

Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the setting of Donkey Kong. Video", he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances originally called "Mr. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Mario first appeared as the player character of Donkey Kong (1981), a platform game. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa villain Bowser. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. He is the title character of the Mario video game franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario is a fictional character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Kōsei Tomita ( Super Mario Bros film).
