The character, known today as Mario, first appeared in 1981 in a game called Donkey Kong made by Nintendo.No, none of us had Nintendo systems in our homes in 1981. The NES wasn't introduced in Japan until 1983 and in the U.S. until 1985. If we wanted to play Donkey Kong, we had to go to an arcade, or at least a location that had arcade games, like the convenience store near my friend's house. That's where I first encountered Mario, although I recall his name being insider trivia at that time.
Sheesh! That was a long time ago. Did you have a Nintendo system back then?
Video gamers fond of Nintendo created this National Day. The date was cleverly selected for the way it spells the character’s name when abbreviated. Despite this limited information, we’ve not been able to identify specific founding members of the day.
As for March 10 becoming Mario Day, that's like May 4th becoming Star Wars Day and March 4th becoming Marching Music Day — a clever pun. It's not like Pokémon Day, which celebrates an actual historical date.
Today is a good day for advertising, and Nintendo of America didn't miss it last year, uploading Mario Through the Years - A Mar10 Day Celebration to its YouTube channel.
Press start on Mar10 Day and join us on a journey through some of Mario’s adventures over the years.I'm having flashbacks to watching my son play Super Mario Brothers on his NES and Gamecube 25-30 years ago.
I close by returning to the dance video I embedded in Pokémon Day.
That was made to go viral as a dance trend on TikTok. Maybe next year I'll share the YouTube shorts versions of some of those videos.I'm not waiting until next year. Watch Mario Princesses x Pokémon Dance Trend!
The crossplay is Peach as Mario, Daisy as Luigi, and Rosalina as Wario.
That concludes today's celebration of a silly holiday. Stay tuned for DOOM tomorrow, the fifth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic.
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