For now, more than 100 video game players make Mario range of Nintendo, acrobatics, all mustache. He is ready to hit the shelves again for another holiday release and he has come now, as of 1981, as Jumperman appearance in “Donkey Kong”, in which physical appearance is more to the limits of technology, rather than aesthetic decision.

It can be Mickey Mouse video games. He is a donut, round and cute and funny I remember. He is also a boat without a real person so that they can live vicariously through him.

Mario, the squat Italian plumber with a tendency to save the princess and the collection of gold coins and eat ‘magic mushrooms’ for nearly three decades. And although he was not much has changed, the most recent game he was in the stars, recently published “New Super Mario Bros. Wii” (US $ 50) is one of the best games of the holiday season.

Created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto Mario is a sign of recognition, even for people who do not play video games. She appears in Halloween costumes – blue overalls, Red Hat, and all good – just like his brother Luigi. Mario is in cartoons and movies (although some) is best forgotten, he liked the tone of official and unofficial Mario goods.

“I love it. I loved it. He is a cool mustache,” said Colin Gaul, 9, of Portland, Oregon “It’s great because he’s brave and he is very adventurous. And your favorite colors red and I did. “

Colin first game Mario games when he was 5, portable Nintendo Game Boy. Does Wii, Colin playing “Super Paper Mario and Super Smash Bros. Brawl,” a procession of characters, Nintendo duking it operates. But Colin was not even born when Super Mario comes.