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Mar10 Day Sees Super Mario Bros. Movie Sequel Announcement

AlexGherzo | Mar 10, 2024 | 2

March 10 is Mario Day because the abbreviation of the month plus the numbers in the day kinda looks like “Mario.” (At least it’s less tenuous than May the Fourth.) Wisely, Nintendo decided to capitalize on the occasion by making a big announcement. Nintendo game director Shigeru Miyamoto and I...

Super Nintendo World Plane Takes Flight

AlexGherzo | Feb 21, 2024 | 0

Ever wanted to take flight with Mario but can’t find a raccoon tail? You’re in luck – for the next few months, at least – as Universal Studios Hollywood and Spirit Airlines have joined forces to make Airbus A320neo, an airplane with a Super Nintendo World theme. The plane will fly from vario...

Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct is a Looker

AlexGherzo | Aug 31, 2023 | 0

Nintendo’s greatest hero never looked this good. Earlier today, the video game company released a Nintendo Direct devoted solely to its upcoming platformer Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Showcasing the graphics and gameplay, the fifteen-minute presentation presented gamers with a new kind of Mario adve...

Mario Voice Actor Charles Martinet Retires

AlexGherzo | Aug 21, 2023 | 0

If you’ve noticed Mario sounding different lately – aside from the movie where he was played by Star-Lord – there’s a reason. In a statement posted on Twitter today, Nintendo announced that Charles Martinet, the widely recognized voice of the video game giant’s flagship character, is retir...

Jack Black Pitches Pedro Pascal as Wario for the Super Mario Bros. Sequel

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Apr 10, 2023 | 0

Whenever two things are popular simultaneously, studios and fans alike often imagine combining these popular things to make something new, the hypnosis of current think fueling them. Jack Black has fallen into this trend following the massive success of HBO’s The Last of Us and Universal’s Super...

REVIEW: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

AlexGherzo | Apr 5, 2023 | 0

This year started off rocky for me, movie-wise, but I’ve suddenly been inundated with a series of pleasant surprises. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the latest one, something I’d figured would be well-made and good for what it is, but not of interest to me. As far as video games go, I’ve left ...