By: Bhavitaviya singh

About the Series

Genre: Jump ‘n’ run.

Developer (s): EAD ( 1985-2015 ).

EPD ( Since 2015 ).

Publisher: Nintendo.

Shigeru Miyamoto

Game & watch Game Boy Color Nintendo Wii U

NES (Nintendo Entertainment system) Game Boy Advance iOS
Famicom Disk System Game Cube Android
Arcade Nintendo Switch
Nintendo DS
Game Boy
Nintendo Wii
Super NES
Nintendo 64 Nintendo 3DS
Over-View
• Mario is frictional character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru
Miyamoto.

• Beside appearing in , Mario was officially launched in year

1985.

• His adventure generally centers on rescuing Princess Peach from

koopa villain

• Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation.
 Concept & Creation

Shigeru Miyamoto created Mario while developing Donkey Kong in an attempt to produce
a best-selling video game for Nintendo.

Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo
appearances and named him “mr. video” , but due to some circumstances, he was
renamed as

Due to graphical limitation of arcade, Miyamoto clothed Mario in red overalls and blue shirt.
A red cap was added to avoid drawing his hairstyle, forehead and eyebrows.

Miyamoto drew a large nose and a mustache to avoid the need of drawing a mouth and
facial expressions.
Characteristics

• Mario is depicted as a portly plumber who lives in the fictional land of the
Mushroom Kingdom, though in the original Donkey Kong games he is a

• Mario usually saves Princess Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom but
Originally, he has to rescue his girlfriend in Donkey Kong.

• Not only Mario but even Princess Peach was also rescued Mario in Super
Princess Peach. Mario has also rescued of in
Super Mario Land.

• Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden coins for game boy saw the arrival of,
Mario’s , Mario’s greedy counterpart, who sometimes assumes the role
 TimeLine of the Series
1992 2021
1986 Super Super
Super 2002 2010 Mario 3D
Mario 2015
Mario Super 2012 World +
Land 2: 6 Super Super
Bros: Lost Mario Mario New Bowser’s
1989 Golden 1996 2007 Mario
levels Sunshine Super 2017 Fury
Super coins Super Super Galaxy 2 Maker
Mario Super
Mario Mario Mario Bro’s 2 Mario
Land 64 Galaxy and U Odyssey

1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

1988 2009 2013 2019

1995 Super
Super New Super
Super Mario
1985 Mario 1990 Super Mario
Mario 2006 2011 3D 2016
Super Bros 2 Super Mario Maker 2
World 2 : New Super Super
Mario and 3 Mario Bro’s World
Yoshi’s Super Mario Mario
Bros World Mario’s Wii
Island 3D Run
Bros Land
1985 Super Mario Bros

These games are less In these games, most

on commonly, Bowser kidnaps
plot and more on Peach, and Mario, with the
platforming. Most worlds help of Luigi and other
contain a set number of characters, sets out to
levels for Mario to rescue her.
complete.

Super Mario Bros Mario has the goal of

introduced the basic reaching the end of the
three power-ups that level to move onto the next,
have become staples typically marked with a
for the series
1988 Super Mario Bros 2

One change that

After unsuccessful include the
This was originally not game-play, The game
going to be a sequel to retexturing of
was
Super Mario Bros and
was originally going to
be a game called of Doki of Doki Doki
with the help of Panic. Since they
Miyamoto and varied in height it was
released exclusively in the first time where
the game directed by Japan in 1987.
Kensuke Tanabe. Mario was notice
shorter than Luigi.

• The objective of the game is to navigate the character through the dream world Subcon and defeat the

main Wart.
1988 Super Mario Bros 3
This
The game's
experimented
with Mario's
success led
looks with to an
different power- animated
ups that television
represented series
different
creatures. An
example
included the

Which was chosen over a that represented a centaur. The levels were created after

power-ups were chosen, and were designed to take advantage of his varying abilities.
1989 Super Mario Land
• Super Mario Land was designed without the help of Miyamoto, a first for the series.

Hiroshi Yamauchi instead of

wanted a launch title rescuing
Princess
for the The game uses Peach from
completely Bowser in the
different elements Mushroom
to pair with the Kingdom, Mario
small screen due is rescuing
that prominently
to the Game Boy's
featured Mario, as he portability, Mario
was designed
believed in the
from Tatanga in
statement "fun games
sold consoles".
1990 Super Mario World

This was the first Yoshi's rideability

video game to was inspired by
feature Miyamoto's love for

as a companion to
Mario. Miyamoto Super Mario World
Since Super Mario released during a
had always wanted World took place
a dinosaur-like Console war
in between Nintendo
companion since
the original Super and Sega.
Mario Bros. Takashi Tezuka
requested
Shigefumi Hino
to draw a
character based
on Miyamoto's
concepts and
sketches.
1992 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

This Game has Mario pursue something for his own benefit rather
than for someone else.

His goal trying to of his island, “Mario Land”, from Wario. The game
was developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1 (R&D1).

The company was by the Super Mario series, and when they were
tasked with creating a Super Mario game without Miyamoto.

they created (the counter part of Mario) to emphasize the frustration

of working with a character they didn't make.
1995 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island was
released for SNES (Super Nintendo
Entertainment System).

In a style new to To reunite

the series, the
game has a

with his brother

aesthetic. The Luigi, who has
game introduces been kidnapped
his signature by Kameka, the
abilities to flutter player controls
jump and produce Yoshi as the
eggs from primary character
swallowed while carrying
enemies. Baby Mario.
1996 Super Mario 64

Mario's debut 3D role was in When Yoshiaki

Koizumi had to create a
3D model and animation
of Mario, he had no
,the concept of 3D video frame of reference and
games was still new at the struggled with the task.
time.

