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  • How A Mario Character Was Named After Motorhead’s Lemmy

    How A Mario Character Was Named After Motorhead’s Lemmy

    One of gaming’s better urban legends is that each koopaling in Super Mario Bros. 3 was named after a celebrity. One of the seven koopalings is Lemmy, allegedly inspired by Lemmy Kilmister, founder of the influential rock band Motörhead. Kilmister unexpectedly died of cancer this week. To learn if the rumours were true, I asked…