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Thursday20th Jan 2022
Random Nintendo Shows Switch Owners How To Delete Games, Uses Super Mario Bros. 35 As An Example
"Never forget what they took from us"
As you might recall, Nintendo released a "limited-time" battle royale title called Super Mario Bros. 35 on the Switch eShop in 2020. Although the game could still be active, the company decided to take it offline when Mario's anniversary celebrations ended. If it wasn't already hard enough for fans of this...
Sunday4th Apr 2021
Video Watch Nintendo Life Play Super Mario Bros. 35 One Last Time
Game over, Mario
It's been a tough week for Super Mario fans - a handful of his games have been taken away by Nintendo, including the discontinuation of the Switch Online exclusive Super Mario Bros. 35. If you didn't get the chance to play the game on the final day yourself, our video team (comprised of Alex, Zion and Jon) has got you covered. They...
Thursday1st Apr 2021
News Dev Explains Why Nintendo Made Mario's Anniversary Games Limited-Time
"manufactured FOMO helps them get those sales"
It's the 1st of April and you know that means - a handful of Mario games have been removed. Why has this happened and what is Nintendo's reasoning? Fans are still searching for answers to these questions. While nobody seems to really be able to provide an answer, VICE reporter Patrick Klepek...
Wednesday31st Mar 2021
Reminder Today's The Day - Mario 3D All-Stars, Mario Bros. 35 And More Are Taken Down For Good
It's-a-me, Mari- oh...
One of the hottest talking points in the Nintendosphere this year is about to come to an end, as we've finally made it to 31st March, otherwise known as 'Mario doomsday'. Yes, after months of talking about it and wondering what it means for the future of Nintendo, today is the day that Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Super Mario...
Wednesday17th Mar 2021
News Super Mario Bros. 35's Next Special Battle Takes Us Through Every Course Once More
Begins on March 19th
It's another week and - until March 31st rolls around, at least - we've got the usual Super Mario Bros. 35 event coming our way, going live on March 19th. Following on from the previous 5th Coin King event, this week's Special Battle has more in common with the
Wednesday10th Mar 2021
News Nintendo Reminds Us The Super Mario Bros. 35 Service Will End On 31st March
Happy MAR10 Day!
It's 10th March today and that means it's officially Mario day. While there's a sale and more to celebrate Mario's 35th anniversary, unfortunately, Nintendo's Japanese customer support Twitter account has dampened the mood with yet another reminder the company will end the Super Mario Bros. 35 service on
Wednesday3rd Mar 2021
News Ahead Of Nintendo's "Thanos Snap", Super Mario Bros. 35 Is Getting Another Special Event
Starts on March 5th
We're slowly getting closer to Super Mario Bros. 35's delisting. As Nintendo recently reconfirmed, it doesn't plan on backing down from the 31st March removal date, so we'll be saying goodbye to this Battle Royale soon. With exactly four weeks to go, that isn't stopping the weekly events just yet, and Super Mario Bros. 35's...
Wednesday17th Feb 2021
News This Week's Super Mario Bros. 35 Event Serves Up A Course-Limited Special Battle
Coming in on February 19th
Super Mario Bros. 35's delisting gets ever closer, but Nintendo isn't letting up just yet with its Battle Royale platformer. While we await tonight's much-anticipated Nintendo Direct, it has revealed Super Mario Bros. 35's next event. Going live on February 19th, this week brings us a "course-limited special battle",...
Wednesday10th Feb 2021
News Fight To Become The Coin King In Super Mario Bros. 35's Next Event
Goes live on February 12th
The clock is ticking for Super Mario Bros. 35, but before it gets delisted on March 31st, Nintendo is keeping players busy. Recently tasking us with killing Bowser 3.5 million times – which feels excessive by most counts – we've received details about this week's new
Monday1st Feb 2021
News Nintendo Shows Off New Mario-Themed 7-Eleven Menu
The Japan-exclusive food includes Yoshi, Bowser, and Peach
You may recall our coverage of the special "Ichiban Kuji" lottery that Japanese 7-Eleven stores have been enjoying these past few days, with prizes ranging from alarm clocks to soap dispenser. You may specifically recall the Mario's Mix Roll, a special spaghetti sandwich made to celebrate...
