And so the timing is just right for the release of Uniqlo’s brand-new line of Super Mario T-shirts.
Actually, the real reason we’re getting these shirts now is that 2020 marks the 35th anniversary of Nintendo’s Super Mario franchise (yes, the character first appeared in 1981’s Donkey Kong, but he wasn’t called Mario then, and he wasn’t yet super in 1983’s Mario Bros.).
▼ Granted, that Super Mario 64 version isn’t taken from the in-game graphics, but from the render for the box art, but he looks exactly that cool in N64 fans’ memories.
Surprisingly, there’s one shirt that features Mario only in name, saluting his first adventure on the Super Famicom/Super NES.
Follow Casey on Twitter, where he wonders if anyone else initially pronounced it as “Super Mario Bros” instead of “Super Mario Brothers.”