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4th Feb, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Switch Online's Missions & Rewards Adds Super Mario Kart Icons You Can "Get By Playing"

Available until next month. Nintendo's been celebrating Mario Kart quite a bit recently and now it's launched a new set of themed icons for Swit...

4th Feb, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com

Super Mario Kart icons added to Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo Switch Online is kicking off the month with some new icons based on Super Mario Kart.

4th Feb, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Nintendo Music Adds Classic Super Mario SNES Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included

Wahoo! Nintendo has released its first 'Nintendo Music' soundtrack of February.

3rd Feb, 2025 • timeextension.com

Mario Speedrunner Figures Out A Way To Beat Donkey Kong's Famous Kill Screen

Though it likely it won't happen for real unless you're superhuman. The Mario speedrunner Kosmic has recently published a new video online

31st Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Square Enix Revives Super Mario RPG Soundtrack With Three New Music Products

Including music from the 1996 SNES version. If you're a fan of Super Mario RPG

30th Jan, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com

Super Mario RPG official soundtrack release revealed

January 29: Listings are starting to go up on retailer websites indicating that Super Mario RPG is receiving a new official soundtrack release. I...

29th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Talking Point: What Do We Actually Want From 'Mario Kart 9'?

Kart to kart. With the truly shocking confirmation that, alongside the new console, Nintendo is busy assembling a follow-up entry to the best-sell...

29th Jan, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com

Nintendo loses legal battle involving Super Mario supermarket

Nintendo typically comes out on top regarding legal battles, but the company was recently unsuccessful in a dispute involving a supermarket with th...

29th Jan, 2025 • eurogamer.net

Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket

A Costa Rican supermarket has claimed victory against Nintendo in a trademark battle over its name: Super Mario.

29th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Random: This Super Mario 3D Land Mod Makes Us Long For A Switch Port

Lookin' good! Can you believe it's been nearly 14 years since Super Mario 3D Land lau...

29th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Random: Xbox Gets Its Own Shameful 'Mario Strikers' Knock-Off

The horrorrrrr... Oh man, where do we start with this... Read the full article on nintendolife.com

26th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Mario Movie Scores A New "Limited-Edition" Steelbook, Pre-Orders Live

A "Walmart exclusive". Last Mario Day, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed a new Mario Bros.

26th Jan, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com

Super Mario Bros. Movie getting new steelbook release from Walmart

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is far from a new release, but a new steelbook version is actually coming from Walmart very soon. Those interested in p...

24th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Opinion: My Daughter Made Me Realise That Mario Wonder's Difficulty Options Need Work

Yoshi or Nabbit, make your choice. I suspect many of my fellow parents can relate to this, but when you have your first child, a whole bevvy of pr...

22nd Jan, 2025 • eurogamer.net

Nintendo nominated for GLAAD award for trans representation in Paper Mario

Nintendo has been nominated at this year's GLAAD award for trans representation in last year's Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

22nd Jan, 2025 • timeextension.com

Someone Is Trying To Bring Super Mario 64 To The GBA

Update: New video shows off the latest build of the game. Update : Since we first covered Joshua Barretto's GBA port of Super Mario 64 back in May...

20th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Banjo-Kazooie Has The Potential To "Rival 3D Mario", Says Ori Dev

If a "really talented developer" has a crack at it. There was once a time when Banjo-Kazooie

20th Jan, 2025 • timeextension.com

Black Screen Records Is Bringing The Super Mario World 3-LP Soundtrack To The West

And it's available to pre-order now. Update : Black Screen Records has revealed on Twitter that it will be selling imported copies of Super Mario...

19th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Mario Kart 64

Vroooom! Welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl , everyone! Last week, Klonoa: Empire of Dr...

19th Jan, 2025 • eurogamer.net

With Switch 2 and presumably a new 3D Mario on the horizon, it's time for me to admit Super Mario Odyssey always felt a little weird

For a brief period, either in the 1950s or 1960s, Charles Schulz experimented with drawing adults in the backgrounds of Peanuts comic strips.

19th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Poll: So, How Would You Feel About 24 Racers In Mario Kart 9?

Go on, tell us! Nintendo finally lifted the lid on the Switch 2 earlier this week and while most of the discussion is about the new hardware, ther...

17th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Nacon Reveals New Switch 2 Accessory Range, Including Mario Kart Wheels

The floodgates open. Following the official reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2

17th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Poll: What Do You Think Of Donkey Kong's Redesign In Mario Kart 9?

Got whiplash? With the reveal of the Switch 2

17th Jan, 2025 • eurogamer.net

Nintendo Switch 2 and Mario Kart 9 revealed - but questions remain

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast , there's only one story in town: Nintendo's long-awaited unveiling...

16th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Feature: Everything You Missed In The Switch 2 Mario Kart Reveal - Characters, Features, Easter Eggs

Start your engines. Well, folks, the Nintendo Switch 2 is real �" finally! In addition to its confirmation via the debut trailer, Nintendo also r...

