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YUP September 13th, 2010 Super Mario turned 25 years old!!!  (not to be confused with old mario) OH the countless hours I have spend running, jumping, ducking, spinning, flying!  I hope we can spend another 25 years hanging out.. Maybe some day we can save the princess for good.  (Damn woman is ALWAYS getting in trouble!)

For over two decades, Super Mario Bros. was the best-selling video game of all time, before being outsold by Wii Sports in 2009. Excluding Game Boy Advance and Virtual Console sales, the game has sold 40.241 million copies worldwide. It was largely responsible for the initial success of the Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as ending the two-year slump of console game sales in the United States after the video game crash of 1983. As one of Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka’s most influential early successes, it has inspired many clones, sequels, and spin-offs. Its theme music by Koji Kondo is recognized worldwide, even by those who have not played the game, and has been considered a representation for video game music in general.

Watch the video for a nice stroll back memory lane!