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Nintendo announces mini NES, launching this fall

Nintendo is set to launch its next console, the NX, in March, but the company is also giving fans of its retro games something to look forward to as well: a new, mini Nintendo Entertainment...

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Super Mario speedrunner vs. Stephen Colbert vs. college track athletes: Who ya got?

Speedrunning may have just had its 1958 NFL Championship moment. That is, this could be the debut of the next great telegenic sport, to a huge viewership at a time when the world is waiting to see...

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Watch Grand Kingdom's creator Tomohiko Deguchi build a Super Mario Maker level

On a recent trip to Japan, we visited a handful of Japanese game developers and asked them to contribute stages to our ongoing Devs Make Mario series. Among them: Tomohiko Deguchi, director of...

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Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is coming to Virtual Console

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance heads to the Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow, Jan. 28. The Game Boy Advance game will cost $7.99 and, like other Virtual Console re-releases, features offscreen play. S...

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Super Mario Advance 4, Zack and Wiki arrive on Wii U eShop tomorrow

Nintendo is adding two classics to its Wii U downloadable line-up tomorrow: Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbados' Treasure. The Game Boy Advance and Wii...

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Undertale wins GameFAQs' Best Game Ever contest

GameFAQs just held the third installment of its Best Game Ever contest, and the game crowned the winner this morning comes as a surprise: Undertale. In honor of the site's 20th anniversary,...

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Doom dev shares rare Super Mario Bros. 3 PC demo (update)

John Romero, co-founder of developer id Software, uploaded footage of his PC port of Super Mario Bros. 3. The video above shows a demo of the Nintendo game produced by future members of the id...

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Watch Shovel Knight's level designer build a stage in Super Mario Maker

Watch in 60fps on YouTube | Subscribe to Polygon on YouTube ISince we launched Devs Make Mario two months ago, Polygon readers have (per our request) inundated us with the names of countless...

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Watch Mario expert Tim Rogers create a stage in Super Mario Maker

Watch in 60fps on YouTube | Subscribe to Polygon on YouTube There should be no doubt in anyone's mind that Tim Rogers loves Mario. These days, Tim spends most of his time designing his own video...

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Miyamoto reveals the truth about Bowser Jr., Super Mario 3 myths

In an effort to promote both the 30th anniversary of the Super Mario Bros. series and this week's release of Super Mario Maker for the Wii U, Nintendo UK posted a Shigeru Miyamoto-starring,...