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Super Mario[a] is a platform game series created by Nintendo based on Mario. Alternatively called the Super Mario Bros. [b] series or simply the Mario[c] series, it is the central series of the greater Mario franchise. At least one Super Mario game has been released for every major Nintendo video game console. Many Super Mario video games are on non-Nintendo platforms. There are twenty-one similar games and one cross-series game that may or may not be included as part of the series.

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