16th Jan, 2025 • videogameschronicle.com

Switch 2’s Mario Kart 9 appears to be hiding a big series change

Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal seemingly revealed a new Mario Kart game

16th Jan, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com

Nintendo Switch 2 trailer with Mario Kart shows updated Donkey Kong design, 24 players

If you checked out the just-released announcement trailer for Nintendo Switch 2, you may have noticed something interesting about the Mario Kart ga...

16th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

New Mario Kart 9 Teased For Switch 2

It's looking good! Folks, the Nintendo Switch 2 has been officially revealed, and alongside that, we also know we're getting a brand new Mario Kar...

13th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Japanese Charts: Super Mario Party Jamboree Surpasses 1 Million Units Sold

Keeping the party going. We're back with the latest Japanese charts folks; the first of 2025! It's a little bit different for this first go aroun...

12th Jan, 2025 • timeextension.com

"We Are Now 0.3 Seconds Off Of Absolute Perfection" Says Super Mario Speedrunner As He Sets New World Record

Niftski's heart rate rose to 188 BPM. Super Mario Bros.

12th Jan, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com

Miyamoto explains how he came up with the famous Mario pipes

Have you ever wondered how the famous pipes in the Mario series came to be? Thanks to creator Shigeru Miyamoto, we’ve got some insight.

7th Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Mario And Zelda Modders Are Using Their Skills To Develop A New N64-Inspired Platformer

And it looks like it's heading to Switch! After a little slice of something Super Mario 64 ...

5th Jan, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com

Nintendo felt Mario & Luigi had “low recognition”, wanted the art and in-game graphics to match

In a recent interview, Nintendo producer Akira Otani spoke more about the origins of Mario & Luigi: Brothership.

3rd Jan, 2025 • nintendolife.com

Poll: Will You Be Getting The New Mario Kart LEGO Sets?

Racing into stores this week. It’s a new year and that means brand new Nintendo-themed LEGO sets have arrived.

30th Dec, 2024 • nintendolife.com

Stardew Valley Has Now Sold More Copies Than Mario Kart Wii

And nearly 8 million of those are on Switch. We all know Stardew Valley has been...

30th Dec, 2024 • nintendolife.com

Acquire Almost Called Brothership 'Mario & Luigi Wonder', But Nintendo Got There First

Wondership..? Just recently, it was revealed that developer Acquire worked with Nintendo to brainstorm "over 100 options" for the title of its new...

29th Dec, 2024 • nintendoeverything.com

Nintendo and Acquire brainstormed over 100 possible names for Mario & Luigi: Brothership

December 5: The Mario & Luigi: Brothership name has been well-received by fans, but it seems that it wasn’t an easy process to get there.

29th Dec, 2024 • nintendoeverything.com

Mario & Luigi: Brothership devs explain change in composers, finding ‘Mario-ness’ following Miyamoto feedback

The developers of Mario & Luigi: Brothership have opened up about what it was like creating music for the game, including shifting composers from Y...

27th Dec, 2024 • nintendolife.com

Reminder: New Mario Kart And Animal Crossing Lego Sets Launch Next Month

Here's another look. Earlier this year, LEGO announced it was extending its Nintendo range with the addition of a new Mario Kart

25th Dec, 2024 • nintendolife.com

Best Of 2024: Death By A Thousand Karts - Can We Race ALL 96 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tracks In A Single Session?

The sweat, the tears, the evil babies. Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contri...

24th Dec, 2024 • eurogamer.net

Nintendo Music adds Mario 64 tunes

Wahoo! Etc. You can now listen to tunes from Nintendo's seminal Super Mario 64 via the Nintendo Mu...

24th Dec, 2024 • nintendolife.com

'Nintendo Music' Adds Super Mario 64 Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included

"Let's-a go!". Nintendo has just rolled out its latest update for the 'Nintendo Music' app and this week it's added the soundtrack from Super Mari...

22nd Dec, 2024 • nintendolife.com

Super Mario Run Celebrates Super Mario Party Jamboree In New Crossover Event

Get this party started. To celebrate the recent arrival of Super Mario Party Jamboree

20th Dec, 2024 • nintendolife.com

Random: Mario Galaxy Returns Next Year In "The Biggest Super Mario Odyssey Mod Yet"

Mario's Wii adventure is back. Modders are always evolving games in new ways and the latest effort is touted as the "biggest" Super Mario Odyssey...

19th Dec, 2024 • nintendolife.com

Japanese Charts: Super Mario Party Jamboree Is On A Roll

You Got A(nother) Star! Sigh.

19th Dec, 2024 • nintendoeverything.com

Super Mario Run hosting Super Mario Party Jamboree event

Super Mario Run has hosted a few new events throughout the year, and now players can get involved in another one featuring Super Mario Party Jambor...