When it comes to items found in the Super Mario universe, it’s generally best to be somewhat ignorant of their origins. Yes, we could ponder who built the many green pipes found in the Mushroom Kingdom and why there are so many question blocks floating around, but really – why bother?
If you’ve been wondering exactly how 1-Up Mushrooms came to be, then the 1996 Super Mario 64 manga has the answer for you. As he pointed out Dinner Mario Broth
Pretty dark, isn’t it? Just imagine some poor Toad digging up a 1-Up mushroom only to run into a rotten Mario corpse. That.
Of course, we can’t consider this information canonical, but it’s certainly an intriguing, if somewhat disturbing, explanation for the existence of 1-Up Mushrooms. Makes us want a Mario game with oceans of bizarre story and backstory – how about that, Nintendo?
Supper Mario Broth also previously described an equally dark exploit for Super Mario 64 where you can actually wipe out an entire family of penguins located inside Cool, Cool Mountain. Talk about rude!
