Mario Segale, Inspiration For Nintendo's Hero Plumber, Has Died
Mario Segale, who inspired the plucky plumber Mario — one of the most recognizable characters in the world, let alone in video games — has died at age 84. Segale was Nintendo's landlord outside Seattle when the company created Donkey Kong, the classic game that launched the overalls-wearing Mario.
[...] The Mario character went on to become a franchise, appearing in dozens of games, from car racing to tennis. He also shared a game cartridge with Nintendo's other classic hit, Duck Hunt (we've clarified this point in the story to avoid confusion).
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(Score: 3, Funny) by Bot on Friday November 02 2018, @10:44PM (2 children)
He not die, he WENT TO ANOTHER CASTLE!!! arrivederci Mario 😭😭😭
Note, AFAIK the story goes like this. Nintendo had a platformer called popeye, with popeye blutus and olivia but the popeye IP holders did not permit it or not renew the contract, so they relied on Mario the plumber. Now Popeye entered the public domain, while Mario is probably guarded 24h by an army of lawyers with uzis shooting copyright infringement notices.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 02 2018, @10:53PM (1 child)
Itsa me! SHARIAOOO!
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday November 02 2018, @10:59PM
SHARIAooo? do you behead the turtles with a machete and get killed by pork chops?
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