Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This mod adds Mario as a new Skin for Batman. It does have some issues that affect Gameplay because I edited the Bones for Mario to keep his proportions. Hopefully these issues can be fixed in the future.



DESCRIPTION:

Have you ever wanted to play a Batman game as Mario? Probably not but this is what I typically do when modding games. lol

Anyways, Mario's model is from Super Mario Odyssey but with various edits to better fit Arkham Knight's Artstyle like utilizing the game's "Micro Bump Map" feature to have more detailed Fabric and Skin Textures.

Mario has accurate proportions which works surprisingly well during Combat, I didn't notice any issues regarding the Hitboxes. Mario will visually clip through Objects & Characters during animations but he won't actually clip through anything so don't worry about falling through a Floor or going through a Wall.

Because of how the characters are animated in this game, I had to overhaul Mario's Eyes & Eyelids to work properly which did result in some wonky movement due to being designed differently. Looks fine for the most part, but it looks awful whenever Mario is looking off to the side because the Eyelids will also rotate alongside the Eyes. O_o

Mario can remove his Cap whenever Batman removes his Cowl, it looks really silly but works. If you're familiar with Mario's design then you'll notice that his Hair is a bit squished, that's because it's always visible. Batman's Hair doesn't simply appear & disappear during Cutscenes, it's actually a separate model that gets spawned. This model is actually shared between all Batman Skins, so editing it for Mario wasn't an option.

I have no plans to make this mod for any of the other Batman: Arkham games, feel free to backport it yourself but please Credit me if you release it.
Preferably with a Credits.txt similar to the one that's included in this mod.



CHAPTERS:

00:00 Video Disclaimers/Important Info
00:56 Basic Gameplay/Early Game Cutscenes
10:43 Some Technical Info about the Mod
15:04 Known Issues [Out-of-Context Spoilers]
23:25 Hush Side Mission [Side Mission Spoilers]
26:00 Bonus Mod [Out-of-Context Spoilers]
29:21 Defeating Harley Quinn [Major Story Spoilers]



DOWNLOAD LINKS:

I've uploaded the mods to two locations, Google Drive like I usually do and Nexus Mods which requires an Account in order to download.

If you are interested in modding Batman: Arkham Knight, you should go ahead and make an account because not only are most of the publicly released mods on Nexus Mods, so are the tools like UPK Explorer.

If you simply only want to play the game with these mods, then go with the Google Drive download I mentioned how to install the mod inside the Readme.txt

Mario over Batman Skin - Nexus Mods:
nexusmods.com/batmanarkhamknight/mods/1206

Mario over Batman Skin - Google Drive:
drive.google.com/file/d/16V0PIMnCYx_F6EuWQ54FDSM7sxiktjXI/view

Bonus Mod - Nexus Mods:
nexusmods.com/batmanarkhamknight/mods/1208

Bonus Mod - Google Drive:
drive.google.com/file/d/1YGfKcClJDW-yAImheUb-WI4OrXtzbmXH/view



MUSIC USED:

Heartbeat (GoldenEye 007 OST HDU):
youtube.com/watch?v=o1Qe1TBlriU

OC ReMix #1252: Super Mario 64 'The Alternate Route' [Koopa's Road] by ParagonX9:
youtube.com/watch?v=VLFXugmVYT8

OC ReMix #137: Super Mario 64 'Liquid Mario' [Dire, Dire Docks] by MkVaff:
youtube.com/watch?v=Tp1qx46Tung

OC ReMix #3059: Super Mario 64 'Medieval Koopa Jam' [Koopa's Road, Medival Jam (JJ2)] by DaMonz:
youtube.com/watch?v=6pyEmF86OFw



I have a Twitter: twitter.com/stupidmariofan1