Mario is 1 of the biggest stars of the video games industry and has become something of a cultural phenomenon. He is instantly recognizable to millions of individuals (both young and old) around the globe and is now entering his 4th decade as a video games star. Mario’s initial outing was in the 1982 vintage arcade game Donkey Kong. Since those early days he has starred in countless video games on the NES, SNES and most recently the Wii. Super Mario Bros games are adored by people of every age group and have sold countless copies all over the world helping to make Mario one of the first heroes of the digital era. The gameplay of Super Mario Bros games has often been cloned but never improved upon. From the first single screen adventures of Donkey Kong to the sideways scrolling gameplay of Super Mario Bros on the NES Mario video games kept getting better and far better. Nowadays Mario games may be played in 3D on the Nintendo wii and his millions of fans keeps on growing. These days it feels as though each and every video game character is appearing in their own movie. Nonetheless Mario was the first to appear on the large screen when Bob Hoskins played him in the 1993 motion picture Super Mario Bros. The film was a huge success and told the story of Mario and his brother Luigi saving Princess Daisy from King Koopa. It really is actually tough to say just how much Mario has changed the world we live in. One important thing he has done is bring a lot of joy and happiness to peoples’ lives throughout the world and almost single handedly sparked a video games revolution.