The original name was Jumpman, which comes from the fact he had to leap over obstacles. His name comes from the landlord of the building where Nintendo was located, Mario Segale
So, I've been putting on Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods on the TV just to have something in the background.
There was something very, very familiar with the background music from a portion of the Season 6 episode from Rome, Italy.
The attached clip is edited to trim down the vocals in Audacity to make the background music stand out a little more.
I mean, that really sounds like a riff on the World 1 map theme from Super Mario Bros. 3, does it? Funny that it would be used in an episode from Italy.
This power up idea comes from the result of a mistake made with the placement tool, which created two player Marios. Devs thought it was a good idea and decided to implement it in the game
I wonder if I know people on Mastodon who have a Nintendo Wii with the downloaded blocks for Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario Bros 3, and World and would be willing to share? 😊
I only downloaded the original many years back and now I wish I had the others. Can you even load them from someone else's SD card? #superMario#nintendo#Wii
It was believed to have been inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. However, Shigeru Miyamoto later explained that it comes from the idea of mushrooms being associated with magic in general
They first appear in Nintendo's Super Mario World. They appear from off-screen and jumping on them is one of the only ways to defeat them. They don't have arms but a big smile on 'em instead
The game sold 4.3 million units in its first two weeks, making it the fastest-selling Super Mario game. Players widely praised the gameplay, noting the creative innovations and variety brought to it
He first appeared as the final boss in Super Mario Land 2
He is also the main protagonist and antihero of the Wario Land and WarioWare Nintendo series. His name is a portmanteau of the name Mario and the Japanese word warui, meaning "bad"
Fungi Mines is the fifth world in Super Mario Bros Wonder
It features spooky areas in a mushroom forest with an underground cave system where ruined temples can be found. You can also turn into goo with gooey skills
Also known as Starmen, Star Bonuses, Invincible Starmen, Invincibility Stars, Stars, or Star-Men. They are popular in the Super Mario franchise and the Mario Kart series as they make you invincible
It is one of the forms Mario takes under the Wonder Flower's Wonder Effects in Super Mario Bros Wonder. You can walk on spiked floors without taking damage, but you can't do much of anything else - like jump
He is considered to be a Wario Series character despite not appearing in any of the Wario games. Also, according to Nintendo Power magazine, his real name is Jimmy Papadopoulos
First appeared as the player character of Donkey Kong (1981), a platform game. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not get the licensing rights so he created Mario instead