(5043, 'Concept and creation br Mario was created by Shigeru Miyamoto in his attempts to produce a best selling video game for Nintendo after previous titles such as Sheriff had not achieved the same success as other titles such as Pac Man Originally Miyamoto wanted to create a video game that used the characters Popeye Bluto and Olive Oyl However he was not allowed to use the characters and ended up making Jumpman later known as Mario Donkey Kong and Pauline In the early stages of the game Mario was unable to jump and the focus was to escape a maze However Miyamoto added in that ability saying If you had a barrel rolling towards you what would you do br Mario s name was originally Mr Video and he was to be used in every video game Miyamoto developed This idea was inspired by manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka and Fujio Akatsuka who feature several characters across multiple mangas as well as director Alfred Hitchcock who appears in most of his own films During localization of the game for American audiences Nintendo s warehouse landlord Mario Segale confronted Nintendo s Minoru Arakawa demanding back rent Following a heated argument in which the Nintendo employees eventually convinced Segale he would be paid they opted to name the character in the game Mario after him Miyamoto commenting that if he had named him Mr Video he likely would have disappeared off the face of the Earth Mario s profession was chosen to be carpenter in an effort to reflect that as a character he was an ordinary hard worker the profession was also intended to make it easier for players to identify with the character After a colleague suggested that Mario more resembled a plumber Miyamoto changed his profession accordingly and developed Mario Bros featuring the character in the sewers of New York City br Due to the graphical limitations of arcade hardware at the time Miyamoto clothed the character in bright red overalls and a blue shirt to contrast against each other and the background adding white gloves to distinguish the character s arms on the screen as they swung back and forth A cap was added to let Miyamoto avoid drawing the character s hairstyle as well as to circumvent issues involved with animating his hair as he jumped To make him appear human onscreen despite his small size they gave Mario a large nose and added a mustache to avoid drawing a mouth due to the difficulty of illustrating facial expressions at that size br Miyamoto developed Mario with the idea of using him as a go to character that could be put in any title as needed albeit in cameo appearances as at the time he was not expecting Mario to become popular To this end he originally called the character Mr Video comparing his intent to have Mario appear in later games to the cameos done by Alfred Hitchcock within his films Over time Mario s appearance has become more defined both a red M in a white circle on the front of his hat and gold buttons on his overalls have been added Miyamoto attributed this process to the different development teams and artists for each game as well as advances in technology as time has gone on Nintendo has never revealed Mario s full name stating only that it was not Mario Mario despite the implication of the Mario Bros series title and its use in the film br Appearances br Main article List of Mario games by year br Mario in Super Mario Bros one of the first games he starred in br 19811990 br Mario debuted as Jumpman in the arcade game Donkey Kong in 1981 He is shown as a carpenter that has a pet ape The carpenter mistreats the ape so Donkey Kong escapes and kidnaps Jumpman s girlfriend originally known as the Lady but later named Pauline The player must take the role of Jumpman and rescue the girl He was first named Mario in the arcade game Donkey Kong Junior in 1982 the only game in which he has ever been portrayed as an antagonist In the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros Mario and his younger brother Luigi are portrayed as Italian American plumbers who have to defeat creatures that have been coming from the sewers below New York br In Super Mario Bros for the Nintendo Entertainment System NES Mario saves Princess Toadstool later known as Princess Peach of the Mushroom Kingdom from King Koopa To save Princess Toadstool Mario conquers the eight worlds of the Mushroom Kingdom by going to the castle in each to defeat a minion of King Koopa To reach each castle Mario battles through three sub worlds by defeating or avoiding King Koopa s henchmen If Mario successfully fights his way through the castle and defeats the minion a Mushroom Retainer is freed Inside the eighth castle Mario has a final fight with King Koopa and frees Princess Toadstool Later in Super Mario Bros 2 the player could choose between Mario and his friends Luigi Toad or Princess Peach Each character possesses unique abilities with Mario being the most well rounded In Super Mario Bros 3 Mario embarks on a quest to save the rulers of seven kingdoms from Bowser and his children the Koopalings and travel across eight worlds to restore order to the Mushroom World and rescue Princess Peach Mario is introduced to new power ups that augment his abilities br 19891995 br In Super Mario Land an alien named Tatanga appears hypnotizes the inhabitants of an area called Sarasaland and kidnaps their ruler Princess Daisy Mario then sets out to rescue her from Tatanga traveling through the four geographical areas of Sarasaland and defeating Tatanga s minions along the way He finally corners Tatanga in the skies of the Chai kingdom bringing down his alien warship and rescuing Daisy br In Super Mario World Mario and Luigi are taking Princess Peach for a vacation in Dinosaur World sometime after the events of Super Mario Bros 3 when Peach is kidnapped by Bowser Mario and Luigi are introduced to the Yoshis dinosaurs that live in Dinosaur World and they help rescue Peach by allowing Mario and Luigi to ride them In Super Mario Land 2 6 Golden Coins which takes place immediately after the original Super Mario Land Mario s evil counterpart Wario has put an evil spell over Mario Land while Mario was away in Sarasaland renaming the area Wario Land The inhabitants are now brainwashed into thinking that Wario is their master and Mario is their enemy Wario s motive behind this sudden attack was to take control over Mario s castle in order to have a palace of his own In order to stop Wario Mario finds the 6 Golden Coins throughout Mario Land and regains access to his castle In Super Mario World 2 Yoshi s Island a stork carries Baby Mario and Baby Luigi across the sea but the evil Magikoopa Kamek emerges and steals Baby Luigi and Baby Mario falls onto an island in the middle of the sea called Yoshi s Island home to Yoshis He lands on a green Yoshi and he and