Koji Kondo's Mario Wonder Pitch Was a Super Tall Live Action Mario That Said 'Boing'

The developers at Nintendo had thousands of ideas for the latest Mario game, many of which made it into Super Mario Bros. Wonder through the game's world-shifting Wonder Flowers. But some ideas didn't: including sound director Koji Kondo's whacky idea for an "eight-heads-tall, life-sized, live-action Mario."