The latest Nintendo Direct presentation focused primarily on video games, but it also featured some news about the Super Mario movie. For the uninitiated, Nintendo has been working with Despicable Me studio Illumination to create an animated Super Mario ...

Kevin Afghani grew up playing “Mario Kart” and other Nintendo games. Now he’s the voice of Mario, Luigi and more Nintendo characters. And it kinda blows his mind. “It's unbelievable,” says Afghani, 29, of Los Angeles. “My dreams have come true.”

For three decades, Charles Martinet was the voice of Mario in a metric ton of Nintendo games. After his retirement as the voice of Mario in 2023, replaced by Kevin Afghani, he became recognized by Nintendo as an official Mario Ambassador. Fans love ...

With the opening of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” in theaters, gaming’s most iconic character is coming to the big screen for the first time in 30 years. And if the movie meets box office expectations, Universal Pictures, Illumination and Nintendo ...