Super Mario isn’t a plumber, Nintendo officially says

Usually, if video game characters have an sort of job, it’s one related to their world-saving or other adventurous activities. Final Fantasy’s Cloud Strife is a mercenary swordsman, Metal Gear’s Solid Snake is a soldier, and Uncharted’s Nathan Drake is a treasure hunter, all lines of work that serve as obvious jumping-off points for the action and challenges they face in their respective franchises.

Nintendo’s Mario is kind of an odd exception. Sure, he travels through pipes in pretty much every Super Mario Bros. game, but we never see him laying down or fixing said pipes, which is kind of an odd oversight considering that he’s video gaming, and perhaps the world’s, most famous plumber.

Except, according to Nintendo itself, Mario isn’t a plumber.

At least he’s not a plumber anymore, as pointed out by Japanese Twitter user @hinatas_Q. On Nintendo of Japan’s official Mario portal site, you’ll find portraits of the regular members of the Super Mario Bros. cast. Clicking on Mario’s portrait brings up a short bio for the leading man.

In case you missed it, Nintendo says “long ago it seems he used to work as a plumber,” which means that he isn’t a plumber now (incidentally, Luigi’s bio makes no mention of any current or former profession).

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