These are the best and worst Mario games on Nintendo's most successful console — according to critics, at least.

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 ...

Though the genre has since exploded, 2D platforming arguably owes its start to Super Mario. And even though it’s been 40 years since the first game came out, few 2D platformers have risen to the level ...

Super Mario Bros. 2 is seen as the black sheep of Mario games series. Released in 1988 for the NES and in 1992 for Japan, some players were sure they had played it before. They’d be correct, as the ...

Decades later, the classic Super Mario Bros. games still have more secrets to be uncovered. Most console gamers of a certain age will remember the Minus World glitch, but that's not the only secret ...

The Super Mario Bros. franchise is one of the biggest series in gaming, with over 200 distinct releases across the mainline platformers, sports-focused spin-offs, and genre reinventions. Despite this, ...

Super Mario Super Mario Bros speedrunner is now just 11 frames away from the absolute perfect playthrough of the 40-year-old classic, after beating the world record for the third time this year Super ...

A Canadian who has worked in the gaming industry for over two decades, Beck grew up on games such as Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. He specalizes in roleplaying games, but covers titles in almost ...

Unlike other popular brands from the 1980s, Super Mario has endured, with more iterations of the game offered continually. Like other forms of video games, Super Mario commands various cognitive and ...

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Nintendo Direct has revealed the film's long-awaited first trailer and provided some major casting details, as more Mushroom Kingdom characters get their big screen debut.