Enlarge Nintendo's Super Mario Run, the first official Mario game to arrive on smartphones, requires an Internet connection to play. That means no playing it on the Tube, on planes, or anywhere else where you might not have a phone signal or solid Wi-Fi access. The company's gaming chief Shigeru Miyamoto, in an interview with Mashable, explained the online-only requirement was intended to combat piracy. For us, we view our software as being a very important asset for us.