Mario has been bringing smiles to faces since Nintendo launched their NES console with Super Mario Bros. in 1985 in North America. It forever changed video games, and thanks to Nintendo's brave step ...

Though the genre has since exploded, 2D platforming arguably owes its start to Super Mario. And even though it’s been 40 years since the first game came out, few 2D platformers have risen to the level ...

Mario is a game franchise that has learned how to recycle the same premise over and over again and still make each game feel unique. While in some ways it is hard to rank the series, in other ways it ...

Ewan has been a content writer since 2020, and loves nothing more than discussing all things gaming. While he's been playing games all his life, he has a particular interesting in anything even ...

Super Mario Bros. 2 is seen as the black sheep of Mario games series. Released in 1988 for the NES and in 1992 for Japan, some players were sure they had played it before. They’d be correct, as the ...

Despite Mario reaching his 40th anniversary this year with Super Mario Bros, we’re about to approach the 30th anniversary since Mario made his 3D debut with Super Mario 64 in 1996. This became a ...

Super Mario is the most famous video game character of all time, and you can play a ton of his greatest adventures on the ...

Screenshots of what is supposedly the next 3D Super Mario game have leaked online, but many can't decide whether they're real or AI. Here's what we know.

Melody MacReady is a writer and transwoman (she/her), passionate about all things pop culture-related. From movies to shows to games to comic books, there is not much that she does not enjoy or ...

Throughout the lifespan of the Mario franchise, so many characters have been handed their own games. Luigi got a series, as did Wario. Donkey Kong (who is, truthfully, the originator but has obviously ...

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 ...