Mario is one of the most lovable video game characters of all time and has been around for the past two decades. Game designer Shigeru Miyamoto is the one who created this character while working for Nintendo. Mario has appeared in more than 200 video games. Mario first appeared in a Donkey Kong game. Mario is still the favorite game of children around the world. These days, Mario appears in many other games like racing, puzzles, fighting, sports games, and many more. Mario games are the best-selling video game series of all time.
Mario is a short Italian plumber from the Mushroom Kingdom. King Browser is an evil villain from Mushroom Town who always kidnaps Princess Peach. Acting like a hero, Mario always foils King Browser’s plans and saves the Princess. After Mario’s successful debut in Donkey Kong, he appeared again in Donkey Kong junior as a villain who was also a huge success. Due to the growing popularity of Mario, Nintendo released a new game by the name of Mario Bros that caused a sensation in the world of video games. They were two player games and were played by people from all over the world. A record 20 million copies of Mario Bros were sold when it was released. Super Mario Bros was also a huge success and was able to sell almost 18 million copies in one year.
In his early games, Mario appeared as a 2D character, but later turned into a three-dimensional polygonal model that lived in the Mushroom Kingdom. He had a brother named Luigi who was also a plumber.
In addition to appearing in various Mario series, Mario was also a guest character in various other games such as Mike Tyson Punch Out, where he was the referee. Mario was also appreciated as a character in some non-platform games like Super Smash Bros.
In 1990, Mario first appeared in a non-platformer game that closely resembled Tetris. The head of Nintendo decided to release some educational games. He then released some educational games with Mario as his main character, such as Mario Paint and Mario Pinball Land. After 2 years, Nintendo created the first multiplayer Mario game, Mario Kart. Super Mario Kart followed and remains the best kart racing franchise.
Mario will always have a special place in video game history and is still considered the most popular video game character among children. With a staggering 200 million copies of Mario games sold over the years, he is the first video game character to be honored with a wax sculpture at the Hollywood wax museum.