well do you know everyone’s favorite
plumber welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top ten fact about mario games
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list will be
discussing ten of the most interesting
facts about the mustachioed hero and his
amazing adventures in the Mushroom
Kingdom
let’s jump right in shall we number 10
Mario is a murderer Mario was apparently
killed many enemies during his
adventures but it’s possible that he’s
inadvertently killed countless innocent
people as well according to the American
instruction manual for the first Super
Mario Brothers game the people of the
Mushroom Kingdom have been transformed
into blocks and plants by the koopa
using black magic of all things if this
is true players have been unknowingly
murdering the very people they’ve been
tasked to save when they smash the
various blocks in the Mushroom Kingdom
and they’ve been doing this for the last
30 odd years grisly number 9 super mario
brothers 2
he isn’t Super Mario Brothers 2
well the real Super Mario Brothers –
please stand up the second game in the
Super Mario Brothers series released for
the NES in America is actually a reskin
of a completely different game you make
Kojo Doki Doki Panic the original game
that was called Super Mario Brothers 2
was released in Japan was beamed way too
difficult for these still fragile and
developing home video game market in the
States the original Japanese version of
the game saw released outside Japan in
Super Mario Brothers The Lost Levels
while the American version was then
released in Japan under the name Super
Mario USA number 8 casting decisions the
only thing miraculous I know is to
Westerley Wow was going bro the Super
Mario Brothers movie is extremely
bizarre and often cited as an example of
why video game movies rarely if ever
work however it could have been even
stranger or at least the casting might
have been Tom Hanks was originally cast
in the part of Mario himself but was
later dropped due to get this not being
a big enough star granted at the time he
wasn’t that well-known and if you hadn’t
taken the part who knows if he’d had
survived long enough to become a star
given Bob Hoskins numerous injuries on
set if that wasn’t hot enough Arnold
Schwarzenegger turns down the part of
King Koopa can you imagine that
craziness come on he’s cute number 7
mario breaks bricks with his fists
wait what mario breaks breaks with his
head right well wrong for many gamers
it’s been an accepted fact that the
Nintendo mascot breaks and hits bricks
by jumping and smashing them with his
abnormally durable noggin but this is
not actually the case in actuality mario
uses his fist hit blocks that are above
him upon close inspection this can be
seen in his jumping animation and he
raises his arm above his head this
jumping posture is Mario’s signature
pose yet many people can’t seem to
connect the dots yes they should use
their own heads huh yeah I’m sorry
number six name changes what’s in a name
Mario has gone through several name
changes since his inception creator
Shigeru Miyamoto originally wanted the
character to be named mr. video and plan
to be trim in every one of his games
after being inspired by director Alfred
Hitchcock’s famous cameos in his own
movies this mustachioed hero was next
referred to as jump man in Donkey Kong
after his famous leaping proficiency the
name Mario was actually inspired by a
real-life person Mario Segale II who was
the landlord of Nintendo of America’s
office building in the early 1980s the
name stuck on both sides of the Pacific
and the rest is history
number 5 Mario got his look from
hardware limitations mario has a
distinctive memorable design that is
famous the world over however his
signature look was created more out of
necessity than for stylistic appeal
since 8-bit graphics are pretty limiting
in terms of adding details to your
character
Mario’s trademark mustache resulted from
the difficulty in rendering and mouth
his choice of head wear was also created
due to the creator’s finding it easier
to do than hair and those oh so stylish
overall shigeto Miyamoto and company
included them to more easily show the
movements of Mario’s arms so mustache
hats overall that’s pretty much
everything right number four inspired by
Popeye Mario wouldn’t exist without
Popeye
it’s strange but true shigeto Miyamoto
wanted to make a game about Popeye the
Brewers Bluto and the damsel Olive Oyl
but could not acquire the rights to use
those characters instead Miyamoto
created similar substitutes for the
characters in the form of jump man aka
Mario Donkey Kong and Pauline the girl
who was kidnapped by the barrel tossing
ape in the game Nintendo would actually
end up making a Popeye game a year later
and ended up using very similar gameplay
mechanics to Donkey Kong who’da thought
[Music]
number three Mario was almost a shooter
Mario status as the quintessential
platformer series almost never happened
or at least it might have turned out way
differently the initial plans by the
developers had Mario firing a gun with
the a button in the Super Mario Brothers
game instead of his famous jump which
was then to be allocated to to pump on
the control path the mustachioed
everyman would also have entered into
side-scrolling shoot-’em-up stages in
the clouds
Mario’s gun eventually became the fire
flower powerup and while the clouds
remained these shoot-’em-up elements are
notably absent although they did find
their way into Mario’s first Gameboy
title Super Mario Land number two
Nintendo owns the rights to Mario’s porn
parodies rule 34 predates the internet
or at least the Internet as we know it
today around the release of the Super
Mario Brothers movie some enterprising
pornographers decided to capitalize on
the hype surrounding the film by making
a pair of pornos under the moniker super
for neo brothers the film’s even
fittingly starred porn legend ron jeremy
as mario to prevent the distribution of
these films nintendo purchased the
rights to them and hid them away from
site their efforts were in vain however
as its currently circulating online
gotta love the internet number one
Mario is the most successful video game
franchise ever too obvious Mario is the
most recognizable video game character
out there and part of the reason for
that has been as franchises unparalleled
success mario has been featured in a
staggering number of games nearly 200
and grow in every year those games have
sold over 500 million copies making
Mario a household name all over the
world another secret to the success of
Nintendo’s main man is his genre
diversity besides his usual platformers
mario has appeared in party racing and
RPG games all of which have helped
contribute to his lasting appeal but
probably most of all Mario games are
just plain fun which is really what
games are about right do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
