How did you first meet Mario?

***The Doctor*** · 10-20-2011, 12:02 PM

All the way back in 1988. I went around my mates house for the day while my parents were at work. My friend had the fairly new NES console. In which he only had one game for it.....Super Mario Bros.

I remember it taking many deaths (aka most of the day) before we actually got to world 1-4. We sucked. I then got my own console for christmas that year. It was wonderful. I got Zelda that year.

**Valigarmander** · 10-20-2011, 12:09 PM

I was probably around 3 or 4 years old (around 1994) at the time. I was at my grandparents' house, and my uncle (who was about 22 years old) pulled down an old NES from the closet and set it up so I could play. I believe the first game I played was Super Mario Bros. I doubt I was very good at it, though. I think I wasn't able to get past the first world without using the warp in 1-2 until I was older.

They also had SMB2 and SMB3 for the NES, as well as a Super Nintendo with a ton of other games. That's how I met Mario, as well as most of the other splendid video game characters that would keep me company through most of my asocial childhood.

CuccoLady · 10-20-2011, 12:53 PM

My mom bought a N64 because she, a lifelong gamer, wanted one for her birthday.

She then promptly decided she really didn't like console games.

My sisters and I then proceeded to play Super Mario 64 and, later, Paper Mario for the next 14 years.

Dizzy · 10-20-2011, 01:03 PM

I've been playing Mario since before I was old enough to remember. I think I started with SMB and SMB3, then I got an N64 when I was 4, and that had Super Mario 64.

Luigiman7 · 10-20-2011, 03:46 PM

first time i met mario was at nintendo world

his head is a lot bigger in person

monstrman · 10-20-2011, 04:37 PM

Super NES Bros all the way.

**Loot** · 10-20-2011, 04:41 PM

Hard to say, considering he's technically been in my life since essentially the start.

Robotazy · 10-20-2011, 04:51 PM

Well, for this question, I feel like going into more detail.

The first time I saw Mario was Super Mario All Stars, playing Super Mario Brothers and alternating between him and Mario.

The first time I met him would have to be Nintendo Deathmatch, which made me like him as a character back when I was a young and dumb pre-teen.

***CaptHayfever*** · 10-20-2011, 09:20 PM

Over at my cousin's house. I was so young that I got really upset every time Mario died.
(She also had Zelda II, so I got the effing crap scared out of me every time Link died.)

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

monstrman · 10-20-2011, 09:46 PM

Oh no wait I lied Super NES bros was my second game

My first was doctor mario. He was saving lives with his various drugs

Multicolored pills. They cure all your ills. Just so long as you've got fever or the chills

***Booyakasha*** · 10-20-2011, 10:20 PM

I met him in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola
C-O-L-A cola
He walked up to me and he asked me to dance
I asked him his name and in a dark brown voice he said
Mario
Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma-Mario
Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma-Mario

***CaptHayfever*** · 10-21-2011, 12:05 AM

Da din din da, da din din da, na tin tin na, da din din da...
(Just because I like being esoteric.)

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

***Marilink*** · 10-21-2011, 12:48 AM

When I was a baby, my brother's definition of "watching me" was putting me on a blanket on the floor while he played video games. There are many eyewitness accounts, as well as a home video, that say/show that I would stare at the screen intently while he played SMB. And I'd smile every time the end level music played.

I don't remember any of this, but I've seen the video and it is rather cute.

Random User · 10-22-2011, 09:49 AM

I think I was three or so, but my dad had been a gamer and had a bunch of consoles to play. One day I saw him playing Super Mario Bros. and I decided I had to try it out. I can't remember if I was any good or not, but I had a lot of fun and thus began my long gaming life.

Leinad · 10-22-2011, 10:16 AM

I remember my cousins playing on the NES and SNES Mario games from really early on, but I never started playing myself until I was about six or seven, at least from what I remember. My cousin was getting a Playstation, so he ended up passing the NES on to me. I had Super Mario Bros. 3, Megaman 2, Isolated Warrior and the Hunt for Red October, so of course Mario and Megaman stayed in the console most of the time. I get the feeling I may have played it a little before, or that I probably saw the old cartoon, but that is when I concretely remember playing Mario 3 for the first time.

In 1998.

Panfan · 10-22-2011, 10:51 AM

My family was a Sega (and then eventually Sony) family until I really got into gaming, but my grandparents had an NES at their house (which now belongs to me because they really didn't want it and I really did) and I remember going over there and watching my siblings play SMB and SMB3, then eventually finally playing the games for myself.

