Mario's M is iconic. In the 80s, McDonald's asked Nintendo to change it. Here's what happened.

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SOURCES
http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/intervi...
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article...
https://www.mariowiki.com/Yoichi_Kotabe

CREDITS
Mozart No. 40 from Musopen
Phone ringing sound effect by infobandit, sourced from freesound.org
Office Ambience sound by DeanRaul_DiArchangeli, sourced from freesound.org
McDonald’s store photo, Stephen Craven
McDonalds store photo, David Dixon
Phone hang up sound by davidferoli, sourced from freesound.org
Heidi footage:    • Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974) (Eng S...  
Kotabe Exhibition footage:    • Heidi in Japan im Landesmuseum Zürich  

MUSIC
Super Mario Sunshine OST Secret Stage
"Ternary" Segmental (Epidemic Sound)
"Symphony No. 40" Mozart (musopen.org)
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" Tchaikovsky (incompetech.com)
"In All Honesty, I Do" Nocturnal Spirits (Epidemic Sound)