What i never understood in Mario 3 is why the hell they chose to turn mario into raccoon... thingy to fly? I mean, wtf, raccoons don't fly! They don't even do anything that resembles flying!
Clearly this supports my claim that the mario developers were under the influence of something when they made that game. Half of the stuff in the mario world you have to be high to think up. Mushroom eating is encouraged, that definitely raises a huge flag!