Quote Originally Posted by Frankie_Says_Relax View Post
So, Nick, did you debate including the original Famicom/NES Golf since it's often debated whether or not the player character is actually Mario? I think that the academic answer is that it's not officially Mario, but it's obviously an in-house produced game that for some reason used the character as visual inspiration.
It's funny you said something, I spent a considerable amount of time pondering this. I finally figured since his proportions were so different and that there's no mention of him actually being in there by Nintendo, that it didn't belong in the graphic (despite what some lists have inferred).