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#pressplay This fall marks the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. After appearing in 1981's Donkey Kong and 1983's Mario Bros., the overall-wearing plumber got "Super" in 1985. More »

This is a pretty cool flash animation with Mario that you actually get to play. Basically, you help Mario bust free of his NES confines! Play the game here (thanks TOF!)

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Lots of great info from Miyamoto.  Like how Popeye was originally supposed to be the hero in Donkey Kong, and how Miyamoto wanted to name Mario "Mr Video".   Why pipes are green and the thought process behind many aspects of Mario Bros game design.

I found it interesting that, from the very beginning, Miyamoto wanted a single character to appear in all his games.