A ridiculously rare copy of Super Mario for NES just sold for over $100,000

An extra special copy of Super Mario for NES just sold for a mind-boggling $100,150. Before you go digging through the attic to find your old copy to throw up for auction, you should know: the version in question here is super, super rare. So what makes it special? Super Mario has been released and […]

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‘Super Mario Maker 2’ is coming to Switch and yes, it will have slopes

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Nintendo announced today that a sequel to the 2015 Wii U hit Super Mario Maker is on the way. Even better? They’re finally giving players those much desired slopes. 

Super Mario Maker 2 will give fans the opportunity to “create the Super Mario courses of their dreams” using custom building tools and techniques. The gameplay featured in the announcement trailer indicated that plenty of the original game’s mechanics would remain at play alongside new, updated features. 

Start dreaming big about your next Mario DIY — Super Mario Maker 2 is out on Nintendo Switch this June. Read more…

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Nintendo Switch games on sale: Save on ‘Mario Kart,’ ‘Hyrule Warriors,’ ‘Skyrim,’ ‘NBA 2K19’

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Any die-hard Nintendo fan knows that having a Switch can get expensiveThe console by itself is already $299, and growing your collection of games at $60 a pop adds up quickly.

But what are you supposed to do? Just not play at every waking moment even though you can take it anywhere?

HA, good oneAmazon, Walmart, and GameStop have dropped the prices of numerous top Switch games — our favorite deal is snagging a digital code for Mario Kart Deluxe 8 or Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors for just $41.99 each (that’s 30% off).

Extra bonus: A few games on sale were called out in GameStop’s “The best Nintendo Switch games out now” list.  Let’s a-go! Read more…

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Jump the queue and pre-order the new ‘Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe’ for Nintendo Switch

Jan. 11 is an important date to circle in your calendars. No, we aren’t talking about celebrating the birthdays of Alexander Hamilton or even Mary J. Blige. We are talking about the release of the new Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe game for Nintendo Swit…

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Amazon Prime members save an extra 20% on pre-orders for the new ‘Super Smash Bros.’ and ‘Mario Party’ Switch games

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Thanks to E3 2018, we’ve finally received the official confirmation for a ton of new games that we’ve been waiting slash dying for.

As expected, Nintendo completely blew it out of the water with numerous huge announcements: Our favorites consisted of new Nintendo Switch versions of Super Mario Party and Super Smash Bros. (Or as we like to call them, the two very best drinking video games of all time).

And both are already available for pre-order on Amazon. Okay, so they don’t come out until October (Mario Party) and December (Smash Bros.), but that’s not that far off — it’s already June and it feels like the holidays were just last month. Both pre-orders are running at $59.99, but if you’re a Prime member, you can save an extra 20% and get them for $47.99 each. Amazing. Read more…

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‘Super Mario 64’ meets ‘Banjo-Kazooie’ in the mash-up of your ’90s dreams

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Imagine, two of the greatest Nintendo 64 games, mashed up into one epic late ’90s adventure featuring a lot of wahoo-ing.

Modders Trenavix, Waschpenner and Shyguyhex have thrown favourites Super Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie together — and it works pretty damn well. Using the SM64Paint program, the modders have dropped your ol’ pal Mario right into the “Spiral Mountain” level of the game usually inhabited by an agreeable bear, Banjo, who carries his bird best friend around in a backpack (that lazy Kazooie).

BK’s collectable musical notes have been replaced with Mario’s red coins, and enemy Goombas and Shy Guys have replaced Spiral Mountain’s usual cohort of aggressive carrots and cauliflowers. But it doesn’t stop at the intro level — the modders have appropriated a large portion of the game. Read more…

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Super Mario takes a sugar odyssey with a new breakfast cereal

 The last time Mario had a breakfast cereal, he had to split the billing with Link. I bet that’s what it felt like being in the Beatles at the end. Flying high from a recent string of high profile titles — including Mario Run and Odyssey — the cartoon plumber is finally getting a cereal box to call his own, joining the elite ranks of Steve Urkel and Gizmo from Gremlins.… Read More

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