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In a standard Mario game, there are a few options you can always rely on when you’re taking down an enemy. You can stomp, use a Super Star, or maybe throw a fireball, but how often do you get to blind ...

Here's GameSpot's take on the five best Wii U games of the year. How did Nintendo's console do this year? The gang sits down to discuss the Wii U's highs and lows for 2016. Destroy some shy guys and ...

Within 30 minutes of its Nintendo Direct debut, Paper Mario: Color Splash and its paint-fuelled take on the idiosyncratic Super Mario spin-off had riled a select few fans enough to warrant a petition ...

I have long felt that the Paper Mario series is one of the best video games series out there, at least based on its roots, but many - especially those outside of the Nintendo family - probably have no ...

Nintendo says that a sequence of jokes in Paper Mario: Color Splash, which some have interpreted as references to GamerGate and designer Zoe Quinn, are unrelated to the online hate campaign that ...

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Paper Mario takes a step in the right direction with the great-looking Color Splash, which continues the series’ trend of moving away from its RPG roots in favor of new gimmicks -- this time paint ...

One of Nintendo’s final games for the Wii U is also one of best-looking and most amusing, but what about the gameplay? For us, the biggest question about the NX is not what it looks like (that seems ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Paper Mario: Color Splash puts a new spin on the "Mario Paint" idea. Reminiscent of the adhesive gimmickry of Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Color ...

Paper Mario: Color Splash is built on paper and paint, but it places its biggest bet on cards. With the RPG inclinations of the original Paper Mario and its beloved follow-up Paper Mario: The Thousand ...

Bowser's latest mâché-nations are boringly familiar. Despite the usual fizzy writing, this series doesn't make us crease up like it used to. This isn't so much a sequel to the 2012's Paper Mario: ...