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| |title=Mario is Missing!
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| |image=[[File:MiM DOS Boxart.jpg|250px]]
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| |developer=The Software Toolworks<br>[[Radical Entertainment]]
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| |publisher=The Software Toolworks (U.S., DOS/SNES/NES versions)<br>Mindscape (Europe, SNES/NES version)
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| |release='''MS-DOS:'''<br>1992, July 1993<ref name=VG&CE>{{cite|title=''VideoGames & Computer Entertainment'' Volume V, Issue 6|date=June 1993|page=33}}</ref> (re-release)<br>'''SNES:'''<br>June 1993<ref name="complete old games list">{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20050501150013/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/completeoldgameslist.pdf|title=Old Games List|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo.com}}</ref><br>'''NES:'''<br>July 1993<ref name="complete old games list"/><br>'''Mac:''' <br>October 1993<ref name=VG&CE/>
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| |genre=[[Genre#Edutainment|Educational]]
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| |modes=Single-player
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| |ratings={{ratings|esrb=K-A}}
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| |platforms={{wp|MS-DOS}}, [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], {{wp|Macintosh|Mac}}
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| |format={{format|dos=1|snes=1|nes=1}}
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| |input={{input|pcmouse=1|snes=1|nes=1}}
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| '''''Mario is Missing!''''' is an [[Genre#Educational|educational]] game created for {{wp|MS-DOS}}, [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], and Mac. It is the first game of the ''[[Mario Discovery (series)|Mario Discovery]]'' series. ''Mario is Missing!'' was released in floppy disk format for MS-DOS in 1992, with the ''CD-ROM Deluxe'' edition and conversions released the following year. Its gameplay was widely panned by critics. A follow-up called ''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'' was later released. This is the second game in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise in which [[Luigi]] is the sole main protagonist, the first being ''[[Luigi's Hammer Toss]]''. This game, like most educational games from this time period, is mostly based on [[Super Mario World]], which was a very common trait of games from the "educational phase" era. | |
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| ==Story==
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| In his latest scheme, [[Bowser]] decides to flood the [[Earth]] with hairdryers from [[List of implied locations#Hafta Havit Hairdryer Hotline Corp|Hafta Havit Hairdryer Hotline Corp]] to melt [[Antarctica]]. In order to buy the hairdryers, Bowser has his [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]]s travel all over the world and steal various important landmarks he plans to sell. [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Yoshi]] follow Bowser to Antarctica to stop him. However, Mario proceeds on his own and is captured by Bowser. The reason for Mario proceeding alone varies between the game's versions. In the PC version, Luigi is too frightened to enter the castle, forcing Mario to enter alone. Despite his brother's warnings against taking candy from strangers, Mario accepts and eats candy offered to him by Bowser, who is disguised as a butler, allowing Mario to be captured in a net. In the SNES version, Mario arrives last in Antarctica, with Luigi and Yoshi already present - Mario is initially seen in [[Dinosaur Land]], distracted by the game's incomplete title, before accidentally falling through a hole to Antarctica, where Luigi is eager for them to enter the castle. A pit then opens up beneath Mario and traps him, prompting Luigi to tell Yoshi to wait here as he goes inside the castle to find his brother. In the NES version, a Koopa simply throws a bag over Mario as he is fuming about the game's title claiming he is missing as he walks through the ice and snow.
| | *''[[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|Mario is Missing!]]'', the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] game. |
| | *''[[Mario is Missing! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|Mario is Missing!]]'', the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game. |
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| With Mario captured, Luigi finds himself faced with the task of returning all the stolen artifacts and saving both his brother and Earth. He bravely enters the castle, leaving Yoshi outside.
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| ===Story from console instruction booklet===
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| ====Bowser's Plot====
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| <blockquote>Oh no! Bowser and his bad boys are back to a life of crime. This time, it's not Mario World — it's your world! From his Antarctic castle, Bowser hustles his cold-blooded crew of cantankerous Koopas into his powerful '''P'''asscode '''O'''perated '''R'''emote '''T'''ransport '''A'''nd '''L'''arceny '''S'''ystem (PORTALS). The twisted turtles transport themselves throughout the globe, where celebrated cities suffer shell-shocking crime waves, as turtles trash landmarks and loot ancient artifacts. With dough from his slimy scales, Bowser hoards hair dryers from the Hafta-Havit Hotline. His plot? Melt Antarctica and flood the planet! Whoa!</blockquote>
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| ====Mario's Fate====
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| <blockquote>Will the brave brothers from [[Brooklyn]] permit this abominable snow plan? The boys say "Not!" Mario, Luigi and [[Yoshi]] trek across ice and snow to shellac the shelled ones' schemes. But Bowser's slick; in one last trick, he takes the dearest thing of all...'''[[Mario]] is Missing!'''</blockquote>
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| ====Luigi's Mission====
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| <blockquote>Luigi must stop the Koopas, foil Bowser's plan, and find Mario. Sneaking into each Portal, Luigi is transported to a city in trouble. There, Luigi needs to nab each Koopa, grab its loot, and return the artifact to its proper landmark. Along the way, Luigi explores the city, chats with the locals, reads maps, and solves puzzles. Help him do this before time runs out! Once he figures out where he is on the globe,
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| Luigi must use the '''[[Globulator]]''' to call Yoshi. Only after Yoshi scares [[Pokey]] away, can Luigi return to Bowser's castle and lock the Portal for that city.</blockquote>
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| ===Ending===
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| [[File:BeachKoopa-Bowser.png|thumb|Bowser is de-shelled, as seen in the DOS version of the game.]]
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| In the DOS version, Luigi takes Bowser's shell (which covers his tail in this depiction) off, causing Bowser to slink off-screen, embarrassed about his polka-dot boxers. This is the only time Bowser has been seen without his shell. Luigi shakes the shell to retrieve the key to Mario's cell, then throws the carapace away. Bowser returns wondering where his shell is, with Luigi then lying to him saying he threw the shell off the balcony; then, when Bowser leans over the railing to look for it, Luigi kicks him off and he lands in the snow. Luigi then opens Mario's cell and the two dance around in joy. They then go outside and shake Yoshi's hand before walking off into the distance together. Bowser then pokes his head out of the snow, looking in their direction with his shell back on.
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| In the Macintosh version, Bowser does not run off after his boxers are revealed, and Luigi smacks him off the balcony with his own shell.
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| In the SNES version of the ending, Luigi pulls a lever to reveal Mario behind a wall. Bowser then jumps down from a distant ledge, but Luigi pulls the same lever again, causing Bowser to fall into a [[cannon]]. He is then launched out of the castle and into the snow, where he freezes instantly and then shatters. In the NES version, Luigi and Bowser have a boss battle and "Bowser" turns out to be a normal [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] in disguise, who turns the key to Mario's cell, freeing him.
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| ==Characters==
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| ===Playable===
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| *[[Luigi]]
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| ===Supporting===
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| *[[Mario]]
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| *[[Yoshi]]
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| *[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] (''CD-ROM Deluxe'' only; likeness used for police officer characters in SNES version)
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| *[[Toad]] (''CD-ROM Deluxe'' only)
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| *[[Donkey Kong]] (''CD-ROM Deluxe'' only)
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| *[[Monty Mole]] (''CD-ROM Deluxe'' only)
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| *[[Dino Rhino|Dino-Rhino]] (''CD-ROM Deluxe'' only)
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| ===Antagonists===
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| *[[Bowser]]
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| *[[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]]
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| *[[Pokey]] (PC and SNES)
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| *[[Larry Koopa]] (PC)
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| *[[Roy Koopa]] (PC and SNES)
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| *[[Wendy O. Koopa|Wendy Koopa]] (PC)
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| *[[Iggy Koopa]] (PC and SNES)
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| *[[Ludwig von Koopa]] (PC and SNES)
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| ==Gameplay==
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| In each level, Luigi must retrieve several artifacts which were stolen by several [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]]s within the city and return them to their rightful places. Luigi must jump on the Koopas to defeat them and reclaim the artifacts, which he then takes back to the landmarks they were stolen from. He must answer trivia questions about the landmarks before the [[Curator]]s will take the wares back. In the SNES version, all the information kiosks are manned by women resembling [[Princess Daisy]] (complete with crown), although this is an unconfirmed appearance.
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| The DOS version adds a videophone aspect to gameplay, and Luigi must call the help number provided at the landmarks to get in touch with his friends, answer the questions, return the artifact, and receive a monetary reward. The mayor of the city also phones Luigi when he arrives, asking for his help in stopping the Koopas; he later phones when Luigi secures the city, thanking him and wishing him luck in finding Mario. Mario himself even manages to phone Luigi, giving him advice on his journey as well as updates on his capture and the Koopas' struggle to maintain their plot as planned. This version also has a Taxi feature, in which Luigi collects little Taxi tokens around the city and then exchanges them for rides across town to any point on the map. The SNES version instead uses more [[Warp Pipe]]s to facilitate speedy travel.
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| As well as returning the artifacts, Luigi must also deduce what city he is in so that he can use the [[Globulator]] and call [[Yoshi]] to his aid for double the walking and running speed. Without Yoshi, Luigi cannot finish the level, as the exit [[Warp Pipe|pipe]] is occupied by a [[Pokey]]. Yoshi proceeds to gobble the Pokey up in the DOS version, whereas the Pokey is merely scared away by Yoshi's presence in the SNES release.
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| Once Luigi has secured all the cities whose doors are located on a floor of the castle, Luigi must use a [[Fire Flower|fire flower]] collected in the cities to defeat them using their only weakness - [[Fire Mario|fire]]. The console releases remove the fire flower in favor of a small boss battle. However, the bosses cannot hurt Luigi, and must be stomped on a certain number of times to be defeated in the SNES and NES versions. The console versions also differ in that the Koopas are not defeated when they are knocked about and forced to leave in an undignified manner, but rather a sound stomp with destroy them upon impact (including the [[shell]]). The SNES version also has them literally fall to pieces, like a collapsing building.
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| In addition, there was a later enhanced edition for PC known as the ''CD-ROM Deluxe'' version. It included full-on voice acting to go along with the dialogue, although not all of the in-game text matched the audio exactly. The voice actors are known (Kathy Fitzgerald, Rob Wallace, Bob Sorenson, Nicholas Glaeser, David Gill), but the game does not specify which of them supplied which voices. There are also some graphical changes, such as loading screens when the screen is black, and icons of [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], [[Toad]] and [[Donkey Kong]] replace a recurring phone call NPC (although the old dialogue was not changed on-screen). The viewings of every historic spot in particular were originally recreated and shown in garish coloring. The ''CD-ROM Deluxe'' version replaces most of these pictures with realistic photographs and even live-action video clips to represent the landmarks, with some exceptions carried over from the floppy disk version.
