Super Mario: Nintendo’s decades of star power

The Nintendo video game characters 'Mario', right, and 'Luigi' stand in the main plaza of the new Universal Studios Hollywood attraction Super Nintendo World in Universal City, California. — AP

PARIS: Hollywood is having its second bash at sprinkling some movie magic on the Super Mario Bros video game franchise, three decades after the last attempt.

The pint-sized plumber from Japanese game maker Nintendo has enjoyed 40 years of extraordinary popularity that has transformed the character into a truly global icon.