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Yoshi’s actually T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas and Mario is a homo nintendonus

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.

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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