SUPER MARIO BROS. Is The Best Video Game Franchise According To North American Players

Video games have bee naround for quite a while now. The popular media saw it's humble beginnings in the 1940s, and these days it has turned into an industry that rivals that of film and television — which is to be expected, as they are all about entertaining the consumer.

Tomorrow is National Video Game Day in North America, and a recent study conducted by National Today has revealed some very interesting facts about the video game industry, and what types of games North American players are more likely to be drawn to.

National Today's survey has revealed that 47% of North American players consider that Nintendo's critically acclaimed, best-selling, and popular Super Mario Bros. series is the best video game franchise out there. For further reference, the survey's sample size consisted of a total of 1,000 participants.

Interestingly enough, 54% of all participants revealed that they played video games multiple times per week, so Super Mario Bros. being voted the best video game franchise actually includes both regular and casual players, which is quite fitting for a game from a company that specifically caters to all demographics alike.

Even more interesting is the fact that participatns revealed that Nintendo isn't even their preferred video game console. According to the results, the participants' console of choice is a tie between PlayStation and Xbox(38%), while only a 21% of respondents voted Nintendo.

The second most-voted video game franchise by participants was Call of Duty with a 21% of votes, and closely followed by Donkey Kong and Grand Theft Auto(both tied with a 19%), and the fifth place goes to the Pokémon series voted by a 16% of the participants.

1) Super Mario Bros. (47%)
2) Call of Duty (21%)
3) Donkey Kong (19%)
4) Grand Theft Auto (19%)
5) Pokémon (16%)
6) The Legendf of Zelda (13%)
7) Sonic the Hedgehog (13%)
8) Final Fantasy (9%)
9) Halo (9%)
10) Crash Bandicoot (7%)