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Some stories in the world of technology are simply curious. For example, Mario Segale was the owner of the location where Nintendo America's activities were located in the early 1980s. At that time, Nintendo's president, Minoru Arakawa, was attempting, with other leaders, to Americanize the name. from the avatar of his game Donkey Kong, which was called at the time "JumpMan" (the man who jumps). . And when Segale went with Arakawa to demand the payment of rent, inspiration came.
David Sheff, who remembered all this time (In his book "Game Over"), he states that the leaders cried out: "Super Mario!", After Segale's visit in 1981. Benji Edwards, at the same time, in a thorough investigation of this whole story, stated that the description of "Super" for Mario's drawing was not current before the departure of Super Mario Bros., in 1985. It was also said that "Super" came from the role played by Segale, that of "superintendent" of the building, but this story seems to be apocryphal.
#NintendatoMario Segale, the person who inspired Mario's name, died at age 84. He owned a warehouse rented by Nintendo of America. During Mario's creation, Miyamoto mixed names such as Mr. Video and Ossan ("middle-aged man" in Japanese). pic.twitter.com/t3tgaga66G
– Nintendatos (@Nintendatos) November 2, 2018
In 2005, in an interview with MTV, Shigeru Miyamoto, of Nintendo, could not remember where the company was in New York in the 1980s. He also suggested – wrongly – that Segale "had a striking resemblance to the character designed in Japan for the game ", thus showing how the story has been distorted over time, even taking into account those who have lived it.
Mario Segale died last night. The Nintendo man was inspired to christen our favorite plumber. D.E.P. pic.twitter.com/H6AL8hJ8TQ
– Tecnolobirra (@ tecnolobirra) November 3, 2018
Anyway, in Seattle Time, in his obituary, it was written: "Segale has always sought notoriety [por ser el símbolo de Mario de Nintendo]and he wanted to be known for what he had accomplished in his life, such as being a successful business man in the construction world, from a garbage truck that he bought after finishing high school. In 1993, the Seattle Times quoted him as a joke: "You might say I'm still waiting for my royalty checks," which seems to be the only comment recorded in Nintendo's story about this case. Segale is survived by his wife Donna, four children and nine grandchildren.
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