Mario has had many power-up transformations that don't get enough time in the spotlight, from the Ice Flower to the Wing Cap.

Now, Barretto has Mario hopping and running around a world ... So instead, the modder is re-writing the game from scratch to run efficiently on a GBA. A recent video shows just how much progress ...

And it already had the Wii U GamePad and stylus, which made for nearly perfect inputs for players to drag and drop items in a 2-D Mario game. I don't believe ideas are anywhere near as important ...