It’s hard to imagine the Super Mario games without Shigeru Miyamoto. It’s difficult to imagine Nintendo itself without him, in fact. He has been one of the company’s most recognizable and influential ...

Julián F.L. is a Video Game & Anime expert, historian & journalist with a lot of passion for these subjects and over 10 years of experience in writing about them. He knows every single Pokémon by ...

Surrounded by thousands of objects bearing the likeness of Nintendo's moustachioed plumber, 40-year-old Kikai reflects that his "life would be totally different without Mario" who also marks four ...

If you ask any Paper Mario fan, there are two distinct eras in the 25-year history of the subseries: The golden age of character-driven RPGs, and the more experimental games with simpler gameplay and ...

What are the best 2D Mario games? We rank every side-scrolling platformer in the Nintendo mascot's history. Super Mario’s 40-year history is a testament to all the different ways you can make a little ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Following the somewhat underwhelming Super Mario 3D All-Stars back ...

The Nintendo Switch is home to one of Nintendo’s most bizarre games, Super Mario Bros. Wonder. It was a bold new leap for the franchise, taking Mario and his friends into wacky, whimsical, and ...

Movie Mario is heading to space in 2026 for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and to celebrate, Nintendo is finally putting both Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 on the Nintendo Switch and ...

No game can last forever, and that's especially true in the era of live service. In the case of Super Mario Maker, the 2024 shutdown of online services for the Wii U means that you can no longer play ...

Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto appeared to start off the direct, revealing a new museum exhibit showcasing tons of Mario history, as well as announcing the third section to the Super Mario theme park.