Above all else, the driving force behind Mario's success is exquisite game design – something that is acknowledged by players and game designers alike. "Mario games have a timeless charm and wide ...

Indeed, Mario is the standard. Truly, it’s difficult to overstate how influential the game was and, as a result, its soundtrack and main theme. Even its first three seconds are historic. The game ...

Over 40 years ago, Nintendo’s Super Mario video game annihilated competitors becoming the most well known and well played video game of its time. The Super Mario Bros. game was released in September ...

There have been three Super Mario iPhone games so far, but an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto suggests we may not be getting any more … While Miyamoto didn’t explicitly say this during a Variety ...

Michael Walsh is a graduate of the Northern Film school and spends his spare time watching and writing films and TV. Mike lives in Rochdale, England Audiences were treated to their most in-depth look ...

It's MAR10 Day, everybody! The Shacknews staff looked over some of our previous topics and then it hit us that we never actually gave people our favorite all-time Mario game. We've opened this up to ...

Super Mario’s 40 year history is a testament to all the different ways you can make a little guy run from left to right across a screen. Nintendo’s line of 2D Mario platformers has gone through three ...

If you know anything about gaming, you probably know the name ‘Mario Kart.’ Since 1992, the series has been a pillar of Nintendo’s output and a quintessential example of the company’s “easy to pick up ...