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.
Technically, Mario first appeared in 1981, but he was known as Jumpman in the original Donkey Kong. Super Mario Bros. was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. 2010 was the 25th Anniversary of Super Mario Bros. but Mario was in games before that.