Super Mario - A Short History

Super Mario is a classic game series created by Nintendo Entertainment System. It stars an Italian plumber called Mario and his brother Luigi. In most of the games, players are required to finish each level to be able to proceed to the other. In one of the games, the objective of it is to save Princess Peach from the hands of Bowser which is the ruler of the Koopas. The game could be played by two players as well as one.

Super Mario Bros could be considered one of the most successful games ever created as it has more than 40 million copies of it sold. This game may be the backbone of Nintendo's success in the gaming world as it survived during the video game crash during the 1980s. Due to the overwhelming success of Super Mario, the Mario Brothers are officially Nintendo's highest known mascot. Even its theme music is well known by a lot of people. It has been well used by a lot of video games as well.

There are additional items that would aid them with their quests. By collecting 100 coins, the life of the character would be increased by one. By collecting a certain mushroom, the characters will turn larger and these characters would be called Super Mario or Luigi. These characters are able to take two hits before losing one of their lives. There are numerous other "upgrades" available and should only require you to check them out by playing the games. Players would also be playing in different worlds where each world has its own sub-level as well. At the last world and at the last level, they would then fight the last boss and victory would mean the end of the game.

Super Mario also has a lot of versions released by Nintendo. Though the graphic gets slightly better by each of the new version coming out, the game play stays the same. The game might be the one that you play just to kill time. Other than that, it may not be so interesting.

However, there are also racing games that are starred by characters available in the Mario games. You can find these racing games in arcades. The graphics of it are also much better. You can choose your driver and get upgrades and keep track of them in a card which is available for you to buy on the machine itself. It is very enjoyable to play it with your friends and family members or even just by yourself.

Super Mario games are available in a lot of platform such as the GameBoy Advance, Famicom Disk System, NES and many others. There are also flash game versions of Super Mario available for download. Checkout Mario Games Play for free online games to play.

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