Going into 1981, Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto was facing a problem. Working on one of his first games ever, he hoped to use Popeye, the famed sailor of 1930s cartoons, to serve as the hero.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” now playing in theaters. “Mario” video game fans are in for another treat with “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” the ...

If you’re a casual Super Mario Bros. fan, you might have been kind of lost amidst the onslaught of cameos and references in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. I mean, that’s pretty much all the movie has ...

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Every year on March 10, Nintendo pulls out all the stops to celebrate its most iconic character. The date, written as MAR10, spells out Mario, and that is all the reason Nintendo needs to throw a ...

Nintendo is celebrating "Mario Day" — otherwise known as March 10 — with more than just new Virtual Boy games for Nintendo Switch Online. Select Mario games for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 will be ...

It’s officially time to celebrate Mario Day, and Walmart is marking the occasion with big savings on some of the most popular Nintendo Switch games in the Mushroom Kingdom. For MAR10 Day (March 10), ...

It sounds like Nintendo has something bigger to announce on Mario day itself. Nintendo has made some surprising big announcements for Mario Day, and they involve Switch Online. Three games are coming ...

Another Super Bowl has come and gone, which means another year where I wonder why we don't have a Super Mario football game. It's an unusual gap in the otherwise-illustrious athletic career of ...

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