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This was brought up on this week's Giant Bombcast, but I never thought about it before...
So...Did it ever dawn on anyone that Mario Mario is just a plumber and not a fucking doctor? He has no medical license and yet he's acting like he's a doctor, handing out drugs and medicine to folks in the Mushroom Kingdom.
How the hell do you know he's not a doctor? Maybe he went to night school, pal.
Miyamoto said so.
I know this isn't the case because the following is a quote from the guy on the subject and the final sentence is one of my favourites:
"There's really only one rule in terms of the things that Mario does. Generally, it's that he's more on the blue-collar side. He's hard-working, and certainly much more physical in nature. So, I think that a doctor is sort of an unexpected and perhaps unbelievable role for Mario. Perhaps the Dr. Mario you're thinking of was maybe, in some way, not necessarily legitimate."
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Now I remember why I quoted the golden age bit - another part of the Kamiya console warrior twitter thing was this. Not only were there a ton more exclusives back in the day, there were a ton more systems to divide them between and the best part was that you had to sit and pray that any of them even reached your country in the first place. So you could pay obscene prices for them.
If they weren't arcade games, that is.
Every now and again you'd get a home downport like Street Fighter II and you'd love the hell out of it because Digital Foundry wasn't around yet to count how many pixels were on screen and tell you it sucked.
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You're still going to get like 80% of games no matter what system you buy, and that's a change that happened in our fucking life times.
I swear, it's like some people don't remember how heinous 16-bit shit got. This is still a goddamn golden-age in comparison.
Great post, though I'm fairly sure the rage is reserved for the particular type of exclusive Microsoft introduced a decade ago where a company will pay to delay or effectively destroy games rather than create them. It flaring up now is still a viable point to mock however.
The 80% comment reminded me of the other reason I was amused by this. Despite the console running away with gen eight, the PS4 is not getting 80% of the games released. I'm trying to picture the hordes of people who own a Playstation 4, are fine with going without Vita exclusives, Japanese-focused developers, Microsoft's exclusives, Nintendo's studios, Nintendo's affiliated studios, just about the 3DS's entire library, the masses of PC-only indie games, community-based PC gaming and all of the blossoming iOS gaming explosion... then lose their shit because they can't play Tomb Raider.
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I love it when 'hardcore' gamers get furious about being 'denied' games because they refuse to buy more than one games machine every six years (Kamiya has advice for thee), or act as if it is unacceptable that they buy a games console 'just' to play the games that are on it, as if there were any other sane reason in the world to do so.
Also this shit's been going on for years. Try not to think about how many of your game purchases were used to fund whatever ransom Rockstar demanded from Sony/Microsoft for the privilege of hosting GTA5 first.
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I tried to make a lineup for a Smash Bros-clone on an X-Box once.... it did not go well.
Time to wheel this jpeg out of the retirement home one more time
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That's a complaint I'd direct towards New Japan in general because of a personal preference towards uncommon finishes to keep people (fans and fighters) on their toes rather than wait-for-the-finisher pro wrestling. Usually I'd use WWE's dominance and NJPW's upturn as proof that the market has spoken and I should silence my out-of-touch dissent, but for me crazy results and alternate match styles that couldn't normally happen are the whole point of booking a tournament like this. Main event, or upper card match in a tour ender with Meltzer-influenced iPPV dollars to be had then I get it you've got to ep it up a bit, but not here.
Was going to say something about how the giant format means there's no room for palate-cleanser tags when I realised that while the heavies are killing themselves the rest of the roster are sat in the back enjoying their two months off. Awkward.
Sucks for Goto to un-win his feud.
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Would it have been unfair in 2000 when Deus Ex came out to judge it by the then-fourteen years old Super Mario Bros's standards? Because that one doesn't work in its favour either.
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The twenty-six day break until the next show suggests the wrestlers might be too.
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In a time when New Japan have built themselves up their biggest collection of viable homegrown stars in absolutely yonks it's a shame it is now an annual tradition that when they all get thrown together and put on the best tournament in pro wrestling half the internet fumes that they have to give the win to the part timer who screwed the company over twice.
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Not all the time though. The game aims for 60 fps but doesn't always get there.
