Mario, the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, has happily kept Bowser’s forces from beating down your front door. He has bounced on the heads of more bad guys than Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Bruce Wayne, or ...

'Super Mario 64' launched on the Nintendo 64 on June 23, 1996.

Surrounded by thousands of objects bearing the likeness of Nintendo’s moustachioed plumber, 40-year-old Kikai reflects that his “life would be totally different without Mario” who also marks four ...

Do you know Mario? Do you really know Mario? The long and storied history of the plumber (ahem, not janitor) has been a crazy ride through all sorts of changes, new settings and new features. And it’s ...

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 ...

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In celebration of 2025’s Mar10 Day, I looked at all of the Mario games on offer through Nintendo Switch Online and noticed that some important games from the franchise’s history were still missing.

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.