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Mario is one of the most popular characters in video game history, and even one of the most popular fictional characters overall. Most people know who Mario is, and there are a lot of those people who have played his games at some point. That point gets proved more by the fact that Mario is the highest selling video game franchise, selling over 832 million units. That number is about 340 million more than the second-place franchise. Mario has been in many different forms of media, including movies, TV shows, and of course video games. Mario's first game was back in 1983, and 40 years later the Mario franchise is still making games. In the 40-year history there have been 80 total Mario games among multiple different styles.
The styles in Mario games are 2D games, 3D games, and then spinoff games. The first of the styles is the 2D games, this is the original type of Mario games. There are 11 games with the 2D style, starting with the original game, and going through the newest upcoming game. The second type Mario games is the 3D games, this style was the one that released the latest of all 3 styles of Mario games. This style of game has 7 games. The last style is the spinoff games, which have the widest variety. This is also the largest style with 59 games. There are also some games that include Mario but are not spinoffs, an example of this is the Super Smash Bros series of games.