Month of Mario: Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
While the glasses-free stereoscopic 3D of the Nintendo 3DS was an impressive piece of tech, many players wondered if it
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
Month of Mario: Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
After completing the phenomenal 3D platformer Super Mario Galaxy, the development team at Nintendo EAD Tokyo found themselves with a
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Month of Mario: New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
This may sound a little odd, but I do not believe Nintendo was trying to make an excellent game when
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Month of Mario: Mario’s Game Gallery (PC)
Mario’s Game Gallery, rereleased under the name Mario’s FUNdamentals in 1998, is primarily a collection of card, board, and dice
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Month of Mario: Mario Super Sluggers (Wii)
When I first played Mario Super Sluggers around 15 years ago, I stayed up all night to play this baseball
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Month of Mario: Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (DS)
A touch screen basketball game sounds like a risky gamble. It’s not too hard to imagine the controls being too
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Month of Mario: Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (DS)
In the original Mario vs. Donkey Kong, the big gorilla is driven mad by his desire to own the wind-up
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Month of Mario: Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Switch)
When Mario and Donkey Kong first faced off in their debut 1981 arcade game, it left a cultural footprint that
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Month of Mario: Mario Kart DS (DS)
When people look back at old Mario Kart titles, they often focus on the tracks, the racers, and the items,
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Month of Mario: Super Mario Strikers (GameCube)
With most Mario sports titles, you can expect the sport featured to be accessible, colorful, and supplemented with a few
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Month of Mario: Mario Pinball Land (GBA)
Kirby, Samus, Sonic, Pac-Man… when these video games heroes got their pinball spin-offs, all they had to do was curl
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Month of Mario: Mario Power Tennis (GameCube)
If you ever wonder what makes Mario sports games special, play Mario Power Tennis. It takes the fundamentals of the
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Month of Mario: Dr. Mario 64 (N64)
Dr. Mario 64 is a Wario game in disguise. While it certainly features the familiar virus-busting puzzle play found in
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Month of Mario: Paper Mario (N64)
While later entries in the Paper Mario series structure entire games around finding ways to factor its world being made
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Month of Mario: Mario Party 2 (N64)
The first Mario Party game was a bit of a trial run for what an original virtual board game could
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Month of Mario: Mario Clash (Virtual Boy)
The Virtual Boy was an ambitious effort from Nintendo, attempting to bring stereoscopic 3D gaming to people’s homes and even
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Month of Mario: Mario’s Super Picross (SNES)
Usually, I’m not too keen to play a game in a language I do not understand. While I’ll sometimes be
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Month of Mario: Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)
Mario Golf on Game Boy Color takes an interesting approach to how it includes the familiar princess-saving plumber. While you
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Month of Mario: Mario’s Early Years: Preschool Fun (SNES)
When should you introduce your child to Mario? Naturally it shouldn’t be before the age of 2 when their minds
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Month of Mario: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Game Boy)
The first Super Mario Land game was strange for taking video gaming’s most recognizable hero and having him go on
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Month of Mario: Mario Teaches Typing (PC)
When computers were becoming accessible enough that they started appearing in homes, a wave of games appeared to help prepare
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