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Legendary video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto (“Donkey Kong,” “The Legend of Zelda,” “Star Fox”) actually first created the Mario character to be the protagonist of “Donkey Kong,” the 1981 arcade game where a carpenter tries to rescue his girlfriend from a giant ape who was Mario's pet.

A legendary Nintendo video game character, Mario was born in 1981. Initially, he was named Jumpman, and was a carpenter, in the arcade game Donkey Kong. He was created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. At age 2, Mario was the hero of the first “Mario Bros” Game, seen on arcade machines.

More than thirty-five years ago, Nintendo debuted a video game that wiped out its competitors like a green turtle shell wiping out a string of Goombas.

While the NES gave way to the Super Nintendo console in 1991, and then the Nintendo 64 in 1996 and so on, the character Mario has endured and flourished for Nintendo for over three decades and across multiple gaming platforms and other media (including films and TV). Today, when Nintendo launches a new gaming platform, the company invariably has a new Mario game title ready to pair with it, such as 2017′s “Super Mario Odyssey” for the popular Nintendo Switch (the game has sold over 10 million copies).

Super Mario is a platform game series created by Nintendo based on and starring the fictional plumber Mario. Alternatively called the Super Mario Bros. series or simply the Mario series, it is the central series of the greater Mario franchise.

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Super Mario is a platform game series created by Nintendo based on and starring the fictional plumber Mario. Alternatively called the Super Mario Bros. series or simply the Mario series, it is the central series of the greater Mario franchise.

Super Luigi is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's mascot.

Toad is a fictional character who primarily appears in Nintendo's Mario franchise. A humanoid with a mushroom-like head, Toad was created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, and is portrayed

Princess Peach Toadstool is a fictional character in Nintendo's Mario franchise, created by Shigeru Miyamoto and introduced in the 1985 original Super Mario Bros. installment. She is the princess regnant and ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, where she resides in her castle along with Toads.

Bowser, or King Koopa, is a fictional character, the primary antagonist in Nintendo's Mario franchise, and the archenemy of Mario. In Japan, the character bears the title of Daimaō. Bowser is the leader of the turtle-like Koopa race.

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