Cultural impact of the Mario franchise
Since its inception with the Donkey Kong arcade game in 1981, Nintendo's Mario franchise has had a significant impact on popular culture. Spanning several video games, television series and theatrical films as well as many spin-offs and lines of merchandise, the Mario universe, its content and its characters, including Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Bowser have all been engrained into popular culture in many different ways. For instance, the quote "Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!", spoken by Toad in Super Mario Bros., has become a popular and iconic phrase, being referenced several times in both subsequent Mario media.[2] The main theme from Super Mario Bros. titled the "Ground Theme"[3] is also incredibly popular, becoming one the most recognisable video game songs of all time, becoming the first song from a video game to be selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the U.S. Library of Congress.[4] The 2023 film adaptation, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, aside from breaking several box-office records, would become popular on social media via the song "Peaches" performed by Jack Black.[5]
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Several non-profit fan games have been produced by fans of the Mario series.
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Mario has made major impacts in many other ways. For instance, Mario Day is celebrated annually on March 10.[7][8]
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- ↑ "Spanish neighborhood unveils 'Super Mario' street". CNN. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ↑ Sullivan, Meghan. "Top 100 Unforgettable Video Game Moments: "The princess is in another castle."". IGN. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Masahiro Sakurai (January 23, 2008). "Super Mario Bros.: Ground Theme". Smash Bros. Dojo!!. Nintendo, HAL Laboratory, Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
- ↑ Cay O'Dell (2 August 2023). "From the National Recording Registry: "Super Mario" (1985)". Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ↑ "How Jack Black Changed Super Mario Bros. Movie's "Peaches" Song For The Better". Screen Rant. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ↑ "Why Japanese PM Shinzo Abe was dressed as Super Mario in Rio". The Guardian. August 22, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ↑ "March 10th is MAR10 Day! | News | Nintendo". Nintendo. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ↑ "NATIONAL MARIO DAY - March 10 - National Day Calendar". National Day Calendar. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
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