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Mario
Mario
Mario and Donkey Kong character
First game	Donkey Kong (1981)
Created by	Shigeru Miyamoto
Designed by	Shigeru Miyamoto; Yōichi Kotabe;
Portrayed by	Lou Albano (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!); Bob Hoskins (1993 film);

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August 11, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
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On 15 February 2010, it was proposed that this article be moved from Mario to Mario (character). The result of the discussion was not moved.

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Add portrayed by Chris Pratt from the 2023 mario movie

82.43.111.84 (talk) 12:29, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done - It's under Voice. Portrayed is for live action portrayals of characters.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 12:40, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

lawsuit

i don't know if I am remembering correctly but I thought that nintendo and king Koneg had a lawsuit because of donkey kong please correct me if I am wrong Sleepypuppychipp (talk) 12:16, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's covered at Donkey Kong#History, which is the correct place to cover it. Sergecross73 msg me 13:01, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ah ok thank you. Sleepypuppychipp (talk) 15:18, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

wait did I said king koneg Sleepypuppychipp (talk) 15:18, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

say* Sleepypuppychipp (talk) 15:18, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I...assumed "King Koneg" was a typo for "King Kong"...? Sergecross73 msg me 15:47, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

yes it was Sleepypuppychipp (talk) 21:07, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sleepypuppychipp (talk) 14:53, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]