Donkey Kong was a success, leading Miyamoto to work on sequels such as Donkey Kong Jr. in 1982, and Donkey Kong 3 in 1983. In January 1983, the 1982 Arcade Awards gave Donkey Kong the Best Single-player video game award and the Certificate of Merit as runner-up for Coin-Op Game of the Year. In his next game, he gave Mario a brother: Luigi. He named the new game Mario Bros. Yokoi convinced Miyamoto to give Mario some superhuman abilities, namely the ability to fall from any height unharmed. Mario's appearance in Donkey Kong—overalls, a hat, and a thick mustache—led Miyamoto to change aspects of the game to make Mario look like a plumber rather than a carpenter. Miyamoto felt that New York City provided the best setting for the game, with its "labyrinthine subterranean network of sewage pipes". To date, games in the Mario Bros. franchise have been released for more than a dozen platforms. Shortly after, Miyamoto also worked the character sprites and game design for the Baseball, Tennis, and Golf games on the NES.
donkey kong was a success leading miyamoto to work on sequels such as donkey kong jr in 1982 and donkey kong 3 in 1983 in january 1983 the 1982 arcade awards gave donkey kong the best single-player video game award and the certificate of merit as runner-up for coin-op game of the year in his next game he gave mario a brother luigi he named the new game mario bros yokoi convinced miyamoto to give mario some superhuman abilities namely the ability to fall from any height unharmed mario's appearance in donkey kong—overalls a hat and a thick mustache—led miyamoto to change aspects of the game to make mario look like a plumber rather than a carpenter miyamoto felt that new york city provided the best setting for the game with its "labyrinthine subterranean network of sewage pipes" to date games in the mario bros franchise have been released for more than a dozen platforms shortly after miyamoto also worked the character sprites and game design for the baseball tennis and golf games on the nes