Mario is one of the most, if not the most, recognisable character in video games. He’s transcended the medium for almost 40 years now, starring in his own games for 35 years of that, and deserves all the plaudits he can get. Nintendo’s mascot first appeared as Jumpman, back in arcades in 1981. His role,
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Last year, Nintendo celebrated Super Mario Bros. 35th anniversary in a grand, but slightly unusual fashion. We got a blowout Super Mario focused Nintendo Direct with tons of great announcements. There was a fantastic 3D Mario Collection, a quirky battle royale, a rerelease of a Wii U classic and so much more – the caveat
From March 1, Animal Crossing: New Horizons island residents have been able to buy a range of awesome Super Mario themed items. The items include furniture, decorations and clothing, but it’s not been made too clear if they are only available for a limited time – leaving players scrambling to get enough bells to purchase
Today, Nintendo released the latest update for one of last year’s biggest hits. The update paves the way for a few coming events over the course of March, including Hinamatsuri, Pi Day and Shamrock Day. The most anticipated event of the month, however, is in regards to the Super Mario furniture. With the new update
After so many rumors, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury was finally unveiled last September 2020 in a new port for the Switch as part of Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct. Although fans didn’t get to see too much of what was in store for them, a bad-ass trailer was then shown off in January
Despite being released back in the summer of 2019, Nintendo has continued supporting Super Mario Maker 2. With a steady stream of new levels and challenge courses for players to beat, Nintendo has kept the game’s community alive and well. Today, they announced a new Ninji Speedrun course would be added to the mix. A
LEGO helped shape many childhoods with its vast catalog of sets and figures. As we started to grow up buying less LEGO sets, LEGO didn’t write us off entirely. Instead of only remaining in the block market, LEGO shifted some of its focus into making quality video game titles. Now, LEGO games are a staple
For the last couple of years, Nintendo has ported over a large portion of the popular titles from the Wii U’s catalog. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Pikmin 3 Deluxe, New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, and Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze were all fantastic titles, but we Wii U die-hards had
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was successful for several reasons. One of them is the inventiveness players can get up to using the games many systems. Nintendo used the shrine system to show off all the wild hijinks that were possible. Thanks to a mod from Waikuteru, you can take everything you’ve
After months of uncertainty due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan finally has an opening date. It was, as recently as October, confirmed to be opening in “early 2021” which has now been confirmed, with the park opening its doors to the public on February 4th next year. The attraction,
So far, we have only received one Mario Sports title on the Nintendo Switch. Usually, Nintendo likes to provide a plethora of sports titles on their successful hardware. A new game might be coming soon according to a notable Nintendo leaker. Zippo, a leaker who has already dropped some leaks in the past for Super
It’s been a wild year for Super Mario collaborations. While Nintendo is usually fairly restrictive with who they share their brand with, this year we’ve seen clothing collaborations with Levi’s, BlackMilk and Puma, as well as a variety of Super Mario LEGO sets. These sets have included the interactive brick set released in August and
With Mario celebrating his 35th anniversary this year, Nintendo has gone all out in celebrating everyone’s favorite plumber with a variety of Mario-themed goods. Alongside the recent release of Super Mario 3D All-Stars on Switch, Nintendo is also providing the chance to get some new Mario-themed apparel in time for the anniversary with a stylish new
Super Mario 3D All-Stars was one of this year’s worst kept secrets. Rumours were flying around as early as March that a collection of 3D Mario games would be hitting the Nintendo Switch at some point in 2020. Fast-forward to early September and the collection was finally announced with Super Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy
Today Nintendo announced the long-rumored Super Mario 3D All-Stars a compilation of Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. Each title has been remastered to support the current generation visuals but the resolutions differ depending on which game you are playing. Nintendo Japan put out a news article detailing the collection’s three games and their in-game soundtracks including
The “Gigaleak” saga has been ongoing for a few days now and lots of interesting Nintendo information has surfaced from it. ROM hackers have revealed an apparent Pokemon MMO and some information about extra The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time content. Arguably most importantly though they’ve proved the existence of Luigi in Super Mario
Paper Mario: The Origami King tries its darndest to straddle the line between what fans of the original games love and a desire to move the franchise in a new direction. In many ways, it succeeds. However, there are countless misfolds along the way that makes it a tough game to give a full recommendation.
It’s been an interesting week in the gaming chair market. First Logitech unveiled the new a new $1500 chair in collaboration with Herman Miller and now Nintendo and X Rocker have teamed up to create a striking line of more modestly priced seats just in time for Super Mario’s 35th anniversary. The chairs, aimed at
There have been a variety of video game franchises that have stretched the series across multiple games and consoles, continuing to flesh out the story and world-building as the games go on. Whether that be The Legend of Zelda, Metal Gear Solid, or Resident Evil, these games have built a continuous structure and legacy that
Those of you who are familiar with Mario ROM hacks are probably familiar with Kaze Emanuar. Kaze has worked on plenty of incredible hacks such as Super Mario 64 Online which allows 24 players to play Super Mario 64 online and Super Mario Sunshine 64 which recreates sunshine with the 64 frameworks. Kaze is back
Nintendo is the king of giving their fanbase everything they want, but usually with a catch. Fans were practically screaming from the rooftops that they wanted an online service. Nintendo answered with a $20/year subscription plan that gave players multiplayer access to select titles and a catalog of titles to play, but only NES titles.
The 35th anniversary for Super Mario is upon us. We’ve had rumors swirling that Nintendo is working on several remasters of classic Mario games. While we don’t know for sure if that’s coming yet, we do know that that their partnership with clothing company Uniqlo is going ahead as planned. The collection features several different
Yesterday, reports began swirling that Nintendo was looking to bring back some of Super Mario’s most popular 3D adventures in the form of new remasters that would arrive on the Switch later this year. At the time, news on just which installments would be coming to Switch wasn’t made explicitly clear and the way each
On Instagram today, Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, announced he holds the world record for most video game voice-over performances for a single character. Upon the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate this past weekend, Martinet said he is now at 100 voice performances for the beloved plumber. Charles showed off his photo placed on Guinness’
Move over Detective Pikachu — Nintendo has a brand new movie partnership with animation studio Illumination Entertainment that will get you hooked on the brothas’! According to a recent Tweet from Nintendo, the game and film studio are partnering up to create a new movie Super Mario movie. Even better, we know that Nintendo will hopefully not