I probably lost about a dozen or so lives using Mario before I decided to try the stage with Toad … and, of course, I beat it on my first try with the blue little mushroom man. He doesn’t jump ...

Donkey Kong's DK Jumbo Kart and Toad's ... The Blue Shell, or “Spiny Shell” as it is officially called, first appeared as an offensive power-up in the original Mario Kart 64 and has been ...

This second title in the series was originally released for the Nintendo 64 ... Mario Kart is always fun Some absolutely classic circuits Introduced the strangely addictive Battle Mode The Blue ...

Hop across a series of moving blocks and collect all eight blue coins ... Yoshi, Toad and Princess Peach alongside newcomers Cow (from Moo Moo Meadows Circuit) and Mario 64’s Penguin.

With Yoshi's Island, it managed to sideline the character who drives the series and still produce one of the best 2D platformers to date, and with Super Mario 64 it shattered illusions and sold a ...

What have we all been playing at in the ten years since Super Mario 64 came out? This is what gaming ... Yay, you're here!' squeals a Toad the second you arrive in the game, just as your brain ...

One thing every great Mario game has in common, from 2D classics like Super Mario World to seminal 3D installments like Super Mario 64 or the recent ... notoriously vexing blue shell makes a ...

– Mario and Luigi’s plumbing commercial has them flying around with yellow capes, a power-up introduced in Super Mario World. – Speaking of power-ups, mystery boxes are floating all over the ...

In the videos released so far we can see Wario, Waluigi, Peach, Luigi, Yoshi, and a couple flavors of Toad. None of those characters are playable in the original Super Mario 64 (no, not even Luigi ...

Returning from Mario Kart 64, Toad's Turnpike features Anti-gravity walls lined with booster pads and jumps to help speed racers along. Ramps and speed boosts can be found on the back of trucks ...

Super Mario Maker and its sequel are terrific games that let fans create and share their own Mario levels with ease. But it was a bit of a disappointment that Nintendo only factored in the 2D ...