How the Mario Characters Got Their Names | Gaming Historian

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Game:
Donkey Kong (1981)
Duration: 23:10
840,850 views
33,593

Is Luigi named after a pizza parlor? Who actually came up with the name Donkey Kong? Why is King Koopa named after a bowl of soup? Learn the inspirations behind the names of 8 Super Mario characters!

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:24 - Mario
05:28 - Luigi
07:07 - Princess Peach
08:54 - Toad
10:57 - Yoshi
12:29 - Donkey Kong
17:54 - Wario
19:12 - Bowser

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Donkey Kong Statistics For Gaming Historian

Currently, Gaming Historian has 3,725,930 views for Donkey Kong across 5 videos. There's close to an hours worth of content for Donkey Kong published on his channel, or 5.87% of the total watchable video on Gaming Historian's YouTube channel.