I always took Zelda, Peach et al as the MacGuffin [1]. Saving them etc is the "goal", but is actually unimportant to the game. As far as I'm concerned, Super Ma

I always took Zelda, Peach et al as the MacGuffin [1]. Saving them etc is the "goal", but is actually unimportant to the game. As far as I'm concerned, Super Mario World, my favorite platformer, would stay my favorite if Bowser had stolen Mario's favorite pipe wrench. The idea of romantic/sexual release after getting the TriForce was very far from my mind. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin