March 10th is National Mario Day!!
#NationalMarioDay - History
For over a decade, give or take, fans have been celebrating Mario Day every March 10th before Mario's parent company,Nintendo, officially embraced #NationalMarioDay. When Nintendo started to celebrate the day, they also started promoting both old & new Mario games with special deals. Why March 10th? Well if you took Mar from March & 10 for the day you put both together it spells Mar10.
Mario Franchise History
Mario made his official debut in 1981 in a Donkey Kong game, created by Shigeri Miyamoto who also created The Legend of Zelda (one of our favorites as well), Starfox & Donkey Kong. In 1988, Super Mario Bros 3 was released on the NES & became the highest grossing game of all time. Then the next year in 1989, Super Mario Land was released on the GameBoy. With the upcoming sequel Super Mario Land 2, Mario's enemy, War was introduced to us. Around 1996 is when Mario went 3D with Super Mario 64 as the main game introducing the new Nintendo 64 console. In 2017, we were introduced to his new friend Cappy in Super Mario Odyssey on the Nintendo Switch.
As of 2022, there are over 200 Mario games that have been released. So many different options for the kind of mood you are in! There are puzzle, sport, role playing, racing or party games to choose from.
Mario Fun Facts
Did you know there was a study conducted by Max Planck Institute that playing Super Mario 64 it helps with spatial operation, memory formation, strategic planning & fine motor skills!! So not only is Super Mario 64 fun but it helps with brain function as well?!
With over 600 million copies of games sold, Mario is the best selling video game franchise of all time!
Mario was supposed to be a carpenter not a plumber. They changed their minds when the backgrounds involved pipes.
Bowser was originally supposed to be an ox but the illustrator thought it was a turtle so they went with the giant turtle instead.
The Chain Chomper was inspired by a neighborhood dog that scared Miyamoto when he was a child
What is your favorite Mario game?
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