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ghostlychonk@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Are they just talking about Super Mario Bros.? Because Mario is like 44 now.
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ghostlychonk@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Are they just talking about Super Mario Bros.? Because Mario is like 44 now.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 10 months ago
Yes. Super Mario Bros (pictured) came out in 1985.
That was 40 years ago.
jj4211@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Right, but it says “Mario”, and that was not the first game that featured the character.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 10 months ago
That's literally the box art for Super Mario Bro. (1985)
__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
The first appearance of “Mario” is in Donkey Kong (1981) where he is named “Jumpman”. The first game in which the character is named “Mario” is in Mario Brothers (1983), an arcade game. Mario probably didn’t become a household name until Super Mario Bros. (1985) on the NES.