A Nintendo-inspired fashion line at Bloomingdale’s is the perfect power-up for your closet

One of the best parts of the Nintendo Switch’s smash hit Super Mario Odyssey was dressing Mario in a seemingly endless amount of outfits. You could hunt for Power Moons as a Samurai, a skeleton, or even while wearing a wedding dress with a scuba mask…

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Mario can now guide your route in Google Maps

 It’s Mario Time! Beloved gaming character Mario is coming to Google Maps, thanks to a partnership between Google and Nintendo ahead of Mario Day, March 10. (MAR10…get it, Mario?) In addition to the various deals and sales on Nintendo games, the mustachioed plumber will also make an appearance in Google Maps’ navigation, if you opt in to have Mario accompany you on your… Read More

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Shaun White’s Winter Olympics moment got turned into the perfect Mario video game

What better way to celebrate Shaun White’s gold medal Olympic victory win than treating it like a video game competition? 
Dylan Tate gave a nostalgic Super Mario twist to Shaun White’s last run at the Winter Olympics. The snowboarder not on…

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Nintendo just announced that a Mario film is on the way

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It’s-a him!

In the early hours of Thursday, UK time, Nintendo used Twitter to make a rather big announcement.

Nintendo and Illumination are partnering on a movie starring Mario, co-produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri! pic.twitter.com/wVRPLIzcGJ

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 1, 2018

Illumination Entertainment is the studio behind the Despicable Me films. Apart from that we don’t have much information: no release date, writer, or director have been announced.  Read more…

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These cricket commentators had no idea who Donkey Kong was

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It’s not often gorillas attend cricket matches.

A couple of cricket commentators were stumped Thursday when scanning the costumed masses of fans watching Australia v England.

Um…. Can someone try explain this? 😅 #AUSvENG pic.twitter.com/lzLCjjnlb4

— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) January 19, 2018

“I thought you said it was apes, mate?”

“Nope. Definitely Super Mario Bros.”

“Damn”

Nothing to see here 😂#AUSvENG pic.twitter.com/HScDqhqQ8Z

— Cricket on BT Sport (@btsportcricket) January 19, 2018

The internet was quick to explain that the ape in question had not in fact been selected at random. Read more…

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Nintendo announces raft of new and retro titles for Switch (plus new Mario outfits)

 The Switch is getting a bevy of new games that should appeal to a broad variety of players, Nintendo announced today in one of its “Direct” videos. A new Mario Tennis game, updates to Odyssey, some classics and indies, and perhaps most unexpectedly, Dark Souls: Remastered. Read More

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Mario Bear has come to save 2017

 It’s been a long year – it feels like it actually spanned about 50, in fact. But now, at the end, some relief: Mario Bear. Yes, it’s just a bear from Build-A-Bear Workshop. And a ‘brand collaboration,’ that horrific thing that usually just means some executives get a larger Christmas bonus and more people are convinced to part with their hard-earned money on… Read More

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Super Mario Odyssey is the US’s fastest-selling Mario of all time

 Nintendo’s having a good year, and it looks like the latest Mario is set to make it even better. Super Mario Odyssey is the fastest-selling Mario ever, in the U.S. at least, breezing past a million sales in under five days here and selling more than 2 million worldwide — and counting. Read More

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