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'''Mario''' is one of the most recognizable [[video game]] characters in the world, serving as the mascot of the video game company [[Nintendo]]. Mario is the titular character of his own [[Mario (series)|series]], and is a plumber who often goes on adventures to save [[Princess Peach]]. He has a brother named [[Luigi]]. Mario was created by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], and was originally a carpenter nicknamed '''Jumpman'''. Mario has appeared in over 100 games since 1981's ''Donkey Kong''. Mario is an extremely recognizable character, and at one point was more recognizable than [[Mickey Mouse]]. A majority of games that Mario appears in are family-friendly, and have been given an E rating from the [[ESRB]].
'''Mario''' is one of the most recognizable [[video game]] characters in the world, serving as the mascot of the video game company [[Nintendo]]. Mario is the titular character of his own [[Mario (series)|series]], and is a plumber who often goes on adventures to save [[Princess Peach]]. He has a younger brother named [[Luigi]]. Mario was created by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], and was originally a carpenter nicknamed '''Jumpman'''. Mario has appeared in over 100 games since 1981's ''Donkey Kong''. Mario is an extremely recognizable character, and at one point was more recognizable than [[Mickey Mouse]]. A majority of games that Mario appears in are family-friendly, and have been given an E rating from the [[ESRB]].
==Character information==
==Character information==
===Physical appearance===
===Physical appearance===
Mario is known for his famous red cap, blue overalls, and white gloves. He has a mustache and a rather large nose. Shigeru Miyamoto designed Mario that way in order to create a recognizable character for the 1981 arcade game, ''Donkey Kong''.<ref>http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/mario_history.shtml</ref> In an interview, Miyamoto said that he thought that Mario was around 25 years old.<ref>http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1287044</ref>
Mario is known for his famous red cap bearing his trademark red "M," blue overalls, and white gloves. He has a mustache and a rather large nose. Shigeru Miyamoto designed Mario that way in order to create a recognizable character for the 1981 arcade game, ''Donkey Kong''.<ref>http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/mario_history.shtml</ref> In an interview, Miyamoto said that he thought that Mario was around 25 years old.<ref>http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1287044</ref>
===Abilities===
===Abilities===
==''Mario'' game appearances==
==''Mario'' game appearances==
===''Mario Bros.'' series===
====''Mario Bros.'' (Game & Watch)====
In the Game & Watch game ''Mario Bros.'', Mario and Luigi, the latter debuting in the game, work at a bottling plant factory.
====''Mario Bros.'' (arcade)====
Mario is a playable character in ''Mario Bros.'', introducing both him and Luigi with the role of being [[plumber]]s. The game takes place in the sewers, where Mario has to fight off various creatures. To stun an enemy, Mario has to jump underneath the floor it is on to flip the enemy over. He can then walk into the enemy to kick it off-screen and eliminate it from the game.
''Mario Bros.'' is the first game to feature Luigi as the second player's character and as a palette swap of Mario, as Luigi looks the same as Mario, only with green clothing.
The game received home console releases, such as for the [[Atari 2600]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. One ad for the Atari 2600 version features Luigi shouting "Mario, where are you?" a few times, as he needs help to deal with the creatures. This line is a play on the 1960s television series ''[[Car 54, Where Are You?]]''.
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros.''====
====''Super Mario Bros.''====
====''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (America)====
====''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (America)====
America had its own ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', starring Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad on a journey to liberate Subcon from a frog king named Wart.
America had its own ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', starring Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach (named Princess Toadstool at the time), and Toad, who all go on a journey to liberate Subcon from a frog king named Wart. Mario's strength and jumping abilities are both at average.
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
''Super Mario Bros. 3'' resumes the plot of Mario and Luigi going on a journey to rescue Princess Toadstool from Bowser. Luigi can only be played by second-player, unlike before. Mario and Luigi have help from the same power-up items as in ''Super Mario Bros.'', but a few additional power-up items have now been added, including the Tanooki Leaf, Hammer Suit, and Frog Suit, which grant either Mario brother tanooki-like features, the ability to throw hammers, and don a frog suit that allows for faster underwater swimming, respectively.
====''Super Mario Land''====
''[[Super Mario Land]]'' features Mario as the main and sole playable character. This is Mario's first platforming adventure on a handheld system, specifically the [[Game Boy]], as well as the first where he is not accompanied by Luigi.
====''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''====
Just like its predecessor, ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' includes Mario as the only playable character.
====''Super Mario World''====
In ''Super Mario World'', while on a trip to Dinosaur Land, Princess Peach gets kidnapped once again, so Mario and Luigi traverse the island on a journey to rescue her.
====''Super Mario 64''====
''[[Super Mario 64]]'' is the first Mario game where Mario stars in his own 3D platforming adventure. He has to recover the Power Stars missing from Princess Peach's Castle and rescue the princess from Bowser himself, like he has done many times before.
====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' features Mario as the sole playable character, just as in ''Super Mario 64''. He, Toadsworth, Princess Peach, and Toads go to Isle Delfino for a vacation. However, the entire location is vandalized with paint-like substance known as goop by a Mario lookalike named Shadow Mario. In a court ruling, Mario is framed for the crime and forced to clean up the entire island, and he is not allowed to leave otherwise.
