Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash on the Wii U was perhaps one of the most disappointing Mario sports games ever, with a bare bones presentation, barely any modes and a game-breaking Mega Mushroom mechanic.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the perfect follow-up to Super Mario RPG that released last November. Widely regarded as the best Paper Mario game, The Thousand-Year Door is the ideal ...

Nintendo’s Mario & Luigi series has long been home to clever innovations, giving players control of the Super Mario Bros. simultaneously for comical adventures that oftentimes take advantage of the ...

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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Stars is one of my favorite games of all time. I've played it once a year for over a decade, and as such I am ...

The Super Mario Bros. series cemented Nintendo as one of the world’s leading names in video game entertainment. For decades, players have joined Mario and Luigi as they’ve jumped, flown, and swum ...

That’s the declaration belted by Mario in his chintziest Italian accent at the start screen of 1996’s Mario Kart 64. It’s a cry most Millennials recall fondly, and for good reason. It’s a welcome to ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Paper Mario was released in Japan 25 years ago today, August 11, 2025. Below, we look back at how the dynamic battle system and an unusual approach to ...

It feels like a thousand years have passed since Princess Peach first summoned Mario to the seedy city of Rogueport to hunt for the legendary treasure that sleeps beneath the town. In reality, it’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A British writer who specializes in indie gaming. Of all the world’s best-known video game characters, Mario is the most iconic.

Erin Rice is a Writing Specialist from the United States. She has a Master of Arts in Composition and Rhetoric and works as a professor and Academic Success Coach, teaching students about writing and ...