Man who Super Mario is named dead at the age of 84 Now

The American businessman Mario Segale died at the age of 84, report the BBC and the local newspaper from Auburn Reporter on Friday. Super Mario, one of the most titled characters of a video game, bears his name

In the 1980s, Segale rented a building from the Nintendo games manufacturer. The Japanese had arrears of rent, but had managed to convince the businessman to leave the company in the building.

In thanks, Nintendo decided to give its name to the protagonist of the next game. This became a plump Italian plumber, named Super Mario. "I'm still waiting for my compensation," said Segale once.

Super Mario was the first to play Donkey Kong and then called Jumpman. When he had his own game, Nintendo decided that Jumpman should have a real name. Super Mario is one of the most successful series of games of all time.

Mario would actually be Mr. Call the video

The creator of Super Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto, had chosen himself the name of Mr. Video, before Nintendo made an appointment with Segale. Later, Miyamoto said that the character with a name like Mr. The video had probably not become popular and "would have disappeared from the face of the earth."

Originally, Super Mario was a jack of all trades. He was later renamed plumber because many levels of the games are played underground and are accessed via sewer pipes. Mario is recognizable by his jumpsuit, his hat, his big nose and his mustache

This appearance was chosen in the eighties, because Miyamoto had only a few pixels to shape Mario. The nose and mustache made Mario recognizable despite his small size. And Nintendo did not have to liven up a haircut because of the red cap.