Hideo Kojima says without Super Mario Bros he would “probably” never become developer

Famed video game developer Hideo Kojima has said in a new interview that Super Mario Bros. inspired him to become a video game developer. Speaking to Wired Japan, Kojima stated that when he was a college student he played Super Mario Bros. for about a year and it is the game which persuaded him to become a developer and without it he might have pursued a different path.

“[I] played it for a year. I was a college student. I skipped school to play at home. Without Super Mario, I probably wouldn’t have been in this industry. Yeah. I can’t really play it now, though. It’s a side-scrolling action game. Mario just goes left to right. Basically just jumping.”

“When I saw that, although it was pixel art with no story, I felt this medium would one day surpass movies. That conviction brought me to the game industry.”

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