Nintendo of Europe are offering a free sticker book to the first 10,000 people to register their purchase of Paper Mario: Sticker Star, which is released across Europe tomorrow. The Decalburg Sticker Fest has been ruined! Thanks to Bowser's meddling, the Sticker Comet has exploded and the Royal Stickers have been scattered all over the Mushroom Kingdom. Looks like there's only one paper-thin hero who can save...... read more

If you're feeling creative then Nintendo has a contest going on that might just be up your street. To promote Paper Mario: Sticker Star and its November 11th launch, they're giving away 10 prizes (5 to US residents, and 5 to Canadians). Entrants must make a diorama based on the Paper Mario universe. If you're unsure what that is, it's one of these type deals: Papercraft in a shoebox The contest is open...... read more

Yep, the one you've all been waiting for. Paper Mario has now landed on the US Virtual Console. Paper Mario (N64) Balloon Fight (NES) Silent Debuggers (TG-16) See you Friday for the Euro...... read more

Guess what. N64 classic Paper Mario is now on the Virtual Console in Europe and Australia, as of today. It's also joined by Air Zonk. Equally exciting! Maybe...... read more

A barrage of Nintendo inspired graffiti has been seen on the streets lately. The most recent was spotted in Seattle, this collage depicting Mario. It's made out of paper squares stapled to an utility pole. Mario brightening the street. Someone has...... read more

Exciting news for Paper Mario fans, the original N64 game is set to hit the Japanese Virtual Console next month. Here's Japan's full release list for June 2007. Nintendo 64 F-Zero X (Nintendo) Paper Mario (Nintendo) SNES Magical Drop (Data East) Breath of Fire 2 (Capcom) NES Adventures of Lolo (Nintendo) Front Line (Taito) Shin Onigashma (Nintendo) Field Combat (Jaleco) ...... read more

There's a new commercial going around for Super Paper Mario. Check it out below. Wii would like to play! Super Paper Mario is released in 3...... read more

Super Paper Mario is currently Gamefly's most popular game across all platforms. Gamefly is a rental service based in the US. Customers of the service are eagerly adding the game to their queues ahead of release, which is in a week's time on April...... read more

Some Super Paper Mario gameplay footage from the GDC has surfaced. The video shows off a bit of puzzle solving and general gameplay. Super Paper Mario is supposedly a hybrid of platform action and RPG elements. It looks like fun and will be on my shopping list. Due for release on April...... read more

Some new information suggests that Super Paper Mario is set to be released in April, not too far away! This new adventure is said to take Mario to an interdimensional town named "Flipside". The Wiimote is used in a horizontal fashion to control Mario, who will have a butterfly as a sidekick. The game will feature both 2D and 3D antics. One to watch out...... read more

A new Mario game has been in development called Super Paper Mario. Originally lined up for the Gamecube, the game was delayed and took on a mysterious silence. Word is out that the game is now headed for the Wii instead. The developers of the game are Intelligent Systems, the team known for classics like Fire Emblem, Advance Wars and Metroid Fusion so it's sure to be a...... read more

If you're an iPhone or iPod Touch owner and want to show your allegiance to all things Mega Man, Internet user CurlehMustache created a number of wallpapers for the release of Mega Man 10: Get them...... read more

To celebrate the festive season, Ubisoft has released some wallpapers and avatars promoting peace and good will to all men, and Red Steel 2. Red Steel 2 wallpapers Red Steel 2 avatars One of the more exciting Wii games to look forward to next...... read more

It's an exciting time to be a Nintendo fan! On March 3rd, 2017 Big N will do a worldwide release of their new machine: Switch - so called because it switches between being a home console and something you can take on the move. A number of games have already been announced, but here's a look at Super Mario Odyssey: How do you like...... read more

Third year university students across my homeland of the UK are getting ready to hand in their dissertations to complete a long and hard working 3 years to hopefully graduate in a few months time. I'm one of those, and I have hit a stumbling block in my studies...MK8 DLC. I've waited months for the Animal Crossing DLC pack to be released, along with the recently announced 200CC difficulty, and there is no way I can...... read more

amiibo fans won't be happy to hear it, but the upcoming Gold Mario amiibo has been confirmed as another retailer exclusive. It joins Meta Knight as an amiibo that is only available at Wal-Mart stores. The gold Mario is the first amiibo of the new Super Mario Bros. line to be a retailer exclusive, while three amiibo from the Super Smash Bros. line, Rosalina & Luma, Meta Knight, and Shulk, were exclusive at Target,...... read more

