This essay sheds light on how the Mario franchise became a global phenomenon, explicates how the Mario franchise changed people's lives, demystifies the future outlook of the Mario franchise, and expounds upon how to earn revenue as a producer of content about Mario video games. The Mario franchise became a global phenomenon during its genesis in the 1980s. The Mario franchise became a global phenomenon for a multitude of reasons. The first Mario video game that was released in Mario franchise, Mario Bros., was released on April 4th of 1983 and was immensely popular among fans of platform video game subgenre. Even though Mario debuted in Donkey Kong, a video game that was released on July 9th of 1981, almost two years prior to the advent of Mario Bros. being released in the market, Donkey Kong is a video game that is apart of the Donkey Kong video game series and is not apart of the Mario video game series. The popularity of the Mario franchise further amplified shortly after Super Mario Bros. was release in the market on September 13th of 1985. Over 58,000,000 copies of the Super Mario Bros. video game have been sold worldwide as of September of 2022. The Super Mario Bros. video game is deemed to be the "best selling video game" of the Mario franchise and is deemed to be "one of the best selling video games of all time" as of September of 2022. The Mario franchise became a global phenomenon due to its video games having the marketing prowess and distribution prowess of a major video game publisher. Nintendo is the publisher of most of the video games that are subsumed under the Mario franchise as of September of 2022. The Mario franchise is comprised of an exorbitant amount of video games, movies, comic books, soundtracks, and television series episodes. The Mario franchise became a global phenomenon also because it has been able to appeal to the interests of fans of the fantasy genre. The fictitious Mario universe is replete with interesting characters, compelling stories, and incredible settings. The fictitious Mario universe is a testament to the extraordinary creativity of the human mind. The fictitious Mario universe is a fantasy universe that people want to explore in great depth and learn about in great depth. The fictitious Mario universe is enshrouded in mystery and is a far cry from the real-world universe that people reside in. The Mario franchise has been able to rally fans of the fantasy genre together through shared experiences of watching movies together that feature Mario characters, playing video games together that feature Mario characters, and watching television series episodes together that feature Mario characters. The exorbitant amount of television series, movies, video games, and comic books that are subsumed under the Mario franchise have provided topics for discussion by theorists of the Mario franchise. The exorbitant amount of video games, movies, comic books, and television series that are subsumed under the Mario franchise has been able to expand the lore of The fictitious Mario universe. The Mario franchise became a global phenomenon also because it has far more to offer than most media franchises. The Mario franchise became a global phenomenon also because the fictitious Mario universe has been able to elicit a sense of wonder as a fictitious universe that fans of the fantasy genre want to be able to learn about the lore of in great depth. The fictitious Mario universe is intriguing to fans of the fantasy genre since it is replete with interesting characters, compelling stories, and incredible settings. The Mario franchise became a global phenomenon partially because it is a content-rich franchise. The Mario franchise is comprised of an exorbitant amount of video games, movies, comic books, soundtracks, and television series episodes. Some of the movies that comprise the Mario franchise encompass "Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!, Super Mario Bros., and The Super Mario Bros. Movie". The entertaining movies of the Mario franchise not only appeal to fans of the fantasy genre, but have also rendered fans of the Mario franchise all the more fond of the Mario franchise than they otherwise would be if the Mario franchise were devoid of movies. The entertaining movies that are apart of the Mario franchise have allowed people to be all the more metaphorically entrenched in the Mario franchise. The Mario franchise is not limited to being experienced by gamers on Nintendo video game consoles. The totality of the Mario franchise is not just limited to a library of Mario movies. In addition to being comprised of a slew of movies, the Mario franchise is also comprised of a bevy of television series. Some of the television series that are apart of the Mario franchise encompass "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Club Mario, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World".