Well, after playing the game now, all these years later (I haven’t touched it a LOOONG time) it is very easy to see why. So why all the obsession? How could one game become such a pop-culture phenomena? And while they may never be able to identify Crash Bandicoot, Sonic the Hedgehog or Master Chief, they still can no doubt identify the famous mustachioed plumber. we’ll pretend that the parents couldn’t just take it away), today many of those same parents still refer to any video-game system as a “Nintendo” (despite any inroads the Playstation brand has made). While in the 80’s kids were so entranched to the point that news stations were reporting on NES “lock-out” chips, meant for parents with Nintendo-obsessed kids to be able to lock the NES so it couldn’t be played (the lock would slide into the cartridge port, preventing kids from putting a game in.
Mario, and subsequently Nintendo, became so embedded into the culture of American kids in the 80’s that it’s effect can still be felt on normal people today. Mario’s popularity soared to the point where Mario had his own cereal, Saturday morning cartoon show and happy meals. And the Japanese character Mario, of whom is an “Italian plumber”, became as seemingly American as Disney, Looney Tunes or comic books. made Nintendo, a Japanese company, into an American household name. And I’m sure that there are many kids that know Mario more than they know Mickey Mouse. One poll taken years ago showed that Mario was literally right up there with Mickey Mouse in terms of, not only popularity, but recogniton. is the one game, with exception to possibly Pong or Pac-Man, that nearly everyone and their momma knows about, gamer or not. has become a timeless classic and literally a pop-culture icon that an entire generation of kids grew-up on (similar to how Pokemon will be in 20 years no doubt). Released in 1985 by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES), Super Mario Bros. Also On: Game Boy Advance (NES Classics Series), Game Boy Color (Super Mario Bros.
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