Growing up, playing the Super Mario Brothers video games was a rite of passage of sorts. Mario has gone on to be one of the most recognizable video game characters of all time. Well played Nintendo. Lots of folks are enjoying the new Mario Kart game too, proving that Mario is just as cool as he was back in the day. Mario first appeared in Donkey Kong and went on to get his own line of games with his green outfitted brother Luigi.

Here we have a guy who decided to not only learn the theme song, he's mastered it on violin. Enjoy!

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