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horseboy:

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Who the hell is Mario and why all the fuss?   :dunno

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He's that little Italian guy that climbed all of those ladders and dodged all of your flaming barrels in order to steal the Pinewood Princess away from you.  :)

Crowquill:
I can't find a link to anything relevent, but I do remember reading multiple times that Mario was named after a landlord or janitor or something at Nintendo of America.

In the US, he has been named Mario ever since Donkey Kong even though he is listed as "Jumpman" on the instruction card. The name stuck and Nintendo Japan started using it with Junior.

FrizzleFried:
Landlord of NOA's first location...

"Jumpman" did not have his name for very long, however. NOA had to prepare the game for American release, which included naming the characters. As the story goes, they were mulling over what to name Jumpman when the landlord, Mario Segale, arrived at the warehouse, demanding the overdue rent payment. When he left, the staff had a new name for Jumpman: "Mario."

Source: http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/mario_history.shtml

steveh:
wow nice read fizzle there were some things there i just did not know.

ahofle:
Whoa, could this be right?

"1989: Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
The best-selling game of all time. "

Surely the original NES Super Mario Bros sold more copies?  ???  Everyone I knew had the original, but I've never even seen the 3rd one.

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