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Japan’s amazing screen door video game artist is back with new NES-inspired projects【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2017
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Intricate process creates characters that look as cool now as they did in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.

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• (art • cool • crafts • fan art • Final Fantasy • interior • Mario Kart • Mega Man • nintendo • Super Mario • video games)

“Super Real Mario Odyssey” video ponders what trouble Mario may get into in upcoming Switch title

• Scott Wilson
  Jan 20, 2017

Mario can handle goombas and koopas, but what about cops and gangsters in the “real” world?

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• (funny • Grand Theft Auto • nintendo • nintendo switch • Super Mario • Super Mario Odyssey • video • video games)

After 27 years, a secret technique for defeating enemies in Super Mario World has just been found

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 13, 2017

Big Boo doesn’t seem nearly as scary anymore.

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• (nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario World • Super NES • video • video games)

Pikachu and Super Mario left out of lineup of official spokescharacters for Tokyo Olympics

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 6, 2017

After some seriously high-profile involvement, Nintendo characters aren’t part of newest promotional push for 2020 event.

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • anime • nintendo • Olympics • Pikachu • Pokemon • sports • Super Mario • Tokyo Olympics • video games)

Super Mario Run runs right into the expected entitlements of unhappy Japanese reviewer

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 21, 2016

Complaint shows startling lack of knowledge about video game history, but still might be valid.

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• (nintendo • Smartphones • Super Mario • Super Mario Run • video games)

First look at Universal Studios Japan’s Nintendo World shown in official concept art

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 13, 2016

Well now, that looks awesome.

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• (awesome • cool • nintendo • Super Mario • theme parks • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • video games)

Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto shows what to do with your other hand while playing Super Mario Run

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 12, 2016

Being able to keep one hand free while playing Nintendo’s first smartphone game might turn out to be a pretty sweet deal.

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• (funny • nintendo • Shigeru Moyamoto • Super Mario • Super Mario Run • video • video games)

20-year-old mystery code in Super Mario 64 finally solved

• Scott Wilson
  Dec 10, 2016

All of our childhood conspiracy theory brains can finally rest.

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• (mystery • nintendo • Nintendo 64 • Super Mario • Super Mario 64 • video games)

Super Mario Run teaser, gameplay videos released, official launch date announced

• Corey Gold
  Dec 9, 2016

Super Mario Run will be Mario’s first adventure into the mobile gaming world.

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• (mobile games • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Run • video games)

Pikachu cosplays as Mario in awesome new Nintendo crossover merchandise line 【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 24, 2016

It’s a-me, Pikachu!

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• (anime • cute • Mario • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • Super Mario • toys • video games)

Mario creator demonstrates Super Mario Run gameplay in new video

• Corey Gold
  Sep 15, 2016

The original creator of Mario shows us how easy it is to play Nintendo’s first smartphone game, Super Mario Run.

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• (gameplay • Luigi • Mario • nintendo • Shigeru Miyamoto • Super Mario • Super Mario Run)

Nintendo is coming to iPhones with Super Mario Run for iOS devices

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2016

Two more beloved Nintendo series to also appear on Apple devices soon after.

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• (Apple • iOS • iPhone • Mario • nintendo • Smartphones • Super Mario • video games)

No Mario’s Sky fan game combines summer’s biggest release with Mario gameplay, but for how long?

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 31, 2016

Planet-hopping platformer’s infinite levels likely to disappear from the Internet very soon.

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• Australia, Internet
• (fan games • Mario • nintendo • No Man's Sky • Super Mario • video games)

After turning into Mario, Japan’s prime minster gets turned into an awesome pixel art GIF

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 30, 2016

Journey from Tokyo to Rio de Janeiro recreated in the style of Nintendo’s classic games

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• (art • GIF • nintendo • pixel art • prime minister • Super Mario • video games)

Japan’s Prime Minister came out of a pipe dressed as Mario at Rio’s closing ceremony!

• Corey Gold
  Aug 22, 2016

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stunned the world at the Rio Olympics closing ceremony with a cosplay performance dressed as Mario.

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• (closing ceremony • Olympics • prime minister • Rio • Shinzo Abe • Super Mario • video games)

Hamster clears Mario level, earns maximum points for cuteness

• Oona McGee
  Aug 20, 2016

Watch this clever hamster smash her way through the game, complete with an adorable detour down the pipe.

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• (animals • cute • cute pets • gamers • games • gaming • hamster • Mario • nintendo • pets • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros.)

Nintendo announces awesome mini NES loaded with 30 games that attaches directly to your TV

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 15, 2016

Super Mario Bros. 3, Mega Man 2, Metroid, and Final Fantasy all included in save state-equipped device.

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• Europe
• (awesome • cool • NES • nintendo • Super Mario • video games)

A major Nintendo Developer Tool update means it’s on like Donkey Kong for indie developers!

• Michelle Hughes
  Jul 11, 2016

If you’ve ever been frustrated by a small mushroom man telling you for the 7th time that the person you’re looking for is in another castle, this news is for you!

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• (3DS • nintendo • Super Mario • video games • Wii U)

Hello Kitty joins Mario Maker, may possibly break Japanese-ness level-measuring equipment 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2016

Arrival of Kitty-chan and fellow Sanrio character My Melody is the most Japanese thing since schoolgirl outfit Pikachu.

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• Cute, Games & Tech, Japan
• (cute • Hello Kitty • My Melody • nintendo • Sanrio • Super Mario • Super Mario Maker • video • video games)

30 things that come to mind replaying the original Super Mario Bros.

• Casey Baseel
  May 5, 2016

Seriously, Hammer Bros., we hate you so, so much,

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• (8-bit • famicom • NES • nintendo • retro games • Super Mario • video games)

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