SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” in theaters now. With “The Super Mario Bros Movie,” Mario has officially entered Hollywood, as the adventurous ...
National Day Calendar said that the Mario that we know and love started as a villain when Donkey Kong was first developed. He wasn’t even a plumber in 1981. Instead, pre-plumber Mario, or Jumpman as ...
It's National Mario Day! The beloved plumber first appeared in 1981's Donkey Kong as a character named Jumpman before reinventing himself in 1983 as Mario, the Italian plumber rescuing Princess Peach.