And my final post:
The way it's said in the games is how you're supposed to say it.
One is his name, the other is not.
Sure, there might be people that say it the way you do, but they're not talking about Mario the Nintendo character. They're talking about somebody else.
You're representing the minority here, do you realize that? In Japan, Italy, and most of America, it's pronounced the way he says it in the game. That's a lot more people than you and the people you know who say it "your way."
Can't you just understand that it's different, and accept that? You have some obscure way of saying Mario, and I guess that's fine, but it's not the way you say Mario Mario's name. That's all there is to it.
And my final comment:
Either your ego is too big or your opinion of your country is too high. (And that observation is not based solely on this topic; I remember you saying that Americans are like a different type of British people, which is a complete falsehood... that, among other things.)
Goodbye.
Dexter, boy genius...Dexter, the cookie