Super Super Mario Land

Six years ago, Nintendo returned to its 2D platforming roots with New Super Mario Bros. It went on to become not…

The bubble bursts. The blood is in the water. The knives sharpen.

Which would you rather have, a grungy old black-and-white Wario game, a dollar off a classic Mario game, or a…

Some things in this universe are constant. Death, taxes. Slow buses when you're late. And the fact that Mario is…

For nearly a decade now, Nintendo has made a very focused effort to makeover how Japan views video games. To do…

Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka's music is infectious. It gets in your blood. Metroid, Tetris, Kid Icarus: if you own a…

I'm partially writing in the abstract.

In March 2011, Nintendo threw a launch party for its then-brand-new 3DS. As midnight approached, a couple hundred…

A great dad makes sure his son is better than he was. If you measure fatherhood by the accomplishments of offspring,…

The good news is, we saw a lot of really good-looking games at E3 this year. Some we've known about for a while;…