There is no good reason for this.
Except maybe a gen 9 re-rerelease.
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DKC2 IS on the list at #68.
There was a thread for N64 recommendations that got into some discussion of SNES.
Thanks. Now I know I wasn't imagining that thread, and also that this is the second time in a row I've published the same libel about my own go-to SNES link.
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Best thing about this G1 is the schedule. We have days off to catch up and digest after each round. Wrestlers have days off to not slowly die as the tournament goes on. Hopefully the extended format means more people go into the final hyped from having seen it unfold up to that point than are burned out from it.
I was going to mention that I'd heard good things about AJ and I'm interested in seeing his fresh match ups free of the usual main event obligations.
Speculation / Fantasy booking in spoilers.
I noticed he's only on four points at the moment and I'm wondering whether they're going to make the most of the Bullet Club angle by having Anderson and Yujiro lay down for him. Both only have a win each so are unlikely to have individual ambitions getting in the way, play the lackey role better than Gallows or Fale would and the cards line up for it. Bulletgate in Osaka is the attention-retaining angle going in to the final, Yujiro predictably me-tooing next show in a less important match at one of the smaller venues and then the final day is all about AJ versus enraged Block B stalwart Makabe in the main event to see whether it pays off.
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Could've sworn we had this thread not so long ago because I remember posting this link - Super Play magazines' top 100 SNES games. There were a couple of odd missing titles (Donkey Kong Country 2 was one of them, forget the other) but otherwise a fantastic list.
Personally, I've played sixteen games that I've awarded a 10/10 to in my head, and Super Bomberman, Super Mario World, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Super Metroid and The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past make up five of them.
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Shibata and Nakamura might be my new MOTY. That was everything I loved about 2004 New Japan from two of the guys responsible for me loving Japanese wrestling to begin with.
I still haven't seen the 8/8 show from the 2004 G1 because those two top the card and I couldn't imagine anything topping it on a personal level.
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The version I had was that Tenzan legit couldn't continue due to dehydration. A shame because despite the result being a cornerstone of the IWGP/Tenzan chunder years I loved the idea both of a match ending eleven seconds from time and someone (/ a whole company) so plainly holding out for the bell.
In hindsight it's obvious. Draw is the safe choice for a double title match like this, this was Tenzan's first defence having already had two recent runs cut short, Nakamura going sixty with him next defence to prove that New Japan guys could go the distance etc. The 'greater' champion getting agro from colleagues, trying to roll to the outside and New Japan staff invading the ring to stall for time was never going to be in the script no matter the result.
Not shown here: Kojima deliberately dropping the IWGP belt on his way out and Nakamura flipping his shit in response. I remember at the time thinking it was the best acting job I'd seen in wrestling. Total bloodlust.
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You can tell gaming is a youth pursuit because every year '8-bit-style' graphics becomes increasingly bewildering to anyone time travelling from the 80s.
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What would people advise is the safest way to flog an eshop download code (UK)? I usually stick to ebay for selling but doesn't seem like that would be a good idea here.
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Not weighing in on the GOTG talk, but saw Swayze Express saying he/she was using this forum to look for Wii games to play so I thought I'd expand a bit on this thing's library seeing as it's like 90% exclusives.
WII GAMES I'VE PLAYED: SMASHING STATUS CONFIRMED
Excite Truck - Never encountered a review that said this game was great, and never encountered anyone who played this game that thought it wasn't. I recently heard some of its terrible, generic rock soundtrack in a youtube vid and by Pavlovian response my pulse quickened.
Neo Geo Everything - Anthologies for Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters: Orochi Saga. SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1 and virtual console for the rest.
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition - See my post above.
Kororinpa: Marble Mania - Toy-like in a physical way that tickles different parts of the brain than the usual viddygam fare.
New Super Mario Bros Wii - The success of New Super Mario Bros prods Nintendo to get the band back together to make a proper Mario Bros.
Super Mario Galaxy - The only game I've played that felt like it was from the future. I'm saving the sequel for when I've got 30 days to live or something.
Wario Land: Shake It! - Gorgeous, serene platform puzzling made all the sweeter by previously playing a trillion inferior indy attempts at the same.
