For a crossover that once felt impossible, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has always carried some fascinating behind-the-scenes quirks. Seeing Sega’s blue blur lining up alongside Nintendo’s ...

Sonic Superstars launched on October 17. Super Mario Bros. Wonder launched three days later, on October 20. Both 2D platformers went up against each other in an old-school video game rumble that ...

Strict Guidelines: Nintendo's mandate was clear: Mario must always be portrayed as the victor in promotional content, regardless of gameplay dynamics. This directive reflects a broader strategy to ...

Craig Stitt, a game artist who worked on some of the original Spyro and Sonic the Hedgehog titles back in the ‘90s, says that Mario and Sonic are now "embedded in our subconscious". You don’t have to ...

It feels like the 1990s, during the days of Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. Within a week, gamers saw two icons of the era return to their side-scrolling roots. “Super Mario Bros. Wonder” and “Sonic ...

Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog are two of the most recognized names in all of video gaming. While both franchises have roots in platforming, the philosophy behind their platforming mechanics has always ...

Jo Craig (they/them) is a Feature Writer from Scotland and has been in the industry for nearly a decade and finds dissecting Marvel trailers for hours standard practice and still finds time to review, ...

This story might seem a bit “arrogant” to some, but it is an interesting viewpoint for a company that was once on “top of the world” and is now still trying to get back all it’s lost. To recap, when ...