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If one video game character has withstood the test of time, it’s Mario. Despite playing second fiddle to a giant ape in his 1980 debut, Donkey Kong, everyone’s favorite Italian plumber went on to star in the world-changing NES classic, Super Mario Bros., and subsequently saved the video game industry from itself — a much greater feat than rescuing some ditzy princess.
Granted, Mario’s initial adventure in the Mushroom Kingdom wasn’t the first side-scrolling 2D platformer, but it was the first 2D side-scrolling platformer done right. It might be hard to imagine with our modern-day emphasis on realism and grit, but 25 years ago, the carefree journey of a squat, mustachioed man in overalls brought video games away from their status as a passing fad, and soon turned Nintendo into a household name. Without Mario, it’s entirely plausible that we folks of the future would treat video games with the same patronizing terms we reserve for something like air hockey. That’s a pretty big deal.
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