Mario Kart World (NS2) was the best-selling game in Japan in 2025 at retail with sales of 2,668,381 units, [...] ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 might be having a rough go of things globally, but the Japanese market for it is doing better than ever ...

Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has turned his focus to his lifelong passion of gaming. He lived and worked in South Korea ...

Nintendo has revealed new Mario merchandise in the form of keychains with swappable Hanafuda cards. The company has also immediately started selling the items on its physical and online storefronts in ...

The third Japan-exclusive title in the Switch 2 Direct was Ys X -Proud Nordics-, and it appeared very briefly in the rapid sizzle reel. Nihon Falcom has set Summer 2025 as the release window for the ...

Super Mario Bros. 2 is seen as the black sheep of Mario games series. Released in 1988 for the NES and in 1992 for Japan, some players were sure they had played it before. They’d be correct, as the ...

PARIS — Surrounded by thousands of objects bearing the likeness of Nintendo’s moustachioed plumber, 40-year-old Kikai reflects that his “life would be totally different without Mario” who also marks ...

Believe it or not, Mario wasn't Nintendo's first mascot. Diskun got his start in Japan but remained there, and he's still ...