Mario

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Super Mario in Kungsbacka, Sweden
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Super Mario in Kungsbacka, Sweden

Mario is a video-game character. He has been in many games by Nintendo, including the Mario Bros. series, and has also appeared in a movie, played by Bob Hoskins and on a TV show, played by "Captain" Lou Albano.

[edit] Games

Mario has appeared in many games. He has been in Mario Bros. and many others. Here is a list:

  • Donkey Kong (Then known as Jumpman) (1981),
  • Mario Bros. (1983),
  • Super Mario Bros. (1985),
  • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988),
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990),
  • Super Mario Land (1989),
  • Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (1990),
  • Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (1991),
  • Super Mario World (1991),
  • Super Mario All Stars (1993),
  • Super Mario Kart (1994),
  • Super mario World 2: Yoshi's island (1995)
  • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 Stars (1996) (Not released in Europe)
  • Super Mario 64 (1996),
  • Mario Kart 64 (1996),
  • Mario Golf1999)
  • Super Smash Bros. (1999),
  • Mario Tennis (2000)
  • Paper Mario (2001),
  • Super Mario Sunshine (2002),
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2002),
  • Mario Kart: Double Dash (2003)
  • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004),
  • Super Mario 64 DS (2004)
  • Mario Power Tennis (2004)
  • Mario Kart DS (2005)
  • Mario tennis: Power Tennis (2005)
  • NEW Super Mario Bros (2006)

[edit] Super Mario Bros. popularity

The original Super Mario Bros. sold about 30 million games. This places it over Tetris as the most sold game ever. It was the game that started Mario's real popularity. There are many different levels in the game.

However, people could use warps to play through the levels faster. There were warp zones on worlds 1-2, and there were 2 warp zones on world 4-2.