That time McDonald's tried to SPONSOR Mario's Hat

Mario's M is iconic. In the 80s, McDonald's asked Nintendo to change it. Here's what happened.

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SOURCES
http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/intervi...
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article...
https://www.mariowiki.com/Yoichi_Kotabe

CREDITS
Mozart No. 40 from Musopen
Phone ringing sound effect by infobandit, sourced from freesound.org
Office Ambience sound by Dean-Raul_DiArchangeli, sourced from freesound.org
McDonald’s store photo, Stephen Craven
McDonalds store photo, David Dixon
Phone hang up sound by davidferoli, sourced from freesound.org
Heidi footage:    • Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974) (Eng S...  
Kotabe Exhibition footage:    • Heidi in Japan im Landesmuseum Zürich  

MUSIC
Super Mario Sunshine OST - Secret Stage
"Ternary" - Segmental (Epidemic Sound)
"Symphony No. 40" - Mozart (musopen.org)
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" - Tchaikovsky (incompetech.com)
"In All Honesty, I Do" - Nocturnal Spirits (Epidemic Sound)