Going into 1981, Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto was facing a problem. Working on one of his first games ever, he hoped to use Popeye, the famed sailor of 1930s cartoons, to serve as the hero.

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 ...

Nintendo’s long-running Mario series is well-known for having a near-perfect mix of relatively easy levels to bring new players in, and incredibly difficult challenges that will test veteran players.

The staircase at the Nintendo World Store tells the history of Super Mario. Well, make that the selective history. This staircase, cool as it is, could use some Super Mario World 2. Also, if Super ...

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 ...

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

It's officially been 16 years since Nintendo delivered one of its shining video game gems that still stands the test of time ...