This is a departure from the norm, but I thought this would be an interesting tidbit for many of our readers.
Have you ever wondered how the character in so many of Nintendo’s games came to be named Mario? Well, wonder no longer. For those of who just want the answer:
[...] Nintendo borrowed Mario’s name and Italian heritage from a real man.
That man’s name is Mario Segale, and he’s not a plumber. He’s a wealthy real estate developer in Tukwila, Washington. Segale unwittingly stepped into video game history by renting out a warehouse that served as Nintendo’s U.S. headquarters in the early 1980s. At that time, a financially struggling Nintendo of America (NOA) was preparing the U.S. launch of Donkey Kong. Legend has it that NOA President Minoru Arakawa noticed physical similarities between Donkey Kong’s short, dark-haired protagonist and the landlord. So the crew at NOA nicknamed the character Mario, and it stuck.
This article is actually a pretty interesting read if you have 5-10 minutes to spare as it covers some of the history of Nintendo and Mario (the character and the real person) that you may not see elsewhere.
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Ya, but you don’t know the Twitter mascot bird’s name(go ahead, Google)!
I found the other articles on that site more interesting to be honest.
oh.. wow.. quite interesting history behind mario and nintendo. I am going to share it..
Thank you..