the rest of the Yoshis journey through the game s six worlds to rescue Baby Luigi and the stork back from Baby Bowser and Kamek br 19962002 br Mario s 3D debut was in Super Mario 64 br Mario made his 3D debut in Super Mario 64 Princess Peach sends Mario a letter inviting him to come to her castle for a cake she has baked for him however when he arrives Mario discovers that Bowser has invaded the castle and imprisoned the princess and her servants within it using the power of the castle s 120 Power Stars Many of the castle s paintings are portals to other worlds in which Bowser s minions keep watch over the stars Mario searches the castle for these portals to enter the worlds and recover the stars He gains access to more rooms as he recovers more stars and traverses three obstacle courses leading to a battle with Bowser Defeating Bowser the first two times earns Mario a key for opening another level of the castle while the final battle releases Peach who rewards Mario by baking the cake that she had promised him br In Super Mario Sunshine Mario Toadsworth and Princess Peach are taking a vacation A villain resembling Mario known as Shadow Mario vandalizes the entire island with graffiti and Mario gets blamed for the mess Later on Mario is ordered to clean up Isle Delfino while saving Princess Peach from Shadow Mario Mario cleans up the island with a device called FLUDD invented by Professor E Gadd Afterward Mario Peach and the others then begin their well deserved vacation br 2006resent br Mario went to 2 5D in New Super Mario Bros At the beginning of the game Princess Peach and Mario are walking together when lightning suddenly strikes Peach castle nearby As Mario runs to help Bowser Jr appears and kidnaps her Realizing what has happened Mario quickly rushes back and gives chase Mario ventures through eight worlds pursuing Bowser Jr and trying to rescue the kidnapped princess In the game final sequence Mario rescues Princess Peach who kisses him on the cheek In Super Mario Galaxy Mario is invited to the centennial Star Festival when Bowser invades the Mushroom Kingdom and rips Peach s entire castle from its foundations and lifts it into outer space Mario is catapulted across the cosmos and awakens on a small planet On the planet he meets stars called Lumas and their companion a mysterious woman called Rosalina who tells Mario that the Power Stars have been stolen by Bowser Mario sets off on an intergalactic adventure across the universe to reclaim the Power Stars and rescue Princess Peach In New Super Mario Bros Wii Mario Luigi Blue Toad and Yellow Toad are attending Princess Peach s birthday when a big cake rolls in with Bowser s children the Koopalings and Bowser Jr hiding inside They trap Peach inside the cake and run off with her Mario Luigi and two Toads chase after them br Other Mario games br Mario games of other genres include various Game amp Watch games Mario Pinball Land a pinball game for the Game Boy Advance various educational games and the Dr Mario puzzle games with Dr Mario itself first released in 1990 In these games Dr Mario throws vitamins that the player must align in order to destroy the viruses that populate the playing field 1996 s Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System is the first Mario role playing game six games have followed including three in the Paper Mario series Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64 Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door for the Nintendo GameCube and Super Paper Mario for the Wii and three in the Mario amp Luigi series Mario amp Luigi Superstar Saga for the Game Boy Advance and Mario amp Luigi Partners in Time and Mario amp Luigi Bowser s Inside Story for the Nintendo DS br Several other sub series of Mario video games have been released The Mario Kart franchise began with Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and is currently the most successful and longest running kart racing franchise Other Mario sports games include the Camelot developed series Mario Golf and Mario Tennis and respectively the baseball and soccer games Mario Superstar Baseball and Super Mario Strikers In 1999 the Hudson developed Mario Party series began on the Nintendo 64 The games revolve around a set of mini games and are playable with up to four players Mario amp Sonic at the Olympic Games for Nintendo DS and Wii is a collection of twenty four events based on the Olympic Games This was followed in 2009 by Mario amp Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games on both systems based on the 2010 Winter Olympics br In other media br Apart from his platformer and spinoff game appearances Mario has made guest appearances in non Mario games such as Mike Tyson s Punch Out where he is a referee Mario has even appeared as a playable character in NBA Street V3 and SSX on Tour both from Electronic Arts He also makes cameo appearances in both The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past and The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Mario appears on a portrait and in Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes he appears as a small statue br Mario has appeared in every game of the Super Smash Bros series and has retained his balanced abilities even when fighting characters from other series He brought with him items stages and characters to compete in the tournament Mario s alter egos Dr Mario and Metal Mario have appeared as well br The Super Mario Bros Super Show television series and the live action film called Super Mario Bros based on the video game series brought Mario into the TV and film entertainment realms The show starred Captain Lou Albano as Mario and the film starred Bob Hoskins as Mario Mario a plumber who is taken to an alternate universe in which dinosaurs rule where he must save the Earth from invasion Outside the original games television shows and film he has spawned a line of licensed merchandise and appeared in popular culture The Nintendo Comics System series along with the Nintendo Adventure Books were also created br Characteristics br Mario was originally portrayed as a two dimensional sprite but in later games he is shown as a three dimensional polygonal model He is depicted as a portly plumber who lives in the fictional land of the Mushroom Kingdom with Luigi his younger taller brother who is also a plumber In the television series and film Mario and Luigi are originally from Brooklyn New York Little is known of Mario s childhood though the infant version of Mario Baby Mario first appeared in 1995 in Super Mario World 2 Yoshi s Island and has often appeared in Nintendo sports games since that time Baby Mario has a major role along with Baby Luigi in Mario amp Luigi Partners in Time and also appears')
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