Tag Archives: Mario

Mario Kart Tour is preparing to launch next month. Nintendo announced on social media today that the mobile kart racer is going to debut September 25 for the iOS and Google Play app markets. Nintendo previously made Mario Kart Tour available in a beta test, but it is now getting …

The Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games franchise is now more than a decade old. And if you’re like me, you’ve never really cared about these mini-game collections. But Sega, which develops the games, has finally come up with something that has me excited for Mario & Sonic at …

Nintendo‘s newest mobile game is off to a good or slow start depending on how you look at it, according to mobile market analyst Sensor Tower. Dr. Mario World, which came out on July 10, has made $1.4 million and earned 7.5 million downloads in its first month. That is …

I’m always on the lookout for a great new gamepad. After gaming nonstop for more than 30 years, it’s one of the few things I feel like I’m an expert in. And I’ve learned that a decent third-party peripheral is rare. That’s changing, however, due to 8BitDo and devices like …

The game industry is still contracting as the current console generation comes to an end. Hardware sales continue plummet for Microsoft and Sony, and software sales are essentially flat. That’s according to The NPD Group, which today released its June report for video games sales in the United States. “June …

I can’t stop playing Super Mario Maker 2. A combination of factors keep pulling me back. Having it on the Switch makes is easy to play anywhere, obviously. But the quality of the levels is also really high. Most importantly, however, is that community creators are putting a lot of …

Enlarge / A scene from the creation of the since-deleted “Kai-Zero G” in Super Mario Maker 2. The unexplained removal of one of the most popular, ultra-difficult Super Mario Maker 2 courses is raising concerns about Nintendo’s moderation policies for the popular Switch title. David Hunt, a popular Mario speedrunner …

Nintendo has a reputation for making multiplayer games that often disregard player skill. That’s a nice way of saying that the publisher is responsible for a lot of BS factories. You can try to get good at Mario Kart or Mario Party, but Nintendo is still gonna throw random junk …

Nintendo has finally brought its Mario Maker series to the Switch, and I’m loving it. In Super Mario Maker 2, creation is still so easy that anyone can do it. And it’s so much fun to play through your friends’ levels — even if they are sometimes cruel and unethical. …

According to the Gregorian calendar, it’s summer — and that means it’s time for some summer games. But I am only interested if we can get them done quick. Thankfully, the annual speedrunning charity marathon Summer Games Done Quick is here. SGDQ 2019 has already raised more than $900,000. And …