Originally named Mr. Video or Jumpman and now known as Mario or Super Mario this Nintendo video game character was created by Shigeru Miyamoto in April 4, 1983 is still well known today. Mario is a moustached Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom. He is a titular character of Nintendo video games series and franchise with the same name. Mario mainly fulfills the role of rescuing Princess Peach from Bowser, the ever-persistent King of the Koopas, in Super Mario games. A fanart 8-bit Mario progress bar for YouTube.