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and Echo devices. Hey, smarty pants. Do you like video games?

I know. Silly question. Who doesn't? So tell me. What are some of your favorite games? Go ahead and

shout them out. Let's see. I heard Zelda, Pokemon, Tetris, Animal Crossing. I also heard one name

coming up over and over and over again. It starts with an M and rhymes with Barrio. That's right.

Mario. It's me, Mario. After all, Mario has been featured as the protagonist or good guy,

antagonist or bad guy, supporting character, part of an ensemble, or as a cameo in over 200 video

games since first appearing in Donkey Kong in 1981. There's been Mario Brothers, Super Mario Brothers,

Mario Kart, Mario Golf, Dr. Mario, Mario 3D, Mario Ensonic, and many, many, many more. That's

a lot of Mario. But hey, kids love Mario, which is why he serves as the mascot for the company who

created him and all the Mario games. Nintendo. Nintendo is one of the biggest companies in video games,

and they helped redefine the way we all play video games twice. But where did Nintendo come from?

What does the word Nintendo even mean? And was their super popular entertainment system really

based on the car from back to the future?

Are you telling me that you built a time machine? How did it de-lorean?

Get ready, Player One, for another WIFT of Science and History on...

In the 1980s. I know, the 1980s weren't that long ago, but it sure felt like another world.

We wore pants made of parachute material with zippers everywhere. We wore thick, fat shoelaces,

we didn't even tie. And bright colorful watches called swatches. Sometimes three at a time.

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