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Topic: Five things you (possibly) didn’t know about Mario

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Splat

I think most of this is all ready known to Mario fans but thought I would post it any ways.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/groundbreaking-...

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

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Xkhaoz

I knew all of that

http://steamcommunity.com/id/xkhaoz

Splat

"I think most of this is all ready known."

Ya That.

"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

Meta-Rift

Not all of that is true, though...

Meta-Rift

Machu

Did you know, that Mario is my bestest buddy?

Ha! Thought not!

Rawr!

Punny

I knew all of that, but I hate it when people call him "Mario Mario."

THIS is a fact not a lot of people know: Before he was called "Jumpman," Mario was going to be called "Mr. Video."

Edited on by Punny

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Noire

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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TKOWL

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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James

But they're the Mario Bros., which doesn't make sense if one of them is called Luigi, unless they both share the common name Mario.

Anyway, here's me and Mario, yesterday.

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James

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Machu

/jealous >.<

Rawr!

Raylax

And then Martinet grabs the Super Mushroom behind him, grows to twice his usual size, and stomps James.

100 points

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Machu

I can't help but think of that episode of South Park where Eric is idolising Steve Irwin and...

edit: and James isn't ugly!!! HOW DARE UUUU... >:[

Edited on by Machu

Rawr!

V8_Ninja

Xkhaoz wrote:

I knew all of that

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StarBoy91

PunnyGuy wrote:

THIS is a fact not a lot of people know: Before he was called "Jumpman," Mario was going to be called "Mr. Video."

LOL, I remember the article from NintendoLife that covered that.

To each their own

ShinRPGGamer

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Splat wrote:

I knew you guys knew all of that.

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