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The movie did say MArio was from Brooklyn, but the movie can be regarded as a one-off if this fact was true.

However, including he movie, there are four various sources which indicate the Mario Bros. are from Brooklyn.
 * Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! While this movie does not specifically state where the Mario brothers are from or even depict them as plumbers, they are still depicted from a world much like ours until going to save the Princess in her world.
 * The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Had live-action segments set in Brooklyn and the show's theme mentions how the brothers got to the Mushroom Kingdom.
 * The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 The intro summerize the whole series as a book in the real world where Mario and Luigi live. Some episodes also depict the brothers returning home to Brooklyn.
 * Super Mario Bros. (film) The film, which also uses the same origins.

As for the comics, I do not know if they also use similar origins story, but what I am pointing out is that it is a reocuring oruigin story throughout most licenced media by Nintendo, which means even if Nintendo doesn't directly admit to it, there is some truth to it.

And now we have New Donk City, which depicts a human like city with human like beings. Something Super Mario hasn't had since Mario is Missing. Pauline is mayor of New Donk City, which means she has been a resident for an unspecific ammount of time, long enough for her to be popular enough to be elected into office. Now it's not impossible for a foreigner to have a major government role (Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria and he's 38th Governor of California) so, like Mario, she could be from Earth and settled in New Donk not long after Mario left Earth for the Mushroom Kingdom, however the first game Donkey Kong does depict structures common to New Donk City which could imply Pauline has always been native to New Donk since the very begining. So it could be possible New Donk City is Mario and Luigi's home city as well.