Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the setting of Donkey Kong. Video', he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances originally called 'Mr. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not gain the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Mario first appeared as the player character of Donkey Kong (1981), a platform game. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities.

He is an Italian plumber residing in the fictional Mushroom Kingdom, whose adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the villain Bowser. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. He is the title character of the video game franchise of the same name and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. David Plaschon ( Mario's Time Machine Deluxe).Colin Case ( Super Mario Compact Disco).Nicholas Glaeser ( Mario Is Missing!).Walker Boone ( The Adventures of Super Mario Bros.Gerri Sorrells ( Super Mario: ABC no Utau Video).Leon Reeder ( Donkey Kong Goes Home LP (1983)).Larry Moran (Donkey Kong Cereal commercials).