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Today is National Mario Day.
- The original Mario/Donkey Kong game was supposed to be about Popeye.
- The original game was made with only 2 programmers
- His signature headwear was used because the animators had trouble animating his hair.
- His moustache was also made because his mouth was hard to see in 8-bits
- In the original game the clouds and the bushes are the same design.
- Nintendo owns the rights to “It’s on like Donkey Kong”.
- Mario wasn’t always called Mario. Jumpman and Mr. Video were other names he went by first.
- Mario was originally a bad guy. Mario originally mistreated his pet (Donkey Kong) and it caused him to kidnap Mario’s girlfriend, peach.
- Mario used to be involved with a woman named Lady before Princess Peach, and Princess Peach was originally Princess Toadstool.
- Mario is more than just a plumber. He’s been an archaeologist, a physician and a golfer.
- In the video games, Mario hits the bricks with his fist not his head.
Bonus Facts:
- There was an amazingly horrible movie in the 90s about Mario and his brother Luigi.
- The original Mario theme song has lyrics.
Notes:
The Super Mario Movie had a huge budget of $48,000,000
Ice Cube and Ice T have a song together called “Trespass”