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Mario

Mario
Mario appears in the Nintendo GameCube in his typical attire: red shirt, blue overalls, brown work shoes, white gloves, and a red garrison cap with an 'M' emblem on the front.
For over 25 years, Mario has been
Nintendo's official mascot.
Game seriesMario series
First gameDonkey Kong (1981)
Creator(s)Shigeru Miyamoto
Designed byShigeru Miyamoto
(Donkey Kong)
Yoichi Kotabe
(Super Mario Bros. series)
Shigefumi Hino
(Super Mario World)
Voice actor(s) (English)Video Games
Mark Graue (1994)
Charles Martinet (1995-present)
Cartoons
Peter Cullen (1983-1985)
Lou Albano (1989-1990)
Walker Boone (1990-1991)
Voice actor(s) (Japanese)Video Games
Charles Martinet (1995-present)
Anime
Toru Furuya (1986)
Motion capture actorLou Albano
(The Super Mario Bros. Super Show)
Bob Hoskins
(Super Mario Bros. The Movie)
Takashi Okamura
(Hot Mario Bros.)

Mario (マリオ, Mario?) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and is the official mascot of Nintendo. Mario was originally portrayed with two-dimensional sprites, but in later games he is a three-dimensional, polygonal model. Because of the common reference to him and his brother Luigi as the "Mario Brothers," certain non-game sources, such as comic books, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, and the Super Mario Bros. film, as well as Nintendo of Europe's Mario Megasite have suggested his full name is "Mario Mario," However, Nintendo of America stated in the 1980s that Mario and Luigi do not have last names.

Mario and Luigi are both Italian plumbers. According to Mario cartoons by DiC Entertainment and the Super Mario Bros. movie, as well as the Super Mario 64 Players Guide written by Nintendo Power, Mario and Luigi are from Brooklyn,, however, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island indicates that the Marios may be from the Mushroom Kingdom.

Mario is depicted as a 155 cm (5 ft) portly Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom. He is well known for constantly thwarting the plans of the evil King Bowser to kidnap Princess Peach and subjugate the Mushroom Kingdom, his plucky personality, enthusiasm and spirit in the face of enemies, unexpected physical agility, cooperation with his brother, and close relationship with Princess Peach whom he has repeatedly saved. He has a greedy doppelganger by the name of Wario.

As Nintendo's mascot, Mario is considered to be the most famous character in video game history. The Mario series of video games has sold more than 193 million units, making the Mario series the best-selling video game series of all time. Outside of the platformers with which he is traditionally associated, Mario has appeared in video games in different genres, including the Mario Kart racing series, Nintendo's arcade sports games (such as the Mario Tennis and Mario Golf series), and Nintendo's series of Mario role-playing games (including Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the Paper Mario series, and the Mario & Luigi series).

Mario was featured in a show entitled The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, live-action movie called Super Mario Bros., the Nintendo Comics System (a series of comics featuring Nintendo characters), and the Nintendo Adventure Books. The show starred Captain Lou Albano as Mario, and the movie starred Bob Hoskins. Outside the original games, television shows, film and comics, he has spawned a line of licensed merchandise and made appearances in popular culture. Also, Mario was one of the only four video game characters to be honoured with a star in Walk of Game, alongside Link, Lara Croft and Sonic the Hedgehog.


Mario Mp3 Downloads

Download audio files (mp3 and wma) with Mario Songs using these download websites. The list will be updated perciodically.

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  • Mario Ringtones

    You can get any Mario ringtone you like (realtone, polyphonic, mono tone, mp3 ringtone) using the next service:

    Mario Ringtones

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    Mario Music Videos

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    Mario Lyrics

    Get full Mario lyrics on music plate Mario lyrics page. Use the search option if the target page is not correctly displayed.




    Mario in the news

    among other things, the stake by Mario Klingemann allows you to digitally burn all the crap you hate. Try it, it's fun.

    I've always wondered...

    With the positive hype surrounding Contra 4 on DS, and the major success of the 10 million cart-selling New Super Mario Bros DS, we started thinking about other classic 2D games that need to be remade on today's systems. Check out our list of 5 potential games which would be great to play if made using the original gameplay mechanics!






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