Mario got his start battling Donkey Kong, but he found his true nemesis in 1985 with the introduction of Bowser in the first Super Mario Bros. In the decades since, the famous plumber has battled the King of All Koopas so many times, and it’s pretty surprising how little has …
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Nintendo has released its financial results (opens in new tab) for the fiscal year of 2013. In case you didn’t go to business school, that accounts for all the company’s commerce from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013. There’s a lot of information to parse out, including the N …
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