This concept has been touched on a few times in the gaming community but this animation takes the cake. Follow the life of a Goomba through his childhood and marriage all the way to that fated day he meets the mustachioed menace.
Most of us have heard or seen an echidna, but there is still so much mystery behind these noble creatures and no time in their life is more revealing than as a baby. I’m pretty sure all of this is based on science. NSFW for cursing.