The much-anticipated Mario Kart 8 hit stores yesterday, and it’s already seeing tons of high praise. The latest installment, which is only available on the Wii U, includes 32 racetracks (16 new, 16 repurposed classics), 30 different drivers, and 26…
Super Mario Bros. Theme Sounds Good On Just About Anything
What’s the most iconic video game song ever composed? If you ever played an NES, you’re likely to say the music that plays in World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. The ditty has become so synonymous with Mario that Nintendo…
Yoshi’s New Island Headlines This Week’s Nintendo Download
For the past month, the Nintendo Download has been pretty barren. Even major releases would be accompanied by maybe one or two more games. That finally changes this week with the the release of a major 3DS title alongside numerous…
Mario Bros. Actor Danny Wells Dies At Age 72
Danny Wells, who was famous for playing Luigi on the television adaptation of the popular video game franchise, has died. Super Mario Bros. is one of the most popular video game franchises of all time, and with Mario as a…
Full Screen Mario Attracts The Ire Of Nintendo
In 1990, John Carmack ported the first level of Super Mario Bros. 3 to the PC to prove that side-scrolling graphics could be done on the platform. He then presented this breakthrough to Nintendo, but the company wasn’t interested in…
Super Mario Bros, Recreated with Food and Vined
Like most visual media, crappy Vines can be really, really crappy. And great Vines can be really, really great. This set of Vines falls into that latter category. Using, Cheez-Its, mini marshmallows, graham crackers, Chex, gum drops, and what appears…
Harlem Shake at Nintendo Features Luigi, Lots of Green
Over the past few weeks it has become almost mandatory that every office with a video camera create a Harlem Shake video. It’s a trend that has hit Groupon, The Daily Show, and even Google and Facebook have gotten in…
Super Mario Groper Arrested In New York’s Times Square
Street performers are just a part of daily life in Times Square. The performers dress in various costumes and put on a show for a few bucks. It may not be glorious, but hey, it’s a living. That being said,…
Wii U Release Date Will Be Revealed Tomorrow At 10 A.M.
Today belongs to Apple. They will be announcing the iPhone 5 alongside a new iTunes and iPods. Apple fans have been waiting months for this day, but Nintendo fans have been waiting even longer for tomorrow’s event. Nintendo announced today…
Nintendo Kicks Off A Month Of Mario Starting Today
Mario is still probably the most recognizable chap in video games today. There are others like Master Chief, Kratos and Angry Birds, but everybody instantly knows who Mario is. That’s why Nintendo is kicking off The Month of Mario today…
New Super Mario Bros 2 is All About the Gold (And DLC)
Nintendo had a lot of new titles to promote during its Nintendo Direct presentation yesterday, but perhaps none are anticipated as much by fans as New Super Mario Bros 2. Nintendo announced some new details on the title during its…
E3 2012: Nintendo Brings The Games But Relies On Third Parties For Core Titles
Nintendo has a lot to prove this year. After an impressive first showing last night with Ubisoft’s press conference, Nintendo has to keep the momentum going with its Wii U console. Excitement and hype are also at all time high…
Nintendo Registers Super Mario Bros. 4 Domain Name
Nintendo likes to plan way far in advance. This time we get news that they have registered the name Super Mario Bros. 4. Which is kinda weird seeing as the title Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo in Japan…
Super Mario Bros. Is A Surrealist Masterpiece
PBS has started a new YouTube channel called the Idea Channel. It’s described as “a PBS show that examines the connections between pop culture, technology and art.” This weeks topic: “Super Mario Brothers is the world’s greatest piece of surrealist…
Math Proves Super Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda Are (NP-)Hard
If you grew up playing video games in the 1980s or early 1990s, you almost certainly tasted the bitter fruit of frustration when you lost at games from the Mario Bros. or Legend of Zelda canons. Personally, I would unleash…
Super Morrissey Bros. Mash-Up Gets The Super Mushroom
The cultural star of the Mario Bros. is ascending again lately, it would seem. First we saw the fan-made video of the angry, Mario-hating sun and then came a mash-up of the Brothers Mario with Portal. The latest offering comes…