Hi Everyone,
Not sure if this has been discussed on here or not but I’ve been working on a series going over Mario Lore for a few months now and after completing the yoshi’s island saga again, I noticed something interesting that may help explain why Mario doesn’t have a belly button in Odyssey.
It’s nothing major, but in the beginning of Yoshi’s New Island, we actually see that babies are delivered to their parents by storks from Stork cloud island, which seemingly means that the babies wouldn’t be in utero. The reason this is important is because without being in the womb, they would have no need for an umbilical cord and therefore, wouldn’t have a belly button!
I know it’s not the most groundbreaking thing, but it’s nice to know that Nintendo took enough care to ensure that Mario Lore has carried over from the Yoshi’s Island games!
Edit: Wow didn’t expect this to get as much attention as it did, but if you want to learn more about my research into mario lore, [Here’s the series I’m currently working on](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHO3grz9cjY&list=PLcrnA6KhFeCNMd95n4sLVrSTujBgScT-l)