Draft:Cultural impact of the Mario franchise

The 2023 film adaptation, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, aside from breaking several box-office records{{cite web |last1=Petrovich |first1=Erik |title=Mario And Nintendo Just Made Music History |url=https://www.svg.com/1256962/mario-nintendo-music-history/ |website=SVG |access-date=7 August 2024 |date=13 April 2023}} such as becoming the highest-grossing animated film of 2023, would become popular on social media via the song "Peaches" performed by Jack Black.{{cite web |title=How Jack Black Changed Super Mario Bros. Movie's "Peaches" Song For The Better |url=https://screenrant.com/super-mario-bros-movie-peaches-song-jack-black-changes-better/ |website=Screen Rant |date=22 December 2023 |access-date=15 March 2024}} The main theme from Super Mario Bros. titled the "Ground Theme"{{cite web |url=http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/music/music21.html |title=Super Mario Bros.: Ground Theme |author=Masahiro Sakurai |author-link=Masahiro Sakurai |date=January 23, 2008 |work=Smash Bros. Dojo!! |publisher=Nintendo, HAL Laboratory, Inc. |access-date=September 12, 2010}} is also incredibly popular, becoming both one the most recognisable video game songs of all time and the first song from a video game to be selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the U.S. Library of Congress.{{cite web |author1=Cay O'Dell |title=From the National Recording Registry: "Super Mario" (1985) |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2023/08/from-the-national-recording-registry-super-mario-1985/ |website=Library of Congress |access-date=14 March 2024 |date=2 August 2023}}

Donkey Kong, the first video game to feature Mario, is considered one of the first platformers to have an on-going story, and would help cement Nintendo as a household name in the video game industry.{{cite web|title=Gaming's most important evolutions|page=3|publisher=GamesRadar|date=Oct 8, 2010|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/f/gamings-most-important-evolutions/a-20101008102331322035/p-3|access-date=2011-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319153722/http://www.gamesradar.com/gamings-most-important-evolutions/?page=3|archive-date=March 19, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} Super Mario Bros., which featured horizontal scrolling and smoother methods of controlling Mario compared to its predecessors, would later become an archetype for the genre.

According to Yuji Naka, the gameplay of Sonic the Hedgehog was inspired by Super Mario Bros., having admired the simple mechanics in complex environments and wondered why the game's levels couldn't be finished faster.{{ref needed|date=August 2024}}

When the PlayStation 5-exclusive video game Astro Bot won the Game Award for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024, director Nicolas Doucet cited Super Mario Bros. as being a large influence on the game's development.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

In 2007, a website known as Super Mario Bros.: The Movie Archive was founded by Ryan Hoss as a way of preserving several elements of the 1993 box office bomb Super Mario Bros., which gained a cult following several years after its release.{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Darryn |title=In 1993 'Super Mario Bros.' Bombed; in 2023, It's a Hit With a New Generation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/movies/super-mario-bros-bob-hoskins-1993.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=8 August 2024 |date=7 April 2023}} In 2021, the fan organization restored an unreleased extended cut of the film dubbed the "Morton Jankel Cut", which extended the film's runtime from 104 minutes to 125 minutes.{{cite web |last1=Han |first1=Karen |title=An Interview With the Man Who Spent Countless Hours Restoring the Super Mario Bros. Movie |url=https://slate.com/culture/2021/06/super-mario-bros-movie-restoration-morton-jankel-cut.html |website=Slate |access-date=15 July 2024 |date=9 June 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=J. Kim |title=Super Mario Bros. Movie Fans Release Extended Cut With 20 Minutes of New Footage |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/super-mario-bros-movie-fans-extended-cut-new-footage-20-minutes |website=IGN |access-date=15 July 2024 |date=1 June 2021}}

{{main article|List of unofficial Mario media#Videos and series{{!}}List of unofficial Mario media § Videos and series}}

Several web series featuring Mario characters and other elements have been created and hosted on websites such as Newgrounds and YouTube. One notable example is Super Mario Bros. Z, a sprite animated web series created by Mark Haynes and originally hosted on Newgrounds. The series was formerly animated using Adobe Flash and combined elements from the Mario franchise with that of Sonic the Hedgehog and Dragon Ball Z.{{cite web | last=Stephenson | first=Cassidy | title=Sonic the Hedgehog Fans Flip Over the Comic's Perfect Super Mario Bros. Z Reference | website=CBR | date=2023-01-17 | url=https://www.cbr.com/sonic-the-hedgehog-comic-smbz-mecha-sonic-reference/ | access-date=2024-08-06}}{{cite web | last=Fisher | first=David | title="Super Mario Bros Z" creator returns with revival of fan-favorite sprite cartoon | website=GameSkinny | date=2016-01-10 | url=https://www.gameskinny.com/news/super-mario-bros-z-creator-returns-with-revival-of-fan-favorite-sprite-cartoon/ | access-date=2024-08-06}} Another example is SMG4, a machinima parody series created in 2011 by Luke Lerdwichagul and hosted on YouTube. The series features Mario characters alongside several original characters partaking in parodic and comedic scenarios.{{cite web | last=Asarch | first=Steven | title=The trippiest gamer on YouTube reveals the one line he'll never cross | website=Inverse | date=2022-01-26 | url=https://www.inverse.com/gaming/smg4-luke-lerdwichagul-interview | access-date=2024-08-06}}

{{main article|List of unofficial Mario media#Video games{{!}}List of unofficial Mario media § Video games}}

Non-profit fan games have been produced by many fans of the Mario series, with notable examples including browser games such as Super Mario Bros. Crossover{{cite web | last=McWhertor | first=Michael | title=Super Mario Bros. Crossover gets massive 'Special' update | website=Polygon | date=2013-07-31 | url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/31/4576948/super-mario-bros-crossover-gets-massive-special-update | access-date=2024-08-06}} and Super Mario War,{{cite web | last=Klappenbach | first=Michael | title=Top 6 Super Mario Bros Games for the PC | website=Lifewire | date=2015-08-17 | url=https://www.lifewire.com/top-super-mario-bros-games-pc-813070 | access-date=2024-08-06}} as well as ROM hacks such as Kaizo Mario World.{{cite web | last=Hill | first=Kyle | title=The Many-Worlds Hypothesis And The Hardest Super Mario Level | website=Discover Magazine | date=2014-02-20 | url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-many-worlds-hypothesis-and-the-hardest-super-mario-level | access-date=2024-08-06}}

File:Nintendos (43340349520).jpg, most of whom cosplaying Mario characters.]]

Characters from the Mario franchise have commonly been used for cosplaying, both by children at Halloween{{cite web | title=Here are the top selling and most searched Halloween costumes of 2023 | website=CBC | date=2024-08-06 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/here-are-the-top-selling-and-most-searched-halloween-costumes-of-2023 | access-date=2024-08-06}} and by adults at gaming conventions.{{cite web | title=PAX East 2024 Brings Boston Gamers Together | website=WBZ NewsRadio 1030 | date=2024-03-21 | url=https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/pax-east-2024-brings-boston-gamers-together/ | access-date=2024-08-06}}{{cite web | last=Hutchings | first=Kristy | title=Cosplayers descend on Long Beach for annual Animé Los Angeles convention | website=Press Telegram | date=2024-01-05 | url=https://www.presstelegram.com/2024/01/04/cosplayers-descend-on-long-beach-for-annual-anime-los-angeles-convention/ | access-date=2024-08-06}}{{cite web | last=Mercante | first=Alyssa | title=Our Fave Cosplay From New York Comic Con 2023 | website=Kotaku | date=2023-10-17 | url=https://kotaku.com/new-york-comic-con-nycc-cosplay-contest-2023-star-wars-1850931412 | access-date=2024-08-06}}

