The Muppets creators made the puppets from Nintendo’s Digital Event

Asked Nintendo. They said the puppets were made by Henson, which we all assumed. https://t.co/94vJ4fMj0Z

— Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard) June 17, 2015

So it turns out those Nintendo puppets were actually made by The Jim Henson Company and directed by Brian Henson. Brilliant stuff.

— Chris Scullion (@scully1888) June 17, 2015