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 News NewsNintendo icon Shigeru Miyamoto says the Mario series will still be around for its 100th anniversary "as long as we don’t forget" what the platformer is all about – "running and jumping"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsNintendo celebrates Mario's 40th anniversary not with a new 3D platformer for Switch 2, but a Thanksgiving Parade balloon one exec insists is "sure to have fans everywhere cheering 'Wahoo!'"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsThe most mid Square Enix game in existence, Balan Wonderworld, shocks the nation and sells a single copy in the US this September: "Somebody made the conscious decision to pick up that game"By Ashley Bardhan Published 
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 News NewsKirby Air Riders main menu takes cues from the Super Smash Bros desk – and after being shown in the latest Nintendo Direct, its weirdly beautiful design may already be my favorite everBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsMario Galaxy and Astro Bot-inspired 3D platformer demolishes its Kickstarter funding goal in just 47 minutes, now smashing through multiple stretch goalsBy Kaan Serin Published 
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 News News"I've thrown everything I have into this game from the start": After giving Smash Bros. Ultimate fans almost 3 years of DLC, Masahiro Sakurai says "everything is here" already in Kirby Air RidersBy Catherine Lewis Published 
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 News News2 Kirby Air Riders beta weekends will give you an early preview of 3 tracks and 3 modes in the Switch 2 racing game, including City Trial, in NovemberBy Dustin Bailey Published 
 
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Crash Bandicoot
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 News NewsCrash Bandicoot co-creator says the remake "got almost everything right, except the most important 30 milliseconds," and that's why it "feels worse than the 1996 original"By Issy van der Velde Published 
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 news newsLong before the Super Mario Bros. movie grossed $1.3 billion, Sega's president tried making a Crash Bandicoot movie but was told "video games is like a toy business"By Jordan Gerblick Published 
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 News NewsActivision reportedly canceled a Crash Bandicoot 5 that also starred Spyro because it wanted more live-service gamesBy Kaan Serin Published 
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 News NewsCrash Bandicoot is teasing an appearance at The Game Awards 2022By Hope Bellingham Published 
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 News NewsCrash Bandicoot 4 developer teases upcoming project, sparking hopes of a new Crash gameBy Hope Bellingham Published 
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 Guide GuideWhere to find all Crash 4 N. Verted hidden gemsBy Daniel Hollis Last updated 
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 guide guideCrash 4 bosses you'll face off against in It's About TimeBy Ford James Last updated 
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 guide guideCrash 4 N. Verted mode explained and how mirrored levels workBy Ford James Published 
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 guide guideCrash 4 Flashback Tapes locations to unlock special levelsBy Ford James Published 
 
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Donkey Kong
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 News NewsSales exec who helped launch the NES says Donkey Kong Jr. Math is "the worst game we released" and Nintendo "thought it'd be great for kids' education, but we couldn't give it away"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsIconic voice behind Donkey Kong's "oh banana" says he only did it because he "got so sick of asking" others to do the voice acting, and he "never thought" Nintendo would still be using it 25 years laterBy Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News NewsDonkey Kong 64 composer who went uncredited in the Super Mario Bros Movie was "so pissed" that he still hasn't watched the film, even if he has "seen that bit" with the DK RapBy Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News NewsThe Rock hasn't cared about a single Donkey Kong game in 44 years because "none of them matter" – it's all about the arcade original that put Nintendo on the mapBy Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News NewsPeak recognizes peak as Donkey Kong Bananza gets a shoutout from Final Fantasy 7 Remake series director as one of his "top picks" of 2025: "I thought it was amazing"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 Now Playing Now PlayingI'm still disappointed by Donkey Kong Bananza's newest DLC, but Nintendo's bolt-on roguelike mode is so good that I keep coming backBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsDonkey Kong Bananza is getting DLC that lets you explore DK Island, complete with a new roguelike mode that's available todayBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsAs scholars analyze every frame of Donkey Kong Bananza for lore implications, the game's director says "please enjoy it without thinking too deeply about it"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsDonkey Kong Bananza's baffling default button settings were suggested by Shigeru Miyamoto himselfBy Scott McCrae Published 
 
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Kirby
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 News NewsKirby Air Riders main menu takes cues from the Super Smash Bros desk – and after being shown in the latest Nintendo Direct, its weirdly beautiful design may already be my favorite everBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News News"I've thrown everything I have into this game from the start": After giving Smash Bros. Ultimate fans almost 3 years of DLC, Masahiro Sakurai says "everything is here" already in Kirby Air RidersBy Catherine Lewis Published 
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 News News2 Kirby Air Riders beta weekends will give you an early preview of 3 tracks and 3 modes in the Switch 2 racing game, including City Trial, in NovemberBy Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News NewsA new Nintendo Direct as long as the Switch 2 reveal is coming this week, but this one is dedicated to Super Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai's true love: Kirby Air RidersBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 Hands-on Hands-onI played Kirby Air Riders and it's the perfect racer for players who've had enough of Mario KartBy James Daly Published 
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 News NewsNintendo confirms Kirby Air Riders is out in November, and it's only $70, leaving no question which Switch 2 racer is betterBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsKirby Air Riders director Masahiro Sakurai says those who haven't already played the GameCube racer might ask themselves "if it's basically Mario Kart," and, uh, yeah, "it basically is like Mario Kart"By Ashley Bardhan Published 
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 News NewsMashiro Sakurai says he's making Kirby Air Riders because, well, Nintendo asked him to while he was working on Smash Bros. DLC, ending speculation it was his own doingBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsNintendo confirms a Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct is coming tomorrow and it's going to have 45 minutes of new info on the Switch 2 racerBy Scott McCrae Published 
 
