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After his initial appearance in this pioneering game, Mario, under his proper name for the first time in Japan, was introduced in the sequel, ''[[dkwiki:Donkey Kong Junior|Donkey Kong Junior]]'', and identified as of Italian ethnicity by Nintendo's president Hiroshi Yamauchi. Mario was named as such due to his comical resemblance to Nintendo of America's landlord Mario Segale. Then Mario and his newly introduced brother [[Luigi]] starred in the 1983 arcade game ''[[Mario (universe)#Mario Bros.|Mario Bros.]]'' as plumbers.

Miyamoto's next game was the world-famous ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom/NES]], the game that singlehandedly brought video gaming into the mainstream and made Nintendo a major company in a now major industry[http://www.g4tv.com/top-100/478/super-mario-bros/]. Many iconic aspects of Mario and his franchise were established: Mario and Luigi now live in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] ruled under Princess "[[Peach]]" Toadstool and her mushroom-retaining [[Toad]] servants, and the Koopa king [[Bowser]] kidnaps the princess for Mario to rescue. Mario must bound across side-scrolling platform stages to rescue her, jumping on the heads of common enemies like [[Goomba]]s and [[Koopa Troopa]]s to defeat them. He starts out tiny but can grow to [[supermariowiki:Super Mario|double his size]] if he grabs a [[Super Mushroom]] powerup, gain the ability to [[supermariowiki:Fire Mario|shoot out fireballs]] by grabbing a [[Fire Flower]], and [[supermariowiki:Invincible Mario|turn invincible]] for a short period of time by grabbing a [[Starman (item)|Starman]]. ''Super Mario Bros.'' became a franchise with these elements lasered into video game iconography, consistent in future games in the ''Mario'' series.