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Everyone knows what a Mario game looks like, right? You've got your mushrooms, your moustaches, your bright green pipes, etc.

Mario Kart 9 will feature several beloved characters from the Super Mario Franchise. During the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, we got a glimpse of the next entry in the Mario Kart series. While we didn ...

Green Day's long-awaited South African debut on Jan. 19 was anything but ordinary. By Jessica Lynch Green Day delivered a politically charged performance during their Jan. 19 concert at ...

Bad Bunny has everyone talking about the sapo concho toad. The sapo concho toad ... the Puerto Rican Coqui is a little frog that can appear green, yellow, or brown. Unlike a lot of other common frog ...

"They have been sitting on Banjo Kazooie with nothing happening there even though a really talented developer could probably make a Banjo game that could rival 3D Mario and probably sell similar ...

It's very, very odd. Sadly, it's not my job to write about Peanuts all day, but I think of that weird comic strip every time I play Super Mario Odyssey, the Mario game that... how to put this?

The best Mario games remind us why everybody's favorite platforming plumber is still so beloved. In the company of his taller brother Luigi, Mario is one of the most recognizable faces in gaming ...

Nintendo did not officially reveal any new games in the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement this week, but the reveal video might have provided a first look at the next Mario Kart game. Intriguingly ...

Banana peels and basic green shells are all that ... increasing handling and acceleration. Mario Kart characters, like any of the baby characters or the Toad family, are a couple of examples ...

Yoshi, Toad, Peach, Daisy, Rosalina, Pauline, and (a funky looking) Donkey Kong all feature too, plus what appears to be Baby Mario, Baby Luigi ... Luigi is driving a small green convertible, Bowser a ...