Super Mario World took 10 people 2 years in 1990; AI can now do it in under an hour
HankYeomans · x · 2026-09-05
Citing a 1990 interview, the post notes Super Mario World took Shigeru Miyamoto's team of 10 nearly two years to build.
Today, such a game could likely be AI-generated in under an hour — "code is the new brush." A stark illustration of how AI is collapsing game development timelines.
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