Mario is a character from the Mario franchise. Created by the Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto,he is the mascot of the video game company Nintendo. Mario is an Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom with his younger twin brother,Luigi. Their adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the villain Bowser while using power-ups that give them different abilities.
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 Mario spin-off games such as 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. installment 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,also known as King Bowser or King Koopa,is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of Nintendo's Mario franchise. In Japan,his title is Daimaō. He is the arch-nemesis of the plumber Mario,and the leader of the turtle-like Koopa race. Bowser's defining traits are 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,and conquer the Mushroom Kingdom.
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 "Jack" 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 franchise 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 must 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.
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" is a 1982 power ballad by the group Chicago. It was written by bassist Peter Cetera,who also sang the lead vocals on the track,and producer David Foster. It was released on May 17,1982,as the lead single from the album Chicago 16. On September 11 it reached No. 1 for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the group's second No. 1 single. It was their first top 50 hit since "No Tell Lover" in 1978 and it spent twelve weeks in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100. The single was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal,and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in September of the same year. Songwriter Cetera,a member of the American Society of Composers,Authors and Publishers (ASCAP),won an ASCAP Pop Music Award for the song in the category,Most Performed Songs.
"Holding Out for a Hero" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for the soundtrack to the 1984 film Footloose. It later featured on her sixth studio album,Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986). The track was produced by Jim Steinman,who co-wrote the song with Dean Pitchford and was a top 40 hit in several European countries,as well as Canada and the United States. Its 1985 re-release in the United Kingdom reached number two and topped the singles chart in Ireland.
Super Mario Bros.:The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! is a 1986 Japanese animated adventure comedy film,based on the Super Mario Bros. (1985) video game. 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.
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 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. The theme is set in the key of C major and features a swing rhythm with prominent use of syncopation. While the original theme is composed within the sound limitations of the NES's 8-bit hardware,in later installments with more powerful sound hardware,it is often scored as a calypso song led by steel drums.
Super 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.,although Mario had 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 including Nintendo,Hudson Soft,and AlphaDream. 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 (2011) for the Nintendo 3DS.
Super Mario Odyssey is a 2017 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. An entry in the Super Mario series,it follows Mario and his new ally Cappy—a sentient hat that allows Mario to control other characters and objects—as they journey across various kingdoms to save Princess Peach from Mario's nemesis Bowser's plans of forced marriage. In contrast to the linear gameplay of prior entries,the game returns to the primarily open-ended,3D platform gameplay featured in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.
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 a fantasy 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.
