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Met de 25ste verjaardag van Super Mario Bros. achter de rug legt Miyamoto nog steeds meer en meer uit over het spel. Zo-ook vandaag want deze keer komen we te weten dat Mario normaal kogels zou afvuren op de vijanden.

Mario zou oorspronkelijk geen vuurballen afschieten in Super Mario Bros., maar kogels. Er zou oorspronkelijk zelfs een shoot-'em-up stage in het spel verwerkt zitten maar dit werd later allemaal drastisch veranderd naar de game die we allemaal kennen.

"During much of development, the controls were A for shoot bullets, B to dash, and up on the control pad to jump. The bullets wound up becoming fireballs later — we originally thought about having a shoot-'em-up stage where Mario jumps on a cloud and shoots at enemies, but we dropped it because we wanted to focus on jumping action. The sky-based bonus stages are the remnants of that idea, you could say. In the end, we realized that being able to shoot all the fireballs you want while running gave Mario too much of an advantage, so instead we had it so you shoot only one fireball when you start running. That freed up the A button, and we made that the jump button. I really wanted to have A be the action button and make you press up to jump, but it definitely worked out better for Mario in the end."

- Shigeru Miyamoto