Mario; the mascot of Nintendo, and maybe even of video games in general, has come a long way since his debut in the eighties on the original Donkey Kong arcade machine. Mario originally started as a carpenter in Donkey Kong. He had the simple name of “Jump man” back then. His goal was to save “the lady” from the gorilla named Donkey Kong. Later on, he was named Mario in Donkey Kong Junior. After that there came a game called “Mario Brothers” in which Mario brought his brother, Luigi, to fight multiple creatures coming out of the sewers. This is the first time Mario was considered a plumber instead of a carpenter. He was also considered an Italian-American for the first time. After that on the Nintendo Entertainment System (Fami-com in Japan) Nintendo’s first home console, Mario got a port from his arcade machine game named “Super Mario Brothers” which is probably the most familiar game in the Mario series. Super Mario Brothers was also, in a way, a new genre as well. It was probably one of the first side scrolling plat formers. For a long time, Super Mario Brothers was the most selling video game of all time; later being beaten by Wii Sports at least 20 years later. Even so The Mario franchise is still the best selling video game franchise of all time.
For the next 25 years, Mario was featured in over 200 video games, such popular games including: Super Mario Brothers 2 & 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, and New Super Mario Brothers DS & Wii. This list of titles is considered the original Mario series so far, and it is still being continued to this day. But what other games has Mario been in that isn’t a 3D or 2D plat former? Well his Mario Kart series is very popular as well and they have had 7 games in the series so far. Other than that, Mario has appeared in lots of genres from sports games, Role Playing Games, Party games, puzzle games, and even fighters.
Mario is the bestselling video game franchise of all time. He’s probably the most common known character in video games and will continue his legacy for a long time.
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