Miyamoto works hard to keep the writing in Mario games from being too childish

“Unless you’re careful, there’s a tendency for games like Mario that can be played by children to gradually become childish. Those making the game tend to unconsciously make them that way. Taking how Mario’s line can be scripted as an example, they even propose to write, ‘Where’d my mommy go?’ When someone in their fifties like me hears their player-character speak childishly like that, it doesn’t quite sit right. After all, Mario wasn’t a game only for children in the first place. As I make a game, I try to keep in mind that guys in their fifties will play it, too.” - Shigeru Miyamoto

I never thought of Mario games as software for the younger crowd only. I see Mario as the perfect game/character for all ages and types of gamers. Mario is about pure fun, and I hope that no one ever becomes too old for fun.

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