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Video Games => Mario Chat => Topic started by: Glowsquid on January 23, 2014, 08:32:11 PM

Title: The "Where does this urban legend/trufax about Mario comes from?" thread
Post by: Glowsquid on January 23, 2014, 08:32:11 PM

Inspired by this (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=14470.msg610144#msg610144). I don't really expect this to pick up much steam but hey, maybe we can get something going!

To start, I've read a bunch of times over the years that Wario was purposefully designed as an over-the-top evil caricature of Mario to represent Nintendo R&D1's frustration with having to work with an existing IP. Is there anything to substantiate that?

Title: Re: The "Where does this urban legend/trufax about Mario comes from?" thread
Post by: The Chef on January 23, 2014, 08:58:58 PM

Wikipedia says:

Wario's design arose from Super Mario Land's design team's distaste of making a game based around someone else's character. The creation of Wario allowed them a character of their own to "symbolize their situation".

...and they cite this (http://web.archive.org/web/20080603115614/http://www.kombo.com/article.php?artid=10570) as their source, which itself cites this (http://web.archive.org/web/20080523095344/http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=482) as its source. They seem to be the kinds of sites that have their facts in order, but...