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Yoshi Torenaga
Yoshi is a fictional dinosaur who appears in video games published by Nintendo. Yoshi debuted in ''Super Mario World'' (1990) on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as Mario and Luigi's sidekick. Yoshi is the title character of the List of Yoshi video games, ''Yoshi'' series and a supporting character in Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' spin-off games such as ''Mario Party'' and ''Mario Kart'', as well as many List of Mario sports games, ''Mario'' sports games. He also appears as a playable character in crossover fighting game ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. Yoshi is a member of the same-named species, which is distinguished for its wide range of colors. Yoshi was well-received, with some critics noting that he is one of the most recognizable characters and one of the best sidekicks in video games. Yoshi's image has also appeared on a range of products, including clothes and collectibles. Concept and creation Shigeru Miyamoto, the video game designer at Nintendo credited with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario (franchise)
is a media franchise, produced and published by video game company Nintendo, created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and starring the fictional 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, an upcoming 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 ''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 variety of developers including Nintendo, Hudson Soft, and AlphaDream. Most ''Mario'' games have been released exclusively for Nintendo's various video game consoles and handhelds, from the third generation onward. The main ''Mario'' subseries is the ''Super Mario'' series of platform games started with 1985's ''Super Mario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Mario Bros
is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The successor to the 1983 arcade game ''Mario Bros.'' and the first game in the ''Super Mario'' series, it was first released in 1985 for the Famicom in Japan. Following a limited US release for the NES, it was ported to international arcade game, arcades for the Nintendo Vs. System, Nintendo VS. System in early 1986. The NES version received a wide release in North America that year and in PAL regions in 1987. Players control Mario, or his brother Luigi in the multiplayer mode, as they traverse the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Toadstool from King Koopa (later named Bowser (character), Bowser). They traverse side-scrolling video game, side-scrolling stages while avoiding hazards such as enemies and pits with the aid of power-ups such as the Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, and Starman. The game was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka as "a grand culmination" of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
