You may not realize it, but the music from this particular franchise is embedded in our brains for good reason.
If you ask a random person on the street to hum some Mario music, they’ll likely sing the overworld music from the classic NES game. The music alone can evoke the very idea of the character and the world in which the games take place. If you’ve played a Super Mario video game, chances are you don’t even need the visuals to know what it is. No matter where you’re from or how old you are, you know who Super Mario is.