Mario Kart has been an interesting case study for the evolution of racing games. Launching on the Super Nintendo in 1992, the racing game was a straightforward title that quickly embraced the “easy to ...

Sports are foundational to gaming as a medium. From Pong to NES Baseball, the infancy of the medium was littered with just-about-recognisable renditions of real-life sports in an attempt to conjure a ...

The Nintendo Switch generation sent many long-running Nintendo series to new heights, but it wasn’t quite as kind to Mario’s athletic ambitions. Mario Tennis Aces, Mario Golf: Super Rush, and Mario ...

With Mario Tennis Fever kicking off the Mario Sports franchise on Nintendo Switch 2, it’s official that one of Mario’s best spin-offs is finally joining Nintendo’s newest platform. Fans have been ...

Explore the complete evolution of Super Mario—from classic arcade beginnings to the open-world brilliance of Odyssey. This ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Mario's sports spin-offs during the Switch era have been mostly decent, but also, largely unsurprising. There have been few frills and largely anemic ...

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