Hideo Kojima says Super Mario Bros. 'was the catalyst that brought me to the game industry', and made him realise 'this medium would one day surpass movies'

"Super Mario Bros., definitely," answers Kojima without missing a beat. The 1985 masterpiece probably doesn't seem like the most obvious source of inspiration for a creator known for cinematic excess ...

Super Mario Bros. help fight burnout: Study links classic games to boosted happiness

A new study published by JMIR Serious Games reports that popular video games, such as the Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi games, ...

UK Charts: Nintendo Performs Admirably In Its Last Christmas Push

In the UK, Nintendo console sales (Switch 2 + Switch 1) are up 41% year-on-year, PS5 console sales were down 29%, and Xbox ...

Switch 2's Mario Kart World Bundle Has Apparently Reached The End Of Its Lifecycle

Nintendo has previously mentioned how this bundle would be a "limited time production through Fall 2025" and was "available ...

Without Super Mario Bros, Hideo Kojima "probably" wouldn't have become a game dev

Elsewhere in the chat, Kojima cited Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock and Akira Kurosawa as film directors ...