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| ==Cities==
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| ===MS-DOS===
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| ;First Floor
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| [[File:MiM Larry Floor.png|thumb|[[Larry Koopa|Larry]]]]
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| *[[Rome]], Italy (Europe) 1st door
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| *[[Nairobi]], Kenya (Africa) 2nd door
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| *[[Beijing]], China (Asia) 3rd door
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| *[[Moscow]], Russia (Europe) 4th door
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| *[[San Francisco]], United States (North America) 5th door
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| ;Second Floor
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| [[File:MiM Roy Floor.png|thumb|[[Roy Koopa|Roy]]]]
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| *[[Athens]], Greece (Europe) 1st door
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| *[[Madrid]], Spain (Europe) 2nd door
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| *[[Marrakech]], Morocco (Africa) 3rd door
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| *[[Mexico City]], Mexico (North America) 4th door
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| *[[Paris]], France (Europe) 5th door
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| ;Third Floor
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| [[File:MiM Wendy O Floor.png|thumb|[[Wendy O. Koopa|Wendy]]]]
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| *[[Berlin]], Germany (Europe) 1st door
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| *[[Buenos Aires]], Argentina (South America) 2nd door
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| *[[Dublin]], Ireland (Europe) 3rd door
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| *[[Kathmandu]], Nepal (Asia) 4th door
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| *[[Sydney]], Australia (Oceania) 5th door
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| ;Fourth Floor
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| [[File:MiM Iggy Floor.png|thumb|[[Iggy Koopa|Iggy]]]]
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| *[[Amsterdam]], Netherlands (Europe) 1st door
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| *[[Bombay]], India (Asia) 2nd door
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| *[[Cairo]], Egypt (Africa) 3rd door
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| *[[Tokyo]], Japan (Asia) 4th door
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| *[[Toronto]], Canada (North America) 5th door
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| {{br}}
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| ;Fifth Floor
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| [[File:MiM Ludwig Von Floor.png|thumb|[[Ludwig von Koopa|Ludwig]]]]
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| *[[Istanbul]], Turkey (The Middle East) 1st door
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| *[[Jerusalem]], Israel (The Middle East) 2nd door
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| *[[London]], United Kingdom (Europe) 3rd door
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| *[[New York City]], United States (North America) 4th door
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| *[[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil (South America) 5th door
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| ===SNES version===
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| [[File:Mario is Missing!.PNG|thumb|All countries and cities (yellow ★) that Luigi visits in the three versions of the game]]
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| ;First floor
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| *[[San Francisco]], California, USA ([[North America]])
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| *[[Moscow]], Russia (Europe)
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| *[[Nairobi]], Kenya ([[Africa]])
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| *[[Beijing]], China (Asia)
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| *[[Rome]], Italy (Europe)
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| ;Second floor
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| *[[Paris]], France (Europe)
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| *[[Mexico City]], Mexico (North America)
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| *[[Sydney]], Australia (Oceania)
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| *[[Buenos Aires]], Argentina ([[South America]])
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| *[[Athens]], Greece (Europe)
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| ;Third floor
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| *[[London]], [[United Kingdom]] (Europe)
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| *[[Cairo]], Egypt (Africa)
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| *[[Tokyo]], Japan (Asia)
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| *[[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil (South America)
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| *[[New York City]], New York, USA (North America)
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| ===NES version===
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| ;First room
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| *[[New York City]], New York ([[United States of America|United States]])
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| *[[Rome]], Italy
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| ;Second room
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| *[[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
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| *[[San Francisco]], California (United States)
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| ;Third room
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| *[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
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| *[[Paris]], France
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| ;Fourth room
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| *[[Montreal]], Canada
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| *[[Moscow]], Russia
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| ;Fifth room
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| *[[London]], England
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| *[[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
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| ;Sixth room
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| *[[Mexico City]], Mexico
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| *[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]
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| ;Seventh room;
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| *[[Nairobi]], Kenya
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| *[[Beijing]], China
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| ==Mistakes and errors==
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| Although ''Mario is Missing!'' is intended to teach its players geographical facts, it contains numerous errors and oddities in its teaching material.
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| ;General
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| *In the PC version, Luigi is required to call phone numbers that are shorter than real phone numbers would be. The numbers within [[Moscow]] are only two digits long, for example.
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| *Some information in the game features proper terms that are not well known outside of North America. For example, the pamphlet for the [[Big Ben]] calls its subject "England's Capitol Hill"; as {{wp|Capitol Hill}} is a metonym for the area surrounding the {{wp|United States Capitol}}, this analogy, despite being technically correct, would likely confuse players who are unfamiliar with the metonymies used in American politics.
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| ;[[Globulator]]
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| *Several cities that share their names with their surrounding country or state do not have "City" in their names; for example, [[New York City]] is simply "New York", {{wp|Guatemala City}} is "Guatemala", and so on.
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| *Diacritics in names are excluded; for example, {{wp|San José, Costa Rica|San José}} is "San Jose", and {{wp|Medellín}} is "Medellin".
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| *The ''CD-ROM Deluxe'' version released in 1993 reuses the map of the DOS version released in 1992, meaning that it lists several countries that no longer exist, including {{wp|Czechoslovakia}} (which dissolved into the {{wp|Czech Republic}} and {{wp|Slovakia}}) and {{wp|Yugoslavia}} (which dissolved into {{wp|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}, {{wp|Croatia}}, {{wp|North Macedonia}}, {{wp|Serbia and Montenegro}}, and {{wp|Slovenia}}). It also does not list {{wp|Eritrea}}, which split from {{wp|Ethiopia}}.
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| **All other mistakes between the DOS and ''CD-ROM Deluxe'' versions are also identical.
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| *No cities are listed for {{wp|Armenia}} or {{wp|Brunei}}.
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| *The capital of {{wp|Greenland}} is spelled "Nuk" instead of {{wp|Nuuk}}.
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| *{{wp|El Salvador}}'s name is given as "{{wp|San Salvador}}", which is the name of its capital.
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| *{{wp|Colombia}}'s capital, {{wp|Bogotá}}, is misspelled as "Bogata".
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| *The capital of {{wp|Venezuela}}, {{wp|Caracas}}, is misspelled as "Caracus".
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| *{{wp|Suriname}} is spelled "Surinam" (although this is the country's old name, "Suriname" is the preferred spelling<ref>{{cite|author=Bryson, Bill|title="S" - ''Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right''|isbn=978-0385679961|publisher=Doubleday Canada|date=May 7, 2013|url=books.google.ca/books?id=I-nqQ2MRylMC|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref>).
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| *{{wp|French Guiana}} is spelled with a hyphen as "French-Guiana".
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| *The capital of {{wp|Paraguay}}, {{wp|Asunción}}, is spelled "Asucion".
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| *The city of {{wp|Bahía Blanca}} in {{wp|Argentina}} is spelled "Bahai Blanca".
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| *{{wp|Iceland}}'s capital, {{wp|Reykjavik}}, is spelled "Reykavik".
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| *The capital of {{wp|Sweden}}, {{wp|Stockholm}}, is spelled "Stolkolm".
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| *The second largest city in {{wp|Bulgaria}}, {{wp|Plovdiv}}, is spelled "Ploudiv".
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| *{{wp|Monte Carlo}} is listed as a city in {{wp|Monaco}}, despite being an administrative region.
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| *{{wp|Western Sahara}} is listed as a country despite the {{wp|Political status of Western Sahara|disputed nature of its sovereignty}}.
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| *The city of {{wp|Smara}} in Western Sahara is spelled "Semara".
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| *{{wp|Kufra}} is listed as a city in {{wp|Libya}} despite being an oasis. However, its name is given as "Kufra Oasis".
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| *{{wp|N'Djamena}} is spelled with a space, as "N' Djamena".
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| *{{wp|El-Obeid}} is spelled without a hyphen, as "El Obeid".
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| *The city of {{wp|Mombasa}} in {{wp|Kenya}} is spelled "Monbassa".
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| *{{wp|Lesotho}} uses the name "Sinai Lesotho".
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| *{{wp|Saudi Arabia}}'s capital, {{wp|Riyadh}}, is spelled "Riyad".
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| *{{wp|Muttrah}} is listed as a city in {{wp|Oman}}, despite being an administrative district. Additionally, it is misspelled as "Matrah".
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| *The capital of {{wp|Kuwait}}, {{wp|Kuwait City}}, uses the name "Al Kuwait".
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| *The city of {{wp|Ashgabat}} is spelled "Ashkhabad", which was the usual spelling before 1991.
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| *The city of {{wp|Almaty}} is named "Alma-Ata", which was its name prior to 1993, when it was renamed following {{wp|Kazakhstan}} gaining independence.
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| *{{wp|Tajikistan}}'s capital, {{wp|Dushanbe}}, is spelled "Dashnabe".
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| *The capital of {{wp|Mongolia}}, {{wp|Ulaanbaatar}}, is spelled "Ulaabaatar".
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| *The capital of {{wp|North Korea}}, {{wp|Pyongyang}} (alternate spelling P'yŏngyang), is spelled "P'yong'yang".
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| *{{wp|Bhutan}}'s capital, {{wp|Thimphu}}, is spelled "Thimpu".
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| *{{wp|Myanmar}} is spelled "MyAnmar".
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| *{{wp|Yangon}} in Myanmar is named "Rangoon", which was its name before 1989.<ref>{{cite|title="Myanmar Profile - Timeline"|publisher=BBC News, BBC|date=January 11, 2018|url=www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-12992883|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The city of {{wp|Kota Kinabalu}} in {{wp|Malaysia}} is spelled "Kota Kinabatu".
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| *The largest city in {{wp|New Zealand}}, {{wp|Auckland}}, is spelled "Auchland".
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| *The {{wp|Little America (exploration base)|Little America}} exploration base in {{wp|Antarctica}} is listed as a city.
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| [[File:Erechtheion Temple MIMDOS.png|thumb|The [[Erechtheion Temple]]]]
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| *In the SNES version, there are several buildings whose signs read "ΟΔΑΝΤΟΚΡΕNΑ". This seems to be a misspelling of "ΟΔΟΝΤΟΚΡΕΜΑ", which literally means "toothpaste"; the signs were presumably supposed to read "dentist", which is spelled "ΟΔΟΝΤΙΑΤΡΟΣ".
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| *A scientist says that Athens became the capital of Greece in 1834, but this actually happened in 1833.<ref>{{cite|author=Hall, Thomas|title="Athens" - ''Planning Europe's Capital Cities: Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Urban Development''|publisher=Routledge|date=December 16, 2003|page=114|isbn=978-1135829032|url=books.google.ca/books?id=7wORAgAAQBAJ|accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref>
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| **He also says that 3000 years had passed between Athens being founded and becoming Greece's capital. As Athens was founded in 3000 BC,<ref>{{cite|title="Athens History"|publisher=Athens Greece Guide|date=2007|url=www.athensguide.org/athens-history.html}}</ref> close to 4800 years had actually passed between the two dates.
