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Mario Arnold Segale (April 30, 1934 – October 27, 2018) was an American businessman and real estate developer. [1] He was involved in various development projects in the Seattle area from the 1950s onwards. [2] Nintendo's mascot, Mario, was named after Segale while he was leasing a warehouse to Nintendo. [3] [4]
Miyamoto created Mario after he was unable to obtain the license to use Popeye as the protagonist. The graphical limitations of arcade hardware influenced Mario's design, such as his nose, mustache, and overalls, and he was named after Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segale. After Donkey Kong, Mario starred in Mario Bros. (1983).
According to former Nintendo of America employee Dayvv Brooks, who named the characters, at least six of the seven Koopalings were named after musicians (Ludwig van Beethoven, Lemmy Kilmister, Roy Orbison, Iggy Pop, Wendy O. Williams, and Morton Downey Jr.); in the case of Larry, Brooks initially stated that the character was named after Larry ...
Mario was named after Mario Segale, the landlord of Nintendo's offices in Tukwila, Washington. [55] [56] [57] Donkey Kong was a financial success for Nintendo both in Japan and overseas, and led Coleco to fight Atari for licensing rights for porting to home consoles and personal computers. [53]
Super Mario Bros. is the sixth best-selling video game of all time. The game was the all-time bestselling video game for over 20 years until its lifetime sales were surpassed by Wii Sports. [113] Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario Bros. 2 were, respectively, the three bestselling games for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
In Croatia, the name Mario was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1970 and 1999, and was the most common name in the 1970s. [1] The Portuguese version of the name is spelt Mário (to indicate that the "a" is stressed). [citation needed] Notable people and characters named Mario include:
This story seems to be partly made up. According to some news sources, a young person called Ruben from Venezuela created a Nintendo console out of cardboard and did make a video about it in 2018.
Mario Bros. [a] is a 1983 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for arcades.It was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi, Nintendo's chief engineer.Italian twin brother plumbers Mario and Luigi exterminate turtle-like creatures (Shellcreepers) and crabs emerging from the sewers by knocking them upside-down and kicking them away.