Super Maribo

Super Maribo (神游马力波, 神游馬力波, shényóu mǎlìbō) is one of the world's most reknown fictional character. He's the main character of the Super Maribo video game franchise created by Liú Lěi (刘磊) in 1985.
==History==
«Back in the 1980s, the video game industry was under the domination of Japan and to a lesser extend of the US. In 1985, I was hired in a video game company, Fántiāntáng Co., Ltd. At first I was in charge of the distribution of Mario games in China but Nintendo sued us because we didn't have the permission to sell their products [...] We needed to create our own original characters, the boss said I had 5 minutes to come up with something [...] I eventually came up with Super Maribo.» --Liú Lěi himself
Maribo first appeared in Super Maribo Only Child (马力波独生子女, Mǎlìbō Dúshēngzǐnǚ) on the FED (Fantiantang Enjoyment Device) on may 3rd1986, a game that was a huge success in mainland China. He's been featured in many kinds of video games since then, the most successful ones being Super Maribo Racing, Super Maribo 8², Super Maribo Celebration, Super Maribo Earth, Super Maribo Moonlight and Neo Super Maribo Only Child.
Super Maribo is nowadays considered as China's video game industry's emblem. In China, may 3rd is a national holiday in Maribo's honour. In fact, Maribo's gained so much influence in the country that the Chinese Communist Party's affraid of losing its authority. Therefore the National People's Congress's debating the ban of anything related to Maribo. Liú Lěi, who's considered as a pro democracy conspirationist, was sentenced to 20 years' imprinsonment in 2017.
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