"Mario and Peach are just good friends," no matter what—let's just check—yeah, more than 1,300 fan-fics we found in the last five minutes might assert.

Even though Mario and Peach are one of the most iconic pairings in video games, Nintendo says their relationship is strictly platonic.

Aside from some smooches on the cheek, there isn't a ton of direct evidence that Mario and Peach have ever been romantically involved, but a guy usually doesn't storm castles and fight evil turtle dragons time after time for just "a good friend." Just saying.