Miyamoto explains to Conan O’Brien why Mario was given a mustache

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos

Conan O’Brien caught up with Shigeru Miyamoto for a brief moment at this year’s E3. Miyamoto was asked about Mario’s mustache, to which he explained that Mario’s original 8-bit design needed a nose. The mustache was used to tell where the nose was.

Source