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-22-2011, 12:39 PM

I was introduced to SMB and home video game consoles at my neighbors' house. They had a tiny black & white tv in their bedroom. I must've been around 7ish.

**Cravdraa** · 11-05-2011, 12:00 AM

Younger than that. I was 5 or 6 when we moved into that house. Of course, I'm not sure when you first remember seeing their NES.

I'm not sure when I first saw a Mario game. I seem to have a few memories of watching other kids play at a party or two before that.
I distinctly remember watching somebody play one of the later worlds and making the comment that it looked easy when they got too frustrated from jumping into a bullet bill. They took it completely the wrong way. I didn't mean that it was easy in that I could actually do any better. I'd only played for the first time that day. I didn't make it past level 2. I had no muscle memory for the controls yet.

I'd meant that I could see the game's mechanics already and I knew how I would have avoided that spot if I could actually control the game. I knew he was going to die because of where he'd jumped, and it didn't look difficult to avoid.

The child in question mistakenly took this to mean I'd already beaten that world and was very impressed. I remember thinking that I should keep my mouth shut from then on, because I wasn't trying to make stuff up.

Blake · 12-01-2011, 04:27 AM

It was also through the NES I learned of Mario. Both SMB3 and the Mario Brother Cartoons(particularly the SMB3 cartoon) had a large influence in my childhood. I remember going over my grandma's immediately after school and watching the latest episodes on TV.

Speed · 12-07-2011, 03:59 AM

I was about 4. Played my cousin's (bitching) N64 and Mario Kart.

10-20-2011, 12:02 PM	#1
*The Doctor* The Last Timelord. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: In the TARDIS Gender: Posts: 13,880 Thanks: 915 Thanked 656 Times in 426 Posts Blog Entries: 1	How did you first meet Mario? All the way back in 1988. I went around my mates house for the day while my parents were at work. My friend had the fairly new NES console. In which he only had one game for it.....Super Mario Bros. I remember it taking many deaths (aka most of the day) before we actually got to world 1-4. We sucked. I then got my own console for christmas that year. It was wonderful. I got Zelda that year.

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10-20-2011, 12:09 PM	#2
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	I was probably around 3 or 4 years old (around 1994) at the time. I was at my grandparents' house, and my uncle (who was about 22 years old) pulled down an old NES from the closet and set it up so I could play. I believe the first game I played was Super Mario Bros. I doubt I was very good at it, though. I think I wasn't able to get past the first world without using the warp in 1-2 until I was older. They also had SMB2 and SMB3 for the NES, as well as a Super Nintendo with a ton of other games. That's how I met Mario, as well as most of the other splendid video game characters that would keep me company through most of my asocial childhood.

10-20-2011, 12:53 PM	#3
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 9,077 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 1,222 Times in 822 Posts	My mom bought a N64 because she, a lifelong gamer, wanted one for her birthday. She then promptly decided she really didn't like console games. My sisters and I then proceeded to play Super Mario 64 and, later, Paper Mario for the next 14 years.

10-20-2011, 01:03 PM	#4
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,162 Times in 805 Posts Blog Entries: 116	I've been playing Mario since before I was old enough to remember. I think I started with SMB and SMB3, then I got an N64 when I was 4, and that had Super Mario 64.

10-20-2011, 04:37 PM	#6
monstrman Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: LET'S SAAAAAVE THE WOOOORLD. Gender: Posts: 1,035 Thanks: 87 Thanked 53 Times in 42 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Super NES Bros all the way.

10-20-2011, 04:41 PM	#7
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	Hard to say, considering he's technically been in my life since essentially the start.

10-20-2011, 04:51 PM	#8
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Well, for this question, I feel like going into more detail. The first time I saw Mario was Super Mario All Stars, playing Super Mario Brothers and alternating between him and Mario. The first time I met him would have to be Nintendo Deathmatch, which made me like him as a character back when I was a young and dumb pre-teen.

