Warming the Cockles of My Heart (ewwww)

Heehee.

And from Wikipedia's entry on the Super Mario franchise:
"Yoshi was created by Shigefumi Hino, a graphics designer, in response to Nintendo's design staff expressing a desire for Mario to ride a dinosaur."

Man, working for Nintendo in the early days must have been like one long acid trip.

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