Nintendo Announces 3 Retro Mario Games Returning for Mario Day

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Nintendo announces three retro Mario games returning for Mario Day.

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Next week's annual celebration of Super Mario will be marked by the return of three retro

games via Nintendo Switch Online.

Nintendo will add two more virtual boy titles and a popular Game Boy Advance classic to

its subscription service on March 10th, otherwise known as Mario Day, because its date is

March 10th.

The recently launched Nintendo Switch Online Virtual Boy range will get Mario, Tennis,

and Mario Clash, both released in 1995, while its Game Boy Advance catalog will add 2004's

Mario vs. Donkey Kong.

You will, however, need the Switch Online's pricey expansion pack to access the games.

If you like peering into a peripheral and batting away balls, Mario Tennis is a fairly

standard sport experience that happens to feature Nintendo's mascot and other mushroom

kingdom residents on the court.

Mario Clash, meanwhile, is set within a series of underground pipes and lets you go bowling

with Koopa Troopa shells.

Of the three, Mario vs. Donkey Kong is the most interesting.

A spiritual successor to the original Donkey Kong, this puzzle platformer was successful

enough that it spawned a whole spin-off series and a full Switch remake that launched in 2024.

Here you can see where that all started.

Nintendo has not yet announced any other celebrations to Mark Mario Day, though fans are hoping

we hear more from the company soon, following a recent third party partner direct and this

week's indie world broadcast.

The company has often held a full Nintendo Direct in March ahead of the financial year's

end.

Maybe we'll hear more about that next week too.

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