Miyamoto doesn't know who Bowser Jr.'s mom is, but explains Mario's hair colour

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Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto cleared up a series of misnomers about the portly plumber's lore in an illuminating interview at GameInformer.

Miyamoto explained that Bowser children, the Koopalings, are actually adopted. "Our current story is that the seven Koopalings are not Bowser's children. Bowser's only child is Bowser Jr., and we do not know who the mother is," he said. This does nothing to explain where he got all those kids from. I guess the Mushroom kingdom has lax adoption policies.

When asked why Mario and the gang play tennis and go-karts with a known kidnapper/thief/murderer, he cited Popeye as an inspiration where characters take on different roles while still maintaining a few distinct personality traits.

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