Why do we celebrate March 10? super mario day? The fans they created the holiday from a visual pun; today, it is the official date to remember all the smiles that this has brought us character, who has sold more than 421 million of games in his almost 40 years of existence.
Super Mario is one of those few characters that are instantly recognizable around the world: both dedicated fans and people who have never approached a console immediately identify the willful hero of the Mushroom Kingdom. About to turn 40 years on consoles Nintendo, Mario has already played more than a hundred games and has sold more of 421 million copies of his adventures around the world (of which, further of 10 millions In physical format they correspond to Europe*).
What do we have to pay special attention to?
- Mario has already jumped through more than a hundred games and He has sold more than 421 million copies of his adventures worldwide, while 10 million of those sales have occurred in Europe.
- Nintendo reveals how many games it has sold Super Mario in Europebecoming a stellar franchise in our country.
With so many fans, it’s no wonder that some of them decided to dedicate a day to him: the March 10 was the chosen date, by the visual resemblance that, in English, it had with the name of the character (March 10, which could be contracted into Mar10, that is, Mario). Today is the day dedicated to celebrating all the smiles that our favorite plumber has given us.
He “birthday” by Mario, strictly speaking, is September 13. On that date of 1985 This character entered the homes of Japan for the first timethrough the videogame Super Mario Bros.for the Famicom console, which would be marketed in America and Europe under the name Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). No era, sin However, his first appearance on the screen: Mario had debuted in 1981, in the videogame Donkey Kongan essential part of the then popular theaters recreational games.
Super Mario unstoppable around the world
Super Mario Bros. It also appears among the titles that the New Yorker Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) plans to acquire emblematic video games for its collection. Mario has always been faithful to his identity: the mustache, the red cap and the blue overalls.
And, over the years, he has surrounded himself with a large group of friends who sometimes accompany him on his trips. adventures. The first was his brother Luigiwho was by his side almost from the beginning.
Then came Princess Peach and Toad (Super Mario Bros., 1985), Princess Daisy (Super Mario Land, 1989), Yoshi (Super Mario World, 1990) or Toadette (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, 2003), among others. others.
Since its creation, Mario has starred in more than a hundred games, and has been present on all Nintendo consoles; and throughout all these years he has been transformed thanks to such fun power-ups as the winged cap (Super Mario 64, Nintendo 64, 1996), which allowed Mario to take to the skies; the super bell (Super Mario 3D World, Wii U, 2013), which turned him into a cat capable of climbing walls and scratching enemies; the superleaf, which (also in Super Mario 3D World) transformed him into Tanuki Mario and gave him the ability to fly and attack with his tail; and the most recent elephant (Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Nintendo Switch, 2023), which allows Mario to turn into an elephant and use its trunk to destroy blocks and absorb and throw water.
A curious fact: since last November, Mario y company drive their vehicles through the streets of a Spanish city: Walk through Madridone of the so-called urban circuits, was then incorporated into the game as part of the Extra Clues Pass, with numerous nods to very recognizable places and emblematic buildings of the capital. A gift for more than 1.2 million personas that have been obtained with this title in Europe.
For more information go to the Nintendo Europe website.
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