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• Mario Characteristics

  

  Mario Characteristics

  Mario was originally portrayed as a two-dimensional sprite, but in later games he is shown as a three-dimensional, polygonal model. He is depicted as a portly plumber[45] who lives in the fictional land of the Mushroom Kingdom[4] with Luigi, his younger, taller brother, who is also a plumber.[46] In the television series and film, Mario and Luigi are originally from Brooklyn, New York.[45] Little is known of Mario's childhood, though the infant version of Mario, Baby Mario, first appeared in 1995 in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and has often appeared in Nintendo sports games since that time. Baby Mario has a major role along with Baby Luigi in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and also appears in Yoshi's Island DS. He (along with the adult Mario) is voiced by Charles Martinet.[47]

  Occupation and hobbies

  Mario's occupation is plumbing, though in the original Donkey Kong games he is a carpenter.[48] Mario has also had several other occupations: in the Dr. Mario series of puzzle games, which debuted in 1990,[36] Mario is portrayed as a medical physician named "Dr. Mario";[49] in the Game Boy game Mario's Picross, Mario is an archaeologist; and in Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, Mario is the president of a profitable toy-making company.[50] Mario usually saves Princess Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom and purges antagonists, such as Bowser, from various areas. Mario has gained fame in the Mushroom Kingdom due to his heroic deeds, as shown in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, where the brothers are referred to as "superstars".[51]

  Relationships

  Since his first game, Mario has usually had the role of saving the damsel in distress.[45] Originally, he had to rescue his girlfriend Pauline in Donkey Kong from Donkey Kong.[52] Pauline was soon replaced by a new damsel in distress, Princess Peach, in Super Mario Bros.[4] Pauline returned in the Game Boy remake of Donkey Kong in 1994, and later in Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis in 2006, although the character is now described as "Mario's friend".[53] Mario has rescued Princess Peach multiple times since Super Mario Bros.[45] In a role reversal, Peach rescues Mario in Super Princess Peach.[54] Mario rescued Princess Daisy in Super Mario Land,[55] but Luigi seems to be romantically involved with her. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, the text explaining Princess Daisy's trophy states that "after her appearance in Mario Golf, gossips portrayed her as Luigi's answer to Mario's Peach",[56] and Luigi and Daisy were previously paired as a romantic couple in the live-action Super Mario Bros. film.

  Luigi is Mario's younger brother.[46] He is a companion in the Mario games[46] and the character whom the second player controls in two-player sessions of many of the video games,[57] though he also occasionally rescues Mario, as seen in Mario is Missing! and Luigi's Mansion.[58] Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins for the Game Boy saw the arrival of Wario, Mario's greedy counterpart, who is often Mario's antagonist or an antihero.[59] Yoshi is presumed to be a dinosaur, though his species is named Yoshi.[60] They vary in color, but the original Yoshi is green.[60] Yoshi serves as Mario's mount in games such as Super Mario World,[60] and is depicted as a more sentient creature in games like Super Mario Kart and Yoshi's Island.