Super Mario Bros 3 is widely regarded as one of the best Mario games ever made, and certainly the peak of the series on NES. Its wide array of unique items and power-ups, including one that lives in infamy: the Frog Suit. The adorable sight of Mario dressed up as a four-legged frog is one of the platformer's most enduring images, but it always kind of sucked in practice. In fact, that's part of why Shigeru Miyamoto was so keen to keep it in the game.
The legendary Nintendo designer said as much in a 1989 interview for the Japanese publication Gamer Handbook, which was recently translated by shmuplations. Miyamoto was joined by Shigesato Itoi, lead on the Mother series (known as EarthBound worldwide), and they both agreed that games of the time could stand to be a lot more playful.
