Not as irritating or lasting as other offenders on this list.

  Um...so this is the average rating for the Mario toys and such? Or the Mario series as a whole? Cause if the latter, the average rating is scary.

Plus, even the toys were neat, too. And I still remember stuff like the Mario choose your own adventure books, the Mario comics, and other stuff.

Great franchise. ^_^

Also, why are some people saying they like it, yet rating low? o_O

mario never seems to get old or boring. my boys still like playing some of the older version of the game. i like the mario party games.

Mario is still fresh since 1981 and love all the versions of the game. Nintendo put Sega out of Business. Come on Sonic was good, but Nintendo bought sega out. And with the new Mario Bros. characters and the new systems that Nintendo has coming out, it just keeps getting better and Mario will not be going anywhere soon.

Liked playing Mario Bros. video games and still do.

I loved the original Mario Bros games like they had with the original Nintendo system, and also with the Super Nintendo System. But anything after that got too complicated for me and something I just couldn't enjoy anymore. I don't know how these kids nowadays play these video games ! :O lol....but it does look fun.

Donkey Kong (remember this?) was kind of fun, but now its just something to keep the socially inept, Mom's basement dwelling, Dorito gobbling, self-reinventing internet nitwits off the street.

Like Pokemon, Mario is an immortal franchise that Nintendo and Sony only wished they could even touch. There are tons of the new Mario games coming for Nintendo's two supersystems (Mario Tennis 2, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Super Mario Advance 5 and MANY MORE!). I'm really hoping for a new cartoon, but the DVD I have of the old one will do in the meantime! Long live Mario (and Luigi too!)) :)