Iwata asks NSMB: Mario WASN'T going to be the star at the begining

[The Ghost of RubangB]

Wow. I hadn't heard that before about SMB.

I just had to look up when he made the Popeye game. 1982. I can't believe he wanted to use the character again 3 years later. Miyamoto might've been "the Popeye games guy" instead of "the Mr. Video guy" we know and love.