Comment on "Wario" is a Japanese portmanteu of Mario and "warui" (bad), but in Finnish "Wario" is also a homonym of "varjo", "shadow".

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  English, W is an upside down M.

  Well yes, because he’s the opposite. But I don’t think English gets to take part just because of one letter. Apologies. I mean, that letter defines what can be used as opposites, but… like… no.

  Sorry.

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  • Harvey656@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Mario has an English letter on his hat. The capital letter M. So… like… yes.

    Sorry.

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    • darkmogool@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      well… those are Latin letters…

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      • Harvey656@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I was going to make a Murica’ joke… but honestly that would be too much of a stretch even for humor. So I’ll allow you this one… lol.

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  • ruko24@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s really funny to me that you think Finnish, which you didn’t even write your post or response in, played more of a role in the name Wario than English… Sorry, but like no (is how people who speak English would write it. So dramatic…)

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    • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I don’t think that though.

      I’m just pointing out how the Finnish bit is by accident, most likely.

      Although there are a few game designers who do seem to be fascinated with Finnish things. One in league at least.

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