Mario Bros: why currency board and nothing else

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Mario collects coins because we are incorrigible capitalists

So, my friends, is hard, but it is. It is not that Mario collects coins in their games because they are a staple of the Mushroom Kingdom or because there are many shops to spend it ... according to Miyamoto himself said, would be what Mary gathered fruit, but they wanted it to be something that would appeal most to the player, and thought innate greed certainly share the majority of users, so bright and sound currencies would be the perfect gift that the player be unable to resist, and released them eagerly:

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"When we thought of something that anyone will call attention and say" I definitely want that, "we concluded:" Yes, it should be money ... "- Shigeru Miyamoto.

For this reason, the plumber could have picked berries as the Adventure Island or many other platforms that come to my head, but felt that Nintendo "could confuse users and make them to avoid it" ... well, like the kid whose parents want to eat a banana and he was dogged on a cake or the like. Since the company did not trust Japan in healthy eating habits of their players, but did not hesitate to think that hard cash would be a much more powerful (today instead of Super Mario Super Iwata would stick to him and all).

The fact is that that decision could change in a way the history of the franchise. Would we have played less delivered picking pineapples or peaches, What hubiéseis fruit as you, What would be Mario without the legendary sound of collecting coins? ...






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