Mario is undoubtedly one of the icons of the video gaming world. He is immediately recognizable to millions of people (both young and old) all over the world and is now coming into his fourth decade as a video games star. Mario’s initial outing was in the 1982 timeless arcade game Donkey Kong. Since those early days he has starred in a great number of video games on the NES, SNES and most recently the Wii. Super Mario Bros games are loved by people of all ages and have sold millions of copies all over the world helping to make Mario 1 of the first heroes of the digital era. The wonderful game play of Super Mario Bros Games has created several imitators however it has never been bettered. Ever since his first appearance in Donkey Kong there has been no holding Mario back. Super Mario Bros games keep getting better and better and you can now play them in wonderful 3D on the Nintendo wii. Nowadays Mario games could be played in 3D on the Nintendo wii console and his millions of devotees continues growing. Nowadays it seems that every video games character makes an appearance in a film at some point. However Mario was the first to appear on the huge screen when Bob Hoskins played him in the 1993 film Super Mario Bros. The film was a large success and told the story of Mario along with his brother Luigi saving Princess Daisy from King Koopa. It is truly hard to say just just how much Mario has changed the world we live in. One of the things which he has done is bring plenty of joy and happiness to people’s lives around the world and almost single-handedly sparked a video games revolution.