Mario, the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, has happily kept Bowser’s forces from beating down your front door. He has bounced on the heads of more bad guys than Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Bruce Wayne, or ...

Mario Kart World is getting a lot of attention for the new features it brings to the classic series, and rightfully so, but it's also steeped in tradition. The standout element of MKW is its unified ...

With the Super Mario Bros. movie upon us, now is as good a time as ever to reflect on Nintendo’s most iconic mascot. This squat Italian plumber has leaped and bounded through generations of evolving ...

Today marks the annual celebration of one of the most iconic video franchises and characters of all time. What Happened: Mario Day is celebrated annually on March 10. The holiday celebrates one of the ...

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 has enjoyed video games, anime, ...

Nintendo realized Mario’s potential outside of traditional platforming games pretty early on. The success of Super Mario Kart early in the life of the SNES proved that the mascot was malleable enough ...

When you think about, it really sounds like a stupid idea for a game. I mean, what was Nintendo thinking? “Let’s just put all of the Mario characters in little karts and have them race and throw ...

Alex is a lifelong gamer dating back to the mid-1990s, with plenty of time in both consoles and handheld gaming. When he's not playing, he enjoys Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and working as a combat sports ...