>They retconned Mario being from Brooklyn. He was born in the Mushroom Kingdom, but somehow found his way to New Donk City, where the original "Donk"ey Kong got his name. Has nothing to do with a Donkey, the animal. Mario was himself raised as an italian American stereotype due to it being an incredibly stereotypical race in real life Manhattan whick NDC is an analogue to, and became a plumber that eventually found his way back to the mushroom kingdom through the green pipeways after koopas and crabs started pouring out of the pipes in the original Mario Bros.
>When the original Donkey Kong was defeated, he brought the other captured apes with him. The Apes were named after the names of the streets/areas of New Donk City
>When Mario saved Pauline, the woman singing in the trailer, she stayed behind which is why we never see her.
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