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Happy Birthday, Super Mario!

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Super Mario turns 25 today, the first Super Mario Brothers title was released on September 13th, 1985. The game has sold more than 40 million copies. James Binns is a video games expert and the publisher of �Edge� online in London.

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