Mario, now a plumber, and joined by a lanky brother named Luigi, bounced through theMushroomKingdom, dodging or bopping enemies in the form of turtles, beetles, and squid, while seeking out magic mushrooms, coins, and hidden stars.
Miyamoto recognizes that there is pleasure in difficulty but also in ease, in mastery, in performing a familiar act with aplomb, whether that be catching a baseball, dancing a tango, doing Sudoku, or steering Mario through theMushroomKingdom, jumping on Goombas and Koopa Troopas.
Just to the right of the party box is Song Yingxing, a conference room named for the Chinese encyclopedist, which has more recently adopted the"Mushroom Kingdom" name, owing to a slew of gaming consoles and peripherals housed inside.