35 years of Mario: from plumber to symbol of a whole generation

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• BRUNO TOLEDANO

  Madrid

Updated on Friday, 18 September 2020 - 22:52

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  Why Super Mario is to video games what Socrates is to Philosophy

Red cap, bushy mustache, round nose, contagious smile, and he's always jumping.

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Despite being a humble plumber (from Brooklyn, some say), he has become not only the symbol of the video game industry, but also a pop icon and the best representative of Japan, his country of origin. "No There is a better way to summarize the importance of Mario than to remember the closing of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, when

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