Before Mario was Mario, he was Jumpman. And when Americans first encountered him in arcades on this day, June 2, in 1981, Jumpman’s best friend — a pet gorilla named Donkey Kong — had turned ...

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From a carpenter known as ‘Jumpman’ to the moustachioed Italian-American plumber loved by gamers worldwide, Super Mario’s legacy is nothing short of legendary and now that his voice actor of ...

Miyamoto in 2015 confirmed that Mario was indeed named after the former warehouse landlord. Had Mario appeared as Jumpman or worse, Mr. Video, he probably never would have become the face of Nintendo.