10-20-2011, 09:20 PM	#9
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	Over at my cousin's house. I was so young that I got really upset every time Mario died. (She also had Zelda II, so I got the effing crap scared out of me every time Link died.) And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

10-20-2011, 09:46 PM	#10
monstrman Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: LET'S SAAAAAVE THE WOOOORLD. Gender: Posts: 1,035 Thanks: 87 Thanked 53 Times in 42 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Oh no wait I lied Super NES bros was my second game My first was doctor mario. He was saving lives with his various drugs Multicolored pills. They cure all your ills. Just so long as you've got fever or the chills

10-20-2011, 10:20 PM	#11
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	I met him in a club down in old Soho Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola C-O-L-A cola He walked up to me and he asked me to dance I asked him his name and in a dark brown voice he said Mario Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma-Mario Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma-Mario

10-21-2011, 12:05 AM	#12
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	Da din din da, da din din da, na tin tin na, da din din da... (Just because I like being esoteric.) And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

10-21-2011, 12:48 AM	#13
*Marilink* Gotta catch 'em all! Supermod! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 29,118 Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,823 Times in 1,008 Posts	When I was a baby, my brother's definition of "watching me" was putting me on a blanket on the floor while he played video games. There are many eyewitness accounts, as well as a home video, that say/show that I would stare at the screen intently while he played SMB. And I'd smile every time the end level music played. I don't remember any of this, but I've seen the video and it is rather cute.

10-22-2011, 09:49 AM	#14
Random User Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Equestrian Republic of Spanglidesh Gender: Posts: 3,562 Thanks: 321 Thanked 195 Times in 143 Posts Blog Entries: 4	I think I was three or so, but my dad had been a gamer and had a bunch of consoles to play. One day I saw him playing Super Mario Bros. and I decided I had to try it out. I can't remember if I was any good or not, but I had a lot of fun and thus began my long gaming life.

10-22-2011, 10:16 AM	#15
Leinad Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: That place where I live. Gender: Posts: 1,813 Thanks: 47 Thanked 56 Times in 48 Posts	I remember my cousins playing on the NES and SNES Mario games from really early on, but I never started playing myself until I was about six or seven, at least from what I remember. My cousin was getting a Playstation, so he ended up passing the NES on to me. I had Super Mario Bros. 3, Megaman 2, Isolated Warrior and the Hunt for Red October, so of course Mario and Megaman stayed in the console most of the time. I get the feeling I may have played it a little before, or that I probably saw the old cartoon, but that is when I concretely remember playing Mario 3 for the first time. In 1998.

10-22-2011, 10:51 AM	#16
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,251 Times in 1,339 Posts Blog Entries: 15	My family was a Sega (and then eventually Sony) family until I really got into gaming, but my grandparents had an NES at their house (which now belongs to me because they really didn't want it and I really did) and I remember going over there and watching my siblings play SMB and SMB3, then eventually finally playing the games for myself.

10-22-2011, 12:39 PM	#17
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I was introduced to SMB and home video game consoles at my neighbors' house. They had a tiny black & white tv in their bedroom. I must've been around 7ish.

11-05-2011, 12:00 AM	#18
Cravdraa VGF RPG Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: It's Round on the sides and high in the middle. Gender: Posts: 8,470 Thanks: 171 Thanked 662 Times in 404 Posts	Younger than that. I was 5 or 6 when we moved into that house. Of course, I'm not sure when you first remember seeing their NES. I'm not sure when I first saw a Mario game. I seem to have a few memories of watching other kids play at a party or two before that. I distinctly remember watching somebody play one of the later worlds and making the comment that it looked easy when they got too frustrated from jumping into a bullet bill. They took it completely the wrong way. I didn't mean that it was easy in that I could actually do any better. I'd only played for the first time that day. I didn't make it past level 2. I had no muscle memory for the controls yet. I'd meant that I could see the game's mechanics already and I knew how I would have avoided that spot if I could actually control the game. I knew he was going to die because of where he'd jumped, and it didn't look difficult to avoid. The child in question mistakenly took this to mean I'd already beaten that world and was very impressed. I remember thinking that I should keep my mouth shut from then on, because I wasn't trying to make stuff up.

12-01-2011, 04:27 AM	#19
Blake Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: A generic place such as a house Gender: Posts: 4,628 Thanks: 1,489 Thanked 206 Times in 148 Posts	It was also through the NES I learned of Mario. Both SMB3 and the Mario Brother Cartoons(particularly the SMB3 cartoon) had a large influence in my childhood. I remember going over my grandma's immediately after school and watching the latest episodes on TV.

12-07-2011, 03:59 AM	#20
Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,747 Thanks: 1,598 Thanked 320 Times in 224 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I was about 4. Played my cousin's (bitching) N64 and Mario Kart.