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Did you know the Super Mario games are in the Guinness Book of World Records<\/span> as the most successful gaming franchise of all time?<\/span><\/p>\n Another fun fact: Mario himself was originally known as Jumpman. However, when Nintendo’s US\u00a0<\/span>offices<\/span> were trying to think of a better name in time for the American release of the game, they were interrupted by their landlord Mario Segale, after whom they named the character.<\/p>\n Mario is also a success in other medias.<\/span> The main theme song, known as ‘Ground Theme’, is one of the most recognizable pieces of game music ever recorded. The tune remained <\/span>on<\/span> the Billboard ringtone charts for 125 weeks.<\/p>\n The character is so popular that in 1993, the movie Super Mario <\/span>Bros, starring <\/span>Bob Hoskins and Dennis <\/span>Hopper, was <\/span>Hollywood’s first attempt to create a video game tie-in.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Did you know the Super Mario games are in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most successful gaming franchise of all time? Another fun fact: Mario himself was originally known as Jumpman. However, when Nintendo’s US\u00a0offices were trying to think of a better name in time for the American release of the game, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n