Why did Nintendo put HUMANS into Mario?

Super Mario Odyssey featured some pretty surprising new characters - actual human beings!! In this video, I'll explain the true reason Nintendo added realistic human beings to the Super Mario series - because it turns out, they'd been trying to do so for 15 years!

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- https://shmuplations.com/mariosunshine/
- https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/28/16...
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/gyp38...
- https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06/...
- https://www.gq.com/story/super-mario-...
- https://www.4gamer.net/games/368/G036...
- https://nintendoeverything.com/super-... (English summary)