Mario's first appearance was in the arcade title Donkey Kong, in which he battled the titular character in order to rescue his girlfriend Pauline. In Donkey Kong Mario was originally a carpenter, but his character eventually evolved into a plumber thanks to the many pipes used in the seminal 1985 NES classic Super Mario Bros. Since then, Mario has become Nintendo's mascot, appearing in many highly acclaimed titles.
The award was given just in time for the release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a new Mario adventure focused on multiplayer gaming for up to four players.
How do we know Mario is any good at plumbing? Have we ever seen him fix a leaky sink? Something isn't right about this...
Ha ha, yeah. I never knew that plumbing excellence involved knowing how to pound a cork into a leaky pipe with a hammer.
Who in the world is M. Bison?
An award from a company that treats PEX plumbing line like an afterthought at best thinks that digital plumbing will never replace retail.
Shocking!
There lives a short plumber so vain
That won plumbing awards from Spain
but they took it back
after getting such flack
since broodwars just had to complain
I also wonder if parents became more likely to name their children "Mario" or even "Luigi" as a result of the franchise... I'm pretty sure that in the English speaking world these names would probably be largely unknown otherwise.