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| *A policewoman makes a comment about Zorba being here but having "left for the Acropolis". "Zorba" is presumably a reference to the novel and film ''{{wp|Zorba the Greek}}'', in which its titular protagonist does not visit the {{wp|Acropolis}} at any point.
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| *A scientist says that the [[Caryatid]]s have stood for 2000 years. Considering that they were constructed in 406 BC,<ref>{{cite|author=Langmea, Donald; Garnaut, Christine|title="Erechtheion" - ''Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats''|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=December 6, 2001|page=110–111|url=books.google.ca/books?id=T5J6GKvGbmMC|accessdate=February 8, 2018|isbn=978-1576071120}}</ref> they had stood for close to 2400 years at the time of the game's release.
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| *The [[Erechtheion Temple]]'s proper name is simply the {{wp|Erechtheion}}, without the word "temple" being a part of it.
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| *Despite what its DOS sprite depicts, the Erechtheion does not have four extremely large Caryatids looming over it.
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| *The temple's pamphlet says that the Caryatids are 6 feet and 6 inches tall, when they are actually around 7.48 feet (2.28 meters) tall.<ref>{{cite|title="Caryatid"|publisher=''British Museum'', Trustees of the British Museum|date=2017|url=www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=459389&partId=1|accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The [[Brass Plaque]] is nonexistent in reality; the inscriptions of [[Hadrian's Arch]] that the game depicts as being on the plaque are actually carved directly onto the monument.<ref>{{cite|author=Nefasdicere|title="J. Matthew Harrington, Personal Digital Image"|publisher=Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Foundation|date=March 4, 2007|url=commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arch-of-Hadrian-5.jpg|accessdate=February 7, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It is stated that the arch served to divide the separate cities of Athens and Hadrianopolis, but no proof of two divided cities has been found (rather, they are separate districts of the same city).<ref>{{cite|author=Boatwright, Mary Taliaferro|title="Athens, Smyrna, and Italica" - ''Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire'', illustrated, reprint, revised ed.|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=2000|page=147|url=books.google.ca/books?id=YmKmSTzToCMC|isbn=9780691094939|accessdate=February 7, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet for the arch says that {{wp|Hadrian}} commissioned its construction, but it is unknown who actually built it.<ref name="Camp Athens">{{cite|author=Camp, John M.|title="Roman Athens" - ''The Archaeology of Athens'', illustrated, reprint ed.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=2001|page=201–202|isbn=978-0300101515|url=books.google.ca/books?id=xoLMeXZhdPkC|accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It also says that it was constructed in 131 AD; the exact year is not known, being either 131 or 132.<ref name="Camp Athens"/>
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| *It also mentions that it looks like the [[Arc de Triomphe]] in [[Paris]]. Beyond how they are both arches, the structures do not resembles each other, and the Arc de Triomphe was not specifically based on Hadrian's Arch.
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| *The two images for the [[Parthenon Column]] conflict with each other: its SNES sprite depicts a broken bottom-half, while its DOS sprite depicts it intact.
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| *A boy says that the [[Parthenon]] is held up by 46 columns, which is not technically accurate when some of them are broken.
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| *A reporter says that the columns are 36 feet, when they are really 34 feet.<ref>{{cite|title="Athens, Parthenon (Building)"|publisher=Perseus.tufts.edu, Tufts University|url=www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/artifact?name=Athens%2C%2BParthenon&object=Building|accessdate=February 7, 2018}}</ref>
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| *A policewoman says that the Parthenon is "near" the Acropolis, when it is in fact on the hill.
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| *{{wp|Athena}} is described as being the "goddess" of Athens, when "patron" is the accurate term.
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| *The pamphlet for the Parthenon says that Athens gets its name from Athena; though it has been disputed whether the city is named after the goddess or vice-versa, it is generally believed that Athena was named after the city.<ref>{{cite|author=Burkert, Walter|title="Athena" - ''Greek Religion'', reprint ed.|publisher=Harvard University Press|date=1985|page=139|url=books.google.ca/books?id=sxurBtx6shoC|isbn=9780674362819|accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It also says that the Parthenon was constructed between 447 BC and 438 BC; it was actually between 447/446 BC and 443/442 BC.<ref>{{cite|author=Beard, Mary|title="'The Template They Call the Parthenon'." - ''The Parthenon'', revised ed.|publisher=Harvard University Press|date=December 9, 2010|page=42|isbn=978-1847650634|url=books.google.ca/books?id=q6MlnesZaRoC|accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It also suggests that the statue of Athena's body was solely made out of ivory, when it was a mix of ivory and gold.<ref name="Eddy Gold">{{cite|author=Eddy, Samuel|title="The Gold in the Athena Parthenos" - ''American Journal of Archaeology'', vol. 81, no. 1, doi:10.2307/503656|date=Winter 1977|page=107–111|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|url=www.jstor.org/stable/503656|accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It also says that the statue of Athena's dress weighed 2,205 pounds; it actually weighed 44 talents (3,300 pounds).<ref name="Eddy Gold"/>
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| *A boy describes Scottish {{wp|kilt}}s and the [[Foustanella]]s as being interchangeable, when there are distinct differences between the two garments.<ref>{{cite|author=Dioghaltas|title="The fustanella. What is it? And why it isn't a Kilt" - Nuairathigairduinethigairuile|publisher=Wordpress''|date=January 9, 2017|url=nuairathigairduinethigairuile.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/the-fustanella-what-is-it-and-why-it-isnt-a-kilt|accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref>
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| *Foustanellas use over 30 meters (around 33 yards) of fabric in their construction,<ref>{{cite|title="Why Athens" - "Evzones Uniform, the Costume of an Elite Greek Soldier"|publisher=Why Athens|date=September 13, 2017|url=whyathens.com/evzones-uniform-greek-soldier|accessdate=February 7, 2018}}</ref> and not 25 yards as stated in-game.
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| *The {{wp|evzones}} featured with the [[Presidential Palace]] have bright-orange pompoms on their shoes; although the pompoms are standard, their color is unusual.<ref>{{cite|author=Adare, Sierra|title="Skirts for all" - ''Greece: The Culture'', illustrated, revised ed.|publisher=Crabtree Publishing Company|date=2007|isbn=978-0778793106|page=20|url=books.google.ca/books?id=r3YSQx7Lt9wC}}</ref>
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| [[File:Tian An Men Square MIMDOS.png|thumb|[[Tian An Men Square]]]]
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| *A boy states that China is the largest country in Asia, even though {{wp|Russia}} has the most territory (without even including its territory in Europe).<ref>{{cite|author=Pariona, Amber|title="Which Are the 10 Largest Asian Countries By Area?"|publisher=WorldAtlas|date=November 3, 2017|url=www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-are-the-10-largest-asian-countries-by-area.html}}</ref>
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| *A reporter states that Beijing has been the capital of China for 800 years. However, the timeline does not work out: considering that Beijing was officially made the capital in 1279,<ref>{{cite|author=Wang, Yi|title="Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty" - ''A Century of Change: Beijing's Urban Structure in the 20th Century'', illustrated ed.|publisher=Springer International Publishing|date=July 20, 2016|isbn=978-3319396330|page=14|url=books.google.ca/books?id=RRq1DAAAQBAJ|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref> just above 700 years would have passed by the time of ''Mario is Missing!''{{'}}s release. This also ignores the two gaps in which Beijing was not China's capital: from 1368 to 1420, when {{wp|Nanjing}} was made the capital during the {{wp|Ming dynasty}},<ref>{{cite|author=Fang, Jun|title=''China's Second Capital – Nanjing under the Ming'', 1368-1644|publisher=Routledge|date=May 23, 2014|url=books.google.ca/books?id=f1uhAwAAQBAJ|isbn=978-1135008444|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref> and from 1928 to 1949, after the {{wp|Chinese reunification (1928)|1928 Chinese reunification}} and numerous other events until the formation of the People's Republic of China.
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| *A police officer claims that they are standing on {{wp|Chang'an Avenue|Chang An Avenue}}. While this makes sense in the SNES version, where every NPC is restricted to one street, the NPCs in the PC versions move around, and the police officer can therefore tell Luigi this on multiple streets.
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| *A boy says that the [[Gate of Heavenly Peace]] leads to the Emperor's home in the [[Forbidden City]], which is misleading: the Forbidden City itself was the Emperor's home.
