Mario

Mario (or sometimes known as Super Mario) is a video game character made by the japanese company Nintendo first appearing in 1981, known under the name as Jumpman. He is the most well-known video game character with his brother Luigi.
== Concept ==
Mario is a plumber who has a brother named Luigi and 2 frenemies called Wario and Waluigi. He has to go on adventures jumping about Goombas and Koopas and trying to save the world from Bowser. Bowser kidnaps peach and Mario has to save her. Mario's iconic Red Hat, Moustache and Blue Overalls make him recognizable to this day.
== Legacy ==
Super Mario Bros. Made Mario popular and the most recognizable video game character.
== Games ==
Mario has appeared in over 200 games, in Series like Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, Mario Tennis, Mario Golf and Mario Kart. Noticeable games are:
* Super Mario Bros. (1985)
* Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986, 1993)
* Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)
* Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, 1990)
* Super Mario World (1990, 1991)
* Super Mario 64 (1996)
* Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
* New Super Mario Bros. (2006)
* Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
* New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
* Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
* Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
* Super Mario 3D World (2013)
* Super Mario Maker (2015)
* Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
* Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
* Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Mario has appeared as the main character in all of these Mainline games.
== Genius Family ==
This Mario is not Mario in Genius Family, but canonically, Mario The Genius is a clone of this Mario. Which means technically he has something to do with Genius Family.
== Trivia ==
* Mario has appeared in over 200 games.
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