Super Mario (franchise)

Mario or Super Mario is a long-running Nintendo video game series of platformer titles that has spanned more than twenty years over a variety of arcade, console, and handheld platforms in addition to personal and Macintosh computers. Though the series is technically a spin-off of the Donkey Kong series, Super Mario now stands independent of its parent series and is one of the most well-known franchises in the world. The series inspired any spin-offs, several of which developed into independent video game franchises such as the Yoshi, Wario Land, and Mario Kart series.