Mario's M is iconic. In the 80s, McDonald's asked Nintendo to change it. Here's what happened.

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SOURCES
- http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/dsi/7/0
- https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2018/12/06/les-confidences-du-dessinateur-historique-des-personnages-nintendo_5393660_4408996.html
- https://www.mariowiki.com/Yoichi_Kotabe

CREDITS
- Mozart No. 40 from Musopen
- Phone ringing sound effect by infobandit, sourced from freesound.org
- Office Ambience sound by Dean-Raul_DiArchangeli, sourced from freesound.org
- McDonald’s store photo, Stephen Craven
- McDonalds store photo, David Dixon
- Phone hang up sound by davidferoli, sourced from freesound.org
- Heidi footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PirEUvSKnek
- Kotabe Exhibition footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9PankB0RNs

MUSIC
- Super Mario Sunshine OST - Secret Stage
- "Ternary" - Segmental (Epidemic Sound)
- "Symphony No. 40" - Mozart (musopen.org)
- "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" - Tchaikovsky (incompetech.com)
- "In All Honesty, I Do" - Nocturnal Spirits (Epidemic Sound)