“Super Mario Bros. is not set in Japan, but the character is Japanese. The name Mario sounds Italian, but it is not from Italy. The developers were very capable of capturing this ambiguity. “, explained Uemura, designer of the NES (first Nintendo).
Due to the visual limitations of the console during the 80s, Mario does not seem Japanese. Then, as the character became so popular worldwide, from Nintendo decided to keep the aesthetic with the mustache included.
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This article is misleading. Are you seriously going to take a retired person’s word or the word of Nintendo and Miyamoto. Nintendo NEVER revealed Mario’s true nationality and you’re only doing this to make people believe in your false narrative. Mario is factually Italian or Italian American. Stop making these false and misleading articles so you can get popular. It’s not working and people aren’t dumb to even believe this false article.
Took the words right of my mouth, Zezzyboy