Such has been the success of the “Mario” series that the iconic character, accompanied by his brother Luigi, has found success outside the confines of game cartridges and consoles. It’s officially the longest-running and most prolific game series of all time. In two years time, Mario will turn 40, and yet the video game series he stars in is still thriving. Who knows whether the world of video games as we know it would exist if it hadn’t been for the success of the first-ever “Super Mario Bros” on the Nintendo in the 1980s? It was the game that took video game consoles from “nice to have” to “must-have.” When children saw their friends playing through the unlikely adventures of the moustache-wearing Italian plumber in his fantasy land of mushrooms and princesses, they wanted a copy of their own.
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