Nintendo’s biggest and most famous mascot reaches his 25th birthday today (September 13th.)

Mario’s father, Shigeru Miyamoto explains why he thinks Mario is still popular even to this day.

“Stimulated by advancements in technologies, we have always enjoyed creating the Super Mario Bros. games. The series has always taken advantage of the latest technological advancements and is the fruit of creativity of many of my hard-working friends working closely as a team,” said Mario’s creator, Shigeru Miyamoto.

Mario started off as Jumpman where he faced off against Donkey Kong to save the princess. He has gone through many incarnations from Mario Bros on the NES to Super Mario Galaxy 2.

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Last week we picked up Super Mario Galaxy. It has always been a private shame of mine that I never truly experienced Mario 64, despite all the accolades that it has garnered. Years ago, I played for the first level, enjoyed running about and marveling at the scenery. But then, as I recall, the game became impossibly difficult. Not for all people. Just for me. Completing precision jumps across lava filled 3D chasms while ominous monstrosities slobber at my heels is my own private form of hell.
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But Super Mario Galaxy has received universally great reviews; it maintains an ample 97.3% on Gamerankings.com. It is also supposedly relatively easy to beat and the controls are dead simple, a stance in line with Nintendo’s lovely new casual bent. So, what the heck. Targét, the local French emporium of stylish goods, had it on sale for 35 smackers. I figured I’d give it a shot.

So I plopped it in the Wii and sat through the drearily long intro movie. First impressions…the camera still sucks, but it is cool that you can tag the little star bits with the wiimote. Ooh, a spherical world. Wow, this camera really does suck! I’m suddenly navigating upside down and my head is cocked at a 90 degree angle. I barely know where my little dude is heading.
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Super Mario, a classic videogame character and one of the most well known icons in the world.  Its not surprising to see that theres plenty of fan art of the plumber.  This gallery is dedicated to this red and blue dressed individual. First up we have living-oxymoron and his piece entitled Super Mario Brothers Fanart.  An amazing piece that brings forth another popular idea within the fan art scene, the change in style and rendering of the original property.  Here we see how he has taken the otherwise rather simple and cartoonlike atmosphere of Mario and his world, consisting of cartoon proportions, bright colours and lighthearted ambiance and turned it into a dark and twisted, realistically proportioned dystopian image.  Mario has been given a proper human anatomy, and despite still retaining his red and blue colours they have been given a darker hue, blending well into the colour scheme that the artist has given the piece.  The image is a surreal look at the videogame, portraying the Koopa Troopas as actual realistically rendered turtles with wings, while Piranha plants and Goombas are portrayed in a similar style to the original but with an added layer of complexity, such as a sense of construction and form.  A fine looking and impressive piece in all. Next up we have the first animated piece in the museum,

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Super Mario Game Wallpapers – HD Backgrounds

Many HD Super Mario Game desktop wallpapers for your pc, notebook or laptop. Photos of Super Mario in all resolutions and sizes. All nice Super Mario wallpapers are for free! Click on a wallpaper to see it full size and save the background.

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Players are ranked based on enemies killed, lives, coins, and points. Check out the photos below or live Nintendo press conference for more details.

In the last hour there have been rumors of a new Super Mario Bros game, and during the Nintendo keynote at E3 2009, this game was confirmed with some details.

There is a new game that has been referred to as “New Super Mario Bros. Wii”, and it has a release of some time in the 2009 holidays. It will be playable on the E3 2009 show floor.

The new Super Mario Bros game lets you play in co-op or single player modes, and these can be switched at any time. Four players will be able to play at the same time in the 3D style game, where they will compete for coins.

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