Wizard Eggplant... (just a curiosity, no errors to report)

The description reads:

"A firm, purple-skinned vegetable indigenous to the mountains of the Near East. A common wives' tale claims if you eat too many of these vegetables, you will turn into one."

Is this a reference to the NES game Kid Icarus, or just a coincidence?. There, the Eggplant Wizard could you turn into an eggplant. I remember I laughed when i saw this item, so I'll try asking this here... :p

Pure coincidence. PURE COINCIDENCE. :o

So now the big question is, where did Kid Icarus get the concept from... an old wives tale? :p