What's the appeal of this character?

>>389808993
Marketing

>>389808993
He's a person

he goes bing bing and makes the wahoos

jumps

>>389808993
The iconic dark yellow mustache

>>389808993
Mario is a blue-collar worker, working a literal shit job. He's not nobility, he's just a guy. But through hard work and determination, he still gets to bang a princess.

He was fat so he resonated with Americans

>>389809690
amerilards btfo

>>389808993
The character itself is shit. It was good for the era it was developed for, it stood out well on the screen when everything used to blend together. Only reason he became such a huge thing is because the games themselves were fun and the kings of their day.

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>>389808993
He's that guy from that King Kong ripoff, and you can now play with him in your own house!

>>389809690
o b s e s s e d

>>389810079
t. american

>>389809084
You're retarded. What marketing did Mario 1 have?

His massive cock.

>>389808993
He's a plumber, plumbers have extreme mass appeal
>>389810079
Keep shitting in Wal-Mart amerilard

>>389810715
The first Mario games didn't have much marketing, they were a success because of they were good. After that, his face got plastered onto golf spinoffs and Pez dispensers until he became so recognizable and iconic.

>>389808993
he's mexican

>>389808993
nothing really. the games just used to be good
in a different timeline where the character wasn't associated with good platform games it probably would have never caught on