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 ...

It was a quiet Saturday morning. Despite my plans to sleep in late, I woke up at 9 a.m. and decided to get up and take a morning shower. I rolled out of bed as gently as I could so as not to wake up ...

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 ...

The Talking Flower doesn’t have much utility. Unlike the $110 Alarmo, it can’t serve as an alarm even though it asks when you ...

Nintendo has a rich history of releasing unique accessories, like the R.O.B (Robotic Operating Buddy) during the Nintendo Entertainment System era and the more recent Alarmo designed to help fans ...

When Super Mario Bros. Wonder released on Nintendo Switch last year, the game was set in a new location known as the Flower Kingdom. The game’s developers came up with a number of new elements that ...

Nintendo doesn’t want its sassy flowers to say “fuck,” apparently. In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the world is filled with small talking flowers that cheer the player on and shout out all kinds of ...

Alan Wake 2 is bleak stuff. Sure, your flashlight makes the darkness a little less scary, and the full-motion video commercials are a lighthearted wink to players who seek them out. But for some, 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 ...

Nintendo really does have a lot coming for Mario fans this March. Nintendo has outlined what’s coming in Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park. The base game ...

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, ...

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 ...