When did Mario Mario first get that famous "M" embedded onto his hat? Was it in Super Mario 64?

When did Mario Mario first get that famous "M" embedded onto his hat? Was it in Super Mario 64?

More importantly, what does it even mean?

The M is short for mio, claiming the hat as his

macho

At least SMW if not earlier.

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>At least SMW if not earlier.
Do you have any proof to back this up?

It's two L's joined together at the bottom and sloping, yet another dig at his brother showing how hes more well balanced and "twice as successful"

Found it on some Super Mario Bros. 2 artwork, but I'm guessing it's older than that.

SNES-era manual art, I'd guess.

It stands for mini, the opposite of wumbo.

Look at the Famicom cover for SMB1

>on the newer renders of Mario you can see the stitching on the M

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SMB1. Art before that had just plain hats for both Mario & Luigi.

That's pretty

Western promotional art for Donkey Kong featured the M.

no

That's clean

So here's a new question. When did they decide to have Mario's overalls and shirt switch color?

The M stands for 'More' likewise his brother's stands for 'Less'

When they forced him to deny his Brooklyn origins