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Mario (franchise)
The
Mario
franchise
is a
media franchise
consisting of video games published and produced by
Nintendo
starring the fictional Italian character
Mario
. The franchise's other forms of media include several
television series
and a
feature film
. It was originally created by game designer
Shigeru Miyamoto
with the arcade
Donkey Kong
, released on July 9, 1981. The games have been developed by a variety of developers including Nintendo,
Hudson Soft
, and
AlphaDream
. Most
Mario
games have either been released for the
arcade
or Nintendo
video game consoles
and
handhelds
dating from the
Nintendo Entertainment System
to the
current generation of video game consoles
.
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