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| *A scientist says that the gate was created in the fourth century, while the Forbidden City's pamphlet says that it was built in 1651. Both of these are incorrect: the gate was built in 1417,<ref name="eBeijing Tiananmen Gate">{{cite|title="People's Daily Online" - "The History of Tiananmen Gate"|publisher=eBeijing|date=November 26, 2010|url=www.ebeijing.gov.cn/BeijingInformation/BeijingsHistory/t1141051.htm|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref> although it was rebuilt in 1651 after being burned down.<ref>{{cite|title="Tian'anmen -- the Gate of Heavenly Peace"|publisher=China.org.cn, China Internet Information Center|url=www.china.org.cn/english/features/beijing/30801.htm|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The scientist also says that the reigning emperor, the {{wp|Yongle Emperor}}, was the one who built the gate. While he ordered its construction, it was designed by {{wp|Kuai Xiang}} in conjunction with other architects.<ref>{{cite|title="Designer of Tiananmen"|publisher=Beijing Attractions|date=2010|url=www.beijingattractions.org/Beijing-History/Designer-of-Tiananmen.html|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It is stated on several occasions that only the Emperor could pass through the Gate of Heavenly Peace, when it was actually the {{wp|Gate of China, Beijing|Gate of China}} that had this restriction.<ref name="eBeijing Tiananmen Gate"/>
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| *It is stated on multiple occasions that the [[Great Wall of China]] is the only man-made object that is visible from space, despite this being completely false; other objects are visible from space<ref>{{cite|author=Miles, Kathy A.|title="Viewing Earth: How Much Can Be Seen from Space?"|publisher=Starryskies.com|date=2004|archive=web.archive.org/web/20060212052143/http://starryskies.com/articles/2003/10/earth.visible.html|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sweeney, Chris|title="The World's 18 Strangest Gardens"|publisher=Popular Mechanics|date=August 11, 2010|url=www.popularmechanics.com/home/lawn-garden/how-to/g348/worlds-18-strangest-gardens/#slide-5}}</ref> and the wall itself is not even visible.<ref>{{cite|author=Adams, Cecil|title="Is the Great Wall of China the Only Manmade Object You Can See from Space?"|publisher=The Straight Dope|date=January 31, 1986|url=www.straightdope.com/columns/read/417/is-the-great-wall-of-china-the-only-manmade-object-you-can-see-from-space|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Mikkelson, David|title="Can You See the Great Wall of China from the Moon?"|publisher=Snopes.com|date=July 20, 2014|url=www.snopes.com/science/greatwall.asp|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet states that the Great Wall is one of "the world's seven great wonders", which is misleading: the traditional list of the seven {{wp|Wonders of the World}} does not include the Great Wall, but it is typically included in lists about the wonders of the ''medieval'' world.<ref>{{cite|title="Seven Wonders of the Medieval World"|publisher=Unmuseum.org|url=www.unmuseum.org/7wonders/medieval_wonders.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Oberheu, Caroline|title="The 7 Wonders of the Medieval World"|publisher=WorldAtlas|date=September 6, 2017|url=www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-7-wonders-of-the-medieval-world.html}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet also says that it took 300,000 men ten years to construct the entire Great Wall. This is incorrect for three reasons: for one, portions of the wall were built across several centuries; secondly, several hundreds of thousands,<ref>{{cite|author=Slavicek, Louise Chipley|title="The Human Cost of Building the First Great Wall" - ''The Great Wall of China''|publisher=Infobase Publishing|date=2009|page=33–35|url=books.google.ca/books?id=EwFYg_twIgYC|accessdate=January 26, 2018|isbn=978-1438121413}}</ref> if not millions,<ref>{{cite|author=Evans, Thammy|title="Myths" - ''Great Wall of China: Beijing & Northern China'', illustrated ed.|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|date=2006|page=11|url=books.google.ca/books?id=C5w9M8n9_a8C|accessdate=January 26, 2018|isbn=978-1841621586}}</ref> of people were forced to work on the wall; finally, while 300,000 soldiers were conscripted to build one section of the wall, it took them nine years to do so.<ref>{{cite|title="Labor Force of Great Wall"|publisher=Travelchinaguide.com|url=www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/construction/labor_force.htm|accessdate=January 27, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It also states that the wall was "[b]egun in fifth century BC", despite walls being constructed many centuries prior; they were also only joined together after 221 BC.<ref>{{cite|title="Qin Dynasty Great Wall"|publisher=travelchinaguide.com|url=www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/history/qin|accessdate=January 27, 2018}}</ref>{{better source}}
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| *[[Tian An Men Square]] is claimed to be the largest public square in the world, despite the existence of other squares like {{wp|Merdeka Square, Jakarta|Merdeka Square}} in {{wp|Jakarta}}.
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| *The dialogue makes it clear that the stolen [[Monument to the People's Heroes]] refers to the {{wp|Monument to the People's Heroes|obelisk}}, but its image depicts a statue outside of the {{wp|Mausoleum of Mao Zedong}} (this statue is also what is shown in Luigi's photo of [[Tian An Men Square]]).
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| *It is stated that the monument is made only out of granite, without referencing how it is also made out of marble.<ref>{{cite|title="Monument to the People's Heroes"|publisher=China.org.cn, China Internet Information Center|url=www.china.org.cn/english/features/beijing/30800.htm|accessdate=January 27, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet for the square says that it was expanded in 1949, when it was expanded several times starting from the 1950s, most prominently in 1959 when it was expanded to 99 acres (and not 98).<ref>{{cite|author=Li, Lillian M., et al.|title="Mao's Beijing and Socialist Transformation" - ''Beijing: from Imperial Capital to Olympic City''|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0230605275|date=April 29, 2008|page=177–178|url=www.amazon.ca/Beijing-Imperial-Capital-Olympic-City/dp/0230605273|accessdate=January 27, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The building that is stolen from the [[Temple of Heaven]] is called the [[Hall of Good Harvest]], the Good Harvest Hall, and the Great Hall in-game, none of which are actually names for it. It is officially the "Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests".<ref>{{cite|title="The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests"|publisher=en.tiantanpark.com|url=en.tiantanpark.com/showdetail.aspx?IID=48&Sortid=15|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref>
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| *One of the questions for returning the hall involves answering what was not used during its construction; though "air conditioning" is a technically valid answer, it is not accepted for the question.
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| ;[[Berlin]]
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| *The pamphlet for the [[Berlin Wall]] claims that the {{wp|Cold War}} was a conflict between {{wp|East Germany}} and {{wp|West Germany}}, and that the wall was built out of a mutual belief that unification was impossible. In actuality, the Cold War was a period of political and military tension between the [[United States of America]] and the {{wp|Soviet Union}}. Following {{wp|Nazi Germany}}'s defeat in {{wp|World War II}}, the country was {{wp|Allied-occupied Germany|partitioned between the Allied Powers}} before East and West Germany became separate states within the Soviet and American spheres of influence, respectively. The Berlin Wall was then unilaterally built by East Germany in 1961 to deter residents from defecting to {{wp|West Berlin}}, which operated as a West German satellite city.
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| *The pamphlet for the [[Big Ben]] states that the distinction of the tower's eponymous nickname goes to its chime bell and not the clock itself. This is both incorrect and a hypocrisy; the bell is technically a part of the clock's mechanism, and the "Big Ben" name is collectively used for both the entire clock mechanism and the Elizabeth Tower (then known as the Clock Tower).<ref>{{cite|url=www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36138203|title="Big Ben 'bongs' to be silenced for £29m refurbishment"|publisher=BBC News|date=April 26, 2016|accessdate=December 6, 2019}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet for the [[Tower of London]] states that one of the main reasons {{wp|William the Conqueror}} built the tower was to "oversee shipping" on the {{wp|River Thames}}. While it is plausible that the pamphlet is referring to the castle's proximity to the Thames providing a militaristic advantage,<ref>{{cite|author=Allen Brown, Reginald; Curnow, P|date=1984|title=''Tower of London, Greater London: Department of the Environment Official Handbook, Her Majesty's Stationery Office''|isbn=978-0-11-671148-9}}</ref> there is no evidence that the diplomatic use of the river is attributed to William the Conqueror, nor is there any evidence that he ever regulated commerce on the river.
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| [[File:Palacio de las Cortes MIMDOS.png|thumb|The [[Palacio de las Cortes]], supposedly]]
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| *A policewoman broadly says that the Spanish "dearly love" the {{wp|Flamenco}} dance. However, it originated in and mostly thrives in the southern regions of the country.<ref>{{cite|title="Flamenco History"|publisher=All About Spain (red2000.com)|url=www.red2000.com/spain/flamenco/history.html|accessdate=February 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Ruiz, Ana|title="Flamenco" - ''Vibrant Andalusia: The Spice of Life in Southern Spain''|publisher=Algora Publishing|date=2007|page=71–90|isbn=978-0875865393|url=books.google.ca/books?id=D0uZimSR8EUC|accessdate=February 11, 2018}}</ref>
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| *''[[Guernica]]'' is stated to be exhibited in the [[Prado Museum]], despite having been moved to the {{wp|Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía}} in 1992.<ref>{{cite|title="History"|publisher=Museodelprado.es|date=September 15, 2009|archive=web.archive.org/web/20120629154010/http://www.museodelprado.es/en/la-institucion/the-extension/el-cason-del-buen-retiro/historia|accessdate=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The image of the Prado Museum does not depict the statue of {{wp|Diego Velázquez}}<ref>{{cite|author=Carro, Javier|title="Diego Velázquez"|publisher=Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Foundation|date=November 9, 2004|url=commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vel%C3%A1zquez_en_El_Prado.JPG|accessdate=February 12, 2018}}</ref> at the front of the entrance (although it is visible in the video of the location).
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| *The pamphlet for the museum touts ''Guernica'' as Picasso's most famous painting, which is a claim that is rather difficult to make especially when the painter has numerous other paintings like {{wp|Les Demoiselles d'Avignon}} that are also famed.<ref>{{cite|author=Halle, Howard|title="The 10 Best Picasso Paintings and Sculptures, Ranked"|publisher=Time Out New York, Time Out Group Plc|date=February 12, 2016|url=www.timeout.com/newyork/art/best-picasso-paintings-and-sculptures-ranked|accessdate=February 12, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It is unclear what kind of cape the [[Matador's Cape]] actually is: a reporter describes it as "ornate" and a scientist says that the bullfighters wear it (indicating that it is a {{wp|Traje de luces|capote de paseo}}), while a tourist says that it is waved around during bullfights (indicating that it is a {{wp|muleta}}).
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| *The scientist also says that bullfighting was used to train soldiers, when it was actually a spectacle reserved for aristocracy in the past.<ref>{{cite|author=De Larra, Mariano José|title="Corridas De Toros"|publisher=Fundación Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes|url=www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/corridas-de-toros--0/html/ff76f7ea-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_1.html|accessdate=February 11, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The policewoman suggests that the cape belongs to the [[Ventas Bullring]] itself and not an individual bullfighter. This is despite how their entire outfit usually belongs to the bullfighter and how they dress in them outside of the bullring.<ref>{{cite|author=Kennedy, A.L.|title="Acts of Faith - ''On Bullfighting''|publisher=Random House|date=October 31, 2010|isbn=978-1409002284|page=100–101|url=books.google.ca/books?id=4RIqWCxmv6cC|accessdate=February 12, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The Ventas Bullring's proper name is the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, or {{wp|Las Ventas}} for short; a literal translation would be the Bullring of Las Ventas.
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| *The pamphlet for the bullring contends that bullfighting is almost as popular as, if not equal in popularity to, soccer. In reality, soccer is by-and-large the most popular sport throughout the country.<ref>{{cite|title="Football in Spain"|publisher=''Just Landed|date=October 28, 2014|url=www.justlanded.com/english/Spain/Articles/Culture/Football-in-Spain|accessdate=February 12, 2018}}</ref>{{better source}}
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| *The image for the [[Lion's Tail]] shows the lion's face.
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| *A scientist says that the [[Palacio de las Cortes]] was built in 1843, when it was actually from 1843 to 1850.<ref>{{cite|title="Documentos Elecciones 31 De Agosto De 1850"|publisher=Congreso.es|language=Spanish|url=www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Hist_Normas/PapHist/Regen/DecMod/elec18500831/docs31081850|accessdate=February 11, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The Palacio de las Cortes is repeatedly called the "Spanish Parliament", despite that not being the name of the building and not all of the {{wp|Cortes Generales}} convening there.
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| *The image for the palace is completely incorrect, as in reality, it does not have any hedges around it.
