Article originally written by BultWolf 3 for Super Mario Portal (marioportal.com) on 13th of October, 2004. I’m sure that as far as we can remember, Mario has had enemies, and it has almost always been the same ones, Bowser and his army of turtles known as Koopas. It seems like every game that has Mario … Read more
The complete visual and gameplay history of Mario — Nintendo’s iconic plumber — from his 1981 debut as “Jumpman” in Donkey Kong through every era of his evolution: the 8-bit NES years, the 16-bit SNES golden age, the leap into 3D with Super Mario 64, the modern Wii / DS / 3DS revival, and the Switch-era hits that have kept Mario the best-selling video game character in history.