Mario’s last name is also Mario. He’s Mario Mario, in fact. His first appearance was actually in 1981 in the arcade version of Donkey Kong, where he was known as “Jumpman.” He wouldn’t get his official name until the following year’s Donkey Kong Jr., also the only game where he plays the bad guy. Not only is Mario the best-selling video game character of all time, he’s also its most prolific: according to Guinness World Records’s 2008 edition, he’s appeared in 116 separate games. Mario’s distinctive high-pitched voice is provided by actor Charles Martinet, who also voices Mario’s brother Luigi and his longtime foe Wario. Nintendo released a follow-up to Super Mario Bros. in Japan in 1986, but deemed it too difficult for Western audiences. It wouldn’t hit U.S. shores as a standalone title until 2007, as a Wii Virtual Console title dubbed “Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.”
"What do you reckon, we're gonna have to climb that thing?" ~ Chloe Frazer
"I reckon I'M gonna have to climb that thing." ~ Nathan Drake
Did you know Mario was originally a girl, but the fact that she had a moustache was kinda freaky to a lot of people.
idk i like a girl who ain't afraid to rock some facial hair every now and again... though hopefully not too long D:
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There can only be one, like in that foreign movie where there could only be one, and in the end there is only one dude left, because that was the point.
Did you know that a Mario game was developed by Hudson? All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. was released only in Japan, and sported several graphical changes (the Piranha Plants were people's faces!).
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