Super Mario is meer dan een game karakter, hij is een popculture icoon die zijn stempel op vele fronten heeft gezet. Daarom heeft de website Dorkly.com nu deze top zes gemaakt die ons laten zien waarom de besnorrrde loodgieter (die het drukker heeft met het redden van de wereld dan zijn echte werk) zo ekte ekte baas is.

6. Variety

Ryu doesn't have an RPG. Samus doesn't race karts. And Link has never played Sonic in the Winter Olympics. What am I saying? I'm saying that whatever you're looking for, Mario has it.

Okay, he doesn't have a gritty shooter - yet - but zombie survival is coming to Mushroom Kingdom no earlier than 2014. For the most part, what you want, Mario has. And whether you prefer your games in 2D or 3D, Mario's got both. Hell, thanks to Paper Mario, Mario can come as close to 1D as any game since Pong.

So next time you're praising a franchise, ask yourself: would this protagonist take the time to teach me typing? If it's not Mario, the answer's a no.