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Numbers in the News: It's-a-Me, Mario!
The Super Mario Bros. Movie comes out this month. Check out some facts and figures about the iconic video game franchise that inspired the film.
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MORE THAN 650 MILLION
Estimated number of video games featuring Mario that have sold worldwide.
PUMKINPIE/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO
1985
The year Nintendo released the game Super Mario Bros. for its at-home console. The system could process only 8 bits, or units, of data at a time, resulting in simple, pixelated graphics.
5 to 11 times
The relative strength of gravity on Mario’s world compared to gravity on Earth.
PER GRUNDITZ/EYEEM/GETTY IMAGES
78
The number of different mushrooms in Mario games. The original power-up mushroom is based on the fungus Amanita muscaria.
4 MINUTES, 54.798 SECONDS
The fastest recorded completion of Super Mario Bros. This speedrun was achieved by American gamer “Niftski” in 2022.
THINK ABOUT IT: What’s your favorite video game? How would you make that game into a movie?
SOURCES: STATISTA, NINTENDO CO. LTD., GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, VGCHARTZ, PHYSICS FACTBOOK