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ghostlychonk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Are they just talking about Super Mario Bros.? Because Mario is like 44 now.
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ghostlychonk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Are they just talking about Super Mario Bros.? Because Mario is like 44 now.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 months ago
Yes. Super Mario Bros (pictured) came out in 1985.
That was 40 years ago.
jj4211@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Right, but it says “Mario”, and that was not the first game that featured the character.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 months ago
That's literally the box art for Super Mario Bro. (1985)
__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 2 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.