Mario

"Mario Mario" aka "Super Mario", brother of "Luigi Mario" is a character created by Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. He has stared in games since the creation of the arcade game Donkey Kong (Where he was known only as Jumpman). By Donkey Kong Jr. he was given the name "Mario", and by Mario Bros. he was paired with his new brother, Luigi, and given the job as a plumber. Since Super Mario Bros, Mario has claimed residence in a place known as the Mushroom Kingdom, where his primary job seems to be rescuing Princess Peach from the clutches of Bowser, the Koopa King. Along with this, notable characters include Yoshi the dinosaur, Toad (Also the name for the mushroom citizens), Wario and Waluigi.

Mario has stared in nearly 200 games, and he is the best selling video game franchise of all time. Due to his sucess, Mario Fan Games Galaxy was born, and fangaming truely began.

Mario mainly stars in platformers, although he has been known to star in many sports and RPGs games too. Members of the community attempt to re-create these games for entertainment purposes, many of which have become quite popular (Like the TV previewing of Super Mario: Blue Twighlight DX). Sprites are also made of him by the community too, for use in fangames/comics and the like.