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Shigeru Miyamoto Reveals Former Mario Voice Actor Called Him ‘Papa’
Shigeru Miyamoto says Charles Martinet, the now-former voice of Mario, would cheerfully call him “Papa” in the famous plumber’s voice.
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Super Mario Bros.’ Iconic Blocks Hold More Coins Than You Think
Without thinking too hard about it, what’s the maximum number of coins you can knock out of multi-coin blocks in the original Super Mario Bros.? Did you say 10? Well, you’re wrong, but it’s not your fault. You just haven’t done a deep dive into the almost 37-year-old game’s code like a complete weirdo.
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That Time Miyamoto Helped A Game By Crouching In It For 20 Mins
A former Retro Studios developer’s anecdote about working with legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto is too good not to share. It will surprise no one that the Mario creator knows exactly what he’s doing (most of the time) but hearing about how he works in practice adds a whole other layer of idiosyncratic craft to…
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Id’s Mario PC Port Discovered In Museum Donation
There’s a parallel universe in which Id Software, known for popularising the first-person shooter genre, created PC versions of Nintendo games. In 1990, the studio created a demo for a PC port of Super Mario Bros. 3. That demo is now in a literal museum.