Thursday28th Jan 2021
News More Than Five Million Bowser Were Defeated In Super Mario Bros. 35's World Count Challenge
Bye-bye, Bowser
Nintendo's special challenge requiring players to defeat 3.5 million Bowsers in Super Mario Bros. 35 is now complete. It seems team Mario smashed this goal out of the park - defeating a total of 5,363,696 Bowsers. Everyone who participated in this event will be gifted 350 My Nintendo Platinum Points. Woohoo! This event began last...
Monday25th Jan 2021
News Players Are At Least Halfway To Killing 3.5 Million Bowsers In Super Mario Bros. 35 Challenge
Every player will receive 350 Platinum Points if they beat the challenge
A couple of weeks back, Nintendo announced the Super Mario Bros. 35 World Count Challenge, celebrating the reveal of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury by asking players to... kill Bowser. Like, a lot. If players across the world have collectively beaten 3.5 million Bowsers...
Friday22nd Jan 2021
News 7-Eleven In Japan Is Running A Super Mario Merch Lottery, With New Mario-Themed Food
Eat a pasta sandwich, just like Mario would
Starting on February 5th, the massively popular American-built, Japanese-owned chain store, 7-Eleven, will be running the "Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Campaign", which adds a few new Mario-themed food items to the menu. The only item detailed so far is the "Mario's Mix Roll", a bun stuffed with a...
Tuesday19th Jan 2021
News Nintendo Tasks Super Mario Bros. 35 Players With Defeating 3.5 Million Bowsers
Update: Event now live!
Update: This special Super Mario Bros. 35 event is now live! If you want to take part and claim some Platinum Points for your My Nintendo account, make sure to catch up on the info in our article below and get stuck in. Original Article (Tue 12th Jan, 2021 15:00 GMT): The Mario news just keeps on coming, as Nintendo...
Tuesday5th Jan 2021
Random A Real-Life Diamond Pickaxe Would Cost £5 Billion, Apparently
Damn! We JUST threw ours into lava
If you're looking for a bit of post-Christmas dosh, perhaps you need to look no further than the video games you've been playing the whole time. According to H&T Pawnbrokers, just one of Sonic the Hedgehog's golden rings would net you £5.8 billion ($7.7 billion) on the market, weighing approximately 256...
Monday4th Jan 2021
News AGDQ Schedule Includes Hades And Super Mario Bros. 35 Speedruns
Faster than Hermes himself
Awesome Games Done Quick is always a great time of year. This year, of course, it's a little bit sadder than usual, because the AGDQ staple - a crowd of fans yelling support from behind the speedrunners on stream - won't be possible, thanks to this pandemic thing going around. Nevertheless, the charity fundraising stream...
Tuesday22nd Dec 2020
News Switch Owners "Most Likely" To Own A Rival Console, 2020 Study Shows
Console also scores highly in 'bestselling' and 'worst game' categories
Our friends over at GamesIndustry.biz love crunching the numbers and turning them into lovely charts, and we love reading them. Their "Year In Numbers" for 2020 shows a pandemic-fuelled frenzy of video game spending, with a 21% increase in the value of the console market,...
Thursday17th Dec 2020
News Bowser Tries To Explain Why Mario's Games Will Be Removed On 31st March 2021
"This is a celebration of Mario’s 35th anniversary"
Nintendo has come under fire in recent times for announcing a bunch of "limited-time" releases that will be pulled by 31st March next year. On this particular day, Super Mario 3D All-Stars will no longer be sold physically or digitally, Super Mario Bros. 35 is getting removed from the eShop and...
Wednesday25th Nov 2020
Random March 31st 2021 Is Becoming An Increasingly Depressing Day For Mario Fans
Give the poor guy a break
Considering he serves as the company mascot and generates more revenue per year than we could ever picture in our tiny minds, Nintendo sure seems hell-bent on ruining poor old Mario's day next year. 31st March 2021 is shaping up to be a pretty memorable day in Mario's history, but for all the wrong reasons. On that day,...
