I wouldn't even call the original Donkey Kong Mario canon. I mean,carpinter called Jumpman= Not Mario
I can't stop listening to this
Respect the Red Right Hand
Mario and canon? That's the problem right there. You could argue that Mario's stork in Yoshi's Island proves he's not from Brooklyn, but most people really don't care for any kind of organized Fanon theories. As for what's canon? The game developers don't really care either.
Modified Ura-nage, Torture RackAdmittedly, I too once thought that the Mario Bros. originally being from Brooklyn was only something invented by various adaptations, but in a very recent interview, Shigeru said it was all his idea. (It's the same interview which revealed that in the development stages of Super Mario Bros., Mario was packing heat! O_O!)

Recently, i added an entry to the Super Mario page in it's Gannon-Banned entry, saying that the origin story where Mario and Luigi come from Brooklyn only applies to the cartoons and movie, but one poster contested this, claiming that the first Donkey Kong was apparently set in Brooklyn. I think Donkey Kong Land debunked this, showing that the city Mario fought DK in was part of Mario's world to begin with (that and the fact that Cranky Kong is the original DK Mario fought in the first place) but i'm not entirely sure.
Thanks to anyone who helps with this. I'll appreciate it.
edited 20th Jan '11 11:50:30 AM by prinzenick