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Super Mario (Page 8)
Those Super Mario Odyssey royalty checks aren’t going to last forever, so it’s really about time the video game star rejoined the workforce.
Decades after the live-action Super Mario film’s flop, Nintendo is said to be ready to take another shot at movie magic.
Japanese make-up cosmetic line Shu Uemura is introducing a holiday collection to look your Princess Peach best.
As if we didn’t already feel bad enough from sending Yoshi plummeting into all those bottomless pits, Nintendo gives us yet another source of video game grief.
Like that summer in high school you spent flipping burgers at a fast food joint, Mario’s plumbing days are part of his past.
The Nintendo star is seen getting around like his old rival in Super Mario Odyssey.
Nintendo’s Mario has been the face of kid-friendly gaming for decades, but the ratings board doesn’t think his new adventure is for everybody.
Mario’s newfound immortality looks to shake up the function of one in-game item in a huge way.
Warm up those throwing arms, because it’ll take more than a button tap to chuck those Koopa shells.
First glimpse of theme park’s Nintendo World expansion looks as awesome as we’d hoped.
Super Mario, Pokémon, and Zelda series salutes among the winners in global design contest.
Intricate process creates characters that look as cool now as they did in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.
Mario can handle goombas and koopas, but what about cops and gangsters in the “real” world?
Big Boo doesn’t seem nearly as scary anymore.
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