Birthday celebrations are usually times of fatherly speeches and Mario is no different, except it involves more details about the creation process.

Twenty five years ago Shigeru Miyamoto's newest video game character hit the world and quite literally changed the video game industry. Mario has now featured in hundreds of games, had his face on as much merchandise as you can imagine and been imitated countless times.

To commemorate the event Nintendo has interviewed Shigeru Miyamoto about how the game came to be, its phenomenal success as well as discussing the titles individually. The full interview can be found below.