Mario Day- March 10

Mario Day is celebrated in honor of the iconic character from the popular video game Super Mario. The reason for choosing the date March 10 is that in English the date is written like this: MAR 10 and it looks like the word Mario.

The character Mario first appeared in a Nintendo game called Donkey Kong in 1981. In the 1981 game Mario was a nameless carpenter, only nicknamed Jumpman. In 1983, Nintendo launched the new game Super Mario in which the protagonist became an Italian plumber rescuing princesses named Mario.

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In the Super Mario game, the two Italian plumber brothers, Mario and Luigi, rescue princesses like Princess Peach from the villain Bauser or Princess Daisy. Sometimes the princesses actually save them. In the first games Mario had to save Pauline, his girlfriend. Mario and Luigi live in the Mushroom Kingdom and go through many adventures and challenges on the way to saving the princess. Mario is wearing a red shirt with a blue overall with yellow buttons, brown shoes, white gloves and a red hat with the letter "M". Luigi on the other hand has the letter "L" on the hat. They both have dark brown hair and a mustache.

Mario's full name is Mario Mario. Because the brothers are called the Mario brothers, it turned out that the character's first name and last name are the same. This is how the creator of the character, Shigeru Miyamoto, discovered in September 2015. In 2005, Miyamoto also discovered that Mario's age is 25.

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How to celebrate Mario Day?

If you already know Mario or you are gamers who have not yet tried the game, this day is for you. Invite friends and family to play the Nintendo game and share the idea on social media using the hashtag #NationalMarioDay.

Other ways to celebrate Mario Day are to eat mushrooms, in honor of the mushrooms in the game that give power and extra life. It is also possible to make a Mario party with a cake shaped in the shape of Super Mario and decorate the room with party accessories designed by characters from the game Super Mario. You can also enjoy the coloring pages of Super Mario.

No matter how you celebrate this day, have a Happy Mario Day!

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March 10 is also Pack Your Lunch Day and International Wig Day

Pokemon Day - February 27

On February 27, 1996, Pokemon - the video game of the Japanese company Nintendo - went live.

Pokemon are pocket monsters that first appeared in green and red. The green Pokemon came out only in Japan, and the red one came out outside Japan as well. It was designed by Satoshi Tajiri, a Japanese computer game designer who grew up in Tokyo and was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.

At first there were 150 Pokemon and "Mew", number 151 which was unknown or achievable. Today, in 2020, there are 890 Pokemon divided into eight generations.

Pokemon are creatures of different sizes with different traits and abilities. Many of them are based on living creatures like dinosaur, mouse, fish, bird and more, and some are on plants like coconut tree, stills like mug, teapot, keychain and more.

Pokemon are divided into eighteen types according to their traits and fighting abilities: In the first generation the types were presented: normal, fire, wind, water, earth, grass, poison, dragon, electricity, compression, ice, rock, supersensible, insect, flying and metal. The second generation also featured the dark and the sixth generation the fairy (which was already introduced in the first generation but without meaning).

Pokemon have spectacular and natural fighting abilities with each type of different ability such as: blowing fire, shooting water, generating electricity, freezing, telekinesis and more.

Anyone who plays Pokemon is called a Pokemon Trainer. The trainer gets the Pokemon among the Pokemon where he captures them by Pokémon. After the Pokemon are in the hands of the trainer, he trains them and strengthens them so that they can fight the Pokemon of other Pokemon trainers. To train fight in institutes, places where coaches fight against opponents' Pokemon.

Following the game's great popularity, a TV anime series was released in 1997 that followed a 10-year-old boy named Ash Katcham from the city of Palt on his adventures on his way to fulfilling his life dream of becoming the greatest Pokemon trainer of all time.

In 2016 came out the game Pokemon Go, an augmented reality video game designed for smartphones, where players would search for the Pokemon in the actual space where they are, capture them and train them in real places where the battles took place in augmented reality.

How to celebrate Pokemon Day?

Today is your day to become Pokemon trainers. If you do not have the game on your smartphone, download the app (for free) and start capturing Pokemon everywhere you go. If you are already a Pokemon trainer, you can participate in the Pokemon Day celebrations that start today and last until March 2 at 21:00 according to Pacific Time (PST).

Learn more about Pokemon Day celebrations

Pokemon Coloring Pages

 

 

Coloring pages of Friday Night Funkin

Coloring pages of Friday Night Funkin', an open-source donationware rhythm game. The game revolves around the player character, simply named "Boyfriend", who has to defeat a variety of characters in singing and rapping contests, in order for him to be able to date his love interest, "Girlfriend". Gameplay revolves around mimicking the opponent's notes with timed inputs while trying to not run out of health for the duration of the song. 

Choose the  Friday Night Funkin' coloring page you want to paint, print and paint for your enjoyment.

To print the page you would like to color, click on download page and then click Ctrl+P.

Want to add the child's name to the drawing? Get in here. 

You will probably also be interested in the coloring pages of Huggy Wuggy

Pokemon coloring pages

Pokémon, also known as Pocket Monsters in Japan, is a media franchise managed by the Pokémon Company, a Japanese company founded and with shares divided between Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. Humans, known as Pokémon Trainers, catch and train to battle each other for sport. The English slogan for the franchise is "Gotta Catch 'Em All". Works within the franchise are set in the Pokémon universe.

Choose the coloring page of Pokemon you want to paint, print and paint for your enjoyment. To print the page you would like to color, click on page and then click Ctrl+P. Have fun!