Donkey Kong shipped as an arcade in July 1981 with the main character being an unnamed carpenter in the Japanese version and "Jumpman" in the English instructions. As company lore goes ...

Mar 10 isn’t just another day; it’s National Mario Day, a celebration of the world’s most famous pixelated plumber. Since his ...

Mario was an unnamed figure in the Japanese version of the 1981 platformer Donkey Kong title, only referenced as ‘Jumpman’ in the English instructions manual. However, the localization of ...

It's National Mario Day! The beloved plumber first appeared in 1981's Donkey Kong as a character named Jumpman before reinventing himself in 1983 as Mario, the Italian plumber rescuing Princess Peach.

During the 1980s, the world was introduced to Jumpman in Donkey Kong, a platformer game about a plumber trying to save his ...

Mario is the creation of video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, and he made his first appearance in 1981 as “Jumpman” in the Nintendo arcade game Donkey Kong, which you can see below.

$4.4 billion Nintendo's Donkey Kong was Mario's first appearance (he was called Jumpman), and still one of his biggest hits. Another online RPG hailing from South Korea, this series developed by ...