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Last year Nintendo celebrated its 121st birthday-for so many years there is no other company busy with video games today. There will not be enough of all its ups on the corporation, all its ups, inventions, inventions and finds, but another thing is important: after another 121 years, hardly anyone remembers Nintendo playing cards, electronics, Game & Watch, Samus Aran and even, we think, Link. But Mario will remember – a plumber who was 25 years old in the same year. Exactly so much has passed since the way out Super Mario Bros. in 1985, and on this occasion, as noted on one of the Russian fan sites, "it was impossible not to get drunk". The thematic press conference, the creators, of course, did not get off with. Special, jubilee versions of WII and DSI, reprint the first three Mario-IGR (along with the original cartridges with masochistic levels), as well as an amazing artbook and a disk with soundtrack, were on sale. You can consider all this closer on the festive site Mario25TH.Nintendo.Com. This anniversary is perhaps one of the main events of the past year, but to praise Mario for us, the employees of the game magazine, is like the author of Rolling Stone to write something like: “And these are your“ Beatles ”nothing, cheerfully shrubs”. Therefore, we contacted a variety of representatives of the gaming industry and asked if they did not want to speak out about the 25th anniversary of Mario. Everyone wanted to get to the pages of Gamery – well, or almost everything: employees Tale of Tales , The main indi-operators wished the unfortunate plumber to die as soon as possible (we suspect, nevertheless of a joke), and the company "" 1C-SoftKlab "Refused to participate, citing corporate ethics. Eric Holmes, Chief Designer Games: “Everyone loves Mario so hard that it is even difficult to explain it. He is the lord of the media environment, the first entertainment attraction in our life, which cannot be bored, and therefore, more than just a mustache, cap and overalls. Who else is loved and remembered for so long? Who else manages to get younger over the years? Yes, no one! Mario Bodr, because he runs ahead of the competitors, because it is constantly changing, managing to remain a classic. Mario in the game – and this is a guarantor of accessibility, monumentality and endless fun. Good achievement, is it not true?" Nicole Lazzaro, founder of Xeodesign – companies studying emotions formed by video games: “Mario, you are my hero! From those ancient Sidskroling times to the conquest of distant-long galaxies! I do not regret any center spent on youth with you. Happy birthday! You worthy of these 25 years! And Sigeru Miyamoto-san! Thank you for visionary and rich imagination, your games awaken in each of us all the best. You are my hero too!" Tony Watkins, head of the Russian representative office Electronic Arts: “But I still remember how I played the first Donkey Kong… Since then, Mario found a name, characteristic appearance and is only gaining power every year. I am sure that he will live for thirty years, but not sure that I will be able to congratulate him again!" Cameron Brown, Creative Director of Mercenaries (now works on a new project): “What can I say. He invented 2D platformers, he invented 3D platformers, lit up in fighting wings and races, RPG and even space Odyssey. There is no such thing that would not be able to. Well, maybe, except for the salvation of the princess once and for all. Congratulations, man!" American McGi, founder and creative director of Spicy Horse Games: “How can I not congratulate Mario? Without him, after all, there would not be all those magic watches spent on the prefix Nintendo with John Karmak!" Scott Steinberg, host of the online show Game Theory and the head of the video game consulting company Techsavvy Global: “Mario open every time again. He constantly seeks to raise the bar of video games in general. This is Mickey-Mas generation X: millions look at him as a playing banner, a source of eternal radiance. Congratulations on the anniversary, a big man – ahead of another 25 years of unforgettable adventures!" Edmund McMillan, creator Super Meat Boy: “Congratulations, now you are 25 years old, Mario! And you are an adult enough to finally understand that the Princess of Pich just allows himself to be kidnapped. You are not in her taste ". Michael Pakhter, odious game analyst: “Mario is much older than it looks – probably everything from these constant jumps! He was alone and remains an argument in favor of the fact that people should be carried away by video games. And the people whom he had already convinced now are now raising children, who once also become his fans. My forecast: Our children will play in Mario with their grandchildren and in fifty years! I'm looking forward to!" [[Break]] Did you have to think about who speaks for Mario (as well as Luigi, Valuji, Vario and others)? Probably not. It is strange: we know who gave a voice to Solid Snieka or Sam Fisher, but we have no idea about Charles Martin, a saddle-haired actor-suizelob, which voices the famous plumber for the third ten years. But his exclamations are much more recognizable than any pompous sniffings and grunts! At an hour and a half, breaking away from the meatballs and pizza, the voice of Mario kindly told Gamery, is it hard – it was hard to portray the Italian Savior Princesses and a fighter with turtles. [Gambling:] First of all, I would like, of course, to find out how you generally became the voice of Mario. [Charles:] It happened twenty years ago. I am lying on the beach, resting, having fun, when suddenly a friend calls me and says: “Hey! There will be one listening for the exhibition in Vegas! Go there!"And I to him:" No, no, no, I will not go anywhere, in any case!