SUPER MARIO

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Mario is in many ways an undeveloped character, with numerous details of his accepted biography having been created through a complex lore spawned from the imaginations of comic book artists and cartoon writers. During the process of designing the character, Miyamoto initially defined the character as simply "a middle aged man with a strong sense of justice who is not handsome".[2] (Mario was specifically described as "middle-aged" in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, but Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and the upcoming Yoshi's Island 2 depict him as having been a baby at the same time as Princess Peach, possibly acting as a retcon to Mario's age.) Officially, Nintendo producers have stated that Mario's biography is kept simple in order to make the character versatile, and reusable in many different games and situations. Mario in Super Mario Bros.In his first appearance in Donkey Kong, all that was stated was that he was a carpenter whose duty it was to save Pauline from Donkey Kong. Furthermore, before the game was widely released in America, the hero was simply labeled Jumpman, having not yet acquired his Italian moniker. He was dubbed "Mario" in homage to his physical similarities with Mario Segali, Nintendo's warehouse manager at the time in Redmond, Washington [3], who disrupted a meeting to demand an overdue rent payment. His second appearance in Donkey Kong Jr. solidified the character's name. It was in his third appearance in Mario Bros. where he changed his profession to plumber, which was more fitting with the long-running pipe theme established in that game. Here, Mario and his brother Luigi fought monsters in the sewers of Brooklyn, New York. Because of this, and the American made cartoon series and the movie, it led many to believe that Brooklyn was Mario and Luigi's original home. The rare anime movie (produced by Nintendo or Japan) also potrayed Mario and Luigi as from outside of the Mushroom Kingdom (although it never directly states where they are from).[3][4]. However, the games (starting with Yoshi's Island) indicate that Mario and Luigi were delivered to the Mushroom Kingdom. The game, Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time, also shows that Mario and Luigi were living in the Mushroom Kingdom while they were still babies. Some fans believe that Mario and Luigi were taken to Brooklyn at an early age so that the Koopas couldn't find them. Over the course of his many games, Mario has rescued a number of women from captivity. The women he has rescued include Pauline, Princess Peach, and Princess Daisy and has become regarded as the great hero of the Mushroom Kingdom. His main nemesis is the king of the Koopas, Bowser, who constantly attempts to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom and kidnap Princess Peach but is thwarted by Mario at every turn. Bowser isn't Mario's only foe, however. He has rescued Princess Peach and saved the Mushroom Kingdom from a number of different villains such as Wart in Super Mario Brothers 2, Smithy in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Cackletta in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, the Shroobs in Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time, and the X-Nauts in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He even battled Wario who had stolen his castle in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.