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| *The pamphlet for the palace claims that {{wp|Francisco Franco}} died two years before Spain's 1978 constitution was ratified (i.e. in 1976), but he actually died in 1975.<ref>{{cite|author=The Local|title="On This Day in 1975: Spain's Dictator General Francisco Franco Died"|publisher=thelocal.es, The Local|date=November 20, 2015|url=www.thelocal.es/20151120/on-this-day-spanish-dictator-francisco-franco-dies|accessdate=February 12, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[File:Dome MIMNES.png|thumb|The [[Dome (item)|Dome]]]]
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| *A reporter says that "Montreal is an island in the St. Lawrence River", which is misleading: the player visits the city of Montreal, which is contained within, but distinct from, the {{wp|Island of Montreal}}.
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| *A scientist says that Montreal means "royal mount", which is misleading: it actually takes its name from "Mount Royal" which is a mountain located in the center of the island, in the 16th century, "Réal" was a common way of saying "Royal" in French.
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| *The image of the [[Dome (item)|Dome]] looks nothing like the actual dome of {{wp|Saint Joseph's Oratory}} (perhaps coincidentally, it resembles the {{wp|Montreal Biosphère}}).
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| *A reporter suggests that the Dome is only smaller than that of the one on {{wp|St. Peter's Basilica}} in [[Rome]]; this is very much incorrect.<ref>{{cite|author=Wikipedia contributors|title="List of largest domes"|publisher=Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia|date=January 4, 2018|url=en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_domes|accessdate=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
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| *A policeman mentions 158 light bulbs on the mountain, where there are actually 30 (originally 240 before being changed in 1992).<ref>{{cite|author=Wilton, Katherine|title="The Cross on Mount Royal: a Storied History"|publisher=Montreal Gazette|date=January 6, 2015|url=montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/the-cross-on-mount-royal-a-storied-history|accessdate=February 4, 2018}}</ref>
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| *A tourist says that the {{wp|Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium}} seats 70,000 people; its actual max capacity is around 60,000.<ref>{{cite|title="The Stadium"|publisher=Parc Olympique|url=parcolympique.qc.ca/en/what-to-do/olympic-stadium|accessdate=February 4, 2018}}</ref>
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| *A reporter says that the [[Tilted Tower]] was built for the 1974 Olympics, and not the {{wp|1976 Summer Olympics}} as in reality.
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| [[File:Lenin's Tomb MIMDOS.png|thumb|[[Lenin's Tomb]]]]
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| *Most NPCs act as if the Soviet Union still exists, despite the game being released well after its {{wp|Dissolution of the Soviet Union|dissolution}} on December 26, 1991. The sole exception is a tourist who gripes how "First it was Russia, then the Soviet Union, now it's Russia again!" This line further introduces an inaccuracy of its own, as the Soviet Union officially acknowledged Russia as a constituent republic (one of {{wp|Republics of the Soviet Union|fifteen}} that made up the USSR), and "Russia" was frequently used in English-language vernacular as a byword for the entire union during its lifetime.
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| *While a boy points out {{wp|GUM (department store)|GUM}}'s letters in the {{wp|Cyrillic script}}, the text misspells Cyrillic as "Cyrlik".
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| *The largest lake in {{wp|Russia}} is said to be the {{wp|Caspian Sea}}. However, the Caspian Sea is not fully enclosed within Russia, but merely connected to it, and even then, the largest lake to be connected to Russia is actually the {{wp|Black Sea}}. The largest lake to be fully enclosed within Russia is {{wp|Lake Baikal}}.
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| *The height of the central structure of [[St. Basil's Cathedral]] is stated to be 107 feet; it is officially 47.5 meters tall, around 156 feet.<ref name="Russia Pano 360">{{cite|title="Церковь Покрова Пресвятой Богоматери"|publisher=Панорама 360|url=www.shm.ru/pano360|language=Russian|accessdate=January 28, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The term "Holy Fool" is said to mean "saint" in Russian. This is incorrect: a holy fool refers to anyone who surrenders themselves to God at the expense of themselves and societal norms, even if they are not a saint, and the concept of {{wp|Foolishness for Christ}} appears outside of Russia, even within the Bible itself.
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| *The pamphlet for the cathedral says that it was built in 1555, which is misleading when it was constructed from 1555 to 1560.<ref>{{cite|author=Berton, Kathleen|title="St. Basil's" - ''Moscow: An Architectural History''|publisher=St. Martin's Press|date=1977|page=40–43|url=archive.org/details/moscowarchitectu00murr|accessdate=January 30, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It also says that it was built by "Ivan III", while also calling him {{wp|Ivan the Terrible}}. While Ivan the Terrible did order its construction, he was "Ivan IV"; {{wp|Ivan III of Russia|Ivan III}} was his grandfather.
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| *It also says that he ordered the cathedral built to honor {{wp|Basil Fool for Christ|Basil the Blessed}}. It was actually built to commemorate his recent victory in conquest; Basil's name was only attached to the building in the seventeenth century.<ref>{{cite|author=Shvidkovsky, Dmitry; Wood, Antony (translator)|title="St Basil's Cathedral and the Architectural Tastes of Ivan the Terrible" - ''Russian Architecture and the West'' illustrated ed.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=2007|page=126|url=books.google.ca/books?id=LQy9TJ2yOQEC|isbn=978-0300109122}}</ref> While St. Basil does have a mausoleum within the cathedral, it was only constructed in 1588.<ref name="Russia Pano 360"/>
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| *Despite what its image shows, [[Lenin's Tomb]] is made out of marble and granite and not a metallic chrome.
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| *The image for the [[Guard's hat pin]] does not depict a {{wp|red star}} behind the {{wp|hammer and sickle}} as it should.
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| *The third question needed to prove that the [[Guard's hat pin]] is genuine claims that, prior to the {{wp|October Revolution}}, Russia was led by "the royal family," with "the emperor" being the incorrect option. In actuality, while a royal family did exist, the {{wp|Emperor of all the Russias}} was indeed the sole ruler of the {{wp|Russian Empire}}. Additionally, the emperor was deposed in the {{wp|February Revolution}} rather than the {{wp|October Revolution}}, the latter of which instead ousted the {{wp|Russian Republic}} that briefly succeeded the empire.
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| *The {{wp|October Revolution}} led by {{wp|Vladimir Lenin}} is generically called the "Communist revolution" (which is an issue when there exists several {{wp|communist revolution}}s).
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| *It is claimed that the hammer and sickle was "the" symbol for Communist Russia. Although the hammer and sickle is widely associated with communism, there exist other symbols with a connection to Communist Russia, such as the {{wp|red star}}, as depicted above the hammer and sickle on the {{wp|Flag of the Soviet Union}}.
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| *The names "Bolshoi Ballet" and "[[Bolshoi Theater]]" are used interchangeably (for example, it is stated that the Bolshoi Ballet has been closed for visitors). However, the {{wp|Bolshoi Ballet}} is a dance troupe, whereas the Bolshoi Theater is an actual building.
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| *It is claimed that the Bolshoi Theater "sells out every show." This is despite a period where it struggled to gather an audience,<ref name=Gorsky>{{cite|author=Michelman, Fran|title="Alexander Gorsky"|publisher=Abt.org|date=2007|url=www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/gorsky_a.html}}</ref> which is to say nothing of canceled shows in the past.<ref>{{cite|title="Bolshoi Theatre Postpones Rudolf Nureyev Ballet"|publisher=BBC News, BBC|date=July 11, 2017|url=www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-40570212/bolshoi-theatre-postpones-rudolf-nureyev-ballet|accessdate=January 30, 2018}}</ref>
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| *Its pamphlet attributes the introduction of realism to ballet with one of the Bolshoi Ballet's directors, {{wp|Alexander Alexeyevich Gorsky}}; realism within ballet can actually be traced to the 1830s.<ref>{{cite|author=Kisselgoff, Anna|title="HOW REALISM IN MIME AND ROMANTIC BALLET BEGAN"|publisher=The New York Times|date=May 4, 1985|url=www.nytimes.com/1985/05/05/movies/dance-how-realism-in-mime-and-romantic-ballet-began.html?pagewanted=all|accessdate=January 30, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It also claims that Gorsky served as the director until 1942, despite him dying in 1924.<ref name=Gorsky/>
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| *It also claims that the theater was constructed in 1856; it was actually in 1780, with restorations taking place until 1856 after a fire in 1853.<ref>{{cite|title="History"|publisher=Bolshoi.ru|date=2015|url=www.bolshoi.ru/en/about/hist/history/|accessdate=January 30, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The image for the [[Moscow Metro M]] depicts its neon as an unconnected line, although the sign is actually a connected outline of the M.<ref>{{cite|author=Shcherbakov, Mikhail (Vokabre)|title="Marksistskaya Station Entry, Moscow Metro Sign (Вход На Станцию Марксистская, Знак Московского Метро) (5062480611).Jpg"|publisher=Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Foundation|url=commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marksistskaya_station_entry,_Moscow_Metro_sign_(Вход_на_станцию_Марксистская,_знак_Московского_Метро)_(5062480611).jpg|accessdate=January 30, 2018}}</ref>
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| *A scientist says that the [[Moscow Metro]] was built by {{wp|Joseph Stalin}}. Although he gave the project its final approval, it was not his idea, and he had no hand in the project in any way otherwise.<ref>{{cite|title="Building the Moscow Metro, or the brief history of the underground city"|publisher=Moscow City Web Site (Mos.ru)|date=September 13, 2017|url=www.mos.ru/en/news/item/28604073|accessdate=January 30, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The metro's pamphlet claims that the Moscow Metro has "not much competition" when it comes to underground rapid transit, which is odd when there existed over 80 metro systems at the time of the game's release.<ref>{{cite|author=Wikipedia contributors|title="List of metro systems"|publisher=Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia|date=January 31, 2018|url=en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems|accessdate=January 31, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It is stated that the Moscow Metro had 132 stations, a number it had reached in 1986<ref>{{cite|title=Evolution of the Moscow Metro 1935-2021 (animation)|author=Metro Liner|url=youtu.be/YpajFdzU7ik?t=392|date=February 6, 2022|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 29, 2022}}</ref> when in reality it had 149 at the time.<ref>{{cite|title=Evolution of the Moscow Metro 1935-2021 (animation)|author=Metro Liner|url=youtu.be/YpajFdzU7ik?t=454|date=February 6, 2022|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 29, 2022}}</ref>
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| *A tourist says that the [[Emperor's Bell]] weighs 210 tons. Officially, it is about 202 tons.<ref>{{cite|title="Tsar Bell"|publisher=Kreml.ru|url=www.kreml.ru/?cmd=00300100000000000110000000000000000&cmdex=4090007FCE51C00000000|accessdate=January 28, 2018}}</ref>
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| *A reporter claims that Ivan III had the bell placed in the {{wp|Ivan the Great Bell Tower}}. This tower has 22 bells, none of which are the Emperor's Bell; it has never once been suspended or rung.<ref name="Russia Beyond Tsar Bell">{{cite|author=Timofeychev, Alexey|title="The Tsar Bell: How Russian Craftsmen Made the Impossible"|publisher=Russia Beyond|date=October 24, 2017|url=www.rbth.com/history/326491-tsar-bell-russian-craftsmen|accessdate=January 31, 2018}}</ref>
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| *A policewoman says that the bell has been in the [[Kremlin]] since the 17th century. It has actually been there since it was constructed in 1735 (i.e. the 18th century);<ref name="Russia Beyond Tsar Bell"/> it was also moved to its current location in 1836.<ref>{{cite|author=Richardson, Dan; Reynolds, Jonathon|title="Red Square and the Kremlin" - ''The Rough Guide to Moscow''|isbn=978-1848361782|publiser=Rough Guides|date=February 2, 2009|page=85|books.google.ca/books?id=63i0BgAAQBAJ|accessdate=January 31, 2018}}</ref>
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| *A boy claims that the {{wp|Tsar Cannon}} is the largest one ever created. Though it is the largest {{wp|bombard}}, there exists both the {{wp|Little David}} and the {{wp|Mallet's Mortar}}.<ref>{{cite|author=Burbach, David|title="The 10 Biggest Guns in History Ranked by Caliber"|publisher=Thrillist|date=February 6, 2015|url=www.thrillist.com/gear/largest-caliber-guns-in-history-big-cannons-and-projectiles|accessdate=January 31, 2018}}</ref>
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| *A scientist says that the [[Cannonball (item)|cannonballs]] for the Tsar Cannon were cast alongside it in 1586; in reality, they were cast in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite|author=Chernov, Vladimir; Romashkevich, I. A. (editor); Butler, J. C. (translator)|title="First Day" - ''Moscow: a Short Guide''|publisher=Moscow Progress Publishers|date=1979|page=56|url=archive.org/details/moscowshortguide00cher|accessdate=January 28, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet for the Kremlin states that the cannon was cast by "Andrey Shchokhov", whose name is actually {{wp|Andrey Chokhov}}.
