Over the last two decades, Wario and Waluigi have become staples of the Super Mario family. The duo are basically villainous versions of Mario and Luigi, and fans have been wondering for years if Nintendo will ever make similar variants of Nintendo characters. According to a newly unearthed interview with Shugo Takahashi, that was very nearly the case! Speaking with Nintendo Dream back in 2008, Takahashi revealed that the team at Camelot pitched Shigeru Miyamoto the idea of making a “Walupeach” character. However, Miyamoto nixed it, fearing she would be too similar to the character Doronjo, from the anime series Yatterman.
buoyed by the OK & the knowledge that Nintendo was open to good ideas, they tried to pitch “Walupeach” for their next game, but apparently Miyamoto vetoed it before they could even show him their design, on the lines that “I know it’s gonna be just like Doronjo, so don’t bother”
