Supper Mario Broth claims the Super Mario World theme drew inspiration from the 1963 song Green Green and says Nintendo avoided an explicit reference due to potential legal consequences.
The Super Mario World theme is inspired by the 1963 song "Green Green".
Nintendo planned a cheeky reference to this on the Satellaview by playing Green Green with the SMW soundfont, but this went unused, possibly due to the legal consequences of acknowledging the inspiration.
possibly due to the legal consequences of acknowledging the inspiration.
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