Friday13th Nov 2020
News Super Mario Bros. 35 Receives Another Update - Fixes, Adjustments And More
Keep on running
Nintendo's Switch Online game Super Mario Bros. 35 might be a "limited-time" release, but that hasn't stopped it from regularly receiving updates. With this in mind, version 1.0.2 has now been released - it makes a number of fixes and adjustments, and improves the overall gameplay experience. Here are the full patch notes, courtesy...
Tuesday20th Oct 2020
News Luigi Can Be Unlocked As A Secret Playable Character In Super Mario Bros. 35
Well, Nintendo kept that quiet
Super Mario Bros. 35 has been available to play on the Nintendo Switch eShop for almost three weeks now, and players have finally discovered a very exciting secret indeed. It turns out that Luigi is available in the game as a playable character – something that Nintendo hasn't publicly revealed up until this point...
Friday9th Oct 2020
News Super Mario Bros. 35 Receives Its Very First Patch - Bugs And Other Issues Resolved
Download it now
Roughly a week after its release, Nintendo's battle royale game Super Mario Bros. 35 has now received its very first patch. Earlier this week, there were reports of hackers ruining the experience for others, but at this point we're unable to confirm if this latest update has resolved these issues. Apart from the described fixes,...
Poll Have You Won A Game Of Super Mario Bros. 35?
Mario's number one!
It's now been just over a week since the battle royale game Super Mario Bros. 35 was released on the Switch eShop. Keep in mind, it's a limited-time-only offer and will be removed on 31st March 2021 - so make the most of it while you can. Nintendo's decided to check in on everyone to see how they're doing so far and we thought...
Wednesday7th Oct 2020
News Super Mario Bros. 35 Files Suggest Levels From Other Mario Games Could Be Added Later
But will it ever happen?
Super Mario Bros. 35 is available right now on Nintendo Switch, free for anyone with a subscription to Nintendo's online service. It's great fun, especially if you're keen on trying out a fresh take on Mario's iconic platforming, but it can get a little repetitive after a while. It's only a minor complaint, but with the...
Tuesday6th Oct 2020
Video 17 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In October
Your backlog will be thrilled
Whether you're ready or not, the holidays are right around the corner and as per usual, they're bringing a batch of new games to Switch. The battle royale take on everyone's favorite platforming plumber, Super Mario Bros. 35 is off to a great start, Nickelodeon is taking another spin at the kart racing genre with,...
News It Looks Like Hackers Are Already Cheating In Super Mario Bros. 35
But Nintendo appears to be on the case
It's only been out for a matter of days, but it would appear that hackers have found a way to cheat in Nintendo's new Mario battle royale, Super Mario Bros. 35. As reported by Polygon, social media users began to notice some suspicious activity in the game earlier this week, with players topping the...
Monday5th Oct 2020
Video Here's How Crazy Super Mario Bros. 35 Becomes When Played At Its Highest Level
We wouldn't survive a single second
If the thought of a screen full of pesky Lakitus makes you feel a bit queasy, you might want to look away now. Super Mario Bros. 35 has introduced our favourite plumber's platforming to the super-addictive genre that is battle royale, pitting 35 players against one another as they fling enemies at each other's...
Friday2nd Oct 2020
It was in the works before Tetris 99's release
Since the reveal of Nintendo's latest battle royale game Super Mario Bros. 35, there have supposedly been some comparisons to a fan-made Mario Battle Royale game that received a takedown notice last June. Reports about Nintendo's game being a "rip off" are "not true", according to a translation by
Thursday1st Oct 2020
Nintendo Download 1st October (Europe)
Super Mario Bros. 35! Alwa's Legacy! Ys Origin!
The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail eShop - New Releases: Let's Sing Queen (Koch...
Nintendo Download 1st October (North America)
Super Mario Bros. 35! Ys Origin! Herzog Zwei!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop - Highlights: Super Mario Bros. 35...
