At the time, however, as Miyamoto was unable to acquire a license to use the characters (and would not until 1982 with Popeye), he would end up creating an unnamed player character, along with Donkey Kong, and Lady (later known as Pauline). Originally, Miyamoto wanted to create a game that used the 1930s characters Popeye, Bluto, and Olive Oyl. Shigeru Miyamoto created Mario while developing Donkey Kong in an attempt to produce a bestselling video game for Nintendo previous games, such as Sheriff, had not achieved the success of games such as Namco's Pac-Man. With more than 750 million units sold worldwide, the overall Mario franchise is the bestselling video game franchise of all time. He has also inspired a considerable amount of unofficial media. Mario's likeness has appeared in a variety of merchandise, such as clothing and collectible items, and people and places have been nicknamed after him. Mario is near-unanimously considered to be the most famous character in the video game industry and an established pop culture icon. He was voiced by Chris Pratt in The Super Mario Bros.
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Mario has also appeared in various animations, including three series produced by DIC Entertainment (voiced by Lou Albano and later Walker Boone), and was portrayed by Bob Hoskins in the 1993 Super Mario Bros. He has appeared in other Nintendo properties, such as in the Super Smash Bros. Mario, role-playing games such as Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, and sports games such as Mario Kart and Mario Tennis. Since 1991, Mario has been voiced by Charles Martinet.Īfter Super Mario Bros., Mario began to branch off to different genres. He then began to star in the Super Mario series of platform games, beginning with the critically acclaimed Super Mario Bros. Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the setting of Donkey Kong. Video", he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances originally called "Mr. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Mario first appeared as the player character of Donkey Kong (1981), a platform game. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. He is an Italian plumber residing in the fictional Mushroom Kingdom, whose adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the villain Bowser. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. He is the title character of the video game franchise of the same name and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. David Plaschon ( Mario's Time Machine Deluxe).Colin Case ( Super Mario Compact Disco).Nicholas Glaeser ( Mario Is Missing!).Walker Boone ( The Adventures of Super Mario Bros.Gerri Sorrells ( Super Mario: ABC no Utau Video).Leon Reeder ( Donkey Kong Goes Home LP (1983)).Larry Moran (Donkey Kong Cereal commercials).
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