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10 Mario Characters Who Deserve To Be Playable In A Mainline Game

Gamers would love to see fan-favorite characters like Pauline and Wario take their place in a mainline Mario game.

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Why a Mainline Princess Peach Game is Super Important

Finally receiving a mainline game after decades of sitting on the sidelines, Princess Peach gets to prove why she's one of the best Mario characters.

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10 Best Characters From The Original Super Mario RPG, Ranked

Thanks to their charming personalities and impressive powers, Princess Peach, Bowser, and Mario remain some of Super Mario RPG's best characters.

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Who Else Could Be Playable in Super Mario Bros. Wonder?

Super Mario Bros. Wonder already boasts an impressive lineup of playable characters, but could even more be waiting in the wings?

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Super Mario Bros. Wonder Solves New Super Mario Bros.’ Biggest Issue

Super Mario Wonder gives the series its most whimsical aesthetic yet, abandoning the more boring look of the New Super Mario Bros. series.

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Mario and Sonic’s Newest Games May Just Revolutionize 2D Side-Scrollers

Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Sonic Superstars are bringing back classic gameplay with a few notable tweaks, which could revive side-scrollers.

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Super Mario RPG Needs To Be More Than a 1:1 Remake

Super Mario RPG's upcoming remake needs to maintain the classic game as much as possible, but new content and extra bosses would make it even better.

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10 Biggest Announcements From The June 2023 Nintendo Direct

June 2023's Nintendo Direct revealed new information about hotly anticipated upcoming releases in addition to a number of brand new announcements.

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10 Best Powered-Up Forms In Gaming

From Pokémon's Mega Evolutions to Super Sonic, video games have a long history of giving their heroes epic power-ups and special forms.

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10 Most Iconic Video Game Scientists

From friendly Pokémon Professors to the evil Doctor Robotnik, gaming is full of iconic scientific masterminds.

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10 Best '90s Nintendo Games, Ranked

The best Nintendo games of the 1990s of course come from franchises like The Legend of Zelda, James Bond, Mario, and more.

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10 Classic Game Boy Advance Games That Deserve A Switch Remake

With video game remakes enjoying incredible success today, there is definitely a market for Game Boy Advance remakes on the Nintendo Switch.

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10 '90s Platformer Games That Still Hold Up Today

The '90s were a golden age for both 2D and 3D platforming game series like Castlevania and Mario, many of which are still fun to revisit today.

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10 Best In-Game Nintendo References

Nintendo video games often feature cross-references to one another, through Easter eggs, modes, and blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameos.

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10 Best SNES Games Released During Its Twilight Years

Toward the end of its console run, the Super Nintendo still released some great games that players should check out.

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10 Video Game Characters Even People Who Don't Play Games Know

Some characters, like Mario and Pikachu, have worldwide recognition, even by those who don't play video games

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10 Companies Who Worked On Iconic Nintendo IPs

While Nintendo has its own subsidiaries to work on its games, some of Nintendo's most popular IPs were championed by third-party companies like Sega.

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10 NES Games That Defined The '80s

In the '80s, Nintendo introduced the world to an all-new array of characters and series, like The Legend of Zelda, that defined the era and beyond.

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10 Heroes Who Defined Classic Video Games

Link from The Legend of Zelda and Lara Croft from Tomb Raider are just a couple of the iconic video game characters who defined an era.

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10 Best Silent Protagonists In Video Games

Silent protagonists come in all shapes and sizes, from round, pink puffballs like Kirby to epic, legendary heroes like Link.

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