Mario Mario () je glavni lik i protagonist istoimene franšize videoigara i medija. On je bivši vodoinstalater koji živi u Mushroom Kingdomu. Mario često spašava Princezu Peach, i ona to uzvrati kad je Mariju potrebna pomoć. Marija je stvorio Shigeru Miyamoto na temelju Popaja. Prva pojava mu je bila u Donkey Kongu 1981. Mario je poznat po vještinama skakanja, i ima mnoge predmete u arsenalu kao Super pečurka, vatreni cvijet i Super zvijezda. Mario je nekad, s par iznimki, portreiran kao prazna ploča, lik koji se svaki put stopi s okolinom, lik čiju osobnost diktira okoliš, Nintendo kaže da ovo pomaže Mariju da igra mnoge uloge u raznim igrama. U većini igara, on je heroj koji spašava Princezu Peach od zlog Bowsera uz pomoć mlađeg brata blizanca, Luigija uz mnoge druge. Dan danas, Mario je jedan od najpoznatijih izmišljenih i animiranih likova ikad, i najpoznatiji, uspješniji i prepoznatljiviji lik u historiji videoigara, i prepoznatljiv je po svojoj crvenoj i plavoj odjeći i kapici, i pogotovo krupnom tijelu i bijelim rukavicama.
Historija
Stvaranje lijevo|mini|211x211piksel|Shigeru Miyamoto, stvaralac Marija Nakon neuspjeha Radar Scopea u Sjevernoj Americi, tadašnji predsjednik Nintenda, Hiroshi Yamauchi, zatražio je Miyamotovu pomoć u pretvaranju neprodanih jedinica Radar Scopea u nešto što će se dobro prodati. Miyamoto je zamislio koncept ljubavnog trokuta i odlučio napraviti igru na temelju Popaja. No, uskraćena su mu prava za Popaj franšizu pa je odlučio smisliti novu ideju koristeći vlastite likove.
Za upotrebu u svojoj arkadnoj igri Donkey Kong stvorio je lik igrača koji je u početku bio poznat pod nazivom Ossan (japanski izraz za muškarca srednjih godina), zatim Jumpman i G. Videoigra ili G. Video. Slučajno bi "Ossan" bilo ime koje je lik sličan Mariju dobio u igri Golf. Ovaj lik dobio je crvenu majicu i plavu košulju kako bi ruke bile vidljivije, uz to i kapu i brkove, jer kosu i usta nije bilo moguće animirati na arkadnom sistemu. Lik je izvorno bio poznat kao Jumpman, ali Nintendo od Japana je pitao Nintendo od Amerike žele li ga preimenovati za vrijeme zapadne lokalizacije; predsjednik Minoru Arakawa i zaposlenik Don James smatrali su da bi bilo smiješno nazvati lika Mario po italijano-američkom posjedniku spremišta i kućišta tvrtke, Mario Segale. Dok je Mario u početku opisan kao stolar, Mario Bros. je nakon toga promijenio zanimanje nakon što je kolega pomislio da više liči na vodoinstalatera.
Pozadina Prva igra koja pokazuje Mariov rani život je Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, gdje njega u Lugija nosi roda nazad svojim roditeljima. No, Kamek otme Luigija i napadne rodu. Rodi ispadne mladi Mario i padne na otok Yoshija. Yoshiji žele da pomognu Mariju vratiti se Luigiju. Zato moraju ići na put do Bowserovog dvorca do Kameka i pomoći Luigiju. Yoshiji Marija moraju štititi jer Mario ne može sebe štititi bez Superstar Mario forme. Luigi i Mario dostavljeni su roditeljima, ali Yoshi's New Island objasni da su dostavljeni krivim roditeljima, te se vrate točnim roditeljima na kraju igre i u Yoshi's Island DS. Hronološki se Super Mario World 2 smatra jednom od prvih igara i medija. Neki mediji pokazuju da su Mario i Luigi možda imali drukčiju historiju. Super Mario Momotarō kaže da su Mario braću odgojila dva stara Hammer Broa. Mario se u toj seriji rodio iz breskve na nebu, i moguće je da se ova serija dogodila prije Super Mario Worlda 2. Mario je ovdje sličan svom starijem sebi, ali manji i bez kapice.
Još jedan medij koji prikazuje drugačije početke za Marija je strip zvan "Family Album "The Early Years", strip prikazan u Nintendo Comics Systemu. Mario je, u tome, bio šašav i zanimali su ga vodovodi, i oduvijek je bio uspješan sportaš, pobijedio je svaku softball igru u susjedstvu. Neke još zanimljivosti su da je u stripu Mario bio rođen brkat i s kosom, i da se Luigi rodio par godina nakon njega.
U videoigri Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Mario ode u pustolovinu sa verzijom sebe iz prošlosti da spase Princezu Peach od zlih Shroobova. Igra kaže da je odrasli Mario sadašnji Mario, a beba Mario je prošli Mario.
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