The 2D Super Mario Bros. box art quality has had its fair share of ups and downs over the decades since the first NES game launched, much like the games themselves.

The Mario franchise has evolved aesthetically from pixel art to wacky, hand-drawn, claymation-esque styles over 35+ years.; ...

Unlike the New Super Mario Bros. games just making 3D environments and characters move in 2D, these are placed in such a way that they feel like they're trying to actually emulate the vibes of 2D ...

In many ways, the shift of Super Mario Bros. Wonder is best represented by its art style. The NSMB games that have dominated 2D Mario for years have used an art style as established by 1996’s ...

Lego has revealed a 2D-style Super Mario World set featuring Mario and Yoshi. The set is viewable today at San Diego Comic-Con, and official product images of it are already circulating online ...

Super Mario Bros. Wonder, A New 2D Mario, Is Releasing In October Mario is headed back to the second dimension, and it's coming a lot sooner than you might think. By Steve Watts and Darryn ...

Nintendo has announced Super Mario Bros. Wonder, a brand new 2D Mario platformer coming this October. Revealed during today's Nintendo Direct , the game is coming out on October 20.

Nintendo is calling Super Mario Bros. Wonder the first all-new side scrolling 2D Mario game in over 10 years. It's weird to think that it's been so long without a new version of some of the best ...

For a long time, the 2D games in the Mario series were overshadowed by their third-dimensional counterparts. But Super Mario Bros. Wonder changes all that: a package full of charm and surprises.

That feeling finally returned to me in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.The latest entry in Nintendo’s golden franchise takes the series back to its 2D roots, but not for another nostalgic retread.

That art style comes with some new animation tricks, ... It’s a necessary change considering that the New Super Mario series, Mario’s last 2D outing, sticks pretty close to the fundamentals.

New Super Mario Bros. was never really the next evolution of 2D Mario. Even the clunkily self-aware name clearly designates it as a retro throwback meant to evoke the classics, not reinvent them.