Super Mario

Mario (First branded as Jumpman) Is a popular Platformer game character created in 1981

Mario is a plumber from Italy who is constantly sent to rescue princess peach from bowser (or from the game Donkey Kong in 1981 he was rescuing pauleen from Donkey Kong)

On his adventures mario runs into tons of different enemies such as goombas and Pirahna plants whilst also picking up tons of power ups like the Fire Flower (Allows Mario to shoot Fire) or the Super Star (Makes Mario extremley fast and invaulnerable)

There are tons of different mario games with different mechanics as well such as Mario Kart (Which is a Racing Game) and the Paper Mario Series (Which is turn based combat)

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List of top 10 Selling Mario Games

1. Mario Kart 8 and 8 Deluxe (2014 & 2017) - 72.73 million Copies Sold
2. Super Mario Bros (1985) - 40.24 million copies sold
3. Mario Kart Wii (2008) - 37.38 million copies sold
4. New Super Mario Bros DS(2006) - 30.80 million copies sold
5. New Super Mario Bros Wii (2009)- 30.32 million copies sold
6. Super Mario Odyssey (2017) - 28.50 million copies sold
7. New Super Mario Bros U/U Deluxe & Luigi U (2012(Mario Bros U), 2013 (Luigi U), 2019 (Deluxe)) - 26.66 million copies sold
8. Mario Kard DS (2005) - 23.60 million copies sold
9. Super Mario Party (2018)- 20.98 million copies sold
10. Super Mario World (1990) - 19.36 million copies sold