Clearly that Wired article states that the game was intended to be "Like Mario" and does not say at all it started off as a Mario game. Being similar is a big difference. Doki Doki/SMB2 started off with Doki's original characters even in its earliest form. Mario was never considered for the main character until it was decided to port the game to the US because the original SMB2 was considered to hard for dimwitted 80s American kids.
It never started off as a Mario game and was never a "test" for a Mario Game. Which is my point here. The Game was meant to be similar and just as fun as the popular Super Mario Bros. games. It was never intended to become a Mario game in its early stages, only similar gameplay.
Ill scan the pages from the Famicom History book when Im home, hopefully you guys can read Japanese. This book is a great reference anyway its about 700 pages and covers EVERYTHING.
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