A sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. sold for $660,000 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas last Friday. This is setting a bad precedent for video game collectors like myself.
One of the coolest gifts I got for Christmas was Nintendo's Game & Watch. It's a limited release device to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the release of Super Mario Bros on the Nintendo Entertainment Center.
Super Mario Bros on the Nintendo Entertainment System catapulted me into my love of video games. September 2020 marks the 35th anniversary of the original release and Nintendo is celebrating in a big way.
These kind of stories always make me remember the fun I had with certain toys as a kid but also how it was never thought to maybe buy a second just to keep for an occasion like this.
Lego has been delivering licensed sets to build from Star Wars, Marvel, Minecraft and many more over the years. Now they have the ultimate party in Nintendo, specifically Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo's nostalgia run continued with the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The creator of Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto, joined The Roots and performed the theme to Super Mario Bros. Plus, they offered a look at Nintendo's future.