The latest features section includes the latest weekly retro Mario articles, when we look back at old games and discuss, any glitches or anything special/viral going on in the Marioverse that we think you might want to see!
Article originally written by SchwarzerWind for Super Mario Portal (marioportal.com) on 18th of October 2003. Wind’s here to educate the populace, this time the Mario Fans, because there’s one area of Mario fandom where a grave injustice somehow got started, and has not only continued, but prospered. Seeing as how this injustice involves my most … Read more
Article originally written by Luke for Super Mario Portal (marioportal.com) on 20th of November 2003. Quite good actually, as 2D side scrolling Mario did sort of return MANY years after writing this in the form of SUPER MARIO ALLSTARS 25th anniversary edition! This one isn’t written by Wind’ surprisingly, as he is the resident ranter, … Read more
Good music in a video game has always been welcome. Check out how many loved Stickerbrush Symphony in Donkey Kong Country 2, or the original Super Mario Bros theme! However, sadly, not all good music gets the respect it deserves, and worse still, a fair amount of it gets relegated to one off uses most … Read more
When it comes to the setting of the Mario series, and the storylines of the games, there has previously been a type of misconception made about what the series is like. Maybe it’s the cheery looking graphics in many games, or the nostalgia filter making people only think of the NES game, but there has … Read more
Yeah, I know how ridiculous the concept of this article is, since the Mario series in general has no sense of canon or continuity, but still, the Birdo gender stuff, the parts about who Wario and Waluigi are and the various other misconceptions and mysteries are getting more than a tad annoying. Mario’s Place of … Read more
With more and more Mario games being released, it seems one thing has gotten quite common among villains, the tendency to be outright consumed by their ego and overly narcissistic personality. From Bowser and his tendency to have Bowser faces and likenesses as common decorations through his castle and general realm of Dark Land, to … Read more
With Super Mario Galaxy 2 out just recently, you as a Mario fan will probably be wondering exactly how much it brings back from the era you loved as a kid, how many nostalgic elements make a long needed return and just how much this game resembles the past games. Well, it is probably the … Read more
Throughout Nintendo’s lifespan, the claims from the ‘hardcore’ fans have always been the same. That Nintendo only creates lazy palette swaps of existing characters instead of bringing back the interesting ones, that most of the Mario enemies and bosses never return and never will and that the Koopalings were oh so popular and in so … Read more
With Super Mario Galaxy 2 and New Super Mario Bros Wii reintroducing classic enemies in the hundreds, it seems like a Mario fan’s dream come true. Magikoopas, Firebars, Rocky Wrenches, Mecha Koopas, Grinders and even Boo Rings seem to have made a recent comeback in the Mario series, and to say the last two games … Read more
Yes, I’m a writer here now. Looking at the long list of sites I’m a writer for, well… yeah. I have way too much free time. Ever noticed, how every Mario game seems to be self contained in a certain area and nobody outside it seems to realise the events of said game? Well, maybe … Read more