New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. If you’re scrambling for a Christmas gift to beat this year’s shipping deadlines, the Nintendo Switch is your golden ticket to holiday cheer. This year, nothing says “perfect present” quite … Read more
The World Video Game Hall of Fame on Thursday inducted four honorees, paying tribute to games that challenged players and changed the industry. Making up the Class of 2025 are: Defender, the 1981 arcade game that raised the bar on difficulty; Tamagotchi, the digital pets that bridged toys and video games; GoldenEye 007, whose four-person mode … Read more
Shut the bleep bleep bleep up! Nintendo has launched a pricey video game-paired alarm clock that uses motion sensors to make sure you get out of bed — or else. Alarmo, which retails for $99.99 and requires a connection to a Nintendo Switch’s online features, will turn your next early morning into a virtual adventure — … Read more
The “Super Mario 64” community is in disbelief after a new record was set. Bubzia, a “Super Mario 64” blindfolded speedrunner, did the game’s 16-star challenge in under 20 minutes — all while not being able to see the screen. It took Bubzia 118 days to complete the Nintendo game in under 20 minutes, after … Read more
The Nintendo Switch remake of the iconic role-playing game “Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door” features a transgender character, the game’s creators confirmed. The trans character, Vivian, originally appeared in the 2004 version of the game, which was released for Nintendo Game Cube. In the new update of the game, released on Thursday, Vivian — who … Read more
Mamma Mia! Charles Martinet, the voice actor behind Nintendo’s famous, animated plumber Super Mario, has officially announced his retirement from voicing him in any upcoming projects. “Charles Martinet has been the original voice of Mario in Nintendo games for a long time, as far back as Super Mario 64,” announced Nintendo of America in a … Read more
Grumble, grumble gamers, there’s a new iteration of “The Legend of Zelda” on the horizon. And if you’re the impatient/piratical sort, you may have already played the game because it was leaked ten days shy of its official release date. Since launching in the year of our lord 1986, “Legend of Zelda,” (LoZ for you … Read more
Don’t hate the player, hate the name. After three decades, Nintendo has decided to change the controversial name of one of the villains from “Super Mario Bros” ahead of the movie’s official release in Japan this week. The Japanese video game giant announced the image overhaul in a recent message on their Twitter account. Per … Read more
Before a recent screening of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” began, a fan sitting in front of me donned his red Mario cap and beamed with excitement. Ten minutes into the film, his hat came off and his enthusiasm came down. Because he realized that we were all, once again, actually watching “Intellectual Property The … Read more
On Sept. 22, 1998, police were called to the Palo Alto, California, home of Vladimir Pokhilko. They discovered a gruesome scene: The Tetris co-developer was dead, his throat slit; he was still gripping the knife. His wife Yelena and their 12-year-old son Peter had been bludgeoned to death with hammers and then stabbed. There was … Read more
Mario, the squat mustachioed hero of too many video games to count, must always be protected by his fans. Despite his corporate masters at Nintendo having no problem with the lil’ dude starring in everything from golf games to early-’90s typing tutorial software, Mario’s admirers are a bit more discerning about how he appears in … Read more
Screenshot: Universal Pictures / Nintendo / Illumination True to his word, Chris Pratt will not be “offending Italians” in his leading role in the Super Mario Bros. movie. In fact, his voiced performance in the official trailer was so lackluster that I can’t help but wonder: What if Mario had been more Italian? It turns … Read more
(From left) Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba in George Miller longing for three thousand years,photo, Metro Goldwyn Meyer Pictures It’s hard to root for a film like this longing for three thousand years, George Miller has long been one of our more thrilling and diverse filmmakers of today, so his take on the romantic fantasy … Read more