Luigi is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Part of Nintendo's Mario franchise,he is a kind-hearted,cowardly Italian plumber,and the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario. Like his brother,Luigi's distinctive characteristics include his large nose and mustache,overalls,green hat,and high-pitched,exaggerated Italian accent.
Mario is a character created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the Mario franchise,a recurring character in the Donkey Kong franchise,and the mascot of the Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario is an Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom with his younger twin brother,Luigi. Their adventures generally involve rescuing Princess Peach from the villain Bowser while using power-ups that give them different abilities. Mario's distinctive characteristics include his large nose and mustache,overalls,red cap,and high-pitched,exaggerated Italian accent.
Yoshi is a fictional dinosaur who appears in video games published by Nintendo. Yoshi debuted in Super Mario World (1990) on the SNES as Mario and Luigi's sidekick. Throughout the mainline Super Mario series,Yoshi typically serves as Mario's trusted steed. With a gluttonous appetite,Yoshi can gobble enemies with his long tongue,and lay eggs that doubly function as projectiles. Yoshi is the title character of the Yoshi series and a supporting character in the Mario franchise. He has appeared in Mario Party and Mario Kart,as well as many Mario sports games. He also appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting game series Super Smash Bros. Yoshi is a member of the same-named species,which is distinguished for its wide range of colors.
Princess Peach is a character in Nintendo's Mario franchise. She was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and introduced in the 1985 original Super Mario Bros. game as Princess Toadstool. She is the princess regnant and head of state of the Mushroom Kingdom,where she resides in her castle along with Toads. Since her debut,she has appeared in the majority of Mario video games as the main female character and the romantic interest of Mario. She has been voiced by Samantha Kelly since 2007.
Bowser(Japanese:クッパ,Kuppa,"Koopa"),also known as King Bowser or King Koopa,is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Nintendo's Mario franchise. In Japan,he is titled Daimaō. He is the arch-nemesis of the plumber Mario and the leader of the turtle-like Koopa race. Bowser's defining traits include his monstrous appearance with dragon-like elements,full-throated roar,fire-breathing abilities,and tyrannical personality. His ultimate goals are to kidnap Princess Peach,make her his queen,conquer the Mushroom Kingdom,and eventually dominate the world.
Super Mario Sunshine is a 2002 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the second 3D game in the Super Mario series,following Super Mario 64 (1996). The game was directed by Yoshiaki Koizumi and Kenta Usui,produced by series creators Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka,written by Makoto Wada,and scored by Koji Kondo and Shinobu Tanaka.
Thomas Jacob Black is an American actor,comedian,and musician. He is known for roles in family and comedy films,in addition to his voice work in animated films. His awards include an Emmy Award,a Grammy Award,and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards.
New Super Mario Bros. is a 2006 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was first released in May 2006 in North America and Japan,and in PAL regions in June 2006. It is the first installment in the New Super Mario Bros. subseries of the Super Mario series and follows Mario as he fights his way through Bowser's henchmen to rescue Princess Peach. Mario has access to several old and new power-ups that help him complete his quest,including the Super Mushroom,the Fire Flower,and the Super Star,each giving him unique abilities. While traveling through eight worlds with more than 80 levels,Mario has to defeat Bowser Jr. and Bowser before saving Princess Peach.
Super Princess Peach is a 2005 platform game developed by Tose and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan in October 2005 and worldwide the following year. Super Princess Peach is the first game to feature Princess Peach as the main protagonist on a dedicated video game console and the second overall after Princess Toadstool's Castle Run released in 1990 on the Nelsonic Game Watch.
"There You'll Be" is a song by American country music singer Faith Hill. Written by Diane Warren,produced by Trevor Horn and Byron Gallimore,and orchestrated by David Campbell,the song was released on May 21,2001,and was included on the Pearl Harbor soundtrack. The track also appears on Hill's greatest hits albums There You'll Be and The Hits. "There You'll Be" is about remembering deceased acquaintances and reminding oneself that they will always be with them. The power ballad was first offered to Celine Dion,who turned it down because she did not want to record another romantic ballad for a soundtrack album.
Super Mario is a platform game series created by Nintendo starring their mascot,Mario. It is the central series of the greater Mario franchise. At least one Super Mario game has been released for every major Nintendo video game console. However,there have also been a number of Super Mario video games released on non-Nintendo gaming platforms. There are more than 20 games in the series.
Super Mario Bros.:The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! is a 1986 Japanese animated adventure comedy film,based on the 1985 video game Super Mario Bros.. Directed by Masami Hata and produced by Masakatsu Suzuki and Tsunemasa Hatano,the plot centers on Mario and Luigi,who go on a quest to save Princess Peach from King Koopa.
"Almost Unreal" is a song by Swedish pop music duo Roxette,released on 10 May 1993 by EMI Records as the lead single from the soundtrack of the 1993 live action film Super Mario Bros.,which starred Bob Hoskins,John Leguizamo,Dennis Hopper,and Samantha Mathis. The song became a top-20 hit in numerous territories,including Scandinavia,Ireland and the UK. It would also be the duo's final top ten hit in the latter two countries,excluding a re-release of "It Must Have Been Love" two months later. The song proved to be unsuccessful in North America,peaking at numbers 94 and 88 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100,although it performed better in Canada,where it peaked within the top 30. It appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of their next studio album,Crash! Boom! Bang! (1994),mistitled "It's Almost Unreal". The accompanying music video for "Almost Unreal" was directed by Michael Geoghegan.
The Super Mario Bros. theme,officially known as the "Ground Theme" is a musical theme originally heard in the first stage of the 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game Super Mario Bros. It was one of six themes composed for the game by Nintendo sound designer Koji Kondo,who found it to be the most difficult track to compose for it.
Mario is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto for video game company Nintendo,which produces and publishes its installments. Starring the titular Italian plumber Mario,it is primarily a video game franchise but has extended to other forms of media,including television series,comic books,a 1993 feature film,a 2023 animated film,and theme park attractions. The series' first installment was 1983's Mario Bros. even though Mario made his first appearance in 1981's arcade game Donkey Kong and had already been featured in several games of the Donkey Kong and Game &Watch series. The Mario games have been developed by a wide variety of developers. Mario games have been released almost exclusively for Nintendo's various video game consoles and handhelds,from the third generation onward.
Super Mario 3D World is a 2013 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. It is the sixth original 3D platform game in the Super Mario series and the sequel to Super Mario 3D Land,a 2011 title for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was also re-released for the Nintendo Switch in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury on February 21,2021.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a 2023 American animated adventure comedy film based on Nintendo's Mario video game franchise. Produced by Universal Pictures,Illumination,and Nintendo,and distributed by Universal,it was directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel. The ensemble voice cast includes Chris Pratt,Anya Taylor-Joy,Charlie Day,Jack Black,Keegan-Michael Key,Seth Rogen,and Fred Armisen. The film features an origin story for the brothers Mario and Luigi,Italian-American plumbers who are separated after being transported to another world and become entangled in a battle between the Mushroom Kingdom,led by Princess Peach,and the Koopas,led by Bowser.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the soundtrack to the 2023 film of the same name,based on Nintendo's Mario video game franchise. The original score for the film is composed by Brian Tyler,who incorporated and remixed the original themes from longtime Mario composer Koji Kondo under his collaboration. According to Tyler,he wanted to "incorporate the music that I heard in that 8-bit form and along the way bring it into the world of a big epic,emotional film score." This resulted in partly original music that referenced several leitmotifs from various Mario games as well as themes from Donkey Kong.
