GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Bowser's Fury is celebrating its 5-year anniversary today, February 12, 2025. Below, we look at how the unusual experiment married classic Mario level ...

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 ...

Mario Kart has been an interesting case study for the evolution of racing games. Launching on the Super Nintendo in 1992, the racing game was a straightforward title that quickly embraced the “easy to ...

Platformer games have stood the test of time because they combine simple controls with endlessly creative level design. From Mario’s intuitive tutorials to Celeste’s evolving mechanics, great ...

Josh Cotts is a Senior Contributor at GameRant. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University in 2019 with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Media Studies and has been recognized for his ...

From the timeless lessons of Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 to the creative leaps in modern entries, Mario’s platformer level design blends fun, challenge, and discovery. Great levels subtly teach ...

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 ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros, released initially on September 13th, 1985. From the early days on the Famicom all the way to being one of the most recognisable characters in ...

For decades, Nintendo has proven that it can turn almost any real-world sport into something playful, chaotic, and unmistakably Mario. The red-capped plumber has done it all: tennis, golf, baseball, ...

First appearing as a demo at Spaceworld 2000, Nintendo’s then-annual event held in Japan, Mario 128 was heralded to be as seismic as Super Mario 64. But it wasn’t until 2007 that the truth was finally ...