Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. This has been one of those things that fans have argued about for ...
In the original Super Mario World, it has been confirmed that the animation used when Yoshi sticks out his tongue is meant to depict Mario punching him in the head. An official Nintendo interview (via ...
Yes, according to Nintendo developers Takashi Tezuka and Shigefumi Hino, Mario was originally designed to punch Yoshi in the head. Hino confirmed fans’ worst fears in an interview with Nintendo’s blog ...