Mario Takes Centre Stage As Rio Hands Olympics Over To Tokyo

The Rio Olympic Games came to an end last night, and in doing so began the build up to the Tokyo 2020 games with a slick video and an appearance by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with a little help from Mario.

A two minute video featured a host of Japanese icons including Doraemon and Pac-Man, and ended with Abe running late to attend the Rio closing ceremony. Thankfully Mario and his plumbing pipes come to the rescue.

#Tokyo2020 already stepping the game up!!! pic.twitter.com/HBbDZCAztS

— . (@lmfaofa) August 22, 2016

You’d expect video games to form a major part of the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony.

Source: @lmfaofa