Mario kusan daga haihuwarsa ya zama ɗayan ƙaunatattun mutane a duniyar wasannin bidiyo. Tun daga 1981 a koyaushe mun san Mario a matsayin mai aikin famfo da gashin baki, amma ga alama kusan shekaru 40 bayan haka, ya yanke shawarar neman kafin ritaya kuma ya sadaukar da kansa ga yin abubuwan da ke faruwa a duniya, aƙalla abin da ya bayyana kenan bayanin cewa gidan yanar gizon Jafananci Nintendo yana buga Mario a cikin sabon sabuntawa, inda a wani lokaci baya magana game da damar sa don gyara bututun ruwa ko gyara fanfofis, wani abu da ba zai ba mu mamaki ba idan muka kalli kusan wasanni 200 da ta fara taka rawa tun bayan fitowarta a duniyar wasannin bidiyo.
A cewar Miyamoto, mahaliccin wannan halayyar, sun bullo da shawarar sanya shi mai aikin tukin kwando ne saboda a wasansa na farko yi amfani da bututun don zagayawa zama babban ɓangare na wasan, kamar dukku waɗanda kuka taka rawar gani Mario Bros tabbas kun sani, kodayake da farko ra'ayin ya kasance kafinta ne ya tashi, ra'ayin da aka ƙi tunda bai dace da taken da suke ba ana son bayar da wannan haruffa masu ban sha'awa tare da hula, gashin baki da shuɗar shuɗi.
Tunani ne na sanya gashin-baki ya kasance ne don sauƙaƙa aikin masu haɓaka don kar a sake haifar da motsin bakin da kuma haɗa hula, ta wannan hanyar ba lallai bane su rayar da motsin gashi a cikin kowane tsalle da wannan halin yayi.
Nintendo ya ɗauki shekaru da yawa don kawo wannan yanayin ƙirar kamfanin zuwa dandamali na wayoyi, kuma lokacin da ya yi hakan, yawancin masu amfani ba su so shi ba saboda tsadar wasan idan aka kwatanta da sauran wasannin, wanda hakan ya jawo masa suka da yawa da kuma cewa kudin da ya kiyasta tarawa ba abinda ya samu a karshe.