Why is Mario hair brown and mustache black?

What really happened was that, when drawing the character, it became much easier to draw the mustache as an extension of the outline of his nose. Using that same color of black, we drew the mustache. But then we felt bad for Mario that he didn't have a distinct hair color, so we gave him brown hair.
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Is Marios mustache brown or black?

Mario's mustache and eyebrows are black, but his hair is brown.
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Is Mario's mustache real?

Mario doesn't have a mouth or hair. That's intentional, according to Shigeru Miyamoto, and he should know — he's the genius who created Mario. In 2007, he sat down with CNN to explain the method behind the mustache: We had to draw Mario as a small character and at the same time, we had to make him look human.
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Do Mario and Luigi have a mustache?

Luigi Mario is the younger brother of Mario Mario and the co-owner of Mario Bros. Plumbing, their family business. Unlike his in-game counterpart, he has no mustache and he is the bravest and most willing to save the Princess of the two brothers.
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Why did the creator of Mario give him a cap and Moustache?

Mario's original design was the result of technological limitations. He was given a big nose and moustache because early video games' graphics were limited to blocky pixels. He has a hat as Mr Miyamoto was not a fan of drawing hair, and the colours red and blue were selected to help him stand out from the background.
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The Problem with Mario's Hair



What was Mario's original name?

The character was originally just called "Jumpman" since he had to leap over obstacles; then, the real star of the game was Donkey Kong.
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Why does Mario have white gloves?

Miyamoto: Then we gave Mario a pair of white gloves, in order to make his movements easier to spot when he jumped.
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Why is Mario so fat?

"The reason Mario is a plump shape is because gaming devices at that time could only read collisions between square boxes, not because I wanted to make him cute," Miyamoto explained. "His design turned out like that because I adjusted for the capabilities of the gaming device of the day.
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Is Mario fatter than Luigi?

Mario and Luigi Characters

Luigi is Mario's younger fraternal twin brother. He is taller and thinner than his brother, with blue overalls and a green shirt and hat.
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How did Mario get his mustache?

As it turns out, the artist behind the 8-bit classics Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros., Shigeru Miyamoto, basically had to draw Mario that way. In order to distinguish the nose from the rest of the face, he added in the mustache (remember, the paper-to-digital design back in the '80s wasn't as intuitive as it is now).
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Is Mario Wario?

The most popular one was that Wario and Mario were cousins. But that's not the case. Wario and Mario were actually just childhood rivals, and the two share no blood relation.
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What is Mario and Luigi's last name?

In September 2015, at the Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary festival, Miyamoto stated that Mario's full name was Mario Mario. As a result, this indirectly confirms Luigi's full name to be Luigi Mario.
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What color is Luigi's hair?

Physical Appearance

Luigi has short reddish-brown hair with 3 swooped-up bangs, slick sideburns, and 4 flips in the back.
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What does Mario's Moustache look like?

It is typically depicted with a top that curves upward at each end, like a crescent, and may either be an unbroken line or dip down in the middle to indicate Mario's large nose.
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Does Mario have a beard?

Mario becomes offended, stating he loves his beard and claiming that the day he shaves his beard is the day he lives with Donkey Kong. Luigi still points out that no one likes Mario's beard but he still likes it no matter what.
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Who is older Mario or Sonic?

Technically speaking, Sonic the Hedgehog is 15 years old and always has been but, let's face it, it's his 20th anniversary, so he's 20. All the same, at 20 years old, Sonic is easily the younger of the pair, with Mario now due a mid-life crisis tipping the scales at 30.
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Who is stronger Mario or Sonic?

Mario's determination, strength, and willpower are unlike any human being, though, and given certain circumstances, Mario would easily beat Sonic. This is reliant on his power-ups, power of the elements, and his allies, though, while Sonic doesn't really need anything except his blinding speed.
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What is the opposite of Mario?

Wario (ワリオ Wario?) is a character in the Mario series. He is the counterpart of Mario and is known to be very greedy.
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Is Luigi smarter than Mario?

According to the manual for Mario Party, Luigi is smarter than Mario.
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Why does Mario lose his hat?

Easter Egg: Slow Down Or You'll Lose Your Hat!

If you get 99 lives, the maximum number of lives in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Mario will lose his hat! Once you beat a level with a full 99 count, Mario will appear hat-less on the map screen and in subsequent gameplay. You'll regain your hat once you lose a single life.
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What does the P Hand Mean Mario 3?

The P-Wing is an item in Super Mario Bros. 3 that one can be obtained from Princess Peach after ridding a world from the Koopalings' power or from a white Toad House. It enables Mario or Luigi to fly in the air for an unlimited amount of time during one level.
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Why does Sonic have gloves?

Much like the Kardashian paradox, which states that Kris Jenner's offspring are famous simply for being famous, Sonic the Hedgehog wears white gloves because he always did. They're a nod to the gloves donned by the many animated, anthropomorphized critters who predate Sonic, including Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny.
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