Mario is, without a doubt, one of the most well known and iconic characters in any medium. He’s appeared in hundreds of games across about a dozen platforms, and has had at least twice as many jobs. Now with the arrival of the new Super Mario Bros. Movie, it's clear …
Read More »Here Are Our Pitches for the Next Nintendo Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is out now, and it opens up all kinds of possibilities for future Nintendo movies. Where will Nintendo go next? The cast of Nintendo Voice Chat got together and dreamed up some of their own dream movies featuring beloved Nintendo characters, including Luigi's Mansion, The …
Read More »Here Are Our Pitches for the Next Nintendo Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is out now, and it opens up all kinds of possibilities for future Nintendo movies. Where will Nintendo go next? The cast of Nintendo Voice Chat got together and dreamed up some of their own dream movies featuring beloved Nintendo characters, including Luigi's Mansion, The …
Read More »Why Mario Is Still Nintendo's Most Important Character (Sorry, Link)
Super Mario Odyssey came to Nintendo Switch on October 27, 2017. It's kind of hard to believe but because time is an immutable constant, that date was almost five and a half years ago. In spite of that half-decade gap, we haven't had a proper follow-up and Nintendo hasn't really …
Read More »Callisto Protocol Outsold in Debut Month in US by Mario Kart After Reportedly Missing Sales Targets
The NPD Group has released its analysis of US game sales for the month of December and for the full year 2022, and while the full-year results aren't shocking, December specifically has some interesting tidbits in the game sales charts that shed a bit of light on how well two …
Read More »Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Switch and 3DS Review
In 2013, Super Mario 3D World’s ‘Adventures of Captain Toad’ challenges impressed Shigeru Miyamoto so much that he requested a full game be made out of them. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker was released for Wii U a year later, comprising 68 intricate levels based on the Japanese tradition of hakoniwa, …
Read More »Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move Review
Nintendo’s built its reputation on the strength of its incredibly original games, but every once in a while it gets lazy and just puts out a clone. Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move is the latest example, as it starts out as simply a Nintendo-fied version of the …
Read More »IGN Presents: The History of Super Mario Bros.
After just three years, Nintendo's aggressive move into the North American videogame market proved a complete disaster. Out of three thousand units built, its much-hyped, last-ditch arcade shooter Radar Scope only sold one thousand units. The rest gathered dust in a warehouse. Minoru Arakawa, the man who placed the bold …
Read More »New Super Mario Bros. Wii Review
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a great game, no question. This fresh platformer brings back all the gameplay elements that made the series such a noteworthy and inspiring franchise. And even though the series has made the successful leap from side-scroller to 3D platformer, the original formula still works …
Read More »Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
With a title as anticipated as Nintendo's Mario Kart: Double Dash!! for GameCube, we knew we had to give readers more than just an in-depth text review. Sometimes reading about what a game is like is simply not enough. With that in mind we've crafted this highly detailed, 10-minute video …
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