What is Nintendo's most popular Mario game?

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What is Nintendo's best-selling Mario game?

Super Mario Bros. is the most successful game in the franchise, having sold an estimated 40.24 million copies worldwide.
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What is considered the best Mario game?

  1. Super Mario World (SNES, 1991) Following up Super Mario Bros.
  2. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, 1990) ...
  3. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, 2007) ...
  4. Super Mario Bros. ...
  5. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch, 2017) ...
  6. Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64, 1996) ...
  7. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii, 2010) ...
  8. Super Mario Bros. ...
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Is Super Mario the most popular game?

Having appeared in more than 200 titles, Mario fronts the best-selling video game franchise of all time with 600 million sold since his first appearance in 1981′s Donkey Kong.
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What is the 2nd best selling Mario game?

2 Mario Kart Wii: 37.38 Million Copies

Sales of Mario Kart Wii are really impressive, with 37.38 million copies sold worldwide the game stands as one of the best selling video games of all times, as well being the second best selling game for Nintendo Wii and also the second best selling Super Mario game on this list.
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What is the longest Mario game?

To compare it to other games in the Super Mario canon, we decided to add it to this list.
  1. 1 Super Mario Sunshine (16 1/2 Hours)
  2. 2 Super Mario Galaxy (15 Hours) ...
  3. 3 Super Mario Galaxy 2 (13 Hours) ...
  4. 4 Super Mario 64 (13 Hours) ...
  5. 5 Super Mario Odyssey (12 1/2 Hours) ...
  6. 6 Super Mario 3D World (10 1/2 Hours) ...
  7. 7 New Super Mario Bros. ...
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What is the least sold Mario game?

Unfortunately for developer AlphaDream, it quickly became apparent that Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey would be the worst-selling Mario game, selling less than 100,000 copies in its first two weeks.
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What is the rarest Mario game?

sells for $2 million, the most ever paid for a video game. A rare, sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. on NES has sold for an eye-watering $2 million, breaking the record for most expensive video game ever sold. The previous record-holder was a copy of Super Mario 64, which sold for $1.56 million just last month.
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Who is older Mario or Luigi?

Luigi is portrayed as the taller, younger brother of Mario, and is usually seen dressed in a green shirt, dark blue overalls, and a green hat with a green "L" insignia.
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Is Mario Galaxy the best Mario game?

Galaxy is quite possibly the greatest Mario game ever created, as well as one of the greatest games ever, period.
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Is Super Mario 64 the best game ever?

It's no wonder that, 25 years later, Super Mario 64 is still one of the best 3D platformers ever made. Every 3D platformer that came after tried to copy or at least take inspiration from its unprecedented approach to the genre.
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Is Mario Odyssey the best Mario game?

"Super Mario 3D World," simply put, is the best Mario game that's been made in the last 5 years (before "Odyssey," that is). It's gorgeous, fresh, and perfectly designed. Like the best "Super Mario" games of the modern era, it seamlessly blends nostalgia-laced gameplay with new twists.
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Who is the most popular Mario character?

According to a survey conducted in May 2021, Yoshi was the most popular character of the Super Mario franchise in Japan, with more than 18 percent of respondents stating to like this character the most. The survey was conducted due to the 35th anniversary of the release of Super Mario Bros.
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Why is Mario so popular?

The success of Super Mario Bros. can be attributed to the solidarity and simplicity of its Core Experience. At this point in time almost every game was about working in a finite playing space and getting a high score (a la Space Invaders or Pac Man).
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How much did Mario cost in 1985?

for the NES raised the bar. A game that cost $25 when it first came out in 1985 sold for more than half a million dollars thanks to a few important factors. A sealed Super Mario Bros.
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Is Super Mario 64 rare?

With more than 11 million copies sold, Super Mario 64 is not a particularly rare game. Given that Nintendo 64 games were sold in cardboard boxes, however, the chances of seeing a boxed copy in a reasonable condition 25 years after launch are few and far between.
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What is the first Mario game worth?

game were originally offered to investors at a total value of $150,000 in August 2020. It's a profitable sale for sure. The New York Times reports that Rally bought the game in April 2020 for $140,000, and that investors passed on a $300,000 offer later that year.
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Will Super Mario 35 come back?

Super Mario Bros. 35 was discontinued on April 1, 2021. According to the president of Nintendo of America, Doug Bowser, the 35th-anniversary products were discontinued due to the 35th anniversary being a celebration that was intended to be unique.
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What's the next Mario game?

Super Mario Odyssey 2 will likely release in 2023 on Nintendo Switch with a Nintendo Direct announcement later this year, perhaps during the E3 showcase around June.
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What was Princess Peach's original name?

Name. In Japan, her name has always been Princess Peach (ピーチ姫 Pīchi-hime), but in the west she was originally known as "Princess Toadstool", due to Nintendo of America renaming her when localizing Super Mario Bros., feeling that "Peach" was irrelevant to the theme of the Mushroom Kingdom.
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What is the easiest Super Mario game?

1 Easiest: Super Mario 64

Much like playing the drums, this game is easy to pick up, but tough to master when it comes to getting every Star and really finding a rhythm.
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How many Mario games exist?

The franchise has spawned more than 200 games of various genres and several sub-series, including Mario Golf, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Mario Tennis, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and Paper Mario; several characters introduced in the Mario franchise, such as Donkey Kong, Wario, and Yoshi, sparked successful franchises of their ...
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