What the Hell: Super Mario 3 Was All a Ruse?

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Finding out Mario is OCD, while strange, is not too surprising — we know that guy is messed up (too much pipe-traveling, we think).

But finding out that Super Mario 3 was all simply a cleverly constructed eight act play is, well, insulting:

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You mean we spent countless hours on something that was fake? Why, that’s like finding out the ending is all a dream. Wait, a minute… Damn you, Shigeru Miyamoto! And your Mario-created lies.