How did Shigeru Miyamoto think up his first character?

Shigeru Miyamoto conceived his first character, Mario, while designing the game "Donkey Kong" in the early 1980s. Inspired by his childhood experiences exploring the countryside and his love for Cartoons, he envisioned Mario as a plumber to fit the game's setting in a construction site. The character's distinctive mustache and overalls were partly a result of hardware limitations, which made it easier to depict a recognizable figure in the pixelated graphics of the time. Mario quickly became an iconic character, embodying the playful spirit of Nintendo's games.