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Scott McCrae

Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto spent an entire New Super Mario Bros. Wii test demo just sliding around with the Penguin power-up, former Nintendo marketing leads recall: "That's all he was doing"

Screenshot from New Super Mario Bros. Wii showing Mario sliding around in a Penguin suit power-up.

Former Nintendo of America marketing leads Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang have recounted yet another tale of Shigeru Miyamoto's unconventional testing methods.

Creator of Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, and (most importantly) Pikmin, Miyamoto hasn't been too down in the trenches with game development for some time now, typically taking on a supervisor role and overseeing the development of certain franchises (with 2015's Super Mario Maker being the last console game he had an "original concept" credit on). However, even though he's been busy producing films and working on the Super Nintendo World theme parks, Miyamoto is still present and eager to try out games. Albeit, a little differently than most would try out a game for the first time.

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