TIL: Because Nintendo could not get the rights to the Popeye cartoon character, they came up with Mario instead. uk.news.yahoo.com Submitted by A_Bruised_Reed t3_11cggwf on February 26, 2023 at 12:57 PM in todayilearned 71 comments 2,620
crazyrich t1_ja3bj5q wrote on February 26, 2023 at 3:16 PM Also from what I recall they named Mario after their landlord that gave them a few breaks while they got started in video games! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Segale Permalink 31
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