Editing Small Mario

{{distinguish|Mini Mario}}
{{form-infobox
|image=[[File:Small Mario Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|150px]]<br>Small Mario artwork for ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
|powers=Enter small areas (1x1 block) without crouching.
|item=Taking damage, [[Poison Mushroom]], losing a life (except in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', and ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'')
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|character=[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Yellow Toad (character)|Yellow Toad]], [[Blue Toad (character)|Blue Toad]], [[Toad]], [[Toadette]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]], [[Mii]], [[Rosalina]], [[Captain Toad]], [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]], [[Yoshi]], [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]]
}}

'''Small Mario''' (formerly referred to as '''Little Mario'''<ref>Tatsumi Yamashita, ''The Official Nintendo Player's Guide'', Tokuma Shoten, 1987, ISBN 999832369X. Page 29.</ref>, '''Regular Mario'''<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' [[Prima Games]] guide, page 8.</ref> or simply '''Mario'''<ref>''Super Mario Bros.'' English instruction manual, page 8.</ref>) is the weakest form of the player character in the main ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' games. This form does not have any special abilities, and it also does not take any [[List of Power-Ups|power-ups]] to assume this form, unlike other forms. [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] turns into Small Mario when he is hit by an enemy or obstacle. The player almost always starts the game off in this form (''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', and ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' are notable exceptions).

Any damage taken in Small form will cause Mario to lose a life. Usually, before being able to assume even stronger forms, Small Mario first must become Super Mario by eating a [[Super Mushroom]]. Being Small Mario can sometimes be useful; in some games, such as ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', there are small crevices that can be passed through easily with Small Mario.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''====
[[File:SMB Smallmario.png|frame|left]]
Small Mario first appears in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''. Unlike more modern appearances, starting with ''[[Super Mario World]]'', Mario will not be turned into the form granted by a higher-tiered power-up (like a [[Fire Flower]]), but instead will only become [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]]. This behavior is the same in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' and the original and ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' versions of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' (this only applies to the Fire Flower and [[Super Leaf]] in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', though).

Also, in this game, as well as ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' (where Mario can also be hurt by touching a [[Poison Mushroom]]), the Japanese Family Computer version of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', and the original version of ''Super Mario World'', taking damage as [[Fire Mario]] (or [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon]] or [[Cape Mario]] in the latter two games, respectively) immediately shrinks Mario down to his Small form.

Due to certain glitches in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and the Japanese version of ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'', it is possible to turn into Fire Mario while remaining Small.

====''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''====
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Mario, Luigi, [[Toad]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] start out each life in Super form (at the start of each level, they only have two hit points; they start with the current maximum hit points full after defeat), regardless of what their form was upon defeat or exiting the previous level. They become Small if they only have one hit point left. By finding the two [[Mushroom]]s hidden in [[Subspace]], the characters can extend their maximum hit points to four; also, upon the Mushroom's collection, the character always regains full health.

In ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', the Small form persists between levels (unless the player finished the previous level in their Super form, in which case it transfers to that level for that life only, even if the player switches characters), the characters start the game and each life in their Small forms with only one hit point remaining (of the current maximum), rather than their Super forms, and the maximum hit points per level is five, due to an added Mushroom per level.

In the original NES version, when characters are in their Small forms, only their lower halves shrink while their upper halves remain intact. In the ''All-Stars'' remaster and ''Super Mario Advance'', this was changed so that their entire bodies shrink. As a result, Peach is also affected, as her hair becomes shorter as she shrinks into her Small form, rather than remaining intact like in the original NES version.

====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
In international versions of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Mario reverts to Super form instead of Small form if he takes damage in a second-tier form (ex.: Fire, [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon]], etc.). This also applies to almost all 2D ''Super Mario'' games after ''Super Mario World'' (including its remake, ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'').

In the GBA version, the original Japanese version's damage system is one of the effects that the [[Red Switch]] has on the game.

====''Super Mario World''====
As of ''[[Super Mario World]]'', grabbing any higher-tiered power-up as Small Mario will bypass the Super form (ex: grabbing a Fire Flower turns Small Mario right to [[Fire Mario]]). This property was also included in the GBA version of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', the [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s to be saved in the levels become '''Small Toads''' after being hit once by enemies.

====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
[[File:Small Mario SM3DL.png|thumb|left|Small Mario in ''Super Mario 3D Land''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', Small Mario makes its 3D ''Super Mario'' debut, as previous 3D ''Mario'' games had a [[Health Meter|health meter]]. In this form, Mario and Luigi lose [[Mario Cap|their]] [[Luigi Cap|caps]], making this form similar to [[Wario]]'s [[Tiny Wario|Small form]], as seen in ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' (unless the player collects the maximum amount of lives (1,110 lives), which has Super Mario/Luigi lose the cap instead). Their voices are also higher-pitched. However, like in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Mario and Luigi start out each life in their Super forms.

