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Mario Family

Mario Family is a piece of software for the Game Boy Color released only in Japan to be compatible with Jaguar's JN-100 sewing machine. The JN-100 came with a cable that would link it to a Game Boy Color, and…

27 August 2001

Mario Family is a video game developed by Natsume Co., Ltd., released 27 August 2001 on Game Boy Color and Game Boy.

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What Mario Family is

Mario Family was developed by Natsume Co., Ltd. and released in 2001. It is available on Game Boy Color and Game Boy.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mario Family is a piece of software for the Game Boy Color released only in Japan to be compatible with Jaguar's JN-100 sewing machine. The JN-100 came with a cable that would link it to a Game Boy Color, and in the game the player can choose one of several designs that the machine can copy onto fabric. This game is the second Mario sewing game after I Am a Teacher: Super Mario Sweater. It is also the last Mario game on the GBC.
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How it plays

Its themes are educational.

Where it sits in the Mario series

Mario Family is the 244th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Luigi's Mansion in 2001.

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What it launched against

Mario Family launched on 27 August 2001, within three weeks of Advance Wars, Devil May Cry, Luigi's Mansion and Wario Land 4.

Released around the same time: Advance Wars, Devil May Cry, Luigi's Mansion, Wario Land 4.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

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When did Mario Family come out?
Mario Family was released on 27 August 2001 for Game Boy Color and Game Boy.