Mario is a popular Italian plumber from the Mario franchise, created by Shigeru Miyamoto in 1981. He first appeared in Donkey Kong and was later added to other video games before making his appearance in Super Mario Bros. in 1985. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games, including puzzle, role-playing, and sports games. He has also appeared in animated media, including three series produced by DIC Entertainment. Mario holds multiple Guinness World Records titles, including "Most Prolific Video Game Character" and "Longest-running Computer Game Character". He has been named after Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segale, and has inspired a considerable amount of unofficial media. Miyamoto originally wanted to create a game that used the 1930s characters Popeye, Bluto, and Olive Oyl, but ended up creating an unnamed player character instead. Mario was drawn using pixel dots in the early stages of Donkey Kong, but was later introduced with jumping capabilities for the player character.
