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The '''Marioverse''' refers to Nintendo's expansive and hugely successful ''Mario'' videogame franchise. The Mario universe, hereafter the Marioverse, is Nintendo's most lucrative franchise, and it is flat-out the most successful game franchise in global sales and in history. [[Mario]] himself is Nintendo's mascot and is considered the most well-known video game character in the world, and he and his many friends and nemeses have appeared in dozens-upon-dozens of Nintendo video games, many of them best-sellers and several of which are considered some of the greatest games ever released. Directly as a result from this, there are more Mario-themed characters, items, and properties to be found in the Smash Bros. series than any other Nintendo franchise, not the least of which are eight distinctive playable characters in [[Melee]] and [[Brawl]]: [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Dr. Mario]], [[Bowser]], [[Peach]] (who has [[Daisy]] as an alternate costume]], [[Yoshi]], [[Donkey Kong]], and [[Wario]]. The Marioverse is so expansive, in fact, that the latter two characters are considered stars of their own sub-universes: The [[Donkey Kong universe]] and the [[Wario universe]].