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Analyzing the Mario Themed Malware

If you were a child with a Nintendo DS like myself, growing up you will undoubtedly have played (for countless hours) video games from the Mario series. Appearing for the first time in “Donkey Kong” , Mario is the undisputed protagonist of the video game brand of the Nintendo development house ― from sports to cars, most of the famous video games produced by Nintendo have Mario as the main character. One of the most recent video games in the series is “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe” , a souped-up version of Mario Kart for the Nintendo Switch platform. In this game, players challenge themselves to race on different courses with cars of all types and, as you would expect, whoever finishes first wins. The simplicity of the game’s mechanics and the modern animations make Mario Kart arguably one of the most successful video games developed by Nintendo. It’s so successful that the video game’s reputation continues to drive modest sales for Nintendo, despite the fact that fo...