Wii Sports Resort - Rockstar take note - this is how you do table tennis.
Honourable mentions: House of the Dead 2 and 3 (haven't played 3 yet. Don't need to). Geometry Wars: Galaxies. Mario Kart Wii (cannot fully recommend with Nintendo Wi-fi no longer with us). Sonic Colors is the best 3D Sonic I've played if you like that sort of thing. Metroid Prime 3 and Twilight Princess are both average entries for very good franchises.
WII GAMES I HAVE YET TO PLAY: SMASHING STATUS PENDING
Tatsunoko vs Capcom - Marvel vs Capcom 3 before Marvel vs Capcom 3 came out, with a nuttier / cooler delete as appropriate cast of characters.
Punch Out! - Supposed to be better than Super, and Super was super.
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor - Very probably the best rail shooter ever and sadly possibly the last Treasure great.
Rhythm Heaven Fever - Rhythm Tengoku goes big screen.
Pro Evolution Soccer - Konami add the option of a control scheme where you use the pointer to control team mate movement and precision passes (and apparently works great). Am looking forward to playing a football game differently for the first time this century.
Boom Blox Bash Party - Sequel to 'that Spielberg game' that is actually meant to be really good. Also, gawk at the wonder of an EA game released on a Nintendo system that gave a shit.
Xenoblade Chronicles - is meant to be the best JRPG of the generation. Disclaimer: I still don't know whether this means it is good.
Honourable mentions: Skyward Sword. Little King's Story. Donkey Kong Country Returns (though '2nd best 2D platformer of the generation' doesn't mean much when Tropical Freeze tops it). Kirby's Return to Dreamland. Smash Bros Brawl. Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus. Rayman Origins.
Novelty picks (not greats by any measure, but might grab some interest for the jaded gamer)
Red Steel 2 - Wii swordfighting done okayish!
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure - It's a console exclusive point and click game made in Japan!
Elebits - Use the wii remote to trash rooms by throwing everything around!
Let's Tap - Place wii remote on the official let's tap cardboard trays and tap said trays to victory!
No More Heroes - Suda51 makes you use the remote to slash up goons then jerk yourself off!
Warioware: Smooth Moves - Get friends round and drink and laugh!
Endless Oceans 1 & 2 - Serene scuba exploring!
Trauma Team - Dramatic surgery!
Deadly Creatures - Game about being a spider and a scorpion starring Dennis Hopper!
Fishing Resort - No joke I've seen a ton of people pimp this Yuji Naka fishing game that wasn't released in Europe.
Muscle March - 'Each of the game's three levels involves players chasing after a thief, who has stolen their bodybuilding friends' tub of protein powder, through a number of environments.'
A Boy and His Blob. Muramasa: Demon Blade. Klonoa. De Blob 2. Disaster: Day of Crisis. Castlevania/Contra Rebirth. Dead Space: Extraction. Flingsmash. Madworld. Bit.Trip Complete. Wii Fit. Wii Music. Pointer control Pikmin.
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My NNID won't be much use for a long while as my Wii U is perma-parked at the home of a friend who has much less of a backlog.
If Smash fever gets too much around release date I'll probably dip my toes into Brawl.
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I will inevitably pick up the Wii U version at some point.
The most moronic decision of my life was not picking up Melee until April last year. I've had a Gamecube since near-launch.
