Why is Luigi green? "...because of memory limitations, the second character had to be identical to the first character in appearance," says Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. "And so we looked at that and said, 'Well even if we have the same character, we could potentially change the color of the character.' But again we Read more

Grantland writes an interesting analysis of the old Super Mario Bros. movie. "Super Mario Bros. created a much more insidious template, one that's never been as prevalent as it is now: the simultaneous money-grub brand exploitation and fan-base slap in the face."

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