Character History
Mario is the main hero of the series of games, the odorous good-natured and cheerful plumber. Debuting in 1981, became a certain symbol of Nintendo and even awarded the shapes in the Hollywood wax museum.History of character creation
After the failure of the shooter Radar Scope (1980), Nintendo was in finding new plots to fill the damages formed. Hiroshi Yamauti, the President of the Developer Company, addressed Sigeru Miyamoto. The Japanese geimidizer worked in Nintendo and has already demonstrated talent in creating unique worlds with secret levels and interesting plot lines.
Miyamoto decided to make Redesign Radar Scope with a Jump Man Character (Jumper) - Mario Prototype. In 1981, Arcade Donkey Kong was published. Initially, the artist assumed a certain concept of a love triangle, taking a sailor as a base. However, the Popeye franchise refused nintendo in the transfer of rights, so it was decided to look for original paths.
In the first developments, Donkey Kong protagonist was called Ossen, or Jumpman (jumper). He was characterized as a middle-aged man with a set of abilities, the main of which remains the ability to jump and penetrate the dungeon.
Debuting as a hero of platforms, a cheerful plumber tried himself in different genres: puzzles, fighting, racing and RPG. SUPER MARIO BROS 1985 was most popular, which fell into the Guinness Book of Records as the most sold in history. After the success of the jumper series won the audience love and became a symbol of Nintendo.
Interestingly, the original game was released for the Famicom platform. In the countries of the former USSR - Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, users got acquainted with the metallic plumbing on the hardware clone - "Dandy".
The success of the franchise led to the emergence of the film adaptation of the plot - the picture "Superbray Mario" 1993. By the way, this film is not based on the events of the game. The only thing that borrowed the creators of the film was the names of two characters (Mario and his brother Luigi), as well as the name of the 1985 video game.
This project also awarded the premises in the Guinness Book of Records, acquired the status of a cult, was nominated for the Saturn Prize twice. However, at the box office, Rocky Morton and Annabel Yankel failed, receiving critical reviews. Actor Bob Hoskins, the leading role, said that this film was the worst in his career.
Meanwhile, the game franchise only gained momentum. The biography of the character, the symbol Nintendo, today has more than 200 projects designed for both children and adult users.
The picture of the hero contains recognizable features: mustache, cap and jumpsuit. It should be borne in mind that at the time of creation, technical restrictions were fundamentally influenced by appearance. So, due to the minimum number of pixels and colors, Sigeru Miyamoto did not have the opportunity to animate some movements, including the Mimic.
Therefore, it was decided to draw the mustache, which brightly demonstrated the national affiliation of the protagonist: he is an American with Italian roots. On the head of the Savior, the Savior was put on the cap, because the drawing was also technically impossible.
If in the first games the hero was portrayed on screens using two-dimensional computer graphics, then over time, the developer has moved to a three-dimensional model, improved appearance, while maintaining characteristic features.
Image and Biography Mario
The franchise character is depicted as a cheerful, kind and stubborn man of middle-aged. Nintendo producers did not specifically endorse the prostagonist in the biography with the purpose of staying "flexible" and approached different genres of games. Therefore, the company's symbol is distinguished by an incomparable history (including in comparison with Luigi's younger brother). He seeks to distribute in the world of good and even in battles encourages the opponent with compliments.Like other franchise protagonists, the character has little and rarely says. Phrases sound both in pure English and on Loman with signs of Italian accent.
Despite a positive role in the plot, Mario sometimes shows recklessness and inappropriate. The reason for this is the southern temperament and the inability to recognize its own defeat. A bright confirmation of this character trait becomes a scene, where he congratulates Luigi with a victory in tennis and allegedly inappropriately coming to his brother.
Also in some games where the hero is depicted by the baby, it begins to cry and rolls the hysteria if the victory in the tournament eludes. However, in childhood, the future Savior Princess in the overalls show the best qualities - courage and friendliness.
By the way, Mario is not in all projects stands up with the profession of a specialist in water pipes. For the whole biography, the character managed to visit the carpenter, builder, artist, athlete, waiter and even circus. Accordingly, the famous jumper has a huge number of costumes.
In the classic game, the main task of passing is to save the captured princess from the terrible Bowser, King Cuppe. The action takes place in the mushroom kingdom of populated fictional creatures.
On his way, Mario meets opponents - Mushrooms Kumba and Cup Turtles. To eliminate threats, jumps on them from above. The latter can scare and use as a throwing projectile for other villains. However, encountered with a barrier, such a turtle, hidden in the shell, often changes the trajectory of motion and affects the plumber.
The hero can not jump in the dickery of the Spain - this leads to a decrease in lives. This rule concerns the predatory plants suddenly appearing from the pipes. With the development of the game of opponents becomes more, they begin to present an increased threat.
On the help of a good-natured jumper, bonuses hidden in blocks or secret storage facilities come to the rescue. Thanks to them, the protagonist receives a new life. If an orange mushroom finds, then increases in size, it becomes stronger and takes the form of super mario. In this form, it receives a chance to find a flower and shoots in dangerous creatures. And caught the star, during a short period of time finds immortality.
The adventure of the character ends near the lake with Looy, where he meets with a dragon - a bowzer. Music changes with rhythmic and incendiary to the exciting-gloomy. The franchise antagonist exhales the fire, puts the traps and makes the hero get to sweat towards the rescue of the princess.
Interesting Facts
- Some of the first enemies - mushrooms - were drawn with agaroves.
- The very first profession of Mario is still a carpenter, not a plumber.
- The soundtrack towards the Ground Theme, consisting of electronic sounds, in the entire history of the video game became the most recognizable melody.
- The name of the Savior Princess was given in honor of the host of the room leased Nintendo. At this time, the company has experienced financial difficulties, there were delay in payments. Such a move was assumed that the tenant would receive a delay.
- Another source of inspiration for Sigeru Miyamoto was the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland".
- The birthplace of the hero is Brooklyn.
Computer games
- 1990 - Super Mario Bros
- 1992 - SUPER MARIO WORLD
- 1995 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
- 1996 - Super Mario 64
- 1996 - Mario Kart 64
- 1999 - Super Smash Bros.
- 2000 - Paper Mario
- 2007 - SUPER MARIO GALAXY
- 2008 - Mario Kart Wii
- 2010 - SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2
- 2013 - Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
- 2014 - Mario Kart 8
- 2015 - SUPER MARIO MAKER
- 2017 - SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY
- 2019 - New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.
- 2019 - Super Mario Maker 2