Super Mario Bros. Director Shigeru Miyamoto Says He Couldn’t Figure Out How to Make a Bowser Boss Fight, So He Let Mario Jump Over Him

Shigeru Miyamoto, the legendary Nintendo game designer behind Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda, has revealed why players can defeat Bowser without engaging in a traditional boss fight in the original Super Mario Bros. Released in 1985, the iconic platformer takes a different approach to its final encounters, allowing players to bypass Bowser and collapse the bridge beneath him instead of defeating him through conventional combat. Speaking at a press conference following the announcement of his selection for Japan’s…