was
featured in the lead role and as you can
guess by the title this adventure
revolved around the quest to find his
missing sibling
this took Luigi out of the Mushroom
Kingdom and into the real world with a
visual style borrowed directly from
Super Mario World
Luigi began his journey at Bowser’s
Antarctic castle as it turns out Mario
was captured while trying to thwart King
Koopas plan to steal artifacts from
around the world in order to sell them
and make enough money to purchase
hairdryers to melt the ice and flood the
planet as a result
Luigi must venture through the castles
warp doors to recover the stolen
artifacts from Bowser’s minions doing so
unlocks more castle doors and leads to
finding his brother transported to
various cities around the world players
must visit tourist booths and speak with
the locals in order to learn about
culture and history
this helps Luigi discover what was
stolen and where he must go in order to
catch the thieves initially met with
confusion for its focus on education
over traditional platforming mario is
missing has gained a Kitsch status over
the years as a curiosity piece that is
both fascinating and strangely addictive