Maybe it's just that I grew up in the Smoky Mountains, in East Tennessee. Maybe it's that I played a lot of Nintendo as a kid. But something about this spoke to my heart.
With all of the iterations of Mario Bros. and the spin offs it has produced, it should be no surprise to anyone that Mario has been voted as the greatest video game character of all time.
Easily one of the most recognizable characters throughout several generations of gamers, the familiar red hatted plumber has become an icon among even those who would be considered casual gamers.