( CNN ) -- The future residents of a new Spanish neighborhood say they are the first in the world to name their street after the Super Mario video game character . Onlookers sporting fake black mustaches cheered . A Mario mascot danced . And a violin and cello duet performed the catchy theme song from the popular Nintendo game as the suburb in Zaragoza , northeast Spain , unveiled `` Avenida de Super Mario Bros '' Saturday . But the cartoon plumber character , who turns 25 this year , is n't the only one who will be honored by residents of Arcosur , which is still under construction . Other planned roads in the neighborhood include streets named for `` Sonic the Hedgehog , '' `` Space Invaders '' and `` The Legend of Zelda . '' Video games won out over more traditional options in an online poll that residents used to pick their street names , said Antonio Almudi Miranda , president of the Arcosur neighborhood association . `` We are people who grew up living with video games . We know them very well , '' he said . `` I 'm 25 . I 'm the same age as Mario . '' The government-sponsored Arcosur project aims to build more than 21,000 residences for people ages 20 to 35 who are buying their first homes , he said . Construction began last year . A dozen of the development 's streets will be named for video games , Almudi said . Names of musical composers and Spanish monuments will grace the neighborhood 's remaining 46 roads . Super Mario 's street is nearly a kilometer long and will have hundreds of homes on it , Almudi said -- and his will be one of them . The English and math teacher said he 's looking forward to living on a street named after someone his students will recognize . Residents are proud to have Super Mario represented in the neighborhood , he said , and grateful that their street signs will not feature names of war heroes or violent characters . At Saturday 's festivities , representatives from Nintendo handed out prizes in honor of Super Mario 's 25th anniversary , Almudi said . But there 's also a serious side to the publicity stunt , he said . Future residents hope increased media attention will pressure the government to finish building the neighborhood on time -- by June 2012 . `` We wanted to make noise and show that there are a lot of us who are in this neighborhood , '' he said . `` We want our homes now , because we are many young people and we have been waiting . '' Once it 's constructed , more than 60,000 people are expected to live in the neighborhood , Almudi said . `` The majority of us are lawyers , police officers , engineers , businessmen , teachers and hard workers of all kinds , '' he said . `` Surely we have a lot of plumbers . ''
NEW : The neighborhood association president says real-life plumbers will live there . The video game street names are the winners of an online poll . The project aims to build more than 21,000 homes for young , first-time home buyers . Other streets will be named for `` Sonic the Hedgehog '' and `` Space Invaders ''