Perhaps you’ve thrown out your old Nintendo Entertainment System and are feeling nostalgic. Maybe you just feel like escaping from the mundane tasks of everyday life and feel like leading Mario on a ...

Mario is, without a doubt, one of the most iconic characters in gaming and pop culture. He’s appeared in hundreds of games across about a dozen platforms, as well as and several TV shows and films, ...

Nintendo pulled off the impossible when they released Super Mario Land for the Game Boy. Many thought Mario’s gameplay was meant solely for home console releases. Thanks to Gunpei Yokoi, creator of ...

Blaise Santi is a recent graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts majoring in Dramatic Writing. He's had experience writing not only for screen and stage, but also for sketch and late-night. His ...

What is the best Mario RPG? Mario has been dabbling in the turn-based genre since 1996's Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars on the Super NES, and has since split into two distinct series — one ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A British writer who specializes in indie gaming. Of all the world’s best-known video game characters, Mario is the most iconic.

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 ...

When a Super Mario game gets really good, you can’t help but move around in your seat. I find myself leaning into jumps as if it’ll give me an advantage and ducking my head down to avoid flying ...

There have never been more Mario games available on a single console than on Nintendo Switch. There are brand-new entries in the core 2D and 3D series; numerous spinoffs, sports, and party games; a ...

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What's the best Mario game ever? Over more than four decades, the Nintendo mascot has starred in many of the best video games of all time, and, let's face it, any of the top 10 could justifiably take ...