Mario's iconic pipes only exist because Shigeru Miyamoto happened to see "a plastic pipe sticking out of a wall" while wandering the streets of Kyoto
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Mario's iconic pipes only exist because Shigeru Miyamoto happened to see "a plastic pipe sticking out of a wall" while wandering the streets of Kyoto
According to an old interview with series creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the idea was inspired by a real-life pipe the designer just happened to see while wandering around Kyoto. This comes from a ...