We all grew up playing it. We grew up, obsessing about ‘The’ ultimate game. But do we really know anything else about Mario other than the fact that he’s a brick breaking, flower shooting, turtle hunting, plumber?

1. Nintendo president, Hiroshi Yamauchi was desperate to try and break into the arcade games division in North America but they turned out to be a complete disaster to the American consumers with the game, Radarscope.

2. In 1979, Nintendo hired Shigeru Miyamoto who was then simply an in-house artist, to create a game that would salvage the situation. And [...]

Super Mario Bros. bags a special place for those born in the 90s. The game will be turning 30 this year, and to celebrate the character’s birthday in style, Nintendo has decided to bring out a whole new type of gameplay for its fans, the Super Mario Maker.

It will give you options to create new levels in four visual styles, SNES Super Mario Bros, Super Mario World, Super Mario Bros 3 and New Super Mario Bros U. You have the option of changing everything, from the background to the block materials and the look and type of enemies. Using all the features like enemies, power-ups, coins, [...]