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The weird history of Super Mario, told in one hundred and one stories. This is not a Super Mario blog. This is a video game history blog that can and should encompass all games. That said, there are a lot of Super Mario games and I do play most of them, so if I’m writing all this based on my own interests, Mario is going to come up a lot. That’s why Mario seemed like the most logical way to celebrate my 100th post. Instead, that post ended up being This particular project is about the history of Mario, his games and the various associated spinoffs. You will find some history you know, some history you don’t, and in more than one case, contradicting stories that suggest that there’s more to the story than the popular version that usually gets told. While I do talk about the entire series, I move more or less chronologically, starting with Donkey Kong and only really getting as far as Yoshi’s Island and Donkey Kong Country. So while Super Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Odyssey get discussed, they don’t have their own sections. I may get to them in the future.