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Super Mario. You know him well, that cute little guy with a amazingly round nose, italian accent and somehow calls him himself a plumber.

Back in the Day, Mario was called “Jump Man” and had his mind set on jumping over barrels in order to reach the top of a Tower guarded by a monkey to reach a princess at the top. Nice little game that was. Until…Nintendo had an idea.

Idea 1: ADD A DRAGON                                                                                                                                       So Nintendo thought, let’s replace that giant Monkey with a Dragon, it is a Princess we’re trying to save afterall! So the Monkey (which was the famous Donkey Kong, if you didnt know) which previously guarded the Princess vanished, and was replaced by some weird, wingless, ginger turtle-dragon which existed for the sole purpose of capturing the aforementioned Princess. Thus, Super Mario Bors was born. Mario now had the job of adventuring across the “Mushroom Kingdom” jumping on “Goombas” and avoiding pipes with man eating plants in them, using mushrooms that make him bigger and able to shoot fire, all to save this Princess from the Dragon-Turtle. Fun yes? Maybe to a crackhead.

Idea 2: Add a Brother                                                                                                                                          As if one plumber wasnt enough, the added Marios brother, Luigi, into the mad equasion. He is identical to Mario at this point, only he wars a green suit and has green hair. But 2 heads are bette rthan one, so off they went. As new games came out, Luigi was eventually changed so Mario and Him were different. Luigi was slimmed down, Mario was made a little chubby, and Luigi was then turned into the “Nervous one who is useful because he is more agile.” A few games were even released based on this annorexic hero. Luigi soon became famous as Mario’s sidekick, a little timid but just as determind in the time of need! So…where was he when Mairo was jumping Barrels, and what was his name then? Also…the 2 Men are Italian. What are they doing in the “Mushroom Kingdom?” Perhaps the games are a representation of what they see when they eat all those yummy mushrooms!

Idea 3: Put him in a Car                                                                                                                                      Mario Kart! Forget fighting evil creatures to save a Princess, let’s whip out some Random Cars and Race around this insane world, forgetting all the hate and having some Family fun! Hmm…why didnt they use these roads in the previous games instead of trekking across the armpit of videogames, an almost endless list of “Worlds” mini-castles and big crudely shaped Mountains?

Idea 3: Send him to Space!                                                                                                                               Super Mario Galaxy. Nintendo must have had a fun morning after they thought this up. So Mario somehow gets into Space (he can fly now) and has his adventures there, despite obvious scientific errors with the whole thing. He jumps form tiny Planet to Planet, with a fun-filled adventure high above the Mushroom Kingdom. How did it come to this?

To Finish                                                                                                                                                                  Mario has had a long life, never aged or anything, presumeably because every tim ehe runs into an enemy he goes backwards in age, and he started off barely making it over a Barrel, no whe is jumping between Planets. Bring back the old games. Now. And I’m not even going to mention the “Mario Party” games.