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| MARIO PROFILE |
Mario, is hands down, one of the most popular video game characters of all. He has starred in tons of games since his debut in Donkey Kong, in the arcades. Since then, he has become Nintendo's mascot, and one of the most popular characters in video game history.
He has starred in games that have created and perfected new and revolutionary video game genres. With Donkey Kong being one of the first games ever, not to mention one of the first games where you actually did something more than shoot enemies from a little ship, or eat pellets. And with the advent of the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), he became the first character to ever star in a side-scrolling game. With Super Mario Bros. for the NES, Mario was able to move either left of right, and the screen would scroll forward or back, a first back then. Even at that time, Mario had already starred in two other games, Donkey Kong, and Mario Bros. (without the "Super" attached on to it), both of them were arcade games.
And from then on, he was a star.
Actually, when Donkey Kong first came out, he didn't really have a official name, he was just called "Jump Man", but was named Mario, after his resemblence to Nintendo's land lord of the same name.
Mario has mainly starred on systems by Nintendo: the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), Super NES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System), Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Virtual Boy, and Nintendo 64. But he has also been in games for the computer (well, most weren't really games, but typing tutores), and games for the CD-I from Philips (Nintendo let them use the license to some of there biggest franchise characters, including Mario and Link/Zelda). But most games were for the Nintendo systems listed above.
The story of Mario's life is really. . . . well . . . . non-existent. All we really know about our favorite hero is that he has a brother named Luigi, has been a plumber for most of his career, is Italian, and has been fighting Bowser to save Princess Toadstool (Peach), ever since Super Mario Bros. debut. Everything else about Mario is shrouded in mystery.
The only game that has anything to suggest some kind of overall story, is the game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. In which it explains that while a stork was delevering Mario and Luigi to his parents, they were kidnapped by Kamek, a evil Magikoopa from Koopa Land. But, in trying to snatch both babies from the stork, it only grabs Luigi, and Mario gets knocked out of the stork's beak, and falls onto Yoshi's back, who was walking around at Yoshi's Island. Once Kamek gets home, he realizes that he only snatched one baby, and sends his Toadies out to get the other one. Falling with Mario comes a map, and Mario starts pointing in a certain direction from the island. The Yoshi's there discover that Mario, since he's a twin of Luigi, can feel were the other one is, so the Yoshis' decide to carry Mario to his destination. And that's it, that's the only kind of story we know about Mario, not much huh.
Despite not having a true story, Mario has starred in many, many, many, games, more than any other video game character. He has been everything from a referee and go-kart driver, to a docter. Some of the many games are:
CURRENT AND PAST MARIO GAMES
Donkey Kong (Arcade, NES, Game Boy)
Mario Bros. (Arcade, Super Mario All-Stars)
Super Mario Bros. (NES, All-Stars)
Super Mario Bros. DX (Deluxe) [GBC]
Wrecking Crew (Jap, Famicon)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES, All-Stars)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, All-Stars)
Super Mario Land (GB)
Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (GB)
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (GB)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
Dr. Mario (NES, GB)
Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Super Mario Kart 64 (N64)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
Super Mario All-Stars (SNES)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Mario Golf (N64)
Mario Party (N64)
Mario Party 2 (N64)
Mario Party 3 (N64)
Super Smash Bros. (N64)
Mario Tennis (N64)
Paper Mario (N64)
Dr. Mario 64 (N64)
Super Mario Advance (GBA)
Mario Kart: Super Circuit (GBA)
A group pic of Donkey Kong (far left), Peach (left from Mario), Mario (middle), Luigi (right from Mario), and Yoshi (far right). The all-star cast of Mario Party 2 (N64).
Most of these games have Mario as a starring character, but there are many more than that. And there are lots of games where he makes cameo appearences.
Mario almost always dresses in the same clothes: a red undershirt, blue overalls, red cap with a M in the middle (standing for Mario) and brown shoes. He has bushy black hair (usually covered by his cap), dark side-burns, and a full black mustache. Mario has a very Italin accent, and so does his brother Luigi.
In most Mario games, he is trying to save Princess Toadstool (Peach) from the clutches of the evil Bowser. But he has fought other enemies too, such as Donkey Kong and Wario.
Mario is and probably always will be, one of the most popular video game characters ever created. A character from the mind of the great game designer Shigeru Mayimoto. And his career is still far from over . . .
The whole Mario Bros. Universe bunch. The title screen to Mario
Including Mario and Luigi. Taken from Golf for the Game Boy Color,
the title screen of Super Mario All-Stars with Mario in the backround on the cliff.
for the Super NES.
Mario golf for the N64. With Mario up to golf in first place.
The title screen to Super Mario Kart for The player select screen from Mario Kart 64.
the Super NES. From left: Toad, Peach, From top left: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad.
Luigi, and Mario. From bottom left: Yoshi, DK, Wario, Bowser.
The title screen for Super The title screen for Super Mario in Super Mario Mario in Super Mario
Mario Land (GB). Mario Land 2: Six Golden Land. Land 2: Six Golden Coins.
Coins, for the Game Boy.
The title screen for Mario Paint for the The title screen for Super Mario
Super Nintendo Entertainment System. RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
for the Super NES.
The title screen for Super Mario World, Mario riding his best friend Yoshi. The real
the first Super NES game to come out. star of Super Mario World.
The title screen to the original Mario Bros. Mario Bros. in action.
game for the arcade.
Title of the Japanese Super Mario Bros. The title screen to the U.S. Super
2, released in the U.S. in Super Mario Mario Bros. 2, released later in Japan
All-Stars as Super Mario Bros. The Lost as Super Mario Bros. USA.
Levels.
A blurry character select screen from Mario Tennis.
Mario Tennis pic with Mario up front.
Mario Tennis pic. With Mario hitting a fireball!
A huge pic of the 2D Mario in a 3D world. Taken from the sequel to Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario.
Paper Mario Mario, about to jump on a platform to hit a switch.
Mario about to smash a blue goomba with a hammer.
Mario riding inside a train.
A pic of a Donkey Kong type
game with Bowser as DK.
The box art to the The title screen to Game A Game Boy Tennis
Japanese game of Mario & Watch Gallery (GB) game with Mario as a
Bros. 2, which wasn't a referee.
Mario game and was
called Boki Boki Panic.
The Game Boy game Golf
with a character that suspiciously
looks a lot like Mario.
Another suspicious game for the NES called Golfer, that had a Mario looking character.
The box to the rare CD-i game called Hotel Mario.
The title screen to the Super NES game Mario is Missing.
A japenese game called Mario and Wario.
The title screen to the Virtual Boy game Mario Clash.
The title screen to the SNES game Mario's Time Machine.
The infamous game Mike Tyson's Punch Out, with Mario as referee.
A big pic of Mario from Super Mario Bros. DX for the Game Boy Color.
The NES game Dr. Mario.
A pic of the only Mario game that wasn't a "Mario game", the Japanese Famicon game Wrecking Crew.
Mario from the Super Mario Bros. Kids Super Mario Bros. underwear.
Super Show.
A Super Mario Bros. comic book.
Super Mario Bros. cookies.
A complete Super Mario Bros. lunch box.
Super Mario Bros. Macaroni and Cheese.
A pic of the movie Super Mario Bros.
As you can tell, Mario's a pretty popular guy, with video games, and even toys and everyday items with him on them. Although a lot of these things are pretty old, Mario will continue to populate items of everyday use, at least we hope ;-)