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Nintendo’s 30 Best Switch Games, Ranked
10.3.2025
This month marks the eighth anniversary of the Nintendo Switch’s release. With the Switch 2 looming later in 2025, this is likely the last year we’ll see Nintendo develop and publish most of its games on the handheld hybrid that revolutionized how we play console-quality games. Over those eight...
Nintendo Switch Just Quietly Got Two Cult-Favorite Game Boy Games
7.3.2025
Nintendo’s Switch Online retro library just inducted two more cult-favorites from the Game Boy. Mario’s Picross and Donkey Kong, commonly referred to as Donkey Kong ‘94, joined the subscription service overnight. That probably doesn’t mean anything to most people but you’d be wise to pay attention....
A Bunch Of Excellent Switch Games Are $20 Off For Mario Day
6.3.2025
The day of Mario is nearly upon us. In celebration of the overall-wearing plumber and his ongoing gaming franchise domination, Nintendo has marked down a bunch of Switch games that are normally $60. It’s also released a new Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch OLED bundle, in case you wanted to pick...
Big Nintendo Switch Sale Includes Deals On Mario, Kirby, And More
28.1.2025
A new Nintendo Switch eShop sale is happening right now. Nearly 40 games are currently marked down, including some first-party hits from Nintendo and a selection of third-party titles, too. Read more
Donkey Kong Looks Old-School In New Mario Kart And Not Everyone's Happy
17.1.2025
Nintendo finally unveiled the Switch 2 yesterday, giving us some bits of information and plenty of new cause for speculation, but the only game we saw was the next Mario Kart. Fans are already calling the kart racer Mario Kart 9 despite us having no official title yet. Though we only saw a...
5 Details Fans Noticed In The New Mario Kart Trailer
16.1.2025
Right now we only know about one game for the newly announced Nintendo Switch 2: the next Mario Kart. Nintendo didn’t reveal a title, but fans are already calling the kart racer Mario Kart 9 and scanning every frame of footage we got from the announcement trailer. We’ve gathered a few of those...
The Very Best Cosplay We Saw In 2024
10.1.2025
Every year is a good year for cosplay, but there’s definitely a sense of things returning to full blossom after the difficulty of the covid years. 2024 has shone with some of the most extraordinary, imaginative, and fantastically strange costumes worn at shows all around the world—here are some...
Everything You Need To Know About Mario and Luigi: Brothership
11.11.2024
The Mario & Luigi series came as a shock to players when it first debuted way back in 2003 with Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga on the Game Boy Advance, bringing the famous plumber and his brother, Luigi, into the role-playing realm for the first time since Super Mario RPG. Since then, the franchise...
Mario & Luigi Returns After Nearly A Decade But Not To Universal Acclaim
4.11.2024
2024 might end up being the last year of the Nintendo Switch’s lifespan before it’s replaced by something else. Yet looking at the console’s constant stream of new releases you wouldn’t realize that. In a year that already saw wonderfully charming titles like The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom...
Nintendo Was Reportedly 'Upset' About That Creepy Mario Photo From 2016
15.10.2024
Back in 2016, Nintendo tweeted out an image of a person in a Mario costume peeking out from behind a curtain. The tweet was meant to tease the upcoming reveal of the Switch. But the odd image was seen as creepy by some and quickly became a meme online. And according to two people who used to work...
New Super Mario Wonder Switch OLED Bundle Reportedly On The Way
6.9.2024
While fans wait desperately for news of the Switch 2 reveal, a new Nintendo Switch bundle is apparently coming soon in the meantime. A Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch OLED bundle is seemingly coming ahead of this holiday season. Read more
Lego Reveals Adorable Little Mario Kart Sets Coming In 2025
21.8.2024
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the most popular game on Nintendo Switch, is getting a proper Lego tribute starting next year. The toy brick company announced a line of Super Mario: Mario Kart Lego sets coming in 2025 that will include characters, cars, garages, and more. Read more
The Most Painful Mario Kart Finish Ever Gets The Perfect Sequel 10 Years Later
15.8.2024
We’ve all been there. You’re playing your favorite Mario Kart, cruising to a first-place victory after a cakewalk race when one little thing goes wrong and you’re suddenly staring down the barrel of a humiliating finish. This is the essence of getting Mario Karted, a term immortalized a decade...
13 Of The Worst Video Game Movies Ever Made
8.8.2024
Video game adaptations are enjoying a bit of a renaissance right now. A video game getting made into a movie used to have fans bracing for embarrassment, expecting some cheap, unwatchable slop to be dragged out and projected onto a big screen bearing the name of their favorite games. While there...
Overwatch 2's Identity Crisis, The Hate Driving The Assassin's Creed 'Controversy,' And More Opinions For The Week
28.7.2024
This week, Ubisoft released a statement addressing what might generously be called a “controversy” about the upcoming Assassin’s Creed game, Shadows. Let’s be real, though. It’s just the latest salvo from a reactionary hate movement. You can read our thoughts on that, the terrific texture of Yakuza...
Lego's Super Mario World Build Is The 16-Bit Perfection We Need
25.7.2024
You know what Lego’s are made of, right? Blocks! And you know what the original Mario was made of! Also blocks! So, if we just put those two ideas together...crossfade the undersplines...carry the seven... No, sorry, I’ve got nothing.Read more
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Would Be Terrific If Not For This One Colossal Flaw
23.7.2024
God, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is so frustrating. I’m this close to absolutely adoring this assortment of timed challenges from NES games. In many ways, it feels like it’s designed precisely for NES sickos like me, folks who have an enduring fondness not just for well-regarded...
A Bunch Of Nintendo Switch Stuff Is On Sale Right Now
12.7.2024
Nintendo games and consoles never get price drops anymore, but they do occasionally get surprisingly decent discounts. Whether to capitalize on the lead up to Amazon Prime Day, or just unload some excess summer inventory, the stars have aligned for some decent Switch deals this week that probably...
Switch Gets 7 More Random NES Games, Including One Programmed By Nintendo's Former President
5.7.2024
Nearly six years after it launched, Nintendo Switch Online is still getting new NES classics added to its on-demand subscription service. Nintendo announced seven more games are now available to play. The esoteric bunch, which includes Mach Rider and The Mystery of Atlantis, means almost every...
Players Are Already Having A Blast Imagining Zelda's New Copy Ability In Action
20.6.2024
Since the announcement of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, fans of the series have been expressing their excitement over Zelda’s unique gameplay. Chiefly, they are overjoyed about her ability to copy (or echo) items in the environment and use them against her enemies in battle. Read more