"But the truth is, he first appeared 45 years ago: although, in 1981, he didn't have the name or the prominence he has today. He was called Mr. Video, or Jumpman. And, in the video game Donkey Kong, he was the guy who dodged the barrels thrown by the evil ape to rescue the princess. At the time, the story cast him as a carpenter. So the myth required some tweaking: a more appropriate profession, since he went down so many pipes; or the chance appearance during a meeting at Nintendo's U.S. offices of Mario A. Segale, an Italian-American businessman who leased the building to the company. He had come to demand the rent, with some insistence. But he ended up giving his name to the 1985 game Super Mario Bros."
Mario is portrayed as always rushing into new adventures while excelling at many activities, including sports, racing, healing, and dancing. He is described as bright and cheerful, universally talented, and widely loved. Nintendo estimates hundreds of millions of video games sold, and a U.S. survey in the 1990s found him more famous than Mickey Mouse. In some games, he can fall asleep if the controller is left down, snoring as he rests. His origins trace back 45 years, when he appeared as Mr. Video or Jumpman in Donkey Kong, where he dodged barrels to rescue a princess. His name and prominence evolved through a meeting involving Mario A. Segale, leading to Super Mario Bros. in 1985.
Read at english.elpais.com
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