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An Italian plumber created by a Japanese artist somehow became one of the most recognizable characters on earth. Featured in over 100 games, it’s hard to imagine Nintendo or even video games without this moustached man in red. But where did he come from?

Our story begins in the early 1980’s with a struggling card and toy company – Nintendo – trying to break into a then-expanding market – arcade games. The company’s few attempts at making games were mixed at best, and a game called Radar Scope barely sold at all – leaving Nintendo with empty cabinets in need of a new game.

Looking to try something new, Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi approached an artist named Shigeru Miyamoto – who until then worked on art for Nintendo’s games – and asked him to design a game for the cabinets. Miyamoto was not a programmer, and thought of a story before starting work on gameplay – perhaps the first time this has happened....

Do your Apple devices keep running out of power? Here are some simple tips to save battery on your iPhone (or iPad) and improve its life between charges

Once your iPhone’s battery runs out, it’s not much more than a paperweight. And it has been remarked that Apple’s devices (iPads come in for criticism too) don’t always last as long between charges as we would like. Well, help is at hand. In this giant tips roundup we gather the best power-saving tricks to keep your battery running all day long, 

• To save battery life, start by activating Low Power Mode
• Use auto-brightness, Dark Mode and auto-lock to dim/reduce screen output
• Identify – and reduce use of – high-drain apps. Go to Settings > General > Battery
• Lower audio volume
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