Miyamoto says Nintendo wanted Mario “to be someone who might live near you, and not a superhero”

As part of Super Mario’s 35th anniversary, CNN was able to speak with some of the series’ creators. Among them was Shigeru Miyamoto, who opened up about why the character was made a plumber. Miyamoto stated: “I was trying to use the technology available at the time to produce a distinctive-looking character from a small number of pixels, and that...

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