There’s an apocryphal folktale that fans of Mario RPGs are fond of sharing. Somewhere along the line, the internet urban legend goes, someone at Nintendo — Miyamoto himself, maybe — had it out for ...

Matt Anderson (He/Him) is a Features Writer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He's been gaming as far back as four years old on the original PlayStation and writing in the industry for several years.

The moment he picked up his first SNES controller, he knew gaming was going to be a lifelong passion. From adventures with Link to repelling the Covenant with Master Chief to even climbing ever-higher ...

Even though I knew people with N64s back in the ‘90s, and admittedly spent a good deal of time wielding that divisive, three-pronged analog controller (monstrosity?), I never personally owned Nintendo ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

I’m PCMag’s home theater and AR/VR expert, and your go-to source of information and recommendations for game consoles and accessories, smart displays, smart glasses, smart speakers, soundbars, TVs, ...

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’s Nintendo Switch remake is here, and that’s a big deal for fans of this Mario subseries. Paper Mario has been around since the Nintendo 64 days and has seen many ...

Later Paper Mario games moved away from turn-based combat, but The Thousand-Year Door fully embraces this mechanic. As in Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario, the combat has players selecting moves and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Paper Mario: The Origami King is celebrating its five-year anniversary today, July 17, 2025. Below, we examine the ways the Paper Mario series has ...

As of today, Walmart has pushed live a new promotion for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door as part of its early Black Friday sale. As a result, The Thousand-Year Door is now being sold for $42.99 on ...

Whenever we get a remake or a remaster of a game, there’s always the question of if it will hold up. Is it only nostalgia that endears a title that is potentially actually a flawed work to us? Have ...