At a hotel in Los Angeles ahead of the release of the Super Mario Bros. Movie, CNET Managing Editor David Lumb chatted with Shigeru Miyamoto (right) and Koji Kondo (left).
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Ahead of the release of the smash-hit Super Mario Bros. Movie back in 2023, I sat down to chat with Mario’s creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, and the composer of classic tunes for Mario and Legend of Zelda games, Koji Kondo (including Dire Dire Docks, perhaps the greatest piece of video game music).
Among the interview’s highlights are explanations for why Miyamoto wanted the films to explore more of the backstories of Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong and Peach (“I wanted to relay through their role in the drama, it really brought out the more human side of these characters,” he said at the time) and how big a deal it was to make the Mario movie funny (“I myself at one point
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