Mario has been bringing smiles to faces since Nintendo launched their NES console with Super Mario Bros. in 1985 in North America. It forever changed video games, and thanks to Nintendo's brave step ...

Though the genre has since exploded, 2D platforming arguably owes its start to Super Mario. And even though it’s been 40 years since the first game came out, few 2D platformers have risen to the level ...

Mario is a game franchise that has learned how to recycle the same premise over and over again and still make each game feel unique. While in some ways it is hard to rank the series, in other ways it ...

Ewan has been a content writer since 2020, and loves nothing more than discussing all things gaming. While he's been playing games all his life, he has a particular interesting in anything even ...

Super Mario Bros. 2 is seen as the black sheep of Mario games series. Released in 1988 for the NES and in 1992 for Japan, some players were sure they had played it before. They’d be correct, as the ...

Despite Mario reaching his 40th anniversary this year with Super Mario Bros, we’re about to approach the 30th anniversary since Mario made his 3D debut with Super Mario 64 in 1996. This became a ...

When I reviewed "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" for Looper in 2023, I was of two minds about it: my nerd brain had fun, while my critic brain was underwhelmed. There was pleasure to be had in the ...

The company went through four decades of fun with Mario in a new advertisement.

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