Real Super Mario as died

Mario Segale, the man who named the video game Super Mario, died last week at the age of 84.
In the 1980s, the Italian-American of the US state of Washington rented a warehouse to Nintendo of America, who decided to name the star of his new video game with the name of the businessman.

Super Mario was originally called Jumpman, but the video game company decided it wanted to give the character a serious name.

Around 1993, Mario Segale gave an interview to the Seattle Times, quoted by the BBC, in which he said he was still waiting for the "royalties checks". According to the British broadcaster, the entrepreneur learned that his name was going to be used for a video game through Minoru Aeakawa, the founder and first president of Nintendo.

Super Mario games are one of the most popular games in the world. The latest plumber's adventure, "Super Mario Odyssey", is currently the best-selling video game for the Nintendo Switch, having bought more than 12 million copies.