The nice folks over at Unseen64 were able to dig up concept art and footage of a cancelled Mario volleyball/wrestling hybrid game. The game, titled Super Mario Spikers, was planned for release on the Wii, and was being developed by Next Level Games (the masterminds of the Mario Strikers series). According to the report, the game started off simply as Mario Volleyball. As development on the game progressed,...... read more

While there were many great games at Nintendo's E3 showing, the most unique and exciting one to me was Mario Maker. The upcoming game gives players the ability to build their own Mario levels. However, one has to wonder will this impact the sales of current and future Mario games? Mario Maker producer Takashi Tezuka feels quite confident that sales will see no negative impact from the future release. His...... read more

University final resits are... very, very time consuming. On that note: Top 5's? To hitch a ride on the website bandwagon, Mario has been in my life since I was three years old and Super Mario Bros. was the first game I ever played. Mario has literally, in some way or another, changed my life and my relationship with video games... and surprisingly still, nostalgia plays no part in how I reflect on the series....... read more

One of Nintendo's pleasant surprises at this year's E3 was Splatoon. The game takes the squad-based shooter template and puts a Nintendo spin on it. It's also a breath of fresh air in that it's a new IP (something Nintendo desperately needs). However, the game was nearly a Mario spin-off. Speaking in the latest issue of Edge magazine, Shigeru Miyamoto said: There were heated debates over who the main player...... read more

Mario Kart 8 is receiving some great additions thanks to DLC (downloadable content) that will be available in two parts. The first DLC, available in November, will add Tanooki Mario, Cat Peach and Hyrule's very own hero, Link, to the game. The second, scheduled to be released May 2015, will have an Animal Crossing Villager, Isabelle from Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and the skeletal Dry Bowser. Each bundle of...... read more

A study published in Computers in Human Behavior has shown that a group of 48 subjects decreased their levels of stress after playing Mario Kart, having first performing a Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) in order to stress the applicants out. Operating on the theory of self determination, researchers observed the applicants and observed how they felt after being tested while monitoring their...... read more

Is there a bigger more well-known gaming mascot than Mario? The guy is the face of an entire generation of gaming. He has been in hundreds of video games and this got me thinking. What are my top five favourite Mario games? Well, here they are. One rule, I will only include games where Mario is the main focus, so games like Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros are out. Also, keep in mind that if I haven't played the...... read more

August 27th will bring with it a new update to Mario Kart 8. The download is set to include a number of new features and three Mercedes cars to choose from: Mercedes-Benz GLA 300 SL Roadster (1950s era) Silver Arrow (1930s era) To go along with this, Nintendo are also organizing a global tournament called the "Mercedes Cup". As for tweaks to the nuts and bolts of the game, here's a...... read more

Many of us think we're pretty good at platform games, but the speedrunners of this world take that to a whole other level. One such speed demon called Blubbler has taken on Super Mario Bros and beaten it in just 4:57.69, edging out the previous record of 4:58.09. Video evidence below! The iconic Super Mario Bros. is now almost 30 years old. Time...... read more

For a while we have known that Japan was going to get a Mercedes-themed DLC for Mario Kart 8, but today we received a confirmation via Nintendo's Twitter accounts that this DLC will be coming to North America, as well. The DLC will include a "GLA-class kart," which is based on the Mercedes Benz GLA-class SUV. All we know for a release date is that it will come "this summer," as stated in the tweet, but hopefully...... read more

The next set of figures confirmed for the McDonalds happy meals will be some very familiar faces. Mario and the gang will be driving their way into Happy Meals a little later this summer and you'll be able to collect Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Peach, Donkey Kong, and Yoshi as well as a red Mario cap that comes with each toy. Be on the look out for these collectible figures based on Mario Kart 8 later in the next...... read more

During today's Nintendo E3 direct presentation we saw a lot, and earlier this week, an image hit the web that had everyone talking about a new Mario title and it looks like the rumors were true. Mario Maker, confirmed for the Wii U, will allow players to change and create portions of their own Mario levels. The GamePad and the stylus will be used in order to avoid obstacles as you maneuver your way to the...... read more