Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
11 Apr 2023 Acquired Nintendo: The Console Wars
“I think when—I can't remember what year it was—the Japanese prime minister came out of a tube, one of the Mario green sewer tubes.”
Source trail
Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 11 Apr 2023
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Nintendo: The Console Wars
Transcript context
…It's like the reverse of what almost happened with the Mariners. Yeah. I just have a hard time imagining the Japanese government allowing a deal to go through. I have to imagine, there's some discussion with the state before you even try to propose it. It's a national treasure. The Olympics opened with nods to Mario. I think when—I can't remember what year it was—the Japanese prime minister came out of a tube, one of the Mario green sewer tubes. A warp tube? Yes.…
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