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posted by martyb on Wednesday September 06 2017, @05:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the plumb-disgusting dept.

Australian Brodcasting Corporation reveals that Mario is no longer working as a plumber, according to Nintendo's Japanese site (as translated by kotaku)!

In a recently updated Mario profile, the company's website said "Mario was once a plumber ... but that was a long time ago."

"All around sporty, whether it's tennis or baseball, soccer or car racing, he does everything cool. As a matter of fact, he also seems to have worked as a plumber a long time ago," the website said.

Although the games rarely feature Mario utilising his plumbing skills, the sudden announcement of his retirement has shocked fans and left many feeling betrayed.

"If Mario doesn't work as a plumber, then why is he dressed like one?" several fans asked.

[...] "The game's stage was a construction site, so we made him into basically a carpenter," creator Shigeru Miyamoto, who is also responsible for Donkey Kong and Zelda, said in a 2011 interview.

"[In Super Mario Bros] we brought in Luigi and a lot of the game was played underground so we made him to fit that setting and, we decided he could be a plumber."

"The scenario dictates his role."

The twitterverse is raging:


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 06 2017, @06:12AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 06 2017, @06:12AM (#564056)

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