Well I don't know if I break the rule but let tell me my story:
1991. My parents were living in a small appartment while my mother was pregnant of me. There was no cable. One day, my father decided to buy a NES. He was playing with my mother in all their free time on Super Mario Bros. My family has always been great gamers. My aunt was one of the best Mario Bros player I had ever seen. My uncle was a beast in Punch-Out!!
On my third anniversary, I almost died of an asthma crisis. My father feared to lose his child. He took many days off from his job to take care of me. When I left the hospital, he bought me a SNES with Donkey Kong Country. I was very happy. Everyday, I was spending my time bashing crocodiles and gather bananas. My father bought me every DKC game on each Christmas. I remember me sitting on his knees while unwrapping my presents. My SNES collection continued to grow, with titles like Super Mario Kart, which brought me many hours of fun with my mother. And then, Super Mario World. This is the last game I played with my grandfather before he died of a cancer. I made the promise to buy every 2D Mario game after that, in memory of my dear grandfather.
I remember the first time I played Super Mario 64 at my daycare center. I was like "Oh my... I love that game". I always wanted to play to this game when I was going to my daycare center. My best friend's parents were owning the place at that time. They were very stiff and mean. I was allowed to play only one hour if I had made no mistake in my homework. Each time I committed a mistake, I was losing 15 minutes play time. I became a champion in spelling because of that. I never committed a single mistake because playing Super Mario 64 was a reward for me.
When I say they were mean... I really mean it. You know what they were doing when a child was crying? They were muzzling it. They were yelling on it. When my mother bought my blue N64, I refused to go to my daycare center. My mother told me "Why?" I answered "You bought me a N64, I have no more reason to go there." I never told my mom they were battering the kids in there.
I bought Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, DK64, Banjo-Tooie and so on. I played through all of those games. The year my father bought me a GBA, he broke up with my mother. I owned every Mario Advance games of the serie, then I lost my GBA. I was very sad. I gave my SNES to a little kid who was asthmatic just as me. I thought it would made him happy.
Then came the GC era. I was playing often with my girlfriend on Mario Kart Double Dash. When I finished the game, I had so much fun that I was looking on every forum to see whether or not they were planning to release a sequel. I searched for more info for about 2 years and then got tired of it. I tought they would never bring another Mario Kart title.
Then the DS came with Mario Kart DS. I was so happy! My sister and my brother bought a DS and I bought their games to play with them. Then, coming from nowhere, I saw the ad about Mario Kart Wii back in 2008. I wet my pants. I bought a Wii to play this game. Then I discover the masterpiece of Mario Galaxy. The summum of Mario platforming. I had a thought for my grandfather.