Category: mario

Someone turned Lego Mario into a controller for ‘Super Mario Bros.’

[ad_1] The reason Rick was able to make the toy work with Super Mario Bros. is that the figure features an accelerometer, gyroscope and Bluetooth chip to allow it to communicate with the different physical and digital elements that make up the Lego Super Mario sets. All told, the project took @r1ckp approximately four hours. […]

Lego Super Mario is a charming attempt at real-life ‘Mario Maker’

[ad_1] Once you’ve built a course, the Lego team hopes you’ll play through it. Place Mario on the Start Pipe and a 60-second timer will appear on his abdomen. You also hear the classic Mario theme tune through the minifigure’s speaker, emphasizing a new run has begun. Your goal is to get through the level […]

Nintendo is reportedly planning to remaster classic Mario games this year

[ad_1] While several old Mario games are already available on the console through the NES and SNES Switch Online services, Nintendo plans to remaster “most” of the Mario back catalog, according to Video Games Chronicle. The titles include Super Mario Galaxy and a deluxe version of Super Mario 3D World, Eurogamer reports, with the latter […]

Nintendo offers a rare discount on select Mario games

[ad_1] Leading the sale is Super Mario Maker 2 (Amazon, eShop). It’s currently $40, down from $60. Engadget senior editor Devindra Hardawar liked the Nintendo Switch release of Mario Maker a lot when he played it last year. According to eShop price tracker DekuDeals, $40 is the lowest price Super Mario Maker 2 has sold […]

Players have created over 2 million levels on ‘Super Mario Maker 2’

[ad_1] Creating a course on Super Mario Maker 2 lets players experience what it’s like to be a game designer and is one of the game’s most unique features — so it’s no surprise that it’s taken off. One Canadian super fan has already rolled out a full 32-course game. Really, anyone can create a […]

Watch the ‘Super Mario Maker 2’ Nintendo Direct here

[ad_1] Super Mario Maker 2 is a follow-up to 2015’s Super Mario Maker for the Wii U, rather than just a port of the old game to the new console. Nintendo has promised fifteen minutes dedicated purely to the Switch exclusive, hopefully including lots of new details about what we can expect come June. As […]

‘Mario Kart Tour’ beta will arrive on phones next month

[ad_1] It’s almost here! Today, Nintendo announced a “Closed Beta Test” for Mario Kart Tour, a long-delayed mobile spin-off that we currently know diddly-squat about. (Seriously, Nintendo hasn’t released a single screenshot.) The sneak-preview will be available to Android users in the US and Japan between May 22nd and June 4th. (The final game, of […]