You can trace Wario’s roots back to 1989’s Super Mario Land (opens in new tab). No, not the sequel in which he made his debut, but Gunpei Yokoi’s original, which took Nintendo’s beloved mascot well outside his comfort zone to a world of sphinxes and submarines, aliens and Moai statues. …
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What in the (Super Mario) world? Video games often require players to suspend disbelief, and we’re usually more than willing to do so. It doesn’t matter why the bad guys are bad, so long as that means we get to take them down with some awesome moves and have fun …
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One look at New Super Mario Bros U will tell you what you think you already know. It’s an HD version of modern 2D Mario. It looks like New Super Mario Bros, has anarchic multiplayer like Super Mario Bros Wii and has plenty of pixels to play about with. But …
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