Tag: Mario

“How many will play?” – New Super Mario Bros. Wii

This January, I ended up going to three different child-oriented stage shows involving puppets in the space of four weeks. Fortuitously, we saw them in ascending order of…

“Official mascots” – Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

The Wii’s initial success was powered by motion-controlled sports with a smattering of more traditional Nintendo pursuits, including inevitably more than one Mario game (Super Mario Galaxy was…

Try again – Super Mario Advance

Nintendo, Game Boy Advance, #1 in UK combined formats chart for week ending 23 June 2001

#51: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo, NES, 1988/1991)

#51: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo, NES, 1988/1991) It’s some production. Super Mario Bros. 3 has a cast of thousands and is the introduction point for almost as…

#51: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo, NES, 1988/1991) This is the game where Mario learns to fly, tail flapping, perhaps on unseen wires in front of platforms casting…

#51: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo, NES, 1988/1991)

#23: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo, NES, 1988/1989)

#23: Super Mario Bros. 2

#23: Super Mario Bros. 2 anaccidentalman: The latest entry in AAA, my weekly journey through the games of my lifetime.