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Nearly all gamers have heard of the Mario game, you know the one that Nintendo released in arcades during 1983. Well, here’s 13 things you may not have known about the famous plumber. Did you know that the original game was intended to only be a spinoff of Donkey Kong? Or, that the game was originally called Jumpman? If not, continue reading for those facts and more.

If it’s Paper Mario you want, there’s nothing more realistic than this creative stop-motion animation clip. It was created by a Nintendo fan in Japan at a local school, and on a budget of just $55USD. Continue reading to watch.

Mario jumps over bookcases, flattens Goombas, navigates chalkboards and even makes his way downstairs to the nurse’s office.

[via Kotaku]

If Nintendo released Super Mario Bros. on the original NES this year, it would most certainly be filled with plenty of social options, including Facebook integration, Nintendo pionts, and more. Click here to see the entire World 1-1 sequence.

Using eight images, game designer Zack Hiwiller shows us what Super Mario Bros. might look like, if it was made with modern sensibilities.

[via KotakuHiWiller]