Nintendo Was Reportedly Unhappy With Elon Musk's Saturday Night Live Wario Sketch

Nintendo was reportedly unhappy with Elon Musk's 2021 Saturday Night Live sketch where he played Wario. In 2021, Elon Musk starred in a Saturday Night Live sketch where he played Wario. The nefarious Nintendo character took the stand in a courtroom, where he was being accused of murdering everyone's favorite plumber, Mario. The skit was poorly received online and, apparently, by Nintendo itself. Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang, two former Nintendo PR managers, revealed in a recent episode of their YouTube show that the SNL skit "did not go well" with Nintendo at the time.