As the sequel to the 2023 hit THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE continues production, Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto

Doe-eyed 16-year-old Evan Ainsworth, meanwhile, voiced Pinocchio in the 2022 live-action version. More importantly, he was apparently in Emmerdale (a British soap) one time, which will leave our US readers unfazed but send a jolt into a deep, ancestral area of UK readers' spines.

Nintendo has explained why Donkey Kong wears clothes in the latest Switch 2 exclusive, Donkey Kong Bananza. For as long as Donkey Kong has been around, he's typically been portrayed completely naked (if a monkey can even be naked), but in the latest installment, the star ape underwent a makeover, in both character design and wardrobe.

Fans of THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE just got an exciting update on the status of the massively popular movie’s sequel.

Another key piece of evidence supporting the idea that the people of Nintendo are actively thinking about Donkey Kong’s butt comes from the recent Ask A Developer interview series on Nintendo.com, where producer Kenta Motokura says, “we were also conscious of how Donkey Kong would look from the back while he’s moving.”

One of Shigeru Miyamoto's best ideas was not immediately recognized for its genius by developers at Nintendo when the design was first pitched.