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| ;[[Nairobi]]
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| [[File:Nairobi MIM SNES.png|thumb|Nairobi]]
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| *Many of the buildings in Nairobi are old and dilapidated, with some even being held up with sticks and straw roofs; this is a far cry from the contemporary city in reality.
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| *A tourist said that he had to fight off lions and elephants when traveling from {{wp|Mombasa}} to {{wp|Nairobi}}, which is odd given that there is a {{wp|Nairobi–Mombasa Road|highway}} that directly connects the two cities.
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| *A scientist comments that female {{wp|Asian elephant}}s cannot grow tusks, which is incorrect. Some of them have smaller tusks, called "tushes", that are notably more brittle than males' tusks, but are still present. The scientist also implies that male Asian elephants always grow tusks, which is also incorrect.<ref>{{cite|title="Asian elephant" - ''Smithsonian's National Zoo''|publisher=The Smithsonian|date=August 15, 2017|url=nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/asian-elephant|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet for the [[Nairobi National Park]] describes the area as "undisturbed", which is incorrect given the proximity of human civilization and how it interferes with the area.<ref>{{cite|author=Morell, Virginia|title="Surrounded! - Civilization Is Encroaching on Nairobi National Park in Kenya - Nairobi's Wild Side" - ''International Wildlife'', vol. 26, no. 4|date=1996|publisher=Findarticles.com|archive=web.archive.org/web/20050115230346/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1170/is_n4_v26/ai_18388413|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The [[Maasai Headdress]], in both its NES and SNES sprites, look nothing like the ''enkuraru'' headdresses worn by actual Maasai warriors.<ref>{{cite|title="Maasai Peoples - Enkuraru Headdress" - ''Spencer Museum of Art''|publisher=University of Kansas|date=2016|url=collection.spencerart.ku.edu/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=35893&viewType=detailView|accessdate=January 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title="Maasai Warrior with Red Ochre Face Paint, Kenya"|publisher=Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher|date=2012|url=carolbeckwith-angelafisher.com/collections/painted-bodies/maasai-warrior-with-red-ochre-face-paint-kenya/|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet for the [[Maasai village]] says that Africa has "more than 70 tribes", which is a gross understatement: estimates often place more than 3,000 tribes in Africa.<ref>{{cite|title="African Tribe List"|publisher=interesting-africa-facts.com|url=interesting-africa-facts.com/Africa-People/African-Tribe-List.html|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title="People of Africa"|publisher=africanholocaust.net|url=www.africanholocaust.net/peopleofafrica.htm|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet also says that new warriors are initiated as soon as they turn fifteen, but this process can begin anywhere from the ages of fourteen to eighteen.<ref>{{cite|author=Temps, Dietmar|title="Morani - The Warriorhood Tradition of the Kenyan Tribes"|publisher=dietmartemps.com|url=dietmartemps.com/travel-blog/morani-the-warriorhood-tradition-of-the-kenyan-tribes_669|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The [[National Museum of Kenya]]'s actual name is the Nairobi National Museum.<ref>{{cite|title="Nairobi National Museum"|publisher=National Museums of Kenya|url=www.museums.or.ke/introduction/|accessdate=January 22, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The [[Human Skull]] was discovered by Bernard Ngeneo, a member of {{wp|Richard Leakey}}'s expedition team, and not Leakey himself.<ref>{{cite|author=Leakey, R. E. F.|title="Evidence for an Advanced Plio-Pleistocene Hominid from East Rudolf, Kenya." - ''Nature'', vol. 242, no. 5398, doi:10.1038/242447a0|date=April 13, 1973|page=447–450|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
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| *Also, unlike what the game claims, the skull depicts a member of the ''{{wp|Homo rudolfensis}}'' species and not ''{{wp|Homo habilis}}'' (although initial claims thought the skull to be ''Homo habilis'', it was first classified as a new species in 1986<ref>{{cite|author=Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History|title="Homo rudolfensis"|publisher=The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program, The Smithsonian|date=March 1, 2010|url=humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-rudolfensis}}</ref>).
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| *The revolving restaurant at the top of the [[Kenyatta International Conference Center]] shut down in the 1980's,<ref>{{cite|author=Kamau, Macharia|title="Historical KICC Hotel Back to Life"|publisher=standardmedia.co.ke (The Standard)|date=February 19, 2012, 00:00|url=www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000052405/historical-kicc-hotel-back-to-life|accessdate=January 23, 2018}}</ref> and yet it is still depicted as being operational in-game.
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| *A scientist says that construction on the center finished in 1970, when it was actually in 1973.<ref name="Kenyatta Building">{{cite|author="administrator"|title=“The Kenyatta International Conference Centre.”|publisher=Buildesign.co.ke|date=June 7, 2013|url=buildesign.co.ke/the-kenyatta-international-conference-centre/|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
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| *Also, the building is 28 stories tall, and not 27 as the pamphlet says.<ref name="Kenyatta Building"/>
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| *The center is also described as being a "United Nations headquarters". Although the fourth {{wp|United Nations Conference on Trade and Development}} did take place at the center, this was only for the purposes of the assembly; the building was never used as a headquarters.<ref>{{cite|author=Mochorwa, Silvia|title="Kenya's Mice Tourism Goes a Notch Higher"|publisher=kicc.co.ke|date=January 8, 2016|url=kicc.co.ke/media/newsDetails/35|accessdate=January 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite|publisher=United Nations Conference on Trade and Development|title=''Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development FOURTH SESSION Nairobi''|date=May 5-31, 1976|url=unctad.org/en/Docs/td218vol1_en.pdf|accessdate=January 23, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet for the center describes {{wp|Jomo Kenyatta}} solely as a "{{wp|freedom fighter}}," falsely implying that he participated in armed conflict for the cause of Kenyan independence. In reality, Kenyatta was a nonviolent activist who vocally opposed others' brutal methods.<ref>{{cite|title="Kenyatta, Jomo 1891(?)–1978."|publisher=Contemporary Black Biography - Encyclopedia.com|date=January 21, 2018|url=www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/african-history-biographies/jomo-kenyatta|accessdate=January 23, 2018}}</ref> Beyond that, he is best known as the first {{wp|List of heads of state of Kenya|Prime Minister and President of Kenya}}, and not as a "freedom fighter".
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| ;[[New York City]]
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| *[[King Kong]] is stolen from the [[Empire State Building]] and must be returned to its supposed rightful place, despite King Kong being entirely fictional, though this is mentioned in the game.
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| *An NPC can say, "''So nice they named it twice, NY, NY.''" While this is colloquially acceptable, this technically refers to the borough of [[List of implied locations#Manhattan|Manhattan]] specifically.
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| *The same NPC can say, "''Catch a cab, or take the subway, not many private cars in this island city.''" This implies that it is on a single island when in reality the city is mostly part of an {{wp|Outer Lands|archipelago}} (with the main exception being [[List of implied locations#The Bronx|the Bronx]], located on the mainland). The islands are not represented on the [[Globulator]], though the City Map and artifacts indicate that it is geographically centered around Manhattan.
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| ;[[Paris]]
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| *The [[Tricolor]] is stolen from the top of the [[Eiffel Tower]], but in real life, it was never flown there to begin with.
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| *A boy mentions that France is the biggest country in Europe after the Soviet Union has broken up; in reality, Russia's European portion and Ukraine are each larger than France.<ref>{{cite|url=www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-largest-countries-in-europe.html|title=The Largest Countries in Europe|publisher=World Atlas|accessdate=April 10, 2019}}</ref>
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| *A tourist misspells "aéroport" as "airport" in L'Airport d'Orly.
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| *A business woman mentions obtaining French fries, though their origin as a French food has been disputed, with sources citing possible origins in Belgium or Spain.<ref>{{cite|author=Rupp, Rebecca|date=January 8, 2015|url=www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/2015/01/08/are-french-fries-truly-french|title=Are French Fries Truly French?|publisher=National Geographic|accessdate=April 10, 2019}}</ref>
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| <!--;[[Rio de Janeiro]]-->
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| ;[[Rome]]
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| [[File:Pantheon MIMDOS.png|thumb|The [[Pantheon]]]]
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| *A tourist uses the name "Latin Manhattan" for Rome. This has never been a nickname for the city; in fact, it is an alcoholic drink.<ref>{{cite|author=Dietz, Frieda Meredith|title="Latin Manhattan" - ''Let's Talk Turkey: Adventures and Recipes of the White Turkey Inn''|publisher=Dietz Press|date=1948|page=79|url=books.google.ca/books?id=2zVKAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref> However, the nickname has been associated with [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite|author=Lloyd, Harvey|title="The Appeal of Buenos Aires" - ''Voyages: The Romance of Cruising''|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|date=1999|page=115|archive.org/details/voyagesromanceof00harv|isbn=0-7894-4617-0|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The [[Colosseum]]'s pamphlet lists its circumference as 573 yards, and not 544 meters (about 594 yards) as in reality.<ref>{{cite|author=Ruhl, Marcus|title="Ancient Roman Colosseum in Rome"|publisher=Ancient Roman Colosseum: History, Architecture, Purpose|date=2013|url=www.romanlife-romeitaly.com/ancient-roman-colosseum.html|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The [[Michelangelo's Paintbrush]] item is touted as if it was his sole painting tool; there is no evidence that Michelangelo used a single paintbrush for the entirety of the Sistine Chapel, nor is there a paintbrush that is particularly famous for being used by him.
