While talking with Jonathan Bennink, the lead designer on LEGO Super Mario, I was unsurprised to hear Super Mario Bros’ World 1-1 was a huge inspiration during the four-year development of the toy ...

The pixelated sprite of Cape Mario riding on Yoshi might be my single favorite image in all of gaming. Super Mario World was a launch title for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which came out ...

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We opened up the box, poured out some colorful bricks. Then we put Mario together, popped in some batteries, snapped on his suspenders and watched him say hello. Lego’s big play set series for this ...

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