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He is the older (although shorter) brother of Luigi.[13] Mario was originally portrayed as a two-dimensional sprite, but in later games he is a three-dimensional, polygonal model.

Mario and Luigi are both Italian plumbers. According to Mario cartoons by DiC Entertainment and the Super Mario Bros. movie, as well as the Super Mario 64 Players Guide written by Nintendo Power, Mario and Luigi are from Brooklyn, New York, though Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island implies he was born in the Mushroom Kingdom.

Mario is depicted as a 155 cm[14] (5 ft) portly Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom. His complete antithesis is Wario.

As Nintendo's mascot, Mario is considered to be the most famous character in video game history.[15][1] The Mario series of video games has sold more than 193 million units, making the Mario series the best-selling video game series of all time.[16] Outside of the platformers with which he is traditionally associated, Mario has appeared in video games in different genres, including the Mario Kart racing series, Nintendo's arcade sports games (such as the Mario Tennis, Mario Golf, Mario Baseball, and Super Mario Strikers series), and Nintendo's series of Mario role-playing games (including Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the Paper Mario series, and the Mario & Luigi series).

Mario was featured in a show entitled The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, live-action movie called Super Mario Bros., the Nintendo Comics System (a series of comics featuring Nintendo characters), and the Nintendo Adventure Books. The show starred "Captain" Lou Albano as Mario, and the movie starred Bob Hoskins. Outside the original games, television shows, film and comics, he has spawned a line of licensed merchandise and made appearances in popular culture.

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