I have never lived on a planet without Mario. The star of the Super Mario series turns 35 this year. I am 31. That makes him — and the dozens of Super Mario games he stars in — convenient checkpoints ...

It’s easy to divide the Super Mario franchise into two buckets: 2D games and 3D games. While the 2D Mario games have been progressive, often building from the one that came before, the 3D entries tend ...

Mario is one of the hardest-working men in video games. Whether he’s competing in the Olympics or exploring outer space, this gaming icon stays busy. Super Mario 3D Land puts the plumber though his ...

Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a platformer video game collection developed by Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development Division and published by Nintendo. Discover (or rediscover) three of Mario’s ...

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 ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Explore every mainline Super Mario game in release order, from the original Nintendo classics to modern adventures, with ...

After 28 years of making marvelous Mario platform games, you’d think Nintendo would run out of ideas. But Super Mario 3D World defies such logic and creatively sets itself apart – in good ways – from ...