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Full cards from Stu:
NJPW, 7/21/14 (WPW/Sukachan)
Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Bad Luck Fale
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Shelton Benjamin vs. Doc Gallows
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Karl Anderson
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuji Nagata
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Katsuyori Shibata
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. AJ StylesNJPW, 7/23/14 (Samurai! TV)
Aomori Prefectural Budokan1. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomohiro Ishii
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Shelton Benjamin vs. Bad Luck Fale
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Lance Archer
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Kota Ibushi
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. AJ Styles
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kazuchika Okada
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Karl Anderson
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Doc GallowsNJPW, 7/25/14 (Samurai! TV)
Yamagata Sports Center1. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Doc Gallows
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Lance Archer vs. Karl Anderson
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yujiro Takahashi
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shelton Benjamin
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Yano
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Bad Luck Fale
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Minoru Suzuki
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Kazuchika OkadaNJPW, 7/26/14 (WPW)
Akita Prefectural Gymnasium1. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Bad Luck Fale
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Shelton Benjamin vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Minoru Suzuki
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Toru Yano
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Lance Archer
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. AJ Styles
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori ShibataNJPW, 7/28/14 (TV Asahi ch2)
Sendai Sun Plaza Hall1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Doc Gallows
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Lance Archer
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Minoru Suzuki vs. Yujiro Takahashi
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. Karl Anderson
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shelton Benjamin
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. AJ Styles
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika OkadaNJPW, 7/31/14 (Samurai! TV)
Act City Hamamatsu1. G1 Climax – Block A: Doc Gallows vs. Bad Luck Fale
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Katsuyori Shibata
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Karl Anderson
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Minoru Suzuki vs. Lance Archer
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Shelton Benjamin
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. AJ Styles
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Toru Yano
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro IshiiNJPW, 8/1/14 (TV Asahi ch2)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall1. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Shelton Benjamin
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. Lance Archer
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Yujiro Takahashi vs. Karl Anderson
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Doc Gallows
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hirooki Goto
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Bad Luck Fale
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Minoru Suzuki vs. AJ Styles
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuyori Shibata
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomohiro IshiiNJPW, 8/3/14 (WPW/Sukachan)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toru Yano
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Shelton Benjamin
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Doc Gallows
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Lance Archer vs. AJ Styles
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Minoru Suzuki
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Katsuyori Shibata
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke NakamuraNJPW, 8/4/14 (Samurai! TV)
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium1. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Lance Archer vs. Yujiro Takahashi
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Doc Gallows
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bad Luck Fale
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
8. G1 Climax – Block B: AJ Styles vs. Karl Anderson
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shelton Benjamin
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika OkadaNJPW, 8/6/14 (Samurai! TV)
Takamatsu City Gymnasium1. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Kota Ibushi
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Bad Luck Fale
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tetsuya Naito
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Karl Anderson vs. Minoru Suzuki
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Toru Yano
6. G1 Climax – Block B: AJ Styles vs. Yujiro Takahashi
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Lance Archer
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Doc GallowsNJPW, 8/8/14 (TV Asahi ch2)
Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium1. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Shelton Benjamin
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Tomohiro Ishii
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Doc Gallows
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bad Luck Fale
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Lance Archer
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Karl Anderson
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. AJ StylesNJPW, 8/10/14 (WPW/Sukachan)
Seibu Dome1. G1 Climax Special Singles Match: Block A 2nd place vs. Block B 2nd place
2. G1 Climax – Final: Block A 1st place vs. Block B 1st place
- Jeff Jarrett (GFW) visits
- Bobby Fish, Adam Cole, Michael Bennett, Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish and Maria Kanellis (all ROH) appearances
- Kazushi Sakuraba appearanceNice to see some (modest) Tenzan support, because he sure wasn't what your average puro fan was looking for back when he was actually good.
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Pipe dream time. Muto and Akiyama have a behind the scenes deal. They run Wrestle-1 and the new AJPW separately for like a year or so. Then you do the warring promotions thing with one coming out on top reforming one company.
I'm no business genius but ok maybe I am.
I was convinced Big Mouth Loud was that kind of thing, for NJPW.
Then Shibata went into MMA
Ugh, bad memories. I was the same. Luckily I didn't get into puro earlier and have to suffer the slow realisation that Zero One was a) legit and b) where Hash would spend the rest of his career.
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Another Miyamoto quote relevant to the initial question:
"If you're familiar with things like Popeye and some of the old comic characters, you would oftentimes see this cast of characters that takes on different roles depending on the comic or cartoon. They might be businessman in one [cartoon] or a pirate in another. Depending on the story that was being told, they would change roles. So, to a certain degree, I look at our characters in a similar way and feel that they can take on different roles in different games. It's more like they're one big family, or maybe a troupe of actors."
Never mind Mario not having a medical license, who the fuck let Tom Cruise fly that fighter jet?