Super Mario (series)

The Super Mario series, also called the main series or main games, is the biggest and most important sub-series of the Mario series. It started in 1985 with the creation of Super Mario Bros. on the Famicom and subsequently the Nintendo Entertainment System. It has been followed by many sequels released in almost every Nintendo video game console to date, except the Game Boy, the Game Boy Color and the Game Boy Advance, where only remakes, ports, or other spin-offs games where released.

These games, but one, follow the traditional story about Mario and, usually, his brother Luigi, in their long quest to search and rescue Princess Peach from the clutches of Bowser, who is causing mischief and wants conquer the Mushroom Kingdom, or any other place, depending on the game. The Mario Bros. adventure is not easy as they must face Bowser's troops all long the way, who have orders by the King Koopa himself, to stop the brave brothers.

All the games, and even some remakes, have been developed exclusively by the Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development branch but not by the same sub-division.

In 2010, the series celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the release of Super Mario Bros.. The celebration involved a series of videos showing various tricks throughout the series' games on the Wii's Nintendo Channel, as well as releasing a Wii port of Super Mario All-Stars, which included a history booklet of the Super Mario series and a CD containing several songs from games in the series.

In the Wii U Nintendo Direct on January 2013, it was announced that a new 3D Super Mario game is currently in development for the Wii U by the same development team behind the Super Mario Galaxy games and Super Mario 3D Land, and it will be presented at E3 2013.