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Nintendo Switch Online Brings 2 'Super Mario' Games Available to Download For Free

Nintendo Switch Online brings two freebie titles for fans to enjoy, and both are under the "Super Mario" franchise.

Player One · 20h ago

Houston ISD Lost 21,000 Students and $190M. Deportation Fear Is Only Half the Story.

Houston ISD lost 21,000 students under state control, and immigrant enrollment fell 22%. How deportation fear and a costly reform squeeze its budget.

Latin Times · Sep 23

High costs, dwindling enrollment: Is Houston ISD’s playbook under takeover sustainable?

The high price tag, coupled with less state funding from students leaving the district, raises questions about whether the academic improvements are sustainable in the long run and whether other districts can afford to replicate it.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 21

Inside the Nurburgring turf war: Introducing the players and what's at stake

What is behind the new racing series by ADAC Nordrhein? These are the key players behind the programme

Motorsport · Aug 4

97 untouched Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. cartridges worth thousands discovered in retro shop storage room — never-before-seen version of popular NES games include five perfect 10 PSA items

A retro gaming shop in Wisconsin finds a box of unopened, never-before-seen versions of Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. in its storage room. These items are probably worth four to five digits, and the first three carts are going up for auction starting August 12.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 1

97 Super Mario Bros NES cartridges set to be "melted down" turn out to be a lot more valuable than the gold they contain

"An undocumented, never before seen variant" of Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt has emerged out of nowhere

GamesRadar · Jul 31

Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto says PCs were once "held in higher regard than consoles," so the NES was made to bridge "the gap" – "It wasn't just a toy"

"PCs were held in higher regard than consoles, which were 'just toys,'" Miyamoto says

GamesRadar · Jul 29

New Nurburgring bombshell as ADAC Nordrhein launches NLS rival Nordschleife series

The political turf war quietly simmering in the Eifel region since 2023 has taken another bizarre turn

Motorsport · Jul 27

"The NES is basically held together with chewing gum and paperclips – it was a brutal experience": Emo band release chiptune remix album that’s only available on a retro video games console

Daydream Plus reprogrammed their entire album using 8-bit tracker software and released it on a NES cartridge

MusicRadar · Jul 27

Nintendo of America was so poor in the '80s that it was "bartering" for 2am TV commercials while employees had to dodge "snakes and rats in the bathroom"

"We didn't have a lot of money at Nintendo"

GamesRadar · Jul 17