Tokyo, Japan Nintendo yesterday celebrated the 30th anniversary of Super Mario, one of the most famous characters in the video game industry, at a ceremony in Tokyo with hundreds of fans and enlivened by the music feature of the series.
The creator of Super Mario, the Japanese Shigeru Miyamoto appeared on stage before a crowd in a room with capacity for 700 people, which did not miss the live music.
“I’m excited to sing happy birthday to all of you,” Miyamoto told the people, after a ‘Super Mario’ blow the candles placed on a cake.
The composer Koji Kondo he played the melody used in the new release and other musicians performed the famous music of “Super Mario” the violin and accordion.
Masako Iwata, one fan present at the celebration, said he was looking forward to seeing Kondo , Miyamoto and Mario himself, which he describes as his hero since childhood.
“I love Mario. I’ve been playing this since I was four or five years, “says the girl, now 26, wearing a red cap and blue overalls as his beloved character.
With its blue set, his red cap and his black mustache, Super Mario is a distinctive character, which is quite unusual in the gaming industry.
Timeline
- The first “Super Mario Bros” was sold on September 13, 1985 in Japan for the Famicom.
- But before that, the hero mustache and appeared in 1981 in another production of Nintendo, “Donkey Kong” under the name ” Jumpman “.
- Up to 1985 did not adopt the name of Mario, referring to the owner of a leased by the American branch of Nintendo store, and whose physique made him think of a character game.
NUMBER
310 million copies, has sold the saga of Mario in the world
figures
6.7 billion dollars has led the franchise in the last 20 years
Sports
Besides his most famous adventures in which you must save Princess Peach jumping obstacles and battling turtles in the series the plumber has also excelled in football, golf or racing kart.
The game of Super Mario has been also often accompanied by technological advances, such as three-dimensional format introduced by “Super Mario 64″ in 1996.
CHALLENGE
To mark the anniversary, the game’s publisher, Nintendo, launched last Thursday in Japan “Super Mario Maker” for the Wii U console. The new release launches a challenge to the imagination of the user, who can create their own world for Mario, or use the already created by other players and shared over the Internet.
SMARTPHONES
Nintendo now aims to market games for smartphones, away from focusing entirely on consoles strategy.
In March, the Kyoto-based company said it will create games based in his characters, but did not elaborate on which ones appear in new games for smartphones or tablets.
The creator of the game along with Mario
Super Mario Maker is the game that Nintendo will pay tribute to Mario in its thirtieth anniversary
Japanese fans dressed as the popular plumber mustache.
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