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Rayman
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 News NewsUbisoft casually confirms its best series is coming back with job postings for "a prestigious AAA title for the Rayman brand"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsRayman Origins is free on the Ubisoft Store right nowBy Connor Sheridan Published 
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 Review ReviewRayman Legends PS4/Xbox One reviewBy Ryan Taljonick Published 
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 Why Rayman Legends is a better Sonic and Mario game than Sonic and MarioBy David Houghton Published 
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 Rayman Legends patch to add missing Vita stagesBy Tom Ivan Published 
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 Rayman Legends reportedly missing content on VitaBy Tom Ivan Published 
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 Vita version of Rayman Legends delayedBy GamesRadar Published 
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 Rayman Legends on the Vita is touchingBy Sophia Tong Published 
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 Rayman Legends coming to VitaBy Tom Ivan Published 
 
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Sonic the Hedgehog
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 News NewsSonic Racing: CrossWorlds has sold 1 million copies in under a month while the "overwhelmingly positive" Steam rating holds strongBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsSomewhere at Sonic Team is a whole "roadmap of Sonic titles," says head honcho Takashi Iizuka, and the devs "think about which game to release in which year"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsSonic the Hedgehog's Takashi Iizuka said Sonic Adventure remakes aren't happening, but Sega just filed a trademark that's fueling hopes for a Shadow the Hedgehog revivalBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsSonic Racing: CrossWorlds has Sega's "secret sauce" thanks to the devs combining "the essence" of multiple other "legendary" racing games like OutRun and Initial DBy Catherine Lewis Published 
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 News NewsJust in case you thought Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds wasn't chaotic enough, its next online event has a mode rotation dedicated to throwing items at fellow racers to earn Minecraft prizesBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsI think Sega is sneak dissing Mario Kart World again, says Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds races are won by "players who think strategically and race skillfully, not just those who get lucky"By Jordan Gerblick Published 
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 News NewsSonic Racing: CrossWorld's cross-play was "leagues more difficult" than any other part of development, but including it was crucial for good matchmakingBy Anthony McGlynn Published 
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 Opinion OpinionSonic Racing CrossWorlds' Avatar and SpongeBob packs are a start, but I'm desperate for classic Sega rep – Crazy Taxi, when?By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 
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 News NewsSonic the Hedgehog's Takashi Iizuka says a remake of Sonic Adventure isn't in the works because Sega developers "could make a brand new game instead"By Kaan Serin Published 
 
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Super Mario
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 News NewsNintendo icon Shigeru Miyamoto says the Mario series will still be around for its 100th anniversary "as long as we don’t forget" what the platformer is all about – "running and jumping"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsNintendo celebrates Mario's 40th anniversary not with a new 3D platformer for Switch 2, but a Thanksgiving Parade balloon one exec insists is "sure to have fans everywhere cheering 'Wahoo!'"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsSuper Mario Bros speedrunner is now just 11 frames away from the absolute perfect playthrough of the 40-year-old classic, after beating the world record for the third time this yearBy Kaan Serin Published 
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 News NewsMario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says Nintendo's new fascination with movies is because "Ultimately what people remember are the IPs"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsSuper Mario Bros speedrun legend returns to the most competitive category after $5,000 bounty and sets 2 world records in a day: "If this isn't proof that I'm him, I don't know what is"By Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News NewsSuper Mario Galaxy has a "horribly inefficient" secret: the credits are always loaded in the background while you play, which has the "inadvertently heartwarming" side effect of making sure the platformer always remembers the Nintendo legends who made itBy Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News NewsMario Kart 8 has outsold Mario Kart World for 2 months straight in the US, but since "over 80%" of Switch 2 owners already have World via console bundle, that "kind of makes it impossible" to outdo the 11-year series GOATBy Dustin Bailey Published 
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 Best List Best ListThe 15 best Mario games of all timeBy David Meikleham Last updated 
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 News NewsDiscovering new Super Mario Bros levels that have "secretly been accessible" for over 30 years, "legendary Mario scientists" find themselves in a psychedelic cyberpunk hellscape hiding on their childhood SNES cartridgesBy Dustin Bailey Published 
 
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More about Platforming Games
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 News News2 Kirby Air Riders beta weekends will give you an early preview of 3 tracks and 3 modes in the Switch 2 racing game, including City Trial, in NovemberBy Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News NewsSuper Mario Bros speedrunner is now just 11 frames away from the absolute perfect playthrough of the 40-year-old classic, after beating the world record for the third time this yearBy Kaan Serin Published 
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 News NewsSonic Racing: CrossWorlds has sold 1 million copies in under a month while the "overwhelmingly positive" Steam rating holds strongBy Scott McCrae Published 
 
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