Brief History
Mario, a name that most kids in our century might not know, the guy who break bricks using his head but will die when he touched a walking or flying turtle. The game was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi which is also two of the lead developer of Donkey Kong.
Did you know?
-In Donkey Kong, Mario was known as "Jump Man", he was also a carpenter during that time.
-The name Mario was named after Mario Segale, he was the landlord of Nintendo in america.
-His occupation was later changed to plumber because most of the settings in Mario Bros. is in the sewage system.
Character Design
The whole character of Mario is all because of hardware limitation at that time, large pixel and limited colors gave birth to this well known character. The hat is added instead of hair because a hat is easier to portray than hair during those times. His mustache that made him look like an Italian is added because it is easier to show in the game than a nose. He also have dungarees to make the movement of his arm more noticeable.
Luigi
Luigi was introduced in Mario Bros. as the brother of Mario (available in multiplayer).
Fun Facts about the Mario Bros.
-They are called "Mario Bros." which means Mario's full name is Mario Mario while Luigi is Luigi Mario
-Mario's girlfriend is Pauline, while the girlfriend of Luigi is still unknown.
-The naughty counterpart of Mario is Wario from Warui (Bad in Japanese) and Mario.
-Luigi also have a counterpart which is Waluigi.
-The main antagonist Bowser was originally drawn as an Ox, but he was assumed as a turtle by Yoichi Kotabe.
-Contrary to popular belief, Mario do not break bricks using his head, he uses his arm to break them.
-Mario ones became an antagonist in the Donkey Kong Jr. game, he kidnapped Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. must rescue him from Mario.
-Bowser wasn't bad after all, in the Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Bowser helped Mario.
The Legend
We cannot end this article without mentioning a little fact about the legendary theme song of Mario series (Before, I only know it as "Tenen ten tenen..ten and etc"), but Did you know? that the theme song is known as "Ground Theme" and as a matter of fact, it is the most recognizable piece of game music ever recorded. It remained in the Billboard Ringtone Charts for 125 weeks.
Mario already appeared on more than 200 video games, and the Super Mario franchise was recognized by Guinness Book of World Record as the most successful game franchise in the history, with more than 240 Million sold units.
The first Super Mario Bros. game has sold more than 40.24 Million copies and remained as the best-selling game of all time until Wii Sports surpassed it with 41.65 Million units sold.
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