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The '''Mario universe''' refers to the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Smash Bros.'' series']] collection of characters, stages, and properties that hail from Nintendo's expansive and hugely successful ''Mario'' videogame franchise. The Mario universe is Nintendo's most lucrative franchise, and it is flat-out the most successful game franchise in global sales and in history. [[Mario]] himself is Nintendo's mascot and is considered the most well-known video game character in the world, and he and his many friends and nemeses have appeared in dozens-upon-dozens of Nintendo video games, many of them best-sellers and several of which are considered some of the greatest games ever released. Directly as a result from this, there are more Mario-themed characters, items, and properties to be found in the Smash Bros. series than any other Nintendo franchise, not the least of which are eight distinctive playable characters in [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl|''Brawl'']]: [[Mario]] (who has [[Dr. Mario]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' as a clone), [[Luigi]] (who has [[Waluigi]] as an alternate costume, though he is also an assist trophy), [[Bowser]], [[Princess Peach]] (who has [[Daisy]] as an alternate costume and [[Toad]] as an attack), [[Yoshi]], [[Donkey Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]], and [[Wario]]. The Mario universe is so expansive, in fact, that the last four characters are considered stars of their own sub-universes: the [[Yoshi (universe)|Yoshi universe]], the [[Donkey Kong (universe)|Donkey Kong universe]], and the [[Wario (universe)|Wario universe]]. The icon that represents it is a [[Super Mushroom]], a common, and probably the most famous item in the ''Mario'' games, though the white spots seen on it in the ''Mario'' games were absent in the Smash Bros. series until ''Brawl''.