One of the greatest classics in history, the famous mustachioed appeared years ago and became a reference when we talk about 2D games and the platform genre.
Mario has become a very popular figure in the last few decades, and it's exactly the story of his origin and first game that we're going to talk about in this special article.
Long before having to jump countless times and save Princess Peach in almost all of her adventures, the amazing Super Mario had a different role in the first title in which he appeared.
Also, in the 1980 classic Donkey Kong, he was Pauline's boyfriend and needed to rescue the maiden from the villain's hands using another codename: Jumpman.
Super Mario Bros ended up winning the plumber profession (initially, the idea was that he was a carpenter) for going through pipes in all the games that put him in the role of protagonist.
As time progressed, his gang took on more form with the arrival of his brother Luigi, Yoshi, Toad, Daisy and many other figures known to players.
As we mentioned before, the first game Mario appeared in was Donkey Kong, but the debut of a series of its own was with Super Mario Bros., released for NES in 1985. The title in question was created by Shigeru Miyamoto, who at the time was just a Nintendo artist and already had his name in the gorilla title credits.
In addition, another curiosity is that the mustachioed almost wouldn't have come to life, as its creator had planned to put the sailor Popeye, Olivia and Brutus as protagonists in the place of Jumpman, Pauline and the gorilla in Donkey Kong - changes that occurred when the game was already in progress due to copyright.
After this process, it took a long time for Nintendo to realize the gold mine it had in its hands. In practice, the company's strategy of adding the 8-bit game in a package with the NES helped to increase sales of the console and also the game. According to information from Nintendo, there were more than 60 million video games sold.
Nowadays, it is very difficult for anyone to doubt Mario's fame, something that was already notable even in the 1990s. In this period, for example, there was a popularity poll in the United States and, at the time, many children recognized him more plumber's face than Mickey Mouse himself.
In addition to the games involving Super Mario, he has also appeared in a live action movie in the 1990s (of dubious quality, it is true), he is about to debut an animation that is in development by Illumination and has his face stamped on varied products that become successful in a short time — be they games or anything else.
Still, among Nintendo's most recent big ventures involving the character is also a theme park that opened in Japan last year.
Here, visitors can enjoy various attractions that date back to parts of the Mushroom Kingdom or even classic games of the Japanese company's mascot, such as Super Mario Kart. In other words, one more proof that any idea involving the plumber has a great chance of succeeding.
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