10 Super Mario Facts You Probably Never Knew

Mario Cover The red-capped plumber we€™ve all grown to love over several decades has been on a little vacation this year as his brother Luigi €“ green-capped but no longer with envy €“ has taken centre stage in Nintendo€™s €œYear of Luigi€, where he fends off ghoulish creatures in Luigi€™s Mansion 2 and fights off enemies in a bid to race against the clock in New Super Luigi U. With it being his brother€™s 30th Anniversary, Mario has certainly taken the back seat as he€™s been spotted on the beautiful and tranquil Pi€™illo Island with Princess Peach, having some much-needed time away from Bowser and his goons. But not even Mario can escape the evil that lurks within the Pi€™illo Kingdom and soon he joins up with Luigi to save the small island in Mario and Luigi: Dream Team Bros. So, in celebration of those 30 plus years Mario has been saving the world, sometimes even the galaxy, we€™ve listed the top 10 Super Mario facts you probably never knew, and what he kept hidden from his arch-nemesis Bowser... like those secret stash of mushrooms and power-ups.
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With a love for postmodern literature and black and white movies, Colette is a stickler for those artistic films with a weird and wonderful vibe. But she also loves her mainstream cinema and will devour any superhero movie like a comic-book nerd. She currently works as a news editor for a gaming website, specialising in all things Mario, and a film aficionado for What Culture.