Long ago, in 1981, Nintendo of America was renting a Tukwila warehouse. The landlord of this warehouse was Mario Segale. At this time, Donkey Kong was on the way. Mario was known as Jumpman and Pauline was known as Lady. However, Nintendo was looking for proper names for these characters. Pauline got her name from the wife of a Nintendo of America employee. Mario got his name from Mario Segale.
Sadly, Mario Segale has passed away at the age of 84. According to Kotaku, he was “surrounded by his family in Tukwila, Washington”. Kotaku says that his obituary describes him as “someone who loved hunting, fishing, his airplane, and his view of the Puget Sound”. The obituary also says that “while he was the inspiration for the name of Nintendo’s ‘Super Mario’ from when they were tenants in his business park in the 1970’s, he always ducked the notoriety and wanted to be known instead for what he accomplished in his life”.
Oh no..
Rest in peace mister
I didn’t know Mario was name after him. rest in peace.
I guess it’s Game Over.
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R.I.P
His name will.live on in video games :) … R.i.p
RIP & God bless.
Will miss this man. Rest in Piece my bro.
Mario wouldn’t be the same if he were called “Jump Man” still. We couldn’t have done this without you. Rest in Peace.
Too bad
RIP
Was he Sega’s namesake too, or just an odd coincidence?
Sega was short for SErvice Games, so probably a coincidence.
He wouldn’t have wanted it, but “it’s a me, Mario” would be so fitting on his gravestone.
RIP… i guess mario died twice today…
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R. I. P Good sir. Your legacy will live forever through the most successful and recognisable mascot in Video Game history.
Rest in Peace “Super” Mario Segale.
I know this be inappropriate to mention, but I just realized:
Mario has SEGA as part of his namesake.
Just realized that someone else made the reference.
Well im glad he got his wish (as far as i know) about not wanting to just be known as the mn who gave mario his name, i didnt know about him until now, as a ‘mario fan’