When we wrote about the best items in video games there were some glaring, but intentional, omissions. For example, we didn’t include a single “item” from the Mario series. That’s because all those ...

Blaise Santi is a recent graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts majoring in Dramatic Writing. He's had experience writing not only for screen and stage, but also for sketch and late-night. His ...

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Super Mario Bros. Wonder is perhaps the Mario franchise’s most colorful and unusual game to date, featuring all manner of dream-like themes and near-endless amounts of creativity. Like any new Mario ...

Through power-ups and abilities aided by detailed animations and excellent voice acting, Wonder’s Mario is the most expressive he’s ever been. Through power-ups and abilities aided by detailed ...

Check out a new look at Mario and Luigi in the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie, this time getting an iconic power-up fans ...

Frank Martin is a comic writer and author who is not as crazy as his work makes him out to be. He's written the one-shot comics Macabre Motel and Grimm Space as well as the 2-part stories Polar ...

Nintendo’s mascot is boring. So for nearly four decades, it has fed the jumping plumber an increasingly bizarre diet of items. By Zachary Small Early into his newest adventure, Mario transforms into a ...

It’s March 10, also known as Mario Day (Mar10, get it?). And to celebrate, the Polygon crew decided to draw their favorite Mario power-up from memory. Some of us — the usual suspects, if you’ve been ...

In addition to these seven power-ups, Mario’s iconic yellow cape from Super Mario World also makes a cameo in the movie. In that game, the cape allows Mario to fly briefly and whip nearby foes.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is now available on Nintendo Switch, and the Mario game introduces a whole bunch of new abilities for the game’s heroes to use. These take the form of both Power-Ups and ...