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The Birth of a Legend: Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto was a main key in the creation of Mario and Nintendo's success as a whole. He was born on November 16th, 1952, parents being Iijake Miyamoto and Hinako Aruha. -
The Start of Mario
The game Mario first started in was Donkey Kong. This was the first major milestone of Nintendo's gaming culture. Originally named "Jumpman", his goal was to save the damsel in distress, Pauline, from the clutches of the escaped ape, Donkey Kong. -
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The Gaming Crash of 83' to 85'
This event was the greatest bankruptcy and downfall of the Video Game industry yet. This event had the industry from 3 Billion to almost 100 million in 2 years. The future of Mario and Nintendo was not looking so great. -
The Release of Mario Bros. Arcade
Not to be confused with Super Mario Bros, Mario Bros was an arcade cabinet made by Nintendo that gave Mario his name, and introduced his brother, Luigi. Though they may have looked weird in comparison to the current Mario and Luigi, they were the Plumbers before their adventures in their Super Mario games. This game also had many home console iterations, such as on the Atari 2600, the Colecovision, and eventually, the Nintendo Entertainment System. -
Mario... now more Super!
The first in the series of Super Mario games, Super Mario Bros, was released and produced by Nintendo and the legend himself, Shigeru Miyamoto. This game almost reversed the entire crash by itself, with selling 40 million copies worldwide. In the game, you play as Mario (or Luigi, if you're Player 2, but I still think he is better than Mario) trying to save a new damsel, Princess Toadstool, from the dreaded King Koopa. -
Mario's Back, and better than ever.
Super Mario Bros. 2 (localized as Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels for American and European countries) was the original sequel to the NES and Famicom game, Super Mario Bros. Not much different to the original, Super Mario Bros. 2 added in weather, a better post game, and of course, the option of playing as Luigi. This game was actually not released onto the NES in America and Europe, due to the fact that it was too hard, even for the workers at Nintendo of Japan! -
Another Mario 2?
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Super Mario USA for Japanese consoles) was a solution to the gut-wrenching difficult game of the original Mario 2. It was an entirely new game aside from the original Super Mario Bros, unlike Japanese Mario 2, but this game was a modification and entire rebuild of the engine used to make the Famicom game, Doki Doki Panic.
Fun Fact : The same person that made Super Mario Bros. 1 and 2, Shigeru Miyamoto, was the creator of Doki Doki Panic as well. -
The End of the NES Mario Era
This game was the Mario to end all NES Mario games. Super Mario Bros. 3 was the first game to give Mario some of his most notable power-ups, moves, and mechanics. Some include the slide, shell jumping, the P-meter, and the Raccoon Leaf / The Tanooki Suit. Out of all the Mario's in my opinion, this takes the cake for being the most enjoyable and wholesome Mario game on the NES. -
Mario in a new land?
As the first Mario game on a handheld console, Super Mario Land had similar physics of the first Super Mario Bros. game on the NES. In this game, you play as Mario, saving the new damsel Daisy from the alien Tatanga.
Fun Fact: Even though this game is seen to be one of the worst Mario games, I LOVE it for its simplistic graphics and physics. -
Super Mario... even more Super?
The next era of gaming was fast approaching, the 16-bit era, which allowed more pixels and colors to be on the screen at once. Nintendo took Mario to the next level with the Super Nintendo (Super Famicom) gaming system in the blockbuster game, Super Mario World.
Fun Fact: There were television series of all of Mario's games in the NES-SNES era. The shows were The Super Mario Bros Super Show, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, and The Adventures of Super Mario World.
