Mario is a twenty-four to twenty-five year-old though middle-aged in Donkey Kong and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Italian human. According to a 1993 Nintendo character guide, Mario is classified as "Homo nintendonus", and according to the Insiders' Calendar included in the second issue of Nintendo Power, Mario's birthday is October 11 however, later sources have contradicted this citing his birthday as January 1 Mario has fair skin, is short and stocky in stature, and is a bit portly. He has bright blue eyes, a big nose, and a thick dark-brown mustache with six bumps on it. Mario has short brown hair with two sideburns, three large bangs pointing upwards, four short bangs pointing upward at the back of his neck, and a sprout-shaped cowlick. He wears a red sweater and blue overalls with yellow buttons. He wears a red cap that has the "M" symbol for the first letter of his name and wears white gloves, and brown dress shoes. In the arcade version of Donkey Kong, he had a blue mustache, blue boots, hair, and a t-shirt, along with a red cap and overalls. In the arcade version of Mario Bros., he had a brown mustache, boots, and hair and wore a red shirt, blue cap, and overalls. In Super Mario Bros., he had beige eyes, a mustache, and shirt, a red cap, and overalls (due to the muted yellow tone). In Super Mario Bros. 3, he wore a red cap, red shirt, red boots, and black overalls