What can I say about this historic plumber, he something big. Mario started his career as a co-star in the arcade hit Donkey Kong in 1882 as Jump-Man (he didn't have the Mario all his life). He was named Mario after Mario Sagali, he was the manager of the apartment where Nintendo of America was first located, who had a great resemblance to super plumber. 

After Donkey Kong, Mario appeared in many of his own games and did many cameos, his most famous cameo was the referee in Mike Tyson's Punch Out. Not all things were easy for the plumber, he got great competition from Sega and a little speedy hedgehog named Sonic, who was the exact opposite of Mario, who was slow, while Sonic was fast, basically Sonic was young and cool and Mario was the old man. this  competition started the 16-bit counsel wars, but at the end of it all, it was a tie.