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Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium Developer Nintendo EAD, St.GIGA Publisher Nintendo Platforms Satellaview (Super Famicom) Release date 1997



Part 1 - 05/11

Part 2 - 05/18

Part 3 - 11/02

Part 4 - 11/09 Genre Racing Mode(s) 1-2 players simultaneous Media SNES: Satellaview soundlink Satellaview soundlink Input Super Nintendo: SNES Controller

Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium (エキサイトバイク ぶんぶんマリオバトルスタジアム Ekisaitobaiku Bun Bun Mario Batoru Sutajiamu: noting that "bun bun" is a Japanese onomatopoeia for buzzing sounds - in this case, produced by the motorcycles - this title can also be understood as simply "Excitebike: Mario Battle Stadium") is a remake/adaptation of the NES title Excitebike. All the motorcyclists in the game were replaced with Mario characters. As a Satellaview title, Nintendo developed the video game and released four versions of it through the satellite download service operated by St.GIGA, each expanding on or replacing the features of the last.

Episodes [ edit ]

There are four different episodes of the game, each adding a new character.

Episode 1 features Mario, Luigi and Toad.

features Mario, Luigi and Toad. Episode 2 adds Wario.

adds Wario. Episode 3 adds Princess Peach.

adds Princess Peach. Episode 4 adds Yoshi and removes Luigi.

Characters [ edit ]

Playable character list from Version 3.

There are six main characters: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Wario and Yoshi. Red and Green Koopa Troopas appear as non-playable opponents. Wario appears as a non-playable opponent as well in Episode 1, but is playable in all subsequent episodes.

Release info [ edit ]

Like many other Satellaview games, Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium was released in four installments.[1]

Date/Date Range Japanese English 1997/05/11～1997/05/17 エキサイトバイク ぶんぶんマリオバトル スタジアム１ Excitebike BunBun Mario Battle Stadium 1 1997/05/18～1997/05/24 エキサイトバイク ぶんぶんマリオバトル スタジアム２ Excitebike BunBun Mario Battle Stadium 2

Notably the list shows the second half of the series being released half a year later;

Date/Date Range Japanese English 1997/11/02～1997/11/08 エキサイトバイク ぶんぶんマリオバトル スタジアム３ Excitebike BunBun Mario Battle Stadium 3 1997/11/09～1997/11/15 エキサイトバイク ぶんぶんマリオバトル スタジアム４ Excitebike BunBun Mario Battle Stadium 4

The likely time of broadcast was 7PM. The program may have re-aired various times, but exactly when or how many times is uncertain.

Gallery [ edit ]

Bikers [ edit ]

Mugshots [ edit ]

Screenshots and scans [ edit ]

Koopas racing.













Magazine article previewing the game.

Staff [ edit ]