Nintendo is celebrating 35 years of Super Mario, and is giving us a gift: it's introducing the new Mario games that are coming!
To mark 35 years since the original Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo will be releasing a series of Super Mario games. The new games will include some remastered versions of old classics and some completely new ones.
Super Mario Bros 35 is a new multiplayer game in which 35 players compete to be the last one standing. It will be available from October 1st on the Nintendo Switch. A new version of Nintendo's 80s classic Game & Watch will be available from November 13th, which will support both the original Super Mario game and an updated version of the classic Game & Watch game.
Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a collection of three games, Super Mario 64 (1996), Super Mario Sunshine (2002), and Super Mario Galaxy (2007), optimized for the Switch. It will be released on September 18. An upgraded version of Super Mario 3D World will arrive on the console on February 12. Super Mario All-Stars, a collection of 2D Mario classics from the 80s and 90s, will be released on the Switch on Thursday.
Mario Kart, meanwhile, is entering the real world in partnership with Velan Studios in Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. Players can purchase a Mario Kart-themed RC car, create a course in their home, and control it using the Nintendo Switch.
Other Nintendo games, including Splatoon, Smash Bros. and Animal Crossing, will be hosting events in the coming months. With sales of over 600 million, Mario is Nintendo's most successful and recognizable franchise and the ninth highest-grossing entertainment property of all time.
