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Jumpman
Topic Started: Apr 19 2011, 10:47 PM (435 Views)
Patrick
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Has anyone else heard Mario called this?

I did some research and found that Mario was first named 'Jumpman'.

Wikipedia says:
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Mario debuted as "Jumpman" in the arcade game Donkey Kong in 1981. He is shown as a carpenter that has a pet ape. The carpenter mistreats the ape, so Donkey Kong escapes and kidnaps Jumpman's girlfriend, originally known as the Lady, but later named Pauline. The player must take the role of Jumpman and rescue the girl. He was first named "Mario" in the arcade game Donkey Kong Junior in 1982, the only game in which he has ever been portrayed as an antagonist. In the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros. Mario and his younger brother Luigi are portrayed as Italian-American plumbers, who have to defeat creatures that have been coming from the sewers below New York. Their surname was "Mario", resulting in Mario's full name being first given here as "Mario Mario".


This is something that I did not know about Mario and I find it to be very different, but it does explain where Mario and DK come in relation.
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I do think I remember reading something about this. Glad that they went with mario though.
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Bojon1
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That's very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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Sir Cheddar The 79th
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Yeah, when Mario was in Donkey Kong, his name was 'Jumpman' instead of Mario. Then they changed it to Mario because it was more catchy or something.
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yeah i heard about this
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Hissae2
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Interesting. I didn't know that :o
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Sir Cheddar The 79th
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Interesting. I didn't know that :o
Then you obviously know NOTHING about Mario. :homer:
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^this.
Well I knew that Mario was called jumpan. Don't know why though..guess it's something I snapped up while watching a bunch of review on the internets. Good thing to know though!
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SkittleE
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Good to know DK's backstory. I thought it was just a mindless game where you capture the princess.

Honestly, I think I like it better as a mindless game.

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cte4
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I've heard that
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Why would he have an ape as a pet anyway?

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