====''Super Mario 3D World''====
Small forms are introduced in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' for [[Rosalina]], and [[Captain Toad]]; Peach and Toad can also become this form for the first time since ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. The form works as it does in ''Super Mario 3D Land''. As such, Peach and Rosalina's hair gets shorter (like in the remakes of ''Super Mario Bros. 2''), and the Toads' cap colors are reversed.

Additionally, ''Super Mario Bros.''-styled Small Luigis appear in some [[List of Luigi sightings in Super Mario 3D World|Luigi sightings]], in addition to being the icon for ''[[Mario Bros. (game)#Luigi Bros.|Luigi Bros.]]'' One also appears as the stamp obtained in the [[Sprixie House]] in [[World Crown]].

====''Super Mario Run''====
In versions of ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' prior to Version 3.0.4., only Mario and Luigi can shrink into their Small forms, thus [[Princess Peach|Peach]], [[Toad]], [[Toadette]], and [[Yoshi|the]] [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s are defeated in one hit and therefore do not have their Small forms. In versions since Version 3.0.4., all the characters (including then-added [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]]) are now given Small forms, therefore letting them take one more hit before being defeated. As a result, the characters lose their advantage over Mario and Luigi and require their regular forms to break Brick Blocks, although they still start the level in their regular forms as they did in prior versions, unlike Mario and Luigi.

Characters return in their Small form after being defeated or falling in a hole or in lava (or if they are in their usual regular forms upon touching lava, they shrink in the bubble to their Small forms) even though they start the level in their regular forms, like how they did in earlier versions. However, in the Remix 10 mode, their form is determined based on whether Mario completed the fourth course while Small or Super, similar to ''Super Mario Advance''. For example, if Mario is Small when he completes the fourth course and switches to Peach, she starts off in her Small form, as opposed to her regular form.

As in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''{{'}}s remakes and ''Super Mario 3D World'', Peach's hair gets shorter when she shrinks into her Small form.

===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
Captain Toad and [[Toadette]]'s Small forms appear in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', retaining the features from ''Super Mario 3D World'' (including the reversal of cap colors and higher-pitched voices). However, as in the original and ''All-Stars'' versions of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', the Small form does not persist between levels; every level is started in Super form, regardless of what form the previous level was finished in.

===''Mario Golf'' series===
[[File:MarioDoubleBogey.png|thumb|left|Double bogey animation from ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' and ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]''.]]
When Mario gets a [[Bogeys|Double Bogey]] or below in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' as well in ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]'', his animation depicts him getting hit by a shell, which turns him into Small Mario.
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==Development==
When developing ''Super Mario Bros.'', players were originally supposed to start as Super Mario. However, because of the way the camera was zoomed in during development, it made seeing around Mario difficult. After pulling the camera away, Mario appeared smaller, at which point [[Toshihiko Nakago]] suggested they make Mario smaller instead of pulling the camera away. The team then decided that Super Mario would shrink into Small Mario if he touches an enemy, but if Small Mario touches an enemy, he'll be defeated instead.

When asked if [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] considered letting the players start as Super Mario rather than Small Mario, he responded with "Starting with the small Mario would make players happier when Mario got big later, and it would also give a better impression to players."<ref>https://www.nintendo.com/nes-classic/super-mario-bros-and-super-mario-bros-3-developer-interview</ref>

==Gallery==
{{main-gallery|Small Mario}}
<gallery>
SMB Smallmario.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]
SMB3 Smallmario.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]
Small Mario SM3DL.png|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]
Small-mario.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]
NSMBUSmallMario.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ちびマリオ
|JapR={{wp|Chibi (slang)|Chibi}} Mario
|JapM=Small Mario
|Spa=Peque Mario
|SpaM=Pun on the word ''pequeño'' (small)
|Fra=Petit Mario
|FraM=Small Mario
|Dut=Kleine Mario
|DutM=Small Mario
|Ger=Klein-Mario
|GerM=Small Mario
|Ita=Piccolo Mario
|ItaM=Small Mario
|Por=Mario Pequeno
|PorM=Small Mario
|Rus=Маленький Марио
|RusR=Malen'kiy Mario
|RusM=Small Mario
|Kor=꼬마리오<ref>''New Super Mario Bros.'' Instruction manual, Nintendo Korea</ref>
|KorR=Kkomario
|KorM=Portmanteau of 꼬마 ''kkoma'' (kid) and 마리오 (Mario)
}}

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