50 Years of Video Games: Super Mario 64 (N64)
With the Nintendo 64 being pushed back to 1996, it ended up being a little late to the party of
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50 Years of Video Games: Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)
One of the most often repeated pieces of video game trivia is that the game America received under the name
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50 Years of Video Games: Mario Bros. (Arcade)
While many people know of the 1983 Mario Bros. arcade game, primarily because Nintendo has constantly republished its NES port
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Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (3DS)
The Mario series has two major role-playing game series building off its established elements and world, the Paper Mario series
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Quality Time: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Space. Here on our little blue and green sphere, the very word captivates mankind with the thought of endless
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Super Mario Sunshine (GameCube)
While Mario is often the platform game trendsetter, establishing how a platforming character should control in both 2D and 3D
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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
Back before Paper Mario, back before Mario & Luigi, the portly platforming plumber known as Mario took his first foray
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The Haunted Hoard: Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Switch)
The original Luigi’s Mansion thrust Mario’s cowardly younger brother into the spotlight, Luigi working his way through an atmospheric mansion
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Paper Mario: The Origami King (Switch)
There are many game series that undergo drastic style shifts as the developers pursue new ideas or technology allows for
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Super Mario Party (Switch)
Near the end of the Wii U’s life and the start of the Switch’s, Nintendo’s release model of adding frequent
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The Haunted Hoard: Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS)
Over 10 years after his first game vacuuming up rogue spirits, Mario’s cowardly younger brother Luigi is called back into
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Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
With the Mario series being as big as it is, it’s easy to forget just how strange it is that
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The Haunted Hoard: Luigi’s Mansion (GameCube)
Ever since the early days of Mario’s career, whenever he needed someone to join him on an adventure, he could
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Dr. Mario (NES)
After Mario captivated the world with his platforming adventures in Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, and 3, the portly plumber
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Super Princess Peach (DS)
Difficulty, despite being such a subjective idea, is one of the most important elements of a game’s DNA, with many
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New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
Nostalgia is an incredibly powerful thing, and Nintendo is perhaps the company best poised to use it in their titles,
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Mario Party DS (DS)
The Mario Party series is undoubtedly one of the more derivative Mario spin-off series. They found a format for a
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Paper Mario: Color Splash (Wii U)
Some video games make up for lacking gameplay with an excellent, compelling story. Some make up for their nearly absent
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Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Mario Kart seems to be one of those series where the ever-improving nature of the sequels makes it hard to
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Super Mario World (SNES)
The goal of The Game Hoard is to play every video game ever released and review them along the way,
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Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)
Super Mario Odyssey is pure concentrated joy. Mario is an undeniable titan of the video game industry and most any
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