Mario is a media franchise, released and produced by video clip game company Nintendo, developed by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and starring the imaginary personality Mario. It is mainly a computer game franchise business, however has included other forms of media, consisting of tv collection, comics, a 1993 feature film and also style park tourist attractions. The series' initial installment was 1983's Mario Bros., although Mario had made his first appearance in 1981's Donkey Kong, and also had currently been featured in several games of the Donkey Kong and also Game & Watch collection. The Mario games have been created by a variety of programmers including Nintendo, Hudson Soft, as well as AlphaDream. Most Mario games have actually been released exclusively for Nintendo's numerous computer game gaming consoles and handhelds, from the 3rd generation forward. The main Mario subseries is the Super Mario collection of system games started with 1985's S...