"Miyamoto - That's when we thought about what kind of creature could withstand being struck from below and would eventually recover. We racked our brains thinking what we could use…"

"Iwata - And that's how you came up with the turtle! (laughs)"

"Miyamoto - The turtle was the only solution! (laughs) Strike it from below and it flips over! Leave it for a while and it rights itself!""

I always wondered how turtles came to be so heavily involved.