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| *A scientist says that "Sistine" means six in Latin. Six in Latin is "sex" or "sextus"; "Sistine" refers to any of the {{wp|Sixtus}} popes, although "Sixtus" is derived from "sextus".<ref>{{cite|author=Harper, Douglas|title="Sistine (Adj.)"|publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary|url=www.etymonline.com/word/sistine|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The [[Sistine Chapel]]'s pamphlet describes Michelangelo painting the [[Sistine Chapel ceiling]]'s 10,000 square feet. He actually painted around 534 square meters (about 5,747 square feet).<ref>{{cite|author=Bambach, Carmen C.|title="A New Artistic Vision" - ''Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer''|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|date=November 5, 2017|isbn=978-1588396372|page=83|url=books.google.ca/books?id=3zQ7DwAAQBAJ|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It also describes him as having painted while lying down, which is a common misconception. He actually painted while standing up.<ref>{{cite|title="Michelangelo Didn't Lie Down on the Job"|publisher=The New York Times|date=April 22, 1989|url=www.nytimes.com/1989/04/23/opinion/l-michelangelo-didn-t-lie-down-on-the-job-008889.html|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The [[Trevi Fountain]]'s pamphlet says that anyone who throws a coin over their shoulder and into the fountain is guaranteed to return to Rome. Although technically correct, this is missing details, as the myth specifies that a person must throw a coin with their right hand over their left shoulder.<ref>{{cite|title="Coins into the Trevi Fountain"|publisher=WelcomeToRome.net|url=www.welcometorome.net/en/about-rome/things-not-to-miss/coins-into-the-trevi-fountain|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The Trevi is also said to be the oldest fountain in Rome, which is incorrect due to the {{wp|Fountain in Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere}}.
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| *The [[Pantheon]] is stated to have eight columns when it actually has sixteen.<ref>{{cite|title="Interesting Facts About Rome's Pantheon|publisher=Rolling Rome|url=romeonsegway.com/10-facts-about-the-pantheon|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
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| *Its pamphlet also says that it was made out of brick and marble, completely ignoring how the Pantheon was largely constructed with concrete.<ref>{{cite|author=Moore, David|title="The Pantheon"|publisher=Romanconcrete.com|date=1995|url=www.romanconcrete.com/docs/chapt01/chapt01.htm}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet for the [[Spanish Steps]] says that it was paid with "French" money, this is incorrect. The money was left by French diplomat Étienne Gueffier in his will, but it was in {{wp|Italian scudo|scudi}}, a depreciated Italian coin.<ref>{{cite|author=Elling, Christian|title=''Rome: The Biography of Her Architecture from Bernini to Thorvaldsen'', illustrated ed.|publisher=Westview Press|date=October 26, 1975|isbn=978-0891585145|page=328|url=books.google.ca/books?id=rOxPAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It also says that the Spanish embassy that lent its name to the stairs was an embassy for "the Vatican"; it is an embassy to the {{wp|Holy See}}, which is distinct from {{wp|Vatican City}}.<ref>{{cite|author=Chepkemoi, Joyce|title="What Is the Difference Between the Vatican City and the Holy See?"|publisher=WorldAtlas|date=June 21, 2017|url=www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-difference-between-vatican-city-and-the-holy-see.html|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
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| *Also, the Spanish Steps only have 135 steps,<ref>{{cite|author=Edwards, Catherine|title="Eight Things You Should Know about Rome's Spanish Steps"|publisher=The Local|date=September 23, 2016|url=www.thelocal.it/20160923/eight-things-you-should-know-about-romes-spanish-steps|accessdate=January 21, 2018}}</ref> and not 328 as the game claims.
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| ;[[San Francisco]]
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| [[File:Transamerica Pyramid MIMDOS.png|thumb|The [[Transamerica Pyramid]]]]
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| *A scientist says that "no one" was interested in San Francisco until the {{wp|California Gold Rush}} in 1848, which is a rather flippant statement. Although the gold rush brought droves of new people to the settlement, it still had a sizable population; it was the initially steady influx of immigrants that allowed people to explore the surrounding territory in the years leading up to the gold rush.<ref>{{cite|author=Richards, Rand|title="The Gold Rush (1848-1849)" - ''Historic San Francisco: A Concise History and Guide'', illustrated ed.|publisher=Heritage House Publishers|date=2007|isbn=978-1879367050|page=57–62|url=books.google.ca/books?id=SycFgSvi4oUC|accessdate=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
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| *Despite there being multiple fog horns along the [[Golden Gate Bridge]], only one [[Fog Horn]] appears as an item.<ref>{{cite|title="Fog Horns"|publisher=Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District (goldengatebridge.org)|url=goldengatebridge.org/research/factsGGBFogHorn.php|accessdate=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
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| *A boy states that the Bridge is 260 feet above the {{wp|San Francisco Bay}}, although it is actually 220 feet above water from bridge itself and 500 feet above land from the top of the tower.<ref>{{cite|title="Bridge Design and Construction Statistics"|publisher=Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District (Goldengatebridge.org)|url=goldengatebridge.org/research/factsGGBDesign.php|accessdate=February 3, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It is stated that the Bridge was built in 1937, which is misleading when construction started in 1933 and finished in 1937.<ref>{{cite|author=Weingroff, Richard|title="Two Bay Area Bridges - The Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge"|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration (fhwa.dot.gov)|date=June 27, 2017|url=www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/2bridges.cfm|accessdate=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet for the bridge says that fog covers it on "most days"; fog usually rolls over during the summer.<ref>{{cite|author=Serrell, Allison|title="What Causes the Fog in San Francisco?"|publisher=TripSavvy|date=January 17, 2018|url=www.tripsavvy.com/san-francisco-fog-viewing-1623657|accessdate=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The [[Coit Tower]] was purportedly built in 1934; it was actually in 1933.<ref>{{cite|title="Coit Tower"|publisher=The Official San Francisco Recreation and Park Department Website|url=sfrecpark.org/destination/telegraph-hill-pioneer-park/coit-tower/|accessdate=February 4, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The Tower's pamphlet says that its namesake is "Lillian Hitchcock Coit"; her name is actually {{wp|Lillie Hitchcock Coit}}.
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| *It also claims that Lillie donated $125,000 specifically to build the tower. Firstly, she donated $118,000 (although this expanded to $125,000 due to additional city funds), and she also donated the money to city for the general purpose of beautification, and not solely for the tower.<ref>{{cite|author=United States, Department of the Interior, San Francisco|title="Background" - ''National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet [Coit Tower]''|date=2008|publisher=NPGallery|url=npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/07001468.pdf|accessdate=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The game is insistent that the prisoners in [[Alcatraz]] wore [[Striped Prison Shirt|striped prison uniforms]], despite this never being the case.<ref>{{cite|title="The Military Prison" - ''Alcatraz History''|publisher=OceanView Publishing|url=www.alcatrazhistory.com/rock/rock-021.htm|accessdate=February 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=MacDonald, Donald; Nadel, Ira|title="From Fortress to Prison" - ''Alcatraz: History and Design of a Landmark'', illustrated ed.|publisher=Chronicle Books|date=February 15, 2012|isbn=978-1452101538|page=61|url=books.google.ca/books?id=wfQWSJLKXdoC|accessdate=February 2, 2018}}</ref>
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| *The pamphlet for Alcatraz says that it is named after the Spanish word for "pelican". This is misleading, as the word has since become archaic (the contemporary word for "pelican" is "pelicano").
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| *Gripmen<ref>{{cite|title="How Cable Cars Work"|publisher=San Francisco Market Street Railway (streetcar.org)|date=2018|url=www.streetcar.org/wheels-motion/cable-cars-work/|accessdate=February 5, 2018}}</ref> are consistently called "gripsmen".
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| *The pamphlet for the [[Cable Car]] says that they weigh six tons, when they actually weight 15,500 pounds (about 7.75 tons).<ref>{{cite|title="Powell Street Cable Car"|publisher=Friends of the Cable Car Museum (cablecarmuseum.org)|url=www.cablecarmuseum.org/car-powell.html|accessdate=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
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| *It also says that they move consistently at 9 miles per hour; it is actually 9.5 miles per hour.<ref>{{cite|title="The Brakes"|publisher=Friends of the Cable Car Museum (cablecarmuseum.org)|url=www.cablecarmuseum.org/the-brakes.html|accessdate=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
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| *Despite what the DOS image for the [[Transamerica Pyramid]] depicts, it is not slanted from the ground at a 45° angle.
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| *The Transamerica Pyramid is on {{wp|Montgomery Street}}, and not {{wp|Columbus Avenue (San Francisco)|Columbus Avenue}} as its pamphlet claims.
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| *Its pamphlet only mentions that it is on a concrete base, disregarding the steel that was also used.<ref>{{cite|title="Pyramid Facts"|publisher=Pyramidcenter.com, Transamerica Corporation|date=2018|url=www.pyramidcenter.com/tourism/pyramid-facts/|accessdate=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
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| ;[[Sydney]]
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| *A woman explains that "I always thought Australia's capital was spelled like "Sid's-Knee"", referring to {{wp|Sydney}}, when in reality it is Canberra that is Australia's capital, a fact which is stated by another NPC in the game.
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| ;[[Toronto]]-->
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| MarioisMissingArt1.png|Cover artwork
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| Mario is Missing PC title screen.png|PC title screen
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| Mario is Missing SNES title screen.png|SNES title screen
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| Mario is Missing NES title screen.png|NES title screen
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| Mario is Missing! Luigi and Mario PC.jpg|Mario meeting Luigi in the PC version (scene by Dan Guerra<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20030430221307/http://home.earthlink.net:80/~danguerra/index.html|title=Dan Guerra's personal website|publisher=EarthLink|accessdate=September 11, 2017}}</ref>)
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| </gallery>
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| ==Media==
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| {{main-media}}
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| {{media table
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| |file1=MIM SNES Main Theme.oga
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| |title1=Main Theme
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| }}
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| ==Quotes==
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| {{Main|List of Mario is Missing! quotes}}
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| ==Pre-release and unused content==
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| {{rewrite-expand|include information about [https://www.spriters-resource.com/nes/mim/ lots of unused sprites] from NES version}}
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| ===Unused data===
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| Dialogue intended for the ending of the game is in the ''CD-ROM Deluxe'' edition of the game: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntvLTrb3Szk Game ending reconstructed with voices.]
