More colours, more sprites on screen ... but the gameplay of the likes of Super Mario 64 and Metal Gear Solid still shine through. The move from pixels to polygons was here to stay.

The sequel to Donkey Kong Country Returns, the Retro Studios-developed Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze is a classic-style 2D platformer replacing its sprite ... uses a Super Mario World ...

There's more to it than Mario and Zelda There's no shortage of ... and playing this game with a black and white aesthetic instead of more modern alternatives kind of evokes those memories.

Now, you can change that with the Visual Enchantments texture pack, which has a unique sprite for ... and chunky black outlines, feeling like you’ve dropped straight into Mario’s world.

Tanaka was a video game composer working for Nintendo who had previously composed for games such as Super Mario Land and Metroid ... However, the black background allows Mother to make enemy sprites ...

The Switch 2 won't have a new Super Mario game with Charles Martinet. This marks the first Nintendo console without a new ...

Sprite recycling isn't an uncommon phenomenon and continues today so once you start noticing it, you can't unsee it. Arguably today it's a little more subtle than the original Mario Bros ...

This star sprite is a supporting character in the later Mario and Luigi installments. She is a supporting character in three games, and across her various appearances, has aided the likes of Mario ...

Rejoice: It’s 1991’s Super Mario World! Composed by the great Koji Kondo, Super Mario World’s soundtrack was the first to make use of the SNES’ more powerful sound hardware, and Kondo ...

Nintendo did not officially reveal any new games in the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement this week, but the reveal video might have provided a first look at the next Mario Kart game. Intriguingly ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Thursday's reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 only showed the hardware playing one ...