The 3D Super Mario series is arguably Nintendo’s flagship franchise. Following the shift to 3D visuals with the Nintendo 64, virtually every Nintendo console has gone on to receive a new platforming ...

Mario’s biggest leap involved bursting out of his 2D world and into the third dimension. It took 25 years for Mario to make ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Following the somewhat underwhelming Super Mario 3D All-Stars back ...

Matthew is a journalist in the news department at GameRant. He holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University and has been an avid gamer since 1985. Matthew formerly served as a ...

Tyler Shipley is an editor for GameRant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...

So where’s Nintendo’s love for Super Mario Galaxy 2? Despite getting perfect 10/10 scores and accolades from several outlets after its 2010 release, Nintendo seems keen to gaslight its fan base into ...

3,000 days and ...

Nintendo’s highly anticipated Switch 2 is due for release on June 5 of this year (disastrous US pre-orders went live today), and with the launch date rapidly approaching, I thought it might be fun to ...

Super Mario 64 was Nintendo’s first Mario attempt in 3D, and it worked. While the mechanics and camera system can be looked back on as a bit frustrating now and do not hold up to today’s standards, at ...

On its fifth anniversary, Bowser's Fury looks less like a bonus mode and more like a blueprint for how linear Mario design can live inside an open world.

The Super Mario series has been with Nintendo for almost 40 years now, and it's brought a veritable army of incredible games to players on every single Nintendo console and handheld since its debut in ...