Vi har lært en hel del omkring Nintendo for nylig, og de afslørede sågar for et par uger siden, at Mario ikke længere er blikkenslager. Nu ved vi at han desuden potentielt har slået Yoshi. I et nyt interview på deres japanske hjemmeside fortæller Nintendo os lidt mere om deres maskot.
Interviewet blev foretaget med Takashi Tezuka og Shigefumi Hino, og ifølge den førstenævnte af de to ville Shigeru Miyamoto faktisk have at Mario skulle ride på en hest i stedet for Yoshi.
"I think he likes horses. When we were making [Super Mario Bros. 3], he drew a picture of Mario riding a horse and had put it up on wall next to where he sits. When I saw that, I thought, 'I guess he wants Mario to ride something.' So, when we were making Super Mario World, we had this 'dinosaur land' concept, and I had Hino draw reptile type art. I drew a large lizard type creature to start off with, which looked like a crocodile,"
Og nu når vi til misbruget. De to forklarer nemlig at folk har misforstået hvad der er Mario gør når han rider på Yoshi i de gamle spil.
"Lots of people think that while Mario is pointing his finger foreward, he's saying 'Go,' and Yoshi's tongue comes out. However, the set up that I drew was that when Mario punches Yoshi in the head, the character's tongue shoots out in surprise."
"What's more, there's an added 'bop' sound. However, it seemed like people would say 'Poor Yoshi,' so that's why it became that Mario is saying 'Go.'"
Kan du nogensinde tilgive Mario for det han har gjort?