Lore: 1986, Joe bought a random bootleg Mario game nes cart. The title says “Mario 246”. Joe is interested at the game. When playing, Joe wonders why it looks like Super Boy. Later at World 1-1, he saw a entity named Mario.ga (simply called MA). (Joe already expected Mario.ga is a faker lol) And then, Joe ignores the faker and goes to World 1-2.

https://gamejolt.com/p/introducing-mario-ga-the-character-from-mario-246-the-super-boy-i-su79fbjj