Mario also known as Super Mario, is a video game character created by Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo, named after the Italian landlord, Mario Segali, at Nintendo of America. He is one of Nintendo's best-known characters and considered by many to be the most well-known video game character in history, appearing in hundreds of games, many of them bestsellers.
He is currently voice acted by Charles Martinet, though in the past has been voice acted by Captain Lou Albano, Walker Boone and T�ru Furuya.
Mario first appeared in the 1981 Donkey Kong arcade game. Mario's brother Luigi first appeared and introduced in Mario Bros., the arcade game.
According to The Super Mario Bros. Super Show and the Super Mario Bros. movie, Mario's full name is Mario Mario, while his brother's full name is Luigi Mario.
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