Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America

Super Mario is a fast-paced history lesson on the world of Nintendo and how they entered the video game market at a time when it was company-suicide. The origins of the famed plumber begin with a failed game that needed a quick conversion to a radical new game: Donkey Kong. Mario was born and the rest is history.

Ryan does a good job taking us through the different Mario games and video game eras of the 80's and 90's while keeping the content light and interesting. While I would've wanted more about how Nintendo dealt with becoming a behemoth with the NES, the focus never strays far from Mario himself. A solid book for anyone who even has a passing-interest in video games.