Earthbound’s art style immediately solidifies it as one of the cuter Nintendo games out there, as Nes and pals travel around a bright and colorful world. Despite some horrific twists later on, there’s ...

Playing Mario games was a lot different when I was young. I would play as much as I was able, and then hand the controller to someone else — a sibling, a cousin, a friend, or a parent — and say, “Can ...