Link's Inspiration

Link's design is inspired by Peter Pan.

Super Mario Bushes and Clouds Share the Same Spirite

To create the bushes in Super Mario Bros, the devs recoloured the top half of the cloud sprites and recycled them as shrubbery.

Super Mario Brother 2 Wasn't An Actual Mario Game

The original Super Mario Bros 2 was released in Japan which is what we in North America know it as "The Lost Levels". This happened because the game was deemed too difficult for western gamers.

Technical Constraints Led To The Creation of Luigi

During the development of the original Super Mario Bros.,the developers had problems fitting into certain elements of the game due to memory constraints. Miyamoto and other development team members got creative and found a way around these limits. They ended up creating Mario's twin brother, Luigi in the process.

30 Years Ago, Nintendo Created Games With A Team of Five to Six People

Back in the day, Nintendo was able to create one single game with only 5 to six team members. Nowadays, a team of 50 to 60 developers work on a game.

Link's Awakening Was Censored in America

In the American version of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening had the hippo's breasts removed and had taken away the sheet she was wearing.

There Was a Dedicated Zelda Handheld

Nintendo released a Zelda game in its line of dedicated LCD Game & Watch units in 1989.

Based on the original Legend of Zelda for the NES, the game is significant as not only the last Game & Watch, but as the last handheld Nintendo would release before the Game Boy.