plumber welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top ten fact about mario games
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list will be
discussing ten of the most interesting
facts about the mustachioed hero and his
amazing adventures in the Mushroom
Kingdom
let’s jump right in shall we number 10
Mario is a murderer Mario was apparently
killed many enemies during his
adventures but it’s possible that he’s
inadvertently killed countless innocent
people as well according to the American
instruction manual for the first Super
Mario Brothers game the people of the
Mushroom Kingdom have been transformed
into blocks and plants by the koopa
using black magic of all things if this
is true players have been unknowingly
murdering the very people they’ve been
tasked to save when they smash the
various blocks in the Mushroom Kingdom
and they’ve been doing this for the last
30 odd years grisly number 9 super mario
brothers 2
he isn’t Super Mario Brothers 2
well the real Super Mario Brothers –
please stand up the second game in the
Super Mario Brothers series released for
the NES in America is actually a reskin
of a completely different game you make
Kojo Doki Doki Panic the original game
that was called Super Mario Brothers 2
was released in Japan was beamed way too
difficult for these still fragile and
developing home video game market in the
States the original Japanese version of
the game saw released outside Japan in
Super Mario Brothers The Lost Levels
while the American version was then
released in Japan under the name Super
Mario USA number 8 casting decisions the
only thing miraculous I know is to
Westerley Wow was going bro the Super
Mario Brothers movie is extremely
bizarre and often cited as an example of
why video game movies rarely if ever
work however it could have been even
stranger or at least the casting might
have been Tom Hanks was originally cast
in the part of Mario himself but was
later dropped due to get this not being
a big enough star granted at the time he
wasn’t that well-known and if you hadn’t
taken the part who knows if he’d had
survived long enough to become a star
given Bob Hoskins numerous injuries on
set if that wasn’t hot enough Arnold
Schwarzenegger turns down the part of
King Koopa can you imagine that
craziness come on he’s cute number 7
mario breaks bricks with his fists
wait what mario breaks breaks with his
head right well wrong for many gamers
it’s been an accepted fact that the
Nintendo mascot breaks and hits bricks
by jumping and smashing them with his
abnormally durable noggin but this is
not actually the case in actuality mario
uses his fist hit blocks that are above
him upon close inspection this can be
seen in his jumping animation and he
raises his arm above his head this
jumping posture is Mario’s signature
pose yet many people can’t seem to
connect the dots yes they should use
their own heads huh yeah I’m sorry
number six name changes what’s in a name
Mario has gone through several name
changes since his inception creator
Shigeru Miyamoto originally wanted the
character to be named mr. video and plan
to be trim in every one of his games
after being inspired by director Alfred
Hitchcock’s famous cameos in his own
movies this mustachioed hero was next
referred to as jump man in Donkey Kong
after his famous leaping proficiency the
name Mario was actually inspired by a
real-life person Mario Segale II who was
the landlord of Nintendo of America’s
office building in the early 1980s the
name stuck on both sides of the Pacific
and the rest is history
number 5 Mario got his look from
hardware limitations mario has a
distinctive memorable design that is
famous the world over however his
signature look was created more out of
necessity than for stylistic appeal
since 8-bit graphics are pretty limiting
in terms of adding details to your
character
Mario’s trademark mustache resulted from
the difficulty in rendering and mouth
his choice of head wear was also created
due to the creator’s finding it easier
to do than hair and those oh so stylish
overall shigeto Miyamoto and company
included them to more easily show the
movements of Mario’s arms so mustache
hats overall that’s pretty much
everything right number four inspired by
Popeye Mario wouldn’t exist without
Popeye
it’s strange but true shigeto Miyamoto
wanted to make a game about Popeye the
Brewers Bluto and the damsel Olive Oyl
but could not acquire the rights to use
those characters instead Miyamoto
created similar substitutes for the
characters in the form of jump man aka
Mario Donkey Kong and Pauline the girl
who was kidnapped by the barrel tossing
ape in the game Nintendo would actually
end up making a Popeye game a year later
and ended up using very similar gameplay
mechanics to Donkey Kong who’da thought
[Music]
number three Mario was almost a shooter
Mario status as the quintessential
platformer series almost never happened
or at least it might have turned out way
differently the initial plans by the
developers had Mario firing a gun with
the a button in the Super Mario Brothers
game instead of his famous jump which
was then to be allocated to to pump on
the control path the mustachioed
everyman would also have entered into
side-scrolling shoot-’em-up stages in
the clouds
Mario’s gun eventually became the fire
flower powerup and while the clouds
remained these shoot-’em-up elements are
notably absent although they did find
their way into Mario’s first Gameboy
title Super Mario Land number two
Nintendo owns the rights to Mario’s porn
parodies rule 34 predates the internet
or at least the Internet as we know it
today around the release of the Super
Mario Brothers movie some enterprising
pornographers decided to capitalize on
the hype surrounding the film by making
a pair of pornos under the moniker super
for neo brothers the film’s even
fittingly starred porn legend ron jeremy
as mario to prevent the distribution of
these films nintendo purchased the
rights to them and hid them away from
site their efforts were in vain however
as its currently circulating online
gotta love the internet number one
Mario is the most successful video game
franchise ever too obvious Mario is the
most recognizable video game character
out there and part of the reason for
that has been as franchises unparalleled
success mario has been featured in a
staggering number of games nearly 200
and grow in every year those games have
sold over 500 million copies making
Mario a household name all over the
world another secret to the success of
Nintendo’s main man is his genre
diversity besides his usual platformers
mario has appeared in party racing and
RPG games all of which have helped
contribute to his lasting appeal but
probably most of all Mario games are
just plain fun which is really what
games are about right do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
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