Adding fuel to this speculation is the fact that Super Mario Odyssey released in the first year of the Nintendo Switch. The latter hit in March of that year and its big holiday release in its opening ...

Nintendo’s annual celebration of its iconic mascot, Mario, takes place every year on March 10 (Mar10, get it?), and this year was no different. On Sunday, the video game company shared a short ...

Created by Shigeru Miyamoto while he was developing Donkey Kong (which, incidentally, was supposed to be a game based on Popeye), Mario was first known as "Mr. Video" before ever appearing in a game.