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Mario is no Longer a Plumber

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

c0lo writes:

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: 4, Interesting) by tekk on Wednesday September 06 2017, @06:47AM (1 child)

    by tekk (5704) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 06 2017, @06:47AM (#564063)

    I've always understood the 'lore' to be that Mario was a plumber before he fell down a drain and ended up i the Mushroom Kingdom, where the whole hero gig kicked off. It'll be 32 years since that happened now (he was a plumber in Mario Bros, but SMB clearly took place in the Mushroom Kingdom) so I think that it's warranted.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 06 2017, @06:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 06 2017, @06:53AM (#564066)

    he fell down a drain and ended up i the Mushroom Kingdom, where the whole hero gig kicked off

    Mario's Mustache Ride