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Super Mario [a] (also known as Super Mario Bros. [b] and Mario) [c] is a platform game series created by Nintendo starring their mascot, Mario. It is the central series of the greater Mario franchise. At least one Super Mario game has been released for every major Nintendo video game console.
The top five is rounded out by Mario Kart: Super Circuit and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, each of which sold over 5.5 million units. [3] There are a total of 40 Game Boy Advance games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units.
Nintendo's fourth-generation console, the Super Famicom, was released in Japan on November 21, 1990; Nintendo's initial shipment of 300,000 units sold out within hours. [16] The machine reached North America as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System on August 23, 1991, [cn 1] and Europe and Australia in April 1992.
The top five is rounded out by the platform's first Super Mario game, Super Mario Land, which sold over 18 million units worldwide, [4] and Dr. Mario with over 5.34 million units sold. [5] There are a total of 67 Game Boy and Game Boy Color games on the list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units.
Super Mario Bros. [b] is a 1985 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is the successor to the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros. and the first game in the Super Mario series.
Super Mario Bros. 3 [a] is a 1988 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was released for home consoles in Japan on October 23, 1988, in North America on February 12, 1990, and in Europe on August 29, 1991.
Mario has also assumed several other occupations: in the Dr. Mario series of puzzle games, which debuted in 1990, Mario is portrayed as a medical physician named "Dr. Mario"; [66] in the Game Boy game Mario's Picross, Mario is an archaeologist; [67] in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, Mario is the president of a profitable toy-making company. [68]
Coin runners was also reintroduced as a battle mode from Mario Kart Wii. This port of Mario Kart 8 includes all base and DLC content of the original while also fixing various bugs and exploits present in the Wii U original. Resolution was also increased to 1080p in docked mode with handheld mode at 720p, compared to 720p on Wii U.