GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Paper Mario was released in Japan 25 years ago today, August 11, 2025. Below, we look back at how the dynamic battle system and an unusual approach to ...

With no sign of a new Paper Mario game from Nintendo, a new indie game attempts to fill the gap with a parody of fairytales ...

If you ask any Paper Mario fan, there are two distinct eras in the 25-year history of the subseries: The golden age of character-driven RPGs, and the more experimental games with simpler gameplay and ...

Devin Friend is a graduate of McNeese State University with a bachelor's degree in creative writing. Starting from the day that he played Super Mario Kart on a Super Nintendo that he received as a ...

For those closely following the Nintendo modding and fan games scene – like we do here at EarlyGame – one of the most interesting phenomena over the last two to three years has been the sudden ...