For years, the nature of the bond between Mario and Princess Peach has been intensely pondered by scholars and fans alike. Nintendo, however, has now stepped in to clarify the situation definitively.

Join Mario and Luigi on their adventure to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser! Watch as Trinity assists the Super Mario ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since the '80s, our favorite mustachioed plumber, Mario, rescued our blonde-haired princess, Peach, from that problematic turtle ...

Back in 2015, theories could finally be laid to bed when Shigeru Miyamoto - Mario’s creator - took part in a short video debunking various rumours about the classic Nintendo series (thanks, IGN).

Is it really worth it, Mario? She keeps running away, you keep dying and spending your lives and you never get anything out of this except your own unrequited love. It’s time to find someone else, man ...