Rounding off 2020 in the nicest way possible, Nintendo decided to treat fans to a bonus Direct presentation to show off the upcoming Super Nintendo World theme park in Japan. It looks absolutely stunning, but there was one particularly surprising fact given away during the show.
The Direct was hosted by none other than Mario creator himself, Shigeru Miyamoto; the industry icon took us on a tour of the park, showing off the amazing sights and sounds it'll have to offer next year. But that wasn't all he did.
Not once, but twice, he took the time to confirm that he is, in fact, Mario and Luigi's actual father. The following images aren't part of some fancy caption contest we held – these words really came out of Miyamoto's mouth and will now certainly be treated as canon.
Don't believe us? Look, Nintendo's even tweeting about it:
Simply amazing.
Will you ever be able to look at Mario and Luigi in the same way again? Isn't Miyamoto also supposed to be Bowser Jr.'s mother? What a way to end the year...
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What about Fox and C. Falcon? Aren't they is kids too?
And Link?
Wasn’t he the mother of bowser?
....He....kinda did create them, so, uh...yeah. lol
@Not-Geno he's Bowser Jr's mother, actually, as well as Mario and Luigi's father.
Its 2020 folks, get over it.
This family tree is getting stranger and stranger. It's turning into more of a....family tumbleweed.
Let's get maury here to confirm if that's in fact, the truth
Miyamoto is Bowser Junior's mother.
Miyamoto is Mario and Luigi's father.
...
So Bowser Junior is a Mario Brother. Fantastic. Needs a mustache and overalls.
So, Mr. Miyamoto... who’s the mother?
@ToadBrigade So you know Daisy?
He made the character so ya he is his dad LOL.
@HotGoomba___Rebrand oh no
So Mario and Luigi are actually Japanese-Italian, not only Italian plumbers. We also just found out their last name is Miyamoto.
Then what the heck does the wife look like?!
Miyamato just can’t keep it in his pants.
And when I say it, I mean his drawing pen
The man's a real treasure and a living legend. You can't help making a smile watching him talk about this amusement park. He seems really proud and excited about it.
This park looks insane!!!!!
Mamma Mia, we needa a blood test!
I'd better not visit that park. The temptation to steal all those irl Mario Kart trophies would be too much.
So many animatronics in the park, and I hope overexcited people don't break all those interactables. That will definitely be a concern in the California and Florida parks.
I can understand why they're focusing on Mario, though. A) Instantly recognizable even to lay-audiences, and B) properly representing every big Nintendo IP would require their own park, not just an offshoot of Universal Studios.
Miyamoto will go down as a god so...
@Sabrewing The human touchpoints look like they're rock solid. Bigger concern is the NFC transmitters throughout the park giving out.
These kinds of utterly random and funny trinkets of news are always so uplifting.
@Don No. There names are Mario Mario and Luigi Mario. Haven't you seen the movie? lol
Then...who’s the mother?
Donkey Kong too?
@RandomAfricanGamer their mom is Mia.
Mario..”I’ll never join you”
Shigeru..”I am your father”
So that means having used his hands and his imagination to help create his children.
I'm guessing the right hand is the mother then?
😉
@gcunit I would think they would sell replicas of them, or at least I’d hope.
Who is the mom?
@Gerald
Very appropriate comment considering what came out of Star Wars today.
🤣
Father, creator, same difference in this sense.
But who is the mama!?
As MiyamotoHimself, I hope this news outlet can give my family some privacy and avoid baseless speculations about the relationships between me and other nintendo employees. Domo arigato! Please understand
@idrawrobots
Oh. Thanks for the info! 🤣
l want to see big Luigi!
Even with all his money he still paid a stork to deliver his kids. Oh well at least we got a great sequel out of it.
@MiyamotoHimself You are so kind to write!
It has been established that I loved you in the Louvre-guide vids, so if you are looking for a few more characters and need a tender loving mother, how about we compile sprites on my 4 GPU workstation?
So a Japanese game developer is the actual father to two Italian plumbers from Brooklyn?
Yep, sounds about right.
It'sa me, Dadio!
Mario Imma your Papa
Now i get why mario is invinsible and never age. Mmm.
All those characters growing up withoud parents. Link dropped in the kokiri forest, mario dropped in a toilet as a plumber. Pit going straight to heaven from birth, poor kid.
And 35 years later all grown up, miyamoto comes in "luke (mario) im am your father"
Mama miaa!
@RandomAfricanGamer Miyamoto wife i guess?
of course Miyamoto is Mario and Luigi father/creator, he created or assited in half of the franchise we know and love today, Shigeru Miyamoto is the Walt Disney of gaming.
If you watch this direct via the Switch news tile, it's fun to play with the different playback speeds to hear Miyamoto with a slow, low voice, or a fast, high pitch voice
Then he cut off Mario's hand.
Every time you upload a Nintendo song, daddy gives you a spanking.
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