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"Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun" is an educational video game developed by The Software Toolworks for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Released in 1994, it is part of the Mario's Early Years series aimed at young children to provide an engaging learning experience through the beloved characters of the Mario universe. In this interactive title, players join Mario along with his friends Luigi and Princess Peach on a journey to explore various islands, each themed around different preschool-level concepts such as numbers, letters, shapes, and sizes.

The gameplay in "Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun" is designed to be simple and accessible, perfect for its target preschool audience. Players move between different themed islands via a simple point-and-click interface. Each island presents a series of fun and educational minigames that encourage learning in a playful environment. For example, in the number-themed games, children can learn counting by helping Mario match numbers with corresponding sets of objects. The educational content is presented through colorful graphics and simple, catchy tunes that maintain the interest of young players. This game was part of an early trend that utilized popular video game characters to create engaging educational content for children, a strategy that expanded the audience for video games and demonstrated the medium's potential as an educational tool.

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