It is a statement written down in order to achieve a state of being at a given point in time. Unfortunately, only 3% of Americans have written goals. Those that have them are typically the most successful people.
All the games before Mario Golf were developed by Nintendo R&D2. Mario Golf and all subsequent games in the Mario Golf series have been developed by Camelot Software Planning.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is usually considered as one of the first media chronologically in Mario's history, but a few other sources, usually older than Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, depict different beginnings.