In 2024, 46-year-old Lincolnshire man Simon Killen competed in that year's London Marathon cosplaying as Mario and set a world record for being the fastest runner dressed as a video game character.{{cite web |title=Lincolnshire man sets marathon record dressed as Mario |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-68872451 |website=BBC |access-date=16 July 2024 |date=22 April 2024}}

While Mario is mainly a video game franchise, many achievements that took place in such games have been made by fans. For instance, in 2008, an annual charity fundraiser known as the Mario Marathon, in which members play through numerous Super Mario games, was created to raise money for Child's Play Charity.{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/mario-marathon-raises-more-than-10-000-updated-5020615|title=Mario Marathon Raises More than $10,000 [Updated]|website=Kotaku.com|date=29 June 2008 |access-date=17 January 2022}}

In 2016, a community project known as Team 0% was created to complete every user-created level{{efn|Referred to in-game as "courses".}} in the 2015 Wii U game Super Mario Maker and its 2019 Nintendo Switch sequel Super Mario Maker 2.{{Cite web |last=Plant |first=Logan |date=2024-03-18 |title=Inside the Multi-Year Quest to Finish Every Single Mario Maker Level Before the Servers Close for Good |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/inside-the-multi-year-quest-to-finish-every-single-mario-maker-level-before-the-servers-close-for-good |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319005803/https://www.ign.com/articles/inside-the-multi-year-quest-to-finish-every-single-mario-maker-level-before-the-servers-close-for-good |url-status=live}} The project reached its first goal when every course in Super Mario Maker was completed on April 5, 2024, two days before the game's servers were permanantly closed alongside Nintendo Network.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/04/super-mario-maker-community-clears-trimming-the-herbs-just-days-before-wii-u-online-shutdown|title=Super Mario Maker Community Clears 'Trimming The Herbs' Just Days Before Wii U Online Shutdown|last=Doolan|first=Liam|date=April 5, 2024|website=Nintendo Life|access-date=April 5, 2024|archive-date=April 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406142250/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/04/super-mario-maker-community-clears-trimming-the-herbs-just-days-before-wii-u-online-shutdown|url-status=live}}

File:Cerimônia de encerramento dos Jogos Olímpicos Rio 2016 1039534-21082016- mg 8618 (cropped).jpg donning Mario's cap at the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2016/aug/22/japanese-pm-shinzo-abe-super-mario-rio-olympic-closing-ceremony |title=Why Japanese PM Shinzo Abe was dressed as Super Mario in Rio |work=The Guardian |date=August 22, 2016 |access-date=March 4, 2024}}]]

In 2002, visual artist Cory Arcangel hacked an original copy of Super Mario Bros. to create Super Mario Clouds, a piece of multi-channel video installation artwork where all of the game's assets are removed except for a leftward-scrolling sky.{{cite web |last1=Partin |first1=Will |title=Super Mario: How a Tiny Italian Plumber Became Gaming's Most Iconic Character |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/09/we-are-all-mario/403636/ |website=The Atlantic |access-date=7 August 2024 |date=3 September 2015}} The art piece is currently on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art.{{cite web |title=Cory Arcangel {{!}} Super Mario Clouds |url=https://whitney.org/collection/works/20588 |website=Whitney Museum of American Art |access-date=7 August 2024 |date=6 February 2019}}

