Mario

Information
Mario is Nintendo's masacot. He made his debut in Donkey Kong with the name Jumpman. Mario lives in the Mushroom Kingdom wiht his younger brother Luigi. Mario has only been the damsel in destress for two Mario games, not including Luigi's Mansion 2. These games were Mario is Missing! and Luigi's Mansion. Mario's newest game appearance is in Super Mario 3D Land. However, he has many more games coming out in the future like Paper Mario 3DS and Luigi's Mansion 2.

Jumpman
Jumpan was Mario's original name in Donkey Kong. He was most likely called this because he jumped over barrels in the game to get to DK. He didn't have his original outfit yet, but it was similar.

Trivia

 * In Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, when Mario enters the Glitz Pit Stadium about to fight Rawk Hawk, one of the audience members yells "JUMPMAN!" refrencing his first name.
 * Mario is the mascot of Nintendo.
 * Mario games are usually the ones at the top of the best-seller list.