Mario

Mario (Japanese: ???, Mario), also known as Super Mario and originally Jumpman (??????) in Japan, is a video game character created by Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. He is one of Nintendo's best-known characters, and is considered by many to be the most well-known video game character in history, appearing in hundreds of games, many of them bestsellers. Mario first appeared in the 1981 Donkey Kong arcade game, while Mario's brother Luigi first appeared in Mario Bros., the arcade game. The Mario franchise has, as of 11 August 2005, sold 180,000,000 games (making it by far the biggest selling franchise in the history of video games).

External links

• Mario's World (Nintendo Official Site)
• The Mushroom Kingdom
• Super Mario Bros. Headquarters
• Toad's Castle
• The Evolution of Mario History of Mario Sprites
• Mario: The Unauthorized Biography
• Video Game Ads A website with video game commercials from all over the world, including some vintage Mario ads
• Super Mario Bros. Info Station - Koopa Style A website with fan art, fan fics, scans, info on the cartoons, and nostalgia. It also has vintage Mario commercials
• Super Mario Wiki- A wiki dedicated to everything Mario.
• Acmlm's Board Super Mario World Hacking