Mario

Mario
Mario who was created by Shigeru Miyamoto is the most, successful character that has appeared in over 200 games since 1981 where he first appeared as "jumperman" in Donkey Kong on the NES. "Jumperman" was later on named Mario after Nintendo's landlord. Mario was so successful it saved Nintendo from their video game crash in 1983. To this day Mario has sold over 210 million units so far. Mario is still being created in games today with its most recent game, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. Mario was a big deal, because without Mario, Nintendo would have been in a different direction right now.