Jan 12
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Yeah, the Switch originally launched in red + blue, but this new colour scheme for the console is even more red +…
Jan 4
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Mike Sholars
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How do you evolve a franchise with an almost-static main character? You look to his antagonist: Bowser, King of the…
Jan 1
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Mike Sholars
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35 years on, Princess Peach’s lot is somehow still primarily about being kidnapped and rescued. But is there hope on…
Dec 11
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Buried amidst the ads and announcements from The Game Awards earlier this evening were two very cool musical moments.
Nov 23
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A rare copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 for NES is the new king of video game auctions, selling last Friday for an…
Nov 1
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Oct 20
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It turns out there’s a way to unlock 8-bit Luigi in Super Mario Bros. 35 after grinding through a bunch of the game,…
Oct 9
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Every discussion about the American version of Super Mario Bros. 2 invariably turns to its origins as a completely…
Oct 1
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Super Mario Bros. 35 is an interesting social experiment: Pit 35 players against one another in a contest for…
Sep 25
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Have you heard? It’s the 35-year anniversary of Super Mario Bros. Nintendo commemorated the occasion with, among…
Sep 3
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In celebration of Mario’s 35th anniversary, Nintendo released a Super Mario Bros. Direct stuffed with all Mario…
Sep 3
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Mario is finally getting the battle royal treatment in an online multiplayer game called Super Mario Bros. 35 that’s…
Sep 2
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Just in time for the series’ 35th anniversary, Puma is about to release an official Super Mario Bros. shoe.
Jul 31
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The recent “Gigaleak” of Nintendo assets has given us an inside look at the development of some of our favorite…
Jul 21
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Today marks the 20th anniversary of Waluigi’s debut in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. In the decades since, the…
Jul 13
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Strong Songs, a music podcast hosted by former Kotaku editor Kirk Hamilton, recently tackled the “World 1-1" theme from Super Mario Bros. It’s a neat look at the various pieces that make up the iconic track as well as some of its influences, like the mambo stylings of Tito Puente. Check it out!
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Jul 13
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A mint-condition sealed copy of the original Super Mario Bros. sold at auction for $114,000 on July 10, setting a…
Jul 7
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Matt Alt
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When discussing Nintendo’s rise as a digital dreamsmith in the ‘80s, game designers like Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei…
Jul 6
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There’s a generation of kids who will only know John Madden as the guy whose name is on the football game’s box, and…
May 18
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Of course, violins are used in making modern game music, but I didn’t know how good the instrument was at bringing…