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This article indicates that the Super Mario Brothers game for the Nintendo console (1987) was the original title in the Super Mario Borthers franchise, but it's worth noting that there was at least one earlier game, Mario Brothers (not "Super") for the Atari 800 (among others?) from 1983.

[krapp]

Also, if we're getting into trivia, Donkey Kong (1981) was the first game to feature Mario, called Jumpman at the time, because he was a man who could jump.

Also also, Mario is supposedly based on someone who rented property to Nintendo.