Jakks’ Nintendo Mario Kart 8 Luigi Mini Anti-Gravity R/C Racer can either be put on display or just driven around the house, and it’s being offered for just $21.99, originally $39.99. Fans can either race in standard mode or flip into anti-gravity mode to perform drifts and tricks at the push of a button. Product page.
Super Mario Eclipse has finally been released after being in development for 4-years, and it’s currently the largest Super Mario Sunshine mod yet. For starters, you’ll find 120 all-new shines, three playable characters, new movement mechanics, an improved game engine, and remixed boss fights.
Sure, the Super Mario 64 PC port may have been taken down, but this fan-made Super Mario and the Rainbow Stars game has 7 chapters and still available…for now. Put simply, it attempts to combine the best of Paper Mario as well as the Mario and Luigi series into a side-scrolling 2D platformer.
Yoshimichi Ishida, a real Buddhist monk from Japan, has become an internet sensation for this ritual of praying every time Mario kills an enemy in the original Super Mario Bros. game. That’s right, he stops playing immediately and recites a sutra so their soul will rest in peace.
Super Mario 64 has already been ported to the Meta Quest, but what about a version that runs on original N64 hardware? Programmer James Lambert unveils his version of Super Mario 64 VR that does just that, utilizing a few modifications.
Let’s face it, speedrunners just couldn’t best each other’s times for Level 8-2 in Super Mario Bros. for the longest time, that is until a Bullet Bill glitch was discovered. Put simply, the glitch saves time by having Mario bounce off a Bullet Bill and skipping the “walking to the castle” animation.
One gamer has discovered a new Mario Kart DS shortcut nearly 20-years after its original release. To be more specific, it involves cutting 6-seconds off laps when racing on the Waluigi Pinball Course using a ‘bonking’ strategy.
Super Mario 64 Rerendered is yet another fan remake, but this one adds new textures, a revamped lighting system, remixed theme music, and lots more. One gripe that players had was of the camera’s occasional erratic movements and lack of optimal angle, so we can only hope this remake fixes it.
It’s official, the rumored LEGO Mario Kart set is coming in 2025, and a newly released teaser gives us a very brief glimpse at one of the karts, or at least the outline of one. This announcement comes ahead of MAR10 Day, also known as Mario Day or National Mario Day, which refers to an annual celebration of the Super Mario franchise.
