Mario (universe)

Mario is a Nintendo franchise that has become the biggest video game empire in history. It has spawned games, television shows, movies, comic books, even breakfast cereals.

My very first experience with this series was at an arcade around 1986-1987. There was a VS. System cabinet with Super Mario Bros. on it. I didn't know you were supposed to hit the question mark blocks, or that you could jump on the goombas. Suffice to say, I didn't get very far. I later saw Super Mario Bros. on my baby sitter's NES and though the game was really cool. When my brother and I bought our NES around 1988, I played the game religiously.

To this day, I still love the 2D Mario games, but I haven't been very impressed with the 3D Mario games because the dynamic has changed so much.

Works

Video Games: Donkey Kong

• Donkey Kong
• Donkey Kong Jr.
• Donkey Kong 3

Video Games: Mario Bros.

• Mario Bros.

Video Games: Super Mario Bros.

• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Mario World
• Super Mario 64

Video Games: Mario Kart

• Super Mario Kart
• Mario Kart 64

Video Games: Dr. Mario

• Dr. Mario

Video Games: Mario Party

• Mario Party
• Mario Party 2
• Mario Party 3
• Mario Party 4

Films

• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
• The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Mario World (TV Show)
• Super Mario Bros. (Film)

Others

• Nintendo Cereal System

Media

Fan Art

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  Princesses picnic, by Hans Tseng.

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  Princesses picnic remix, by Hans Tseng.

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  Birth of Peach fan art.

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  Fan art by Ástor Alexander.

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  Mario is actually a psychopath.

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  Comic from Safely Endangered.

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  Daisy and Peach mock Mario.

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  Fan art by Zac Gorman.

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  Boo Buddy loves Metall.

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  Mario bones Peach for 1-ups.

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  Urban mushroom.

Videos

• youtube.com/watch?v=Agypp8AOCI0 - Did You Know Gaming? - Obscure facts.
• youtube.com/watch?v=kwMww4NxHLU - Did You Know Gaming? - Bugs.

Links