<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
numerous	O
sports	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
franchise	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
originally	O
a	O
branch	O
of	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
sports	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
series	O
is	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
this	O
list	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
has	O
since	O
become	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Mario	B-Application
appeared	O
in	O
several	O
tennis	O
games	O
preceding	O
it	O
,	O
he	O
first	O
starred	O
as	O
a	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
game	O
Mario	B-Application
's	I-Application
Tennis	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
R&D1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Golf	B-Application
series	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
are	O
currently	O
developed	O
by	O
Camelot	O
Software	O
Planning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
tennis	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
appeared	O
in	O
multiple	O
golf	B-Application
games	O
before	O
appearing	O
in	O
a	O
Mario-branded	O
entry	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
NES	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Tournament	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
R&D2	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
sports	O
game	O
to	O
feature	O
Mario	B-Application
as	O
a	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Strikers	O
(	O
Mario	B-Application
Football	O
in	O
PAL	O
regions	O
and	O
Mario	B-Application
Soccer	O
in	O
South	O
Korea	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
association	O
football	O
video	O
games	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
Mushroom	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Baseball	B-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
baseball	B-Application
video	O
games	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
Mushroom	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mario	B-Application
&	O
Sonic	B-Application
at	O
the	O
Olympic	B-Application
Games	I-Application
series	O
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
games	O
that	O
take	O
place	O
during	O
the	O
Summer	O
and	O
Winter	O
Olympic	B-Application
Games	I-Application
,	O
crossing	O
over	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
series	I-Application
with	O
those	O
from	O
Sega	O
's	O
Sonic	B-Application
the	I-Application
Hedgehog	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
debuted	O
in	O
2007	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
with	O
the	O
Beijing	O
2008	O
edition	O
,	O
titled	O
Mario	B-Application
&	O
Sonic	B-Application
at	O
the	O
Olympic	B-Application
Games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