====''Super Mario 64 DS''====
''Super Mario 64 DS'' includes Mario as one of four playable characters, alongside Yoshi, Luigi, and Wario. There is a slight change in the plot where Mario, Luigi, and Wario are each kidnapped some time after entering Princess Peach's Castle. A Lakitu Bro informs Yoshi that Mario has not returned yet, so Yoshi sets out to go find him and the other two. As such, Yoshi is the first playable character, but Mario can be unlocked for play by defeating Goomboss for the Mario Key and using it on the door marked with an "M" just outside the Rec Room.
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Super Mario Kart''====
In ''Super Mario Kart'', Mario is one of the eight playable characters. Both he and Luigi are average in all of their stats. If Mario is a game-controlled opponent, he sometimes uses the Starman item to become temporarily invincible.
====''Mario Kart 64''====
In ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', Mario is again one of the eight playable characters. Both Mario and Luigi once again have average stats.
====''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''====
''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' continues the trend of featuring both Mario and Luigi as middleweight playable characters within a roster of eight playable characters.
====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
In ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', Mario is now among twenty playable characters, and he is one of the sixteen who are playable from the start. Mario has his own unique item named Fireball, which involves him throwing a few fireballs in a row in front of him. Mario is partnered with Luigi by default, as seen in artwork associated with the game, and his signature kart is named the Red Fire.
Luigi has a similar special item named Green Fireball and a similar kart named Green Fire, both of which are mostly color revisions of Mario's Fireball and Red Fire, respectively.
====''Mario Kart DS''====
''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' includes Mario as one of the main playable characters. He appears on both title screens of the game. Like the other characters, Mario has his own standard vehicle, which in Mario's case is the Standard MR, and the two other vehicles associated with Mario are the B Dasher and Shooting Star.
====''Mario Kart Wii''====
In ''Mario Kart Wii'', Mario is a playable character available from the start.
===''Mario & Wario''===
===''Mario & Wario''===
The three characters vary in movement speed, and Mario in particular has a medium walking speed.
The three characters vary in movement speed, and Mario in particular has a medium walking speed.
===''Mario Tennis'' series===
====''Mario's Tennis''====
In ''Mario's Tennis'', Mario is one of seven playable characters. Neither him nor any of the characters have any statistical differences from one another.
====''Mario Tennis'' (Nintendo 64)====
In ''Mario Tennis'' for [[Nintendo 64]], Mario is one of twenty playable characters and one of fourteen who are playable from the start. He and Luigi share a common All-Around ability, similarly to the ''Mario Kart'' games. Mario's name is included within three tennis courts—Mario Bros. Court, Mario & Luigi Court, and Super Mario Court—all three of which have to be unlocked.
====''Mario Tennis'' (Game Boy Color)====
In ''Mario Tennis'' for [[Game Boy Color]], Mario is an unlockable playable character, despite a few recurring ''Mario'' characters like Luigi and Donkey Kong being playable from the start. Mario can be unlocked for play by winning a Singles match against him.
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
In ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Star'', Mario's first starring role, let alone appearance in a role-playing game, Mario is the main protagonist and leader of his own party.
===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party''====
In ''Mario Party'', Mario is one of six playable characters. Like many other later games in the ''Mario Party'' series, Mario and the other characters do not have any distinct attributes from one another.
====''Mario Party 2''====
''Mario Party 2'' once again features Mario as one of six playable characters.
====''Mario Party 3''====
''Mario Party 3'' now puts Mario among a roster of eight playable characters.
====''Mario Party 4''====
Just like in the previous title, ''Mario Party 4'' features Mario as one of eight playable characters.
====''Mario Party DS''====
In ''Mario Party DS'', Mario is one of eight playable characters. In Story mode, he and the other seven are shrunk by Minimizers, and they make their way through five game boards on a quest to not only retrieve the Star Crystals but also to return to normal size.
===''Mario Golf'' series===
====''Mario Golf'' (Nintendo 64)====
In ''Mario Golf'' for Nintendo 64, Mario is an unlockable playable character in single-player mode but is available from the start in multiplayer. However, his baby counterpart, Baby Mario, can be played from the start. Mario has a drive of 270 yards, and his shot type is High Draw. To unlock Mario, the player's character has to win against him in a character match.
====''Mario Golf'' (Game Boy Color)====
In ''Mario Golf'' for Game Boy Color, Mario is one of eleven playable characters. Unlike the Nintendo 64 game of the same name, Mario is not unlockable; this is a reciprocal of ''Mario Tennis'' for Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color, where the former game features him as playable by default whilst the latter includes him as an unlockable character. Mario is one of six characters whom the player can select to play as from the start.
Like the Nintendo 64 game, Mario drives about 270 yards, but his shot type is Draw.
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
''Paper Mario'' is the second role-playing game starring Mario, who is once again the leader of his own party.
==''Yoshi'' game appearances==
===''Yoshi''===
Although this is the first ''Yoshi'' game, Mario is the playable character, with Yoshi having more of a mascot status. In this puzzle game, Mario has to swap around various panels, most depicting an enemy, to try and match at least two of the same kind.
==External links==
*[https://themushroomkingdom.net/mariopedia/name/Mario Mario on The Mushroom Kingdom]
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Mario Characters]]
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[[Category:Donkey Kong Characters]]