Twitter’s blown up today with scans of a 1993 Nintendo Character Guide. In the guide, it’s revealed that Yoshi’s full name is T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas and that Mario isn’t a homo sapien, but rather a ‘homo nintendonus’.
We can’t make this stuff up, people. See below.
Wait, Yoshi's real name is T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas??!! pic.twitter.com/ObgEnoiLAG
— blake j. harris (@blakejharrisNYC) August 5, 2014
Master Art for Mario from Nintendo Character Guide (1993) @PressTheButtons pic.twitter.com/HTP6BqPu8s
— blake j. harris (@blakejharrisNYC) August 5, 2014
Blake J. Harris, the author of the above tweets, also penned Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation. In short, he knows his stuff.
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