The question is simple, and it’s something we’ve been wondering for years and years, now. “Is Toad’s head a hat or a head?” Koizumi-san answers directly, and without hesitation. “So that, as it turns ...

Every Toad you meet in Mario games appears to have mushrooms on its head. And yet a debate rages on: Are the polka-dotted tops hats or actually a part of Toad's head? Inspired by the recent release of ...

An intimate Q&A session with Yoshiaki Koizumi, the Deputy General Manager of Nintendo EPD, has revealed some startling new developments in a long-running saga concerning one of the Mushroom Kingdom’s ...

Super Mario Odyssey producer Yoshiaki Koizumi in a new developer talk video has revealed that what some people thought was a hat on Toad's head is actually Toad's head. "So that, as it turns out is ...

The Super Mario universe is full of mysteries, like why Mario and Donkey Kong are friends now, whether or not their names are really Mario Mario and Luigi Mario, and why some of the characters from ...

In mid-November, Dorkly asked a very good question about the cranium of Toad, the mainstay character of the Mario-in-the-Mushroom Kingdom canon. Is he wearing a hat, or is his head, in fact, one big ...

A producer for Super Mario Odyssey answers this and other burning Nintendo questions like: How can Mario have nipples but no belly button? As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, covering news ...