I was casually looking through Mario trivia and I came across this:
At first I thought "why is goomba here...?" And then, the truth hit me: Goombas are supposed to be mushrooms too, just like Toads. How could I never know this?
I always thought Goombas looked weird with that triangular shaped head, I thought they designed it as a simple shape for SMB and then it stuck around, even though it's shape didn't make sense to me in 3D. But now I see it, it's not triangular, it's supposed to be the head of a mushroom. And it's so obvious, I can't see anything else now. And it makes all the sense in the world with the Mario universe. Godamnit.
I wonder how many here on Era will also be surprised by this? I was apparently not alone, many japanese players and even Satoru Iwata thought it was something else (granted they had a reason to, since Goomba's name in japanese means "chestnut", but still) according to this.
My mind is blown and I'm not even considering the implications for the Mario timeline yet.
At first I thought "why is goomba here...?" And then, the truth hit me: Goombas are supposed to be mushrooms too, just like Toads. How could I never know this?
I always thought Goombas looked weird with that triangular shaped head, I thought they designed it as a simple shape for SMB and then it stuck around, even though it's shape didn't make sense to me in 3D. But now I see it, it's not triangular, it's supposed to be the head of a mushroom. And it's so obvious, I can't see anything else now. And it makes all the sense in the world with the Mario universe. Godamnit.
I wonder how many here on Era will also be surprised by this? I was apparently not alone, many japanese players and even Satoru Iwata thought it was something else (granted they had a reason to, since Goomba's name in japanese means "chestnut", but still) according to this.
My mind is blown and I'm not even considering the implications for the Mario timeline yet.
