BoxJam: ...Well, the whole thing began with an arcade game called "Donkey Kong"...it had Mario, though unnamed, as a tradesman, rescuing Peach, also unnamed, from D.K...

BoxJam: ...then "Super Mario Brothers" for the first Nintendo system established him as a plumber, showed his penchant for mushrooms. And their powers, introduced Luigi and Bowser and several Mario-world monsters...

BoxJam: I don't know where Wario came from, but I'm confident he was introduced with a motive in some organic way along the line...

[[BoxJam talking to Ms. BoxJam a little later]]

BoxJam: "Mario Party 4" has more backstory than that "Still Standing" show we watched the other night!