Watch The Roots Perform The Super Mario Theme With Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto

The designer behind Mario, Zelda, and Donkey Kong picked up his guitar.

December 08, 2016

Nintendo will launch their new smartphone game Super Mario Run on December 15. It's the Japanese gaming giants first game for phones and, to stoke anticipation, legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto appeared on The Tonight Show last night. As well as chatting to hist Jimmy Fallon, Miyamoto also took time to pick up a guitar and join The Roots for a live version of composer Koji Kondo's classic music from the Mario games. Check their performance out above.

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Watch The Roots Perform The Super Mario Theme With Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto