【Dread:】 Person who got the name of that 'Mario' Mario · Segard died

It is a popular character of Nintendo and it is no exaggeration to say that it is the most famous game character in the world In that "Mario" there is a person whose name was derived. It has been revealed that Mario Segard, a person who got the name of Mario, died on 27th October 2018. He was 84 years old.

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The first time Mario, the Nintendo signboard character, appeared as "Mario" in the game title, not the so-called Mario series, it was an arcade game " Donkey Kong " released by Nintendo in 1981. The hero called "jump man" that appears in this will be called Mario from the arcade game " Donkey Kong JR. " Which started in 1982, and will later spread the publicity worldwide as the main character of the Mario series .

The following picture is the figure of Mario when it was still called "jump man". That Donkey Kong was given a name first.

Mario Segal, a person who became the origin of Mario's name, was engaged in office buildings and mall development in the state of Washington in the United States and was engaged in real estate business.

Mario Segard, who got Mario's name. "There is a physical similarity."

In September 1981, Mr. Segal said he had leased the warehouse of Takwila owned by his company to Nintendo of America, an American corporation in Nintendo. At that time, Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario, has created a character to be the main character for the game "Donkey Kong", and initially called the hero "jump man" and heroine "girl friend lady". However, Nintendo did not like this designation, he seemed to want to name something suitable. At that time, Mr. Karakawa Arakawa who worked at Nintendo of America at that time noticed that there was a physical similarity between the rental Segard and Jumpman and changed the name of Jumpman to "Mario" It is said that it was decided. In the same way, the character originally called girlfriend lady was named "Poline" from the name of the wife of the other employee.

Poline who got a name at the same timing as Mario has also appeared in the latest " Super Mario Odyssey ".

In the poll conducted in 1991, it has become clear that Mario is more popular among children than in that Mickey Mouse in the United States. According to a survey by PCWorld , Mr. Segal has been denying the relationship over the last three decades thinking that becoming the origin of the name of Mario would undermine his own business venture . Seattle Times Newspaper has interviewed Mr. Segal in 1993 and it is reported that he replied in jokingly saying, "I am still waiting for checks payable for royalties to arrive."