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Super Mario (series)

Super Mario
Mario Series Logo.svg
The latest Super Mario series logo.
Genres Platform
Developers Nintendo EAD (1985–2016)
Nintendo EPD (2016–present)
Publishers Nintendo
Creators Shigeru Miyamoto
Composers Koji Kondo
Mahito Yokota
Platforms
Platform of origin Nintendo Entertainment System
First release Super Mario Bros.
September 13, 1985
Latest release Super Mario Run
December 15, 2016
Spin-offs Wario series
Yoshi series
Mario Kart series
Mario Party series

Super Mario (Japanese: スーパーマリオ Hepburn: Sūpā Mario?) is a series of platform video games created by Nintendo featuring their mascot, Mario. Alternatively called the Super Mario Bros. (スーパーマリオブラザーズ Sūpā Mario Burazāzu?) series or simply the Mario (マリオ?) series, it is the central series of the greater Mario franchise. At least one Super Mario game has been released for every major Nintendo video game console and handheld.

The Super Mario games follow Mario's adventures in the fictional Mushroom Kingdom, usually with Mario as the player character. He is usually joined by his brother, Luigi, and occasionally by other members of the Mario cast. As in platform video games, the player runs and jumps across platforms and atop enemies in themed levels. The games have simple plots, typically with Mario rescuing the kidnapped Princess Peach from the primary antagonist, Bowser. The first title in the series, Super Mario Bros., released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1985, established gameplay concepts and elements prevalent in nearly every Super Mario game since. These include a multitude of power-ups and items that give Mario special magic powers such as fireball-throwing and size-changing into giant and miniature sizes.


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