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The first notable use of 'Mario Mario' was in the 1993 live-action film adaptation of the Super Mario series, and was further used in Prima's official video game strategy guides, in 2000 for Mario Party 2 and in 2003 for Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

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series, in a 1989 interview his full name was stated not to be 'Mario Mario'. While it is implied by the title of the Mario Bros. Following a heated argument in which the Nintendo employees eventually convinced Segale he would be paid, they opted to name the character in the game Mario after him. Video', Mario likely would have 'disappeared off the face of the Earth.' Īccording to a widely circulated story, during the localization of Donkey Kong for American audiences, Nintendo of America's warehouse landlord Mario Segale confronted then-president Minoru Arakawa, demanding back rent. In retrospect, Miyamoto commented that if he had named Mario 'Mr. Video', comparing what he intended for the character's appearances in later games to the cameos that Alfred Hitchcock had done within his films. To this end, he originally named the character 'Mr. Miyamoto envisioned a character to be used in every game developed by Miyamoto a 'go-to' character who could be placed into any game if needed, albeit in cameo appearances as Miyamoto did not, at the time, expect the character to become singularly popular. Though the protagonist was unnamed in the Japanese release of Donkey Kong, he was named 'Jumpman' in the game's English instructions and 'little Mario' in the sales brochure. The character was named after Mario Segale, a real estate developer With more than 750 million units sold worldwide, the overall Mario franchise is the bestselling video game franchise of all time. He has also inspired a considerable amount of unofficial media. Mario's likeness has appeared in a variety of merchandise, such as clothing and collectible items, and people and places have been nicknamed after him. Mario is near-unanimously considered to be the most famous character in the video game industry and an established pop culture icon. He will be voiced by Chris Pratt in the upcoming 2023 film adaptation.

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Mario has also appeared in various animations, including three series produced by DIC Entertainment (voiced by Lou Albano and later Walker Boone), and was portrayed by Bob Hoskins in the 1993 Super Mario Bros. He has appeared in other Nintendo properties, such as in the Super Smash Bros. Mario, role-playing games such as Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, and sports games such as Mario Kart and Mario Tennis. Since 1992, Mario has been voiced by Charles Martinet.Īfter Super Mario Bros., Mario began to branch off to different genres. He then began to star in the Super Mario series of platform games, beginning with the critically acclaimed Super Mario Bros. Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the setting of Donkey Kong. Video', he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances originally called 'Mr. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Mario first appeared as the player character of Donkey Kong (1981), a platform game. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa villain Bowser. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. He is the title character of the Mario franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. David Plaschon ( Mario's Time Machine Deluxe).Colin Case ( Super Mario Compact Disco).Nicholas Glaeser ( Mario Is Missing!).Walker Boone ( The Adventures of Super Mario Bros.Gerri Sorrells ( Super Mario: ABC no Utau Video).Leon Reeder ( Donkey Kong Goes Home LP (1983)).Larry Moran (Donkey Kong Cereal commercials).

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