16 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About Nintendo

Use to be you'd hop about the world of Super Mario, bashing into blocks, fracturing them and collecting the power-ups within - all without a care in the world. That is, until you look inside the instruction booklet that came with the original pressings of the cartridge in 1985, and realise all the "stones" and "bricks" you're smashing into were the past residents of the Kingdom itself. This description describes how the Mushroom People were turned into such things, and as you can't see any other stonework or brick foundations outside of the various castle structures, the only conclusion is you're unknowingly killing scores of innocent villagers across your playtime.