Video game:Super Nintendo Yoshi's Safari

Mario is the most popular video game franchise of all time, selling over 260 million games worldwide. The character Mario appears in over 200 games on every Nintendo console ever made, and in the 1990s, a survey discovered more children recognized Mario than Mickey Mouse. While the Mario series mainly features platform adventures, often involving the safe rescue of Princess Peach, it also includes role-playing, puzzle, racing, and educational games. The franchise further includes television shows, a live-action movie, comics, and promotional materials. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto in 1981, Mario first appeared as the protagonist Jumpman in Donkey Kong. As his name suggests, the character completed levels by jumping over barrels and climbing ladders to rescue the Lady kidnapped by Donkey Kong. In certain advertisements, Jumpman was named Mario, after the landlord of Nintendo of America's offices, and the name stuck. In 1985, Miyamoto produced the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game Super Mario Bros. The game takes place in the mythical Mushroom kingdom and stars Mario as he attempts to save Princess Peach from an antagonistic, anthropomorphized turtle named Bowser. Similar gameplay, reoccurring characters and power-ups link the games of the main Mario series. In 1993, Nintendo released Yoshi's Safari for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). At the request of Princess Peach, players guide Mario and Yoshi to Jewelry Land, where King Fret and his son, Prince Pine, have been kidnapped by Bowser and the Koopalings. Mario and Yoshi must retrieve 12 stolen gems and defeat Bowser in order to complete the game. Yoshi's Safari is significant for being the only first-person rail shooter in the Mario franchise, meaning that players shoot targets on the screen as the character follows a specific route. Players used the Super Scope, a light gun peripheral, to shoot at the screen, rather than the traditional SNES controller. Although Yoshi's Safari sold under a million copies, it was an important game for its unique contribution to the series.