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{{italic title|''Mario'' (franchise)}}
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{{rewrite|some games in this article are not within the ''Mario'' franchise but instead ''Donkey Kong'', dedicated crossover series, and so forth, and have to be relocated accordingly}}
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|title=Mario
|image=[[File:Super Mario Logo 2011.png|250px]]<br>The current [[logo]] for the ''Mario
|first=''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' (1981)
|latest=''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' (2021)
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[[File:Mario-group.png|thumb|A poster showing several characters in the ''Mario'' series in a group photo.]]
'''''Mario''''' is a long-running [[List of games|video game franchise]] published by the popular gaming company, [[Nintendo]]. It stars the titular Italian plumber [[Mario]]. The franchise has been running for more than a quarter of a century, and in its lifespan has released more than two hundred video games. The series also holds the title of best-selling video game franchise in history, with over 262 million combined units sold as of March 2015.<ref>[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110531005315/en/Nintendo-DS-Lite-Suggested-Retail-Price-Drops Mario Games Go Red]</ref> The franchise has also been branded '''''Super Mario''''', after its flagship series of the [[Super Mario (series)|same name]], although ''[[Mario Bros. (series)|Mario Bros.]]'' is the first series within the ''Mario'' franchise.
The franchise began in 1981 with the arcade video game, ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', and has since then taken off into its own franchise. Originally created by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], [[Mario]], going under the name [[Jumpman]] when ''Donkey Kong'' was first released, is the main protagonist throughout most of the series; the main antagonist of the series is [[Bowser]], the King of all [[Koopa]]s. The ''Mario'' series has contained many different genres of games, from platformers to [[Genre#Role Playing|role-playing games]], and from puzzle games to party games. The most popular games in the series are a part of what is known as the main series, or the ''Super Mario'' series, which consists of 2D and 3D platformers; at least one is released per home console and one per handheld (bar the Game Boy Advance). Even though several games are released, not all of them are available in all countries or on all platforms. Some are only available on certain platforms in certain countries as well.
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