Hello, Mario!

Hello, Mario! and Hello, Yoshi! are educational video games that is designed for infants and toddlers to interact with Mario's or Yoshi's face in a similar manner to Super Mario 64s title screen. Users can manipulate Mario's or Yoshi's face such as stretching, squishing, and spinning them. Users can also summon a number of power-ups and enemies to affect the screen and make things happen to Mario or Yoshi. In both Hello, Mario! and Hello, Yoshi!, after several minutes of playtime, Mario or Yoshi will fall asleep and can no longer be interacted with. According to Nintendo, this feature was intended to help limit screen time for children and encourage them to take breaks. However, the app can be restarted to reawaken Mario or Yoshi, and the feature can be disabled by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts. == Announcement and release ==

Hello, Mario! was first announced by Nintendo in a press release alongside the My Mario line of products on August 7, 2025, with a set release date in Japan for August 26, 2025. On January 9, 2026, Nintendo announced that Hello, Mario! will be brought overseas on February 19, 2026. Nintendo later released Hello, Yoshi! overseas on April 9, 2026. == Reception ==

While acknowledging that the app is intended to be used by children, Lance Ulanoff of TechRadar summarized Hello, Mario! as an "oddly engaging app that doesn't do much, but somehow perfectly conveys the ethos of Mario's antic personality". == See also ==