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Encyclopedia > Mario Segali

Mario Segali owned the offices of Nintendo of America's first location. At the time of their residence there, they (NOA) were coming up with a name for their now popular Jumpman, the star of Donkey Kong. Jumpman was a carpenter with a red cap, moustache and overalls. Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; TSE: NTDOY) was originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... Donkey Kong is an arcade game created by Nintendo, released in 1981. ...


While the creative team was working on a new name for the character, Minoru Arakawa, the president of Nintendo America, thought to himself upon seeing the Jumpman character, "Hey! He looks just like the landlord of our office!", and so Jumpman was called Mario. The name stuck. Minoru Arakawa was the former president of Nintendo of America (NOA), from 1980 to 2002. ... For over 20 years, Mario has been the official video game mascot for Nintendo. ...


Segali's opinion of this is unknown.


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Mario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2774 words)
Mario was named after the Italian landlord, Mario Segali, at Nintendo of America back when it was headquartered in New York.
Mario is said to be a plumber (though he has held several other blue-collar jobs in his lifetime) who hails from Brooklyn.
Mario has appeared on television in several cartoons, in comic books, and in a feature film where he was played by Bob Hoskins.
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