Usually, if someone tells you their Wii is all red, you'd suggest they see a doctor. Thankfully, Nintendo's new red Wii is more cause for celebration than medical scare.
The Kyoto-based company is marking the 25th anniversary of one of its most popular games, "Super Mario Bros.," with a shiny, crimson game console. Rightly so, few video-game characters have achieved the fame Mario has. The franchise has enjoyed unparalleled success ever since "Super Mario Bros." was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1985. Mario himself first showed up as a minor character named Jumpman in the game "Donkey Kong" back in 1981. Designer Shigeru Miyamoto eventually gave Mario a more prominent role with the release of arcade-game "Mario Bros." in 1983.
Of course, Mario owes much of his success to the fact that "Super Mario Bros." was bundled with the original NES. Tallying topside of 40.24 million games sold, the title was only bested by Wii Sports, which was bundled with the original Wii console in 2006.
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