
The console features a dot-matrix screen with adjustable contrast dial, five game control buttons (a directional pad, two game buttons, and "START" and "SELECT"), a single speaker with adjustable volume dial and, like its rivals, uses cartridges as physical media for games. It is Nintendo's second handheld game console and combines features from both the Game & Watch handheld and NES home system. It was designed by the same team that developed the Game & Watch series of handheld electronic games and several Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games: Satoru Okada, Gunpei Yokoi, and Nintendo Research & Development 1.

It was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America later the same year, and in Europe in late 1990. The Game Boy is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. Super Mario Bros.Worldwide: 118.69 million (including Play It Loud! edition, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Light and Game Boy Color units) The list includes ports, remakes and compilations, but not Virtual Console releases.

The year indicated is the year the game was first released, most commonly in Japan games have sometimes released years later in other regions of the world. It does not include mere references to the character, such as the portraits of Mario found in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past or The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This is a list of video games where the character Mario plays a part, either as the protagonist, antagonist, supporting character, as part of an ensemble cast, as a cameo, or in a game within a game. Mario, who serves as Nintendo's mascot, is a fictional character created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and voiced by Charles Martinet.

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