The first level of the original "Super Mario Bros." is intentionally built around education. It's true! In the first 10 seconds of play, level 1-1 teaches you the fundamentals of playing a "Super ...

Scott Baird is a Staff Writer at DualShockers with over a decade of experience writing about video games, board games, and tabletop RPGs. He has been writing professionally since 2013 and covering ...

At the top of my holiday gift-giving list this year is “The Goomba’s Book of Love,” by Steve Schirripa of Bensonhurst, just published by Random House. Schirripa plays Bobby Bacala on “The Sopranos,” ...

Prior to the release of Donkey Kong Bananza, Nintendo published a new volume of Ask the Developer all about the new platformer. In it, the minds behind Donkey Kong Bananza reveal how the game came to ...

Nothing is more powerful than a mother’s love. That is why mothers are so difficult to live with. The mother is the most important force in every boy’s life, but this is especially true in the Italian ...

Ever wondered what falling Goombas may look like in real life instead of in a video game? Certain guests of the Super Nintendo World theme park had a first-hand experience when a stack of Goombas ...

The Goomba with a Pot on Its Head is a Beacon Beach side quest in Mario+Rabbids Sparks of Hope that tasks you with a difficult mission: survive an onslaught from Goombas who don't take damage. Those ...

I’ve had my suspicions about the legitimacy of Mario’s medical license for a while now, but a new addition to the character lineup of Dr. Mario World — Nintendo’s puzzle game for phones — has finally ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Nintendo loves to build on what it has already created. Donkey Kong Bananza, a game that mixes 3D platforming with freeform destruction, began as a ...

Boss battles are critically important to most video game genres, providing climactic story points as well as the kind of challenge for which the game was bought in the first place. But what about the ...