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| It also appears that [[Lemmy Koopa|Lemmy]] and [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Morton]] were going to appear in game, as their unused dialogue was found in the ''CD-ROM Deluxe'' version's data (they are the only [[Koopalings|Koopa Kids]] who do not appear in at least one version of the game). In the final game, Lemmy is mentioned as having run off to play in the snow while Morton is said to watch the others.{{ref needed}} Furthermore, the CD-ROM release of the game features Lemmy on the cover despite him not appearing in the game.<ref>{{cite|url=x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/888616075881066496|date=July 21, 2017|title=Lemmy Koopa appears on the cover of the CD version of Mario is Missing despite not being present in any of the four versions of the game.|publisher=X}}</ref>
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| The ''CD-ROM Deluxe'' edition's files also contain live-action footage featuring landmarks of several cities that are not visited in-game. These include:
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| *{{wp|Wat Phra Kaew}}, the {{wp|Chao Phraya River}}, and {{wp|Wat Pho}} in {{wp|Bangkok}}, {{wp|Thailand}};
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| *{{wp|Taft Avenue}}, the {{wp|Intramuros}}, {{wp|Rizal Park}}, and the {{wp|Malacañang Palace}} in {{wp|Manila}}, {{wp|Philippines}};
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| *{{wp|Hotel Gellért}}, the {{wp|Chain Bridge (Budapest)|Széchenyi Chain Bridge}}, the {{wp|Fisherman's Bastion}}, and the {{wp|Hősök_tere|Hero's Square}} in {{wp|Budapest}}, {{wp|Hungary}};
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| *{{wp|Mount Royal}}, the {{wp|Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium}}, {{wp|Saint Joseph's Oratory}}, and the {{wp|Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)|Notre-Dame Basilica}} in [[Montreal]], {{wp|Canada}} (although the city is featured in the game's NES release);
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| *{{wp|Victoria Peak}}, the {{wp|Tiger Balm Garden (Hong Kong)|Tiger Balm Garden}}, the {{wp|The Excelsior (Hong Kong)|The Excelsior}}, and the {{wp|HSBC Building (Hong Kong)|HSBC Building}} in {{wp|Hong Kong}}, {{wp|China}};
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| *The {{wp|Sunda Kelapa}} port and the {{wp|National Monument (Indonesia)|National Monument}} in {{wp|Jakarta}}, {{wp|Indonesia}};
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| *The [[White House]], the [[Washington Monument]], the {{wp|Lincoln Memorial}}, and the {{wp|United States Supreme Court Building}} in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States of America]];
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| *The {{wp|Government Palace (Peru)|Government Palace}} and the {{wp|Plaza Mayor, Lima|Plaza Mayor}} in {{wp|Lima}}, {{wp|Peru}};
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| *{{wp|Kadhimiya|Al-Kāẓimiyyah}} and the {{wp|Tigris}} river in {{wp|Baghdad}}, {{wp|Iraq}};
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| *{{wp|Suomenlinna}}, {{wp|Helsinki Central Station}}, {{wp|Temppeliaukio Church}}, and the {{wp|Sibelius Monument (Helsinki)|Sibelius Monument}} in {{wp|Helsinki}}, {{wp|Finland}};
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| There are exactly ten cities that go unused; considering the unused dialogue for Lemmy and Morton and how every other Koopa Kid guards five cities of their own, it is likely that they were meant to guard the unused cities.
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| There are also unused voice clips that reference locations that are not in-game, including those that do not even have footage. Beyond the previously mentioned landmarks, these include: the {{wp|Suan Pakkad Palace|Lacqueur Pavilion}} in Bangkok; the {{wp|Bogor Botanical Gardens}} and the {{wp|National Museum of Indonesia}} in Jakarta; the {{wp|Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist, Lima|Cathedral of Lima}} in Lima; and the {{wp|Taq Kasra|Archway of Ctesiphon}} near Baghdad. The Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal is the only landmark to have a video clip and not a corresponding audio clip. Also, the White House and the Supreme Court are the only ones to have unique messages: "We are attempting to achieve world peace and are unable to take your call," and "We are hearing an important case and are unable to take your call," respectively.
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| ==Reception==
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| Steve Merrett and Robert Whitfield of ''{{wp|Nintendo Magazine System (Australia)|Nintendo Magazine System}}'' both commend the game for succeeding in being both educational and entertaining, unlike most other educational games.<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #8|date=November 1993|page=28-29}}</ref> They also praise the variety of locations to explore and objects to collect, though they criticize that the core gameplay is a bit repetitive and the city graphics are lack-luster. While they acknowledge that ''Super Mario'' fans and older demographics may not derive much enjoyment from the game, they do recommend the game to those who have an interest in geography or under the age of eleven.
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| ''{{wp|Electronic Gaming Monthly}}''{{'}}s "Review Crew" gives the game a combined average score of 5.75/10.<ref>{{cite|title=''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' #47|page=28|date=June 1993}}</ref> Steve Harris, Ed Semrad, and Martin Alessi all recommend the game to only young audiences and praise the educational content. However, Alessi criticizes that the game has very little challenging action sections. He points out that even boss fights "offer little to no challenge". Sushi-X, who gives the game the lowest score of 3/10, criticizes that the game plays like a slow ''Super Mario'' game and that the graphics were not lively enough to keep him interested.
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| {| class="wikitable reviews"
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| !colspan="4"style="font-size:120%; text-align:center; background-color:silver;"|Reviews
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| |-style="background-color:#E6E6E6"
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| |Release
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| |Reviewer, Publication
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| |Score
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| |Comment
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| |-
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| |[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]
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| |''Nintendo Magazine System''
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| |83/100
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| |''An 'edutainment' game that actually succeeds in both departments. Because of the nature of it, it is only suitable for certain ages.''
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| |SNES
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| |Martin Alessi, ''{{wp|Electronic Gaming Monthly}}''
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| |6/10
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| |''Older, more experienced gamers should not bother with this cart. The idea behind it is cute, and younger kids will identify with Mario better than {{wp|Carmen Sandiego}}. This game doesn't promise real action, but is very educational and kids may actually learn something. Even the bosses offer little or no challenge.
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| |-
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| |SNES
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| |''[[Nintendo Power]]''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 50|page=104|date=July 1993|publisher=Nintendo of America|location=Redmond, WA|language=American English}}</ref>
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| |10.6/20
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| |''<nowiki>+</nowiki> For younger players, this is a chance to learn about famous artifacts with some of their favorite characters. Lots of exploring without the chance of being defeated<br>- If you're looking for an edutainment product, you've found it! If you're looking for a Mario game, you may be left scratching your head.''
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| |}
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| ===Sales===
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| In an August 1993 press release, Software Toolworks claimed that sales of the console versions of ''Mario is Missing!'' exceeded $7,000,000 for the fiscal quarter and that the game boosted the company's revenue during a slow quarter.<ref>{{cite|title="Software Toolworks reports 41-percent gain in revenues for the June quarter; quarterly loss narrows to -2 cents per share."|publisher=PR Newswire Association LLC|date=July 19, 2014|url=www.thefreelibrary.com/SOFTWARE+TOOLWORKS+REPORTS+41-PERCENT+GAIN+IN+REVENUES+FOR+THE+JUNE...-a013213765}}</ref> One employee also claims that the game sold over one million units.<ref>{{cite|url=www.linkedin.com/in/henrik-markarian-87a530|title=Henrik Markarian (former Director of Software Development at The Software Toolworks) profile|publisher=LinkedIn|accessdate=September 9, 2017}}</ref>
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| ===Legacy===
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| Luigi's sprite in the PC version started the Internet meme "[[List of references on the Internet#Weegee|Weegee]]", as well as Mario being "Malleo" and Yoshi being called "Yushee".
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| ==References to other games==
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| *''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' - The Koopas look similar to their ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' artwork in the MS-DOS version.
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| |footer=Bowser's sprites.
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| *''[[Super Mario World]]'' - The Mario, Luigi and Yoshi sprites in the NES and SNES versions were taken from this game. Bowser's sprite in the NES version appears to use an edited version of Morton, Ludwig, and Roy's body from this game, along with an edited version of Lemmy's head. As such, he is uncharacteristically short in this game. When retracted into his shell, it uses the normal [[Koopa Troopa]] shell sprite from this game, except with all original detail removed and spikes drawn on. Finally, after defeat, he is knocked out of his shell and appears as a [[Beach Koopa|Koopa without a Shell]], specifically from a Koopa Troopa. In addition, the [[Curator]]s in the SNES version have their sprites being slightly modified from [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]'s sprite in ''Super Mario World''. The map included in the [[Globulator]] in the SNES version is based on the map for [[Dinosaur Land]] from ''Super Mario World'', and some backgrounds in the NES version is derived from similar backgrounds in ''Super Mario World'' (this is most especially evident in the opening for the NES version).
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| ==Staff==
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| {{main|List of Mario is Missing! staff}}
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| {{foreign names
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| |Fre=''Mario a disparu !''
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| |FreM=''Mario has disappeared!''
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| |Ger=''Mario wird vermißt!''
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| |GerM=''Mario is missing!''
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| }}
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| ==Trivia==
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| *According to the MS-DOS release, Mario has a fear of the dark, which he is increasingly worried that Bowser will exploit his fear and haunt him. This is not seen or referenced in other games, except potentially ''[[Hotel Mario]]'' when he stutters (presumably in fear) before entering the [[Larry's Chillton Hotel|cave hotel]] without a flashlight.
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| *Mario's voice is inconsistent in the ''CD-ROM Deluxe'' edition. Sometimes he has an Italian accent, sometimes he has a New York accent with a slight hint of Italian. The game's data includes all of his lines in both accents, so it is likely that the developers accidentally assigned some from both.
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| **Luigi, however, has a consistent New York accent.
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| *Although some ''Super Mario'' media supply voice acting for the [[Koopalings]] (namely the DiC cartoons), the ''CD-ROM Deluxe'' edition is the first game to have them voiced, as well as the only game to actually supply them with dialogue until the release of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''. Later games starting with ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' have the Koopalings voiced, although it is limited to roars and grunts.
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| *The ''CD-ROM Deluxe'' release features a non-standard CD-ROM logo, which unusually depicts a CD design only widely utilized by West German manufacturer PolyGram and its successor plants in France, reunified Germany, and the United States from 1982 to the mid-1990s. This design is distinguished by the disc hub, which is fully mirrored (appearing black in scans and the logo) apart from a laser-etched band along the circumference. Why this specific design was used instead of a more generic clear-hubbed disc is unknown.
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| ==References==
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| {{NIWA|StrategyWiki=Mario Is Missing!}}
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