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| Mario | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mario_emblem.svg) The emblem on Mario's hat is iconic in the Mario franchise. | |
| Created by | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Original work | Donkey Kong (1981) |
| Owner | Nintendo |
| Years | 1981–present |
| Print publications | |
| Novel(s) | Nintendo Gamebooks |
| Comics | |
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| Animated series | |
| Direct-to-video | Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! (1986) |
| Games | |
| Traditional | Electromechanical games list |
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| Audio | |
| Original music | Music list |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Toy(s) | Lego Super Mario |
| Theme park attraction(s) | Super Nintendo World |
| Official website | |
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Mario[a] is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto for video game company Nintendo, which produces and publishes its installments. Starring the titular Italian plumber Mario, it is primarily a video game franchise but has extended to other forms of media, including television series, comic books, a 1993 feature film, a 2023 animated film, and theme park attractions. The series' first installment was 1983's Mario Bros. even though Mario made his first appearance in 1981's arcade game Donkey Kong and had already been featured in several games of the Donkey Kong and Game & Watch series. The Mario games have been developed by a wide variety of developers. Mario games have been released almost exclusively for Nintendo's various video game consoles and handhelds, from the third generation onward.
The flagship Mario subseries is the Super Mario series of platform games starting with 1985's Super Mario Bros., which mostly follows Mario's adventures in the fictional world of the Mushroom Kingdom and typically rely on Mario's jumping ability to allow him to progress through levels. The franchise has spawned over 200 games of various genres and several subseries, including Mario Kart, Mario Party, Mario Tennis, Mario Golf, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Paper Mario, and Mario & Luigi; several characters introduced in the Mario franchise, such as Donkey Kong, Wario, and Yoshi, sparked successful franchises of their own.
The Mario series is one of gaming's most successful and renowned franchises, with many of its games, in particular within the Super Mario subseries, considered some of the greatest video games ever made. It is the best-selling video game franchise of all time, with more than 830 million copies of games sold, including more than 430 million for the Super Mario games alone.[1] Mario is also Nintendo's flagship franchise.
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- ^ The main games between the 30th and the 35th anniversaries are considered to have twenty games in all.