The developers knew

they were helping to pave
the way for

and they weren't

restricted on what the
standard game was like.
2002 Super Mario Sunshine

Later on, when they used a

This was the first Nintendo game with generic man for the role, they
Satoru Iwata as the believed having a realistic
person alongside a character
like Mario would cause trouble,
of Nintendo. The game's original and was ultimately changed to
concept did not feature Mario. Mario instead.

In it, Mario and Peach travel to Mario must clear his name, and
clean up the entire island with a
water-squirting accessory called
F.L.U.D.D.
for a vacation But their trip soon gets
spoiled when a Mario doppelganger ,
going by the name of shadow Mario,
appears and vandalizes the entire
island.
2006 New Super Mario Bros

After no original 2D
The classic power-
game releases in the
ups (Super
series since 1995, Mushroom, Fire
Flower and Super
Star) return
alongside the
was released on the
Nintendo DS in 2006.

The gameplay is 2D,

but most of the
characters and
objects are 3D on
2D backgrounds,
resulting in a
2.5D effect.
2007 Super Mario Galaxy
This game had Mario exploring a number of many power-ups
and transformations
were implemented
based on the
which the developers at the time knew simply worker's
jumping on enemies would be difficult to suggestions.
perform.

They instead took advantage of the Wii

To also balance
Remote having motion controls, and gave Mario
the game's
a
difficulty, Mario
was given less
hit-points.
where he knocks over the enemies via spinning.
2009 New Super Mario Bros Wii
New Super Mario Bros.
Wii is a 2.5D side-
scrolling platform which
is the first Super
Mario game to feature
multiplayer game
play.

2010 Super Mario Galaxy 2

The game
Super Mario Galaxy sees Mario travelling
2 is a video game through space once again
released for to save Princess Peach
the Wii and is the from Bowser, who has
direct sequel to the stolen the
2007 game Super to build his
Mario Galaxy. galactic empire.
2011 Super Mario 3D Land
The game has attempted to
translate the gameplay of the
2D games into a 3D
environment, and simplify the
was released for the Nintendo
control scheme of the 3D
3Ds ,is the first original
games through including more
3D Super Mario game on a
linear levels.
handheld console, since all
previous handheld games were
2D.

2012 New Super Mario Bros Series (2 and U)

Princess Peach is held captive
in her castle by Bowser who
invade and use a to
the player, as Mario or
Luigi, tries to save
Princess Peach from
throw Mario & Luigi far away.
Bowser with the
Mario and friends must now
game's secondary
travel across this new land
goal to collect one
returning to Peach's castle in
million coins.
order to save her.
2013 Super Mario 3D World
The game follows Mario and
friends attempting to rescue
called Sprixies from Bowser,
who invades the realm
known as the
In the game, Co-operative
multiplayer is available for up
to four players. The game
introduced the ability to turn
the characters into cats
able to attack and scale
walls

2015 Super Mario Maker

Super Mario Maker is a creation tool released for the Wii U, which allows players to create
their own levels based on the gameplay and style of many Super Mario games, as well as to
share their creations online.
2016 Super Mario Run

Super Mario Run is a side-scrolling and auto-scrolling video game released for
and platform.

In this game, Mario runs automatically, and the player's in charge of controlling the
jumping action so that Mario avoids all.
2017 Super Mario Odyssey
It is a open- In the game, is possessed by a
world Mario travels spirit named
across many
different worlds on
3D style of the hat-shaped
game with ship Odyssey, to he gains the new move of
"more open- rescue Princess temporarily "capturing"
ended Peach from enemies and objects to
exploration”. Bowser utilize their abilities.

2021 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury

It sees Mario teaming
up with Bowser Jr. to
collect to
restore the lighthouses
in the land called Lake
Lapcat.
A gigantic incarnation of Bowser
known as Fury Bowser awakens
to bring darkness upon the land.
To beat him, Mario must collect
enough Cat Shines to awaken
the
and use it to fight
Bowser.
 Mario’s RPG Game

• Mario has been the protagonist of various role-playing video games (RPGs), beginning with
S on SNES.

• The game was a critical and commercial success, and led to two other spinoff RPG series
starring the character, and

• the Paper Mario is the only one still currently running with in 2020, as the
company behind the Mario & Luigi series went bankrupt.
Mario’s Sports Games

• Nintendo has explored a variety of sports games featuring Super Mario property,
which include tennis, golf, baseball, soccer, kart racing and other miscellaneous.

In 1984 the video game Nintendo later confirmed the

Golf, one of the two playable
characters looks similar to that of
him, wearing red clothes and
black pants, he is never directly
referred to be Mario.
character was Mario in a guide
book of the game in 1991,
marking his first sports video
game appearance.
Mario’s Puzzle Games
• Mario has also starred in a variety of multiple Puzzles games, but sometimes only makes an
appearance and is not playable.

• three main series and a variety of spin-offs were released starring him, including Dr. Mario,
Mario V/S Donkey Kong and Mario Picross.

The original game in the Dr.

The Mario Picross series
Mario series assuming the
was an attempt by Nintendo
role of a doctor instead of a
and the success of puzzle
plumber. His appearance and
games, followed by two
role have generally remained
sequels, Super Mario
the same, to celebrate his
Mario vs. Picross and Picross 2.
30th anniversary.
Donkey
Kong is
centred around
‘Mini Mario’s’,
Wind-up
toys that
resemble
Mario.