The Super Mario series isn’t just about variety; it’s about how deep it goes. There isn’t just one good Mario RPG and there isn’t just one cool Mario sports game. No, the series has done the near impossible. It has made great franchises within a great franchise! Super Mario is the ultimate games character!

There are no fewer than three good games in every franchise within the Mario universe. For RPGs, there’s Super Mario RPG and three Paper Marios. There are more Mario Parties than any man could play, enough Mario Karts to give you blue-shell-trauma, and even three Smash Bros. games to cover your fighting game fix.

And before you call Smash Bros. anything but a Mario production, ask yourself: what other Bros, outside the Mario bros, are doing the smashing? Exactly!