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Nintendo 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
News While Super Mario Bros. designer Takashi Tezuka is "always thinking" of how to keep the series fresh

Super 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 year
By Kaan Serin published
News 4:54.448 is the new Any% record

Super 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
News "Two records in a day!"

Discovering 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 cartridges
By Dustin Bailey published
News A new Minus World is upon us

The "elegant design" of Super Mario Bros levels has inspired devs for over 40 years, but it was Super Mario 64's 3D leap that was a "watershed moment"
By Nick Thorpe published
Feature The Magic of Mario | Mario could have all the appeal as a character, but without engaging worlds to explore he wouldn't be much of a star – Nintendo's divine design has been key

40 years later, Mario is still the ultimate gaming mascot: "He's got that Mickey Mouse effect"
By Darran Jones, Nick Thorpe published
Feature The Magic of Mario | A captivating character is one element that makes Super Mario Bros timeless – after all, you can't have Mario without the Mario

For the first time in 4 years, there's a new Super Mario Bros speedrun world record holder: "We are now only 15 frames away from a perfect speedrun"
By Dustin Bailey published
News "This grind was absolutely grueling"

"How do you even do this to a leaderboard of a popular game like Super Mario Bros?": Speedrunner beats the platformer's world record by 5 seconds, the biggest jump in over a decade
By Kaan Serin published
News "That was full autopilot... It doesn't feel real."

This may be the only Super Mario Bros review that landed with the NES launch, and the magazine that called it a "special hall of fame" classic in 1986 is helping set a new standard for game preservation
By Dustin Bailey published
News "No owner of the Nintendo Entertainment System should be without this game – it's a must!"
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