This is Mario, an Italian plumber (but designed by a Japanese) who stars in more than 100 titles of different video games.With more than 25 years behind him , this character seems not to lose a bit of agility and continues to reign platform games. The landlord who named the character They say that Nintendo in the United States was working on distributing its games when the owner of the warehouse claimed the payment of the rent, which was being delayed. At that time, Donkey Kong was the most successful title of the Japanese factory, although it was already worked on other characters, such as Jumpman. The owner of the Nintendo headquarters in the United States was named Mario. Nintendo staff jokingly started calling Mario the character Jumpman , which already appeared in some games, and ended up giving the name to character. The first title in which Mario appeared was in Donkey Kong Jr, the sequel of which, until then, was the most successful video game of the Nintendo factory. ...