Nintendo has officially announced a new Mario-themed edition of its best-selling Nintendo Switch console during this week’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct. Featuring the plumber’s iconic red color palette and the improved display and upgrades of the Nintendo Switch OLED, it launches on October 6, but you can preorder it now at Best Buy, GameStop […]
Charles Martinet, the original voice of Mario in Nintendo games since the 1990s, is stepping down. Nintendo of America confirmed Monday that Martinet will now serve in the role of “Mario Ambassador,” traveling around the world to promote the beloved plumber, signing autographs and performing Nintendo character voices. “It’s been a privilege working with Charles […]
Google today updated Google Maps for Android and iOS with a fun feature: Mario. Once users update to the latest version of Maps, they’ll be able to turn on Mario Time for navigation. When activated, Mario will appear in place of the navigation arrow while driving, walking, or commuting. Google says the bonus feature is rolling […]
Not long ago a credible rumour emerged of Gold and Silver Mario amiibo toys being prepared for sale, with web pages discovered showing documentation for health and safety testing on these figures, specifically in the Super Mario design. The pages related to Nintendo of America, and it now seems that the gold figure is certainly […]
It’s already been known that Pilotwings was going to be featured at some capacity in the new Super Smash Bros., but now we have a better idea of how. It also looks like Wii Sports Resort’s Wuhu Island will be making an appearance. The image above appears on the official Super Smash Bros. website as […]
The latest Super Smash Bros 3DS screenshot is looking great. It shows Kirby chasing after Pikachu in the Super Mario 3D Land stage. It looks just like the 3DS platformer with Peach’s Castle in the background, question mark blocks and those orange platforms that fall away when you run on them. Pikachu had better watch […]
The most recent Nintendo Direct, hosted by the ever gracious Satoru Iwata, covered Nintendo’s plans for the summer. The company has another Nintendo Direct planned closer to E3, since it isn’t holding a press conference at the mega show. Here’s the highlights from this morning: Sonic: Lost World was confirmed as a Wii U and […]
Nintendo is building to the first-of-its-kind downloadable launch of New Super Mario Bros. 2 by letting us download some older Mario games on the cheap. The “Month of Mario,” as Nintendo calls it, puts one 3DS Virtual Console game on sale a week, from this Thursday through the August 19 launch of NSMB2. You’ll be […]
Well the people at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, AKA PETA, are not fans of Super Mario Bros. Mario is now a target for PETA, bashing him for his use of the Tanooki suit. The outfit, modeled after Japanese raccoon dogs called tanuki, allows Mario to float in the sky to collect coins […]
Nintendo recently revealed their product releases for the next several months with several exciting propects for the popular Wii franchise. Super Mario Galaxy 2, the sequel to the smash-hit galaxy-hopping original game, launches May 23 for the Wii console. The game includes the amazing gravity-defying, physics-based exploration from the first game, but is loaded with […]
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