Super Mario franchise—which has subsequently become one of the most iconic and recognizable franchises in video game history.
The Mario Party series kicked off in 1998 on the Nintendo 64. At that point, pitting characters from across the Marioverse was something of a new idea, though Mario Party certainly isn’t the first ...
Going into 1981, Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto was facing a problem. Working on one of his first games ever, he hoped to use Popeye, the famed sailor of 1930s cartoons, to serve as the hero.