Miyamoto Says Super Mario Bros. B-Dash Began as 1 Collision Bug
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Updated · Nintendo Everything · Aug 1
Miyamoto Says Super Mario Bros. B-Dash Began as 1 Collision Bug
3 articles · Updated · Nintendo Everything · Aug 1
Summary
Shigeru Miyamoto said Super Mario Bros.’ signature B-Dash was kept after a ground-collision bug let Mario cross small gaps instead of falling.
In a Casa Brutus interview, Miyamoto said a programmer tried to fix the flawed collision detection, but he overruled it because the unintended effect was more fun.
Miyamoto said other staples also emerged from development accidents or team ideas, including a bug that became the Hidden Block and Tezuka’s concept that evolved into Cheep Cheep.
That account underscored Miyamoto’s view that Super Mario Bros. was shaped by open collaboration across the team, not strict role divisions.