A series of social media accounts known as Supper Mario Broth was created in 2012 that shares blogs on several uncommon trivia about Mario media relating to topics such as sprites,{{cite magazine|last=Klepek|first=Patrick|date=September 17, 2018|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-meticulous-fan-behind-the-internets-most-meticulous-mario-blog/|title=Meet the Meticulous Fan Behind the Internet's Most Meticulous Mario Blog|magazine=Vice|access-date=October 18, 2024}} models,{{cite web|last=Serin|first=Kaan|date=October 18, 2024|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/super-mario/after-running-a-super-mario-bros-archive-for-12-years-one-dedicated-historian-was-about-to-quit-forever-if-it-wasnt-for-the-help-of-4-000-fans-you-have-saved-my-life/|title=After running a Super Mario Bros archive for 12 years, one dedicated historian was about to quit forever if it wasn't for the help of 4,000 fans: "You have saved my life"|website=GamesRadar+|access-date=October 18, 2024}} among others. Ash Parrish, writing for The Verge, described Supper Mario Broth as "one of the most wholesome Mario blogs on the internet" and "a celebrated institution in the broader Nintendo community".{{cite news|last=Parrish|first=Ash|date=October 18, 2024|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/18/24273563/supper-mario-broth-creator-fan-support|title=Fans come to the rescue of popular Mario content creator|work=The Verge|access-date=October 18, 2024}}

Mario Day{{efn|Also known as Mar10 Day or National Mario Day.}} is a national holiday celebrated annually on March 10.{{cite news |title=NATIONAL MARIO DAY - March 10 - National Day Calendar |url=https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-mario-day-march-10/ |website=National Day Calendar |date=10 March 2023 |access-date=10 March 2023}} Its name was originally coined by fans in 2014{{cite web |title=Weirdness: 10th March is Mario Day, Apparently |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/03/weirdness_10th_march_is_mario_day_apparently |website=Nintendo Life |date=10 March 2014 |publisher=Thomas Whitehead |access-date=10 March 2023}} in which fans would celebrate the day on social media using the hashtag "#Mar10".{{Cite web |last=Arroyo |first=David |date=2023-03-10 |title=Mario Day: where does it come from and why is it celebrated on March 10? |url=https://en.as.com/meristation/2023/03/10/news/1678470959_058497.html |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Meristation |language=en-us}} Nintendo would respond to this the year after when they began to embrace the event by celebrating it themselves,{{cite web |title=Celebrate Mar. 10 - Mario Day! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoj1d8x2H6c |website=YouTube | date=9 March 2016 |access-date=10 March 2023}} with the first official mentions of Mario Day being in a tweet from the X (formerly Twitter) accounts of both Nintendo of America and Nintendo UK.{{Cite web |title=Nintendo of America |url=https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/575329015466229760 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=NintendoUK |url=https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/575250781928034304 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}} as well as in a YouTube video titled "Celebrate Mar. 10 - Mario Day!" uploaded onto the official Nintendo of America YouTube channel on March 10, 2016. Nintendo would continue to host events on each Mario Day, such as partnering with the Starlight Children's Foundation to provide new gowns for children to wear, resulting in over 2,000 donations.{{cite web |title=Nintendo celebrates MAR10 Day by bringing smiles to people of all ages - Nintendo Official Site |url=https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/nintendo-celebrates-mar10-day-by-bringing-smiles-to-people-of-all-ages |website=Nintendo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315154855/https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/nintendo-celebrates-mar10-day-by-bringing-smiles-to-people-of-all-ages |access-date=15 March 2023|archive-date=2018-03-15 }}

The video game localization company 8-4 is named after World 8-4, the final level from Super Mario Bros.{{cite web|author=Akibatteru |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnW_E61ONws |title=Akibatteru アキバってる - Taipei Comic Fair, Game localization and Tokyo Anime Fair |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-11-09 |access-date=2011-07-18}}{{better source needed|date=April 2025}}

An AI phenomenon known as the "Waluigi effect", which is when a large language model such as a chatbot produces an often-hostile output opposite of its designed intent, was named after the Mario series character Waluigi.{{cite magazine |last=Bove |first=Tristan |date=May 27, 2023 |title=Will A.I. go rogue like Waluigi from Mario Bros., or become the personal assistant that Bill Gates says will make us all rich? |url=https://fortune.com/2023/05/27/what-is-waluigi-effect-artificial-intelligence-personal-assistant-bill-gates/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |magazine=Fortune}}

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