Videogame FACTS that BLOW your mind! (Post some you know)

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twesterm said:

trangentspree said:

dtewi said:

In Donkey Kong, Mario was called Jumpman and was trying to save Paulina from the monkey he abused.

I think.

And before that Mario was simply going to be called 'Mr Video.' Originally they hadn't planned for him to even have the ability to jump!

I'm not sure where you heard that one but it's just plain wrong, assuming you're talking about Super Mario Bros at least (though I'm pretty sure Donkey Kong always had jumping planned)?

How do I know how wrong that is?  Because Super Mario Bros was built on one single concept: jumping is fun.

Actually, I believe it's from a "Iwata asks". Miyamoto said there was no jump initially (guess you just used the ladders to avoid being hit) but it wasn't working very well, so He said, "Let there be Jumping"; and there was Jumping. And He saw that Jumping was  good.