Was "Doki Doki Panic" Really Supposed to Have Been a Mario Game?

[CastlevaniaDude]

Kesuke Tanabe said in 2011 to Wired Magazine that DDP was originally a Mario type prototype. He was told to use Yume Kojo characters later on. After Nintendo of America cancelled Smb2, they had them modify DDP.

Can someone please provide scans?

We've got two people claiming definitive proof one way or the other, and neither has actual proof.

EDIT: Here is the link to said Wired article.

Unless I see otherwise, I'm going with this.