Mario, this versatile worker
Mario, a well-known character at Nintendo, has had many professions in his video game career.
Let’s try to list a few.
We find Mario, then called Jumpman, in the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong. He is a carpenter by trade.
In 1983 he delivered drinks with his brother Luigi at a Game & Watch game (Mario Bros). In fact, they are placing packages arriving from conveyor belts in a truck.
Also in 1983, Mario Bros is here at an arcade machine, where Mario and Luigi face creatures with the taste of New York. You play the role of a plumber, nothing more normal … In the same year, Mario is a cement worker in the Game & Watch game “Mario’s Cement Factory” and has to fill a truck with cement.
1983, productive year, allows Mario to be seen wearing a helmet and a military costume because of the veil.
1984 another Game & Watch game: “Donkey Kong’s Hockey”. In this game, Mario runs like the good hockey player he is.
In 1984, the game “Golf” was released on NES with a character believed to be Mario. Its appearance is so different that some players have doubts. The game was released on Famicom Disk in 1987. Even later we will see Mario Golfer in the “NES Open Tournament Golf” and many other Nintendo consoles that will follow.
In 1983 Mario refereed “Tennis” on the NES.
“Punch-Out !!” is an arcade video game released in 1983. This game was published on NES under the title “Punch-Out !! Mike Tyson” where we find Mario in the middle of the ring as a referee.
Dr. Mario was released on NES in 1990 and allows our hero to play a doctor. Mario the Juggler is a Game & Watch game from 1991 that, as the name suggests, allows Mario to get into the juggling profession … a rather rare game …
In 1992, Mario became an artist on Super Nintendo.
In “Yoshi’s Cookie”, Mario is a cook who has to line up identical cakes horizontally or vertically between a stack of randomly appearing cakes.
Mario’s karting career began in 1992 with Super Nintendo. The career extends to all Nintendo consoles, whether at home or portable.
1995 Mario wears the costume of an archologist in “Mario’s Picross” on Game Boy. This video puzzle game developed by Jupiter uses the principle of Picross, a numbers game on a grid, a distant relationship with archeology.
Mario, who has an exceptional sporting career, is also a tennis player. He started this sport in 1995 on the (as opposed to) Virtual Boy … make sure you look in the eyes …
Mario regularly uses the bat and the little yellow ball on other consoles from the Japanese company.
Mario puts on his crampons and becomes a footballer too. In 2005 he started on GameCube with Mario Smash Football, also known as Super Mario Strikers in Japan and the USA. We are far from the usual sports simulations with lots of “special shots”.
In 2005, Mario Baseball started on GameCube.
Also in 2005 is Mario, who dances with “Dancing Stage Mario Mix” and his famous dance floor.
In 2006, Mario’s small size didn’t stop him from playing the role of basketball player in Mario Slam Basketball.
Mario also knew the joys of the Olympics and therefore was a competitor in various disciplines. Let’s finish with iGamesNews’s newest title, “Mario and Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics”: see HERE and L.
The list is undoubtedly incomplete, and Mario may find new exploits with new professions.
