how did a fat, manlet plumber that literally only jumps, punches, and kicks become one of the most recognizable and popular video game mascots in the world?
How did a fat, manlet plumber that literally only jumps, punches...
Zachary Kelly
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Brandon Lewis
He was first
Sebastian Hall
He was one of the first and his games were fun
Its the Mickey Mouse effect, if you were the first and did it better than the rest at the time you are now immortal
Robert Ross
By having the best selling 8-bit game of all time and not going to shit during the 3D era like Sonic, Pac-man and Mega Man did
Aaron Ramirez
Older, consistent, iconic, not redesigned to fit the times, good games. It's okay if you don't like them but if you don't think his games are at the very least good you are a fool.
Jaxon Barnes
First what? Pac-Land predates Super Mario Bros
Nathan Stewart
He was one of the first, emphasis on one of.
Thomas Collins
Pac-Land was an arcade title and wasn't a launch title in North America for the NES, Pac-Land also was a one off game
David Campbell
Same reason a 3ft mouse with white gloves, clown shoes and a falsetto voice became the most recognizable corporate trademark in the world, haha!
Ayden Williams
Mario games were the first to figure out how to do movement in platformers in a way that felt natural. I.e. they let you control movement while you where jumping. It's what made them huge. The Mario design is also recognizable and universally appealing.
Jeremiah Ross
And Donkey Kong predates Pac-Land. What's your point? Mario's debut wasn't Super Mario Brothers, it was as Jumpman in Donkey Kong.
Landon Ortiz
THE most popular video game character of all time is a literal fucking sphere with shoes and flippers.
NES graphics were primitive. They couldn't handle more. Anything that came after is irrelevant.
David Campbell
Kirby didn't start on the NES retard
Isaac King
>THE most popular video game character of all time is a literal fucking sphere with shoes and flippers.
>most popular
You don't honestly believe that, do you?
Easton Torres
know your place, puffball
Justin Morris
>nintendosoup.com
some magazine means the whole entire world? ok
Asher Edwards
My mistake. Let's see the poll conducted with the whole w- Oh wait, that doesn't exist.
William Smith
Because his games were good, among some of the best in video game history even today. There are only a handful of NES games that can be picked up and played by anyone these days and mario is one of them.
John Clark
5/10 got me to respond, get better bait sometime
Thomas Sanders
This. He is the absolute shittest game character created and only won out due to pure dumb luck.
Kevin Turner
Then stop assuming Kirby is the most popular fucking retard
Robert Hughes
He was the mascot of the company the revitalized the home console gaming industry after it crashed in the 80s. Simple enough.
Honestly a more interesting story, considering he was basically just a quick Oswald replacement when Disney lost the rights to the character. Hell, Mickey's most iconic villain, Pete, was literally taken from Oswald's shorts (actually technically he appeared before even that, but I digress).