My first Mario game was Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt. I got to about world 6 before I started getting stuck. So I'd take my frustration out on the ducks/clay discs (with the Nintendo gun thing point-blanc to the screen), and try again. My dad beat it for me. I guess I was 4 or 5. It was my first game, besides some ratty computer ones.
See how the mustache hides the slightly sad smile... and the sideburns, portraying his simple, blue-collar roots... and his legs, thick, wide, the legs of the masses!