In the old Valiant Comics Super Mario Land comic book, Tatanga comes to Earth to lure Mario in "because in this world, you only live once". And Mario gets the help of a couple teenagers (of course), one of which knows the game really well and he points out a pattern of blocks that indicates an invincible star is in it, and he asks Mario why Tatanga's minions would build things that help Mario, and Mario says they don't do it for him, they build the patterns for their own comfort and convenience, and I still think about that to this day.