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

[The Ghost of RubangB]

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.

He's talking about Donkey Kong and he heard it from Miyamoto!

Miyamoto explained it in the Iwata Asks interview about New SMB Wii.  At first Donkey Kong only let you climb up and down ladders to dodge the barrels.  Then Miyamoto realized the best gameplay concept is to have 2 things that are easy to do alone, but hard to do together, like running and jumping.  So he added the jumping.  Then both Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. were expanding on the jumping concept, so jumps could be used as attacks (from below in MB and from above or below in SMB).

EDIT: ::high-fives Farmageddon::