"I Can't Create A Battle Like This" - Miyamoto On The Origins Of NES Mario's Non-Violent Bowser 'Fights'

Lava to see it. We imagine that most of you here will have heard of a little game called Super Mario Bros. , right? But how many of you have thought about how strange the big showdowns with Bowser are? As far as 'boss battles' are concerned, there's very little... battling. Well, in a recent press conference celebrating his Order of Culture award , Shigeru Miyamoto explained the thought process behind the game's jump-based finales.