Nintendo has emptied the cupboard. It’s finally time to call the plumber.

It's been forty years since gaming changed forever with the release of Super Mario Bros for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The landmark September 1985 release not only introduced what would become ...

Mario Galaxy Is Back, But Why Not Mario 64 and Sunshine? Now that both Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be available on modern consoles together, all the 3D Mario titles can be played ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Following the somewhat underwhelming Super Mario 3D All-Stars back ...

The best ones are the games that find the right balance between Nintendo’s classically tight gameplay mechanics and the competitive spirit of the sport. A key example of this is Super Mario Strikers, ...

Throughout the years, the "Super Mario Bros." franchise saw unprecedented success, which made it one of the most enduring franchises in the industry, with hundreds of games already made public.

It's hard to believe now, but Mario's jump was a platforming first when he and it were introduced in 1981's Donkey Kong coin-op, and his barrel-smashing hammer attack was equally novel. In his first ...

“What the fuck is this place?!” Now that’s the sort of down-to-earth question a real plumber would ask when confronted with a magical mushroom kingdom. Other pertinent questions asked in Animation ...