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

"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.

After decades of watching Mario rescue Princess Peach, fans assumed their relationship was a romantic one, but Nintendo says otherwise.