Just in time for the series’ 35th anniversary, Puma is about to release an official Super Mario Bros. shoe.
The recent “Gigaleak” of Nintendo assets has given us an inside look at the development of some of our favorite…
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Waluigi’s debut in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. In the decades since, the…
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!
A mint-condition sealed copy of the original Super Mario Bros. sold at auction for $114,000 on July 10, setting a…
When discussing Nintendo’s rise as a digital dreamsmith in the ‘80s, game designers like Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei…
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…
Of course, violins are used in making modern game music, but I didn’t know how good the instrument was at bringing…
Nintendo is reportedly planning to release remasters of most of the games in the Super Mario. Bros. series and…
Imagine, it’s 1986, you’re a grown-ass adult living in Japan and after a hard day’s salaryman/womanning you get home…
It didn’t make the cut back in 1993, but if for some reason you felt like seeing even more footage from the…
Many fans have recreated old Mario games in different engines or in different styles. But one fan and his young kids…
Whether it’s Link in Link’s Awakening, or Mario in Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo characters have strange dreams.
As terrible as it was, the 1993 Mario Bros. movie has a cult following online, led by the dedicated team at SMBmovie.…
Danielle Smith has spent half a million dollars on rare video games, most of it in the last nine months. And she’s…
The Super Mario games are among some of the most popular in all of speedrunning. From console to console, Mario has…
The original Nintendo 64 Super Smash Bros. has a few challenge modes for players to test their skills. These include…
Well that didn’t take long. As Kotaku’s Heather Alexandra predicted, Mario Royale, the battle royale game based-on the original Super Mario Bros., has already changed its name and replaced its titular character. The new version is called DMCA Royale.
A tool-assisted Super Mario Bros. speedrun category that had seen no significant improvements for years may be…
What if Super Mario Bros. world 1-1 was a first-person shooter? How about a 100-player battle royale? A trading card…