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Nintendo is celebrating Marios 30th anniversary this year, which is an unparalleled franchise success-story in the video-game world. While Mario and his friends (and enemies) have been on countless adventures over that 30 year timespan, they arent showing any signs of slowing down. In fact, the latest game Super Mario Maker allows creative gamers across the globe to challenge each other like never before and create enough levels to keep you and Mario busy for a lifetime.

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Chris Mawson writes: "Nintendo has marked the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. with the release today of a new interview with legendary series creator Shigeru Miyamoto."

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NL: We're now well into the current generation with this series (which ends soon, we promise). 2012 was also a weird year for 2D Mario games, as it actually led to some notable backlash from online communities of Nintendo fans; the simple argument was that there was too much Mario.

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NL: We have a fond story we like to recall about Super Mario 3D World in Nintendo Life HQ. It was E3 2013, Nintendo opted for a Nintendo Direct broadcast rather than a press briefing - this was before the first excellent 'Digital Event', remember - and there was a feeling of nervousness. Nintendo had basically already announced a few big games that would be shown, including a new '3D Mario'. Trouble was Nintendo was using the awful uStream during E3 - or Twitch was terrible at the time, one or the other - and we were watching in 240p despite having a connection speed to make most people weep in admiration. Super Mario 3D World then popped up.

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NL: I remember very clearly going to Toys'R'Us to play the demo kiosk for Super Mario 64. Like any good Nintendo tyke, I had a subscription to Nintendo Power and had been following the development of the "Ultra 64" with bated breath. Thinking about the promising capabilities of the N64 Disk Drive filled me with anticipation for the upcoming era of gaming. And that crazy controller? I had to try it.

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The culmination of 30 years

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NL: I remember very clearly going to Toys'R'Us to play the demo kiosk for Super Mario 64. Like any good Nintendo tyke, I had a subscription to Nintendo Power and had been following the development of the "Ultra 64" with bated breath. Thinking about the promising capabilities of the N64 Disk Drive filled me with anticipation for the upcoming era of gaming. And that crazy controller? I had to try it.

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NL: Super Mario 3D Land wasn't the first 3D Mario to grace a Nintendo portable - that honour goes to Super Mario 64 DS - but it was the first original game of its type. Before we talk a little about the game, the context of its release is important. Within a few months of the 3DS launching in Spring 2011 Nintendo was forced to react to a dramatic decline in sales, with one measure being a Fall 2011 price cut relatively unprecedented in terms of how quickly it was implemented. While the price cut is credited as providing a major kickstart in boosting the 3DS in the marketplace, late 2011 delivered key blockbusters. Monster Hunter 3 G in Japan, with Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land providing a boost worldwise. It was an impressive Holiday line-up that helped salvage the portable's market position.

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Plus plenty of insight from the current day designers

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