Nintendo's Mario - 26 Years of History

kukyfrope writes "What started as a guy simply trying to rescue his whiny girlfriend from an angry ape 26 years ago has since grown into one of the most recognizable faces in video gaming: Mario. GameDaily explores the different types of Mario games over the years, from Jump Man to Mario Kart, to the new Wii title, Super Mario Galaxy." From the article: "Mario Bros. was released in a combination cart with the shooting game Duck Hunt, and gamers ate it up aplenty. (It was so popular, in fact, that the game was released for the Game Boy Color and remains one of its highest sellers to date.) Super Mario Bros. 2 would arrive years later and would take a drastic turn in gameplay, as it was actually based on a Japanese game called Doki Doki Panic and not the "true" sequel that was released in Japan only (at the time- it would resurface in the SNES release Super Mario All Stars). It was a hit, and would see a release alongside the launch of the Game Boy Advance years later under the name Super Mario Advance."

Comments

Is Mario and Nintendo an American thing?

[bunbuntheminilop]

I could be wrong, but, generally speaking, I suspect the rest of the world is apathetic towards the Italian-American plumber.

I just don't really get it. Someone care to put me straight?

Re:Is Mario and Nintendo an American thing?

[necronom426]

I'm from England and I couldn't care less about Mario, but there are people here who do like him. I'm sick to death of him and Nintendo TBH. If they hadn't put Mario in what seems like 95% of all games on any Nintendo system I might have thought about getting a Wii. I know he'll be in all the games though, so I'll not bother.