Father of man who inspired Super Mario was also named Luigi, researcher finds
Assertions
- Nintendo is connected to games because it pulled Switch 2 pre-orders over Trump tariffs
- Super Mario is connected to Nintendo because the Nintendo character's namesake was traced by a researcher
- Super Mario is connected to games because he is gaming's best-known character
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