That's right, according to the book - "Philosophy of Nintendo", Nintendo was going to release an arcade game based on Popeye in the 1980s before their home console was out.
However, they ran into copyright problems, and could not use Popeye. Instead they asked Miyamoto-san to design something. And Mario was created to replace Popeye and Princess Peach to substitute the damsel in distress, Olive. Instead of Pluto, Donkey Kong was created.
And by the way, Mario was named after an employee in the US offices because they looked similar.
And that would be the Nintendo trivia of they day =)
Thanks for reading!
Source: Philosophy of Nintendo - page 98-99
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