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Super 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 it
By Dustin Bailey published
News "4643 lines of text" can add up in the Wii's memory

Mario 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 GOAT
By Dustin Bailey published
News Not even a new Mario Kart can stop 8's reign of sales supremacy

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has Sega's "secret sauce" thanks to the devs combining "the essence" of multiple other "legendary" racing games like OutRun and Initial D
By Catherine Lewis published
News Sega knows its stuff when it comes to racing games

Just 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 prizes
By Scott McCrae published
News Spin to win

I 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
News "In item-based racing games, being in first place is often a disadvantage since everyone behind you can attack with items. That can make players not want to be in first place"

Iconic 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 later
By Dustin Bailey published
News "I never thought they’d really use it"

Donkey 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 Rap
By Dustin Bailey published
News "I tell you what, I still haven't watched the movie yet"

After 16 years, the wait for a new Mega Man game is nothing compared to the wait fans have had for the next act of the rock opera based on Capcom's legendary action series, but The Protomen's third album is finally upon us
By Scott McCrae published
News But you'll have to wait for it to release weekly, "like watching HBO on Sunday nights in 2002 and waiting to see the drama unfold for a couple of months!"

The 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 map
By Dustin Bailey published
News Dwayne Johnson doesn't care about Super Nintendo classics like Donkey Kong Country or GOTY 2025 candidates like Donkey Kong Bananza
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