Having worked as a writer since 2014, Martin Wood started as a gaming academic before joining GameRant. His passion and aspirations for the field began with his childhood favorites, like Pokemon ...

If you played Super Mario Bros. Wonder, you either accepted the eponymous Talking Flowers as occasionally annoying though still lovable creatures, or you loathed the sight of these babbling, ...

As much as Nintendo has been killing it with good games with the launch of the Switch 2 in 2025, The Big N still often goes out of its way to create and release some odd amusements to go alongside ...

With The Super Mario Galaxy Movie launching in theaters early next year, it’s no surprise there are tons of new Mario toys launching this holiday season. One of the newest (and most unique) options is ...

Silencing the little flower fellows that just can’t stop saying the same line whenever you walk past them is thankfully rather simple. All you’ll need to do is open up the main menu, press the ...

This silly $35 toy, available March 12, can dish snark, tell time and play music, but its conversations are strictly one-way. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech ...

Mario games have never offered much in the way of spoken dialogue, but Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a rare exception. While the majority of the cast doesn’t say a whole lot, the game’s Talking Flowers ...

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of GameRant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...

One of the most unexpected changes in “Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope” is that the Ubisoft characters actually speak. Hearing them utter complete sentences was like hearing a dog recite Shakespeare.

Super Mario Sunshine recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and made news at this year's SGDQ. A speedrun rarity occurred, causing speedrunner SB-runs to reset their playthrough 46 minutes into the ...