Editing Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)

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{{distinguish|Super Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)}}
{{game infobox
|image=[[File:gandwmbros.jpg|250px]]
|developer=[[Nintendo Research & Development 1]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|release=March 14, 1983<ref name=release>[http://web.archive.org/web/20221128001046/http://www.intheattic.co.uk/mario_bros_.htm ''Mario Bros.'' info page on In The Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames] (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine). Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref>
|genre=[[Genre#Platform games|Platformer]]
|ratings=N/A
|modes=Single player
|platforms=[[Game & Watch]]
|format={{format|gaw=1}}
|input={{input|gaw=1}}
|serials=MW-56
}} 

'''''Mario Bros.''''' is a title for the [[Game & Watch]]. Despite its name, it has no similarity to the [[Mario Bros. (game)|arcade game of the same name]]. Instead of plumbing, [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] are working at a bottling plant and must prepare packages of bottles to load onto a delivery truck of a waiting [[driver]]. This game, played on the Multi Screen model of the Game & Watch, was released on March 14, 1983<ref name=release/>—three months before the much more popular arcade title, making this the first game to feature Luigi.

The model opened like a book and could allow for simultaneous two-player action, with one player controlling Luigi on the left half of the game and the other playing as Mario on the right, making it the very first game of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] to have two-player mode.

The game is featured in the [[Museum|Gallery Corner]] in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery]]''. It was later remade for ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]'' and ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]'', both of which feature a Classic version and an updated "Modern" version of the game.

Like other Game & Watch games, ''Mario Bros.'' was licensed out as a promotional item for various businesses such as Pokka, which is a Japanese food company, and Campari, which is an Italian alcohol producer.<ref>eastexit japan merchant (March 19, 2016). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4os3JIdKshE&ab_channel=eastexitjapanmerchant 16394 Nintendo Game & Watch Mario Bros Pokka Version MW-56 1983]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 7, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.gameandwatch.ch/en/faq-questions-answers/promo-advertising-game-watch.html Promotional (Advertising) Game&Watch Games]</ref> These companies put their own logos on the units, which has made them highly sought after collectibles.
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==Gameplay==
===Classic version===
[[File:G&WG3 Mario Bros Classic Screenshot.png|thumb|left|The Classic version of ''Mario Bros.'' from ''Game & Watch Gallery 3'']]
[[File:G&WG4 Mario Bros Classic Screenshot.png|thumb|right|The Classic version of ''Mario Bros.'' from ''Game & Watch Gallery 4'']]
Mario must first take a pallet out of the machine on the lowest level and place it on the lowest of five [[Conveyor Belt|conveyor belt]]s running in alternating directions. A bottle is placed on the pallet as it passes through the divider between the screens and continues on until it reaches the end of the conveyor belt. Here, Luigi must take the package and place it on the above conveyor belt, which takes it back to Mario, who sends it back to Luigi on the next conveyor belt. Luigi sends it back again, and Mario has to put it on the highest conveyor belt, where it is sealed while passing through the column. Luigi then throws the sealed package onto the delivery truck, which eventually gets filled up and leaves, giving Mario and Luigi a brief break until it returns empty. The player earns a [[point]] for every pallet moved to another conveyor belt and for every package thrown onto the truck. The player earns ten points after every time the truck is fully loaded with eight packages. The conveyor belts get faster and the number of pallets on the screen increases as time goes by, forcing Mario and Luigi to scramble up and down the [[ladder]]s in order to prevent the packages from falling off the ends of the belts. Each time a pallet or package falls off, the Mario Bros. get yelled at by their foreman, giving the player a miss. If the player manages to score 300 points without a single miss, the points that are earned will be doubled until the player does get a miss. If the player earns a miss before scoring 300 points, all misses will be cleared instead. After three misses, the player receives a [[Game Over]].
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===Modern version===
[[File:Game_&_Watch_Gallery_3_Mario_Bros._Modern.png|frame|left|160px|The Modern version of ''Mario Bros.'' from ''Game & Watch Gallery 3'']]
The Modern version of the game has many changes: Mario and Luigi are working in an outdoor [[cake]] factory, [[Wario]] drives the delivery truck, and [[Bowser]] periodically [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]s the top of the packing machine to reverse the directions of the conveyor belts, forcing either Mario or Luigi to flip one of two [[switch (Donkey Kong)|switch]]es at the bottom or top of the screen to switch them back to normal (normal play also resumes if Mario and Luigi "return" all the cakes to the machine that dispensed them during this time). The player does not earn any points for moving cakes backward. In this version, the player earns three points for every cake thrown onto the truck. Plus, if the player fully loads the truck five times without getting a miss, they earn 30 points. When a cake falls and breaks, rather than having their foreman yell at them, Mario and Luigi each just make a face of dismay. At 200, 500, and 700 points, a [[1 UP Heart|heart]] appears for the Mario Bros. to remove a miss. Music is also featured in this version, with the tempo changing depending on the speed of the game.

[[File:Mario Bros GaWG4 screenshot.png|frame|240px|The Modern version of ''Mario Bros.'' from ''Game & Watch Gallery 4'']]
The game reappears as a secondary game in ''Game & Watch Gallery 4''. It largely has the same premise as in ''Game & Watch Gallery 3'', except that the ''Super Mario'' characters are working in an indoor cake factory. Also, the player earns only 20 points if they fully load the truck five times without getting a miss.

If the player selects the game in ''Game & Watch Gallery 4'' yet waits a few moments, a humorous sequence plays. In it, Mario and Luigi are washing the pickup truck for deliveries. Mario pours water with a hose, and Luigi wipes it with a towel. They change positions and then they finish, only for both Wario and Bowser to carjack the truck afterward, much to the Mario Bros.' dismay.
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==Controls==
===''Game & Watch Gallery 3''===
*{{button|gbc|pad}} (up): Move Luigi up
*{{button|gbc|pad}} (down): Move Luigi down / Push lever
*{{button|gbc|b}}: Move Mario down
*{{button|gbc|a}}: Move Mario up / Push lever

===''Game & Watch Gallery 4''===
*{{button|gba|padup}}: Move Luigi up
*{{button|gba|paddown}}: Move Luigi down / Push lever
*{{button|gba|b}}: Move Mario down
*{{button|gba|a}}: Move Mario up / Push lever

==Gallery==
<gallery>
MW-56 Front1.jpg|Box art
MB G&W box alt.jpg|Alternate box art
Pokka Mario Bros Box.webp|Box art for the Pokka version
Campari Mario Bros.jpg|Campari version
MB G&W Italian.jpg|Italian manual
Mario Bros Mario Artwork.jpg|Artwork of Mario
Mario Bros Luigi Artwork.jpg|Artwork of Luigi
Mario Bros Alarm Bell Artwork.gif|The alarm bell
</gallery>

===Modern version===
====''Game & Watch Gallery 3''====
<gallery>
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros 1UP Heart.png|[[1 UP Heart]]
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Bowser.png|[[Bowser]]
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Cakes.png|[[Cake]] (all five stages)
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Conveyor Belt.png|Packing machine's [[Conveyor Belt|conveyor belts]] (left section)
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Conveyor Belt2.png|Packing machine's conveyor belts (right section)
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Conveyor Belt3.png|Starter conveyor belt
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Delivery Truck.png|Delivery truck
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Empty Block.png|[[Empty Block]]
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Gift Box.png|[[Gift Box]]
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Ladder.png|[[Ladder]] (five steps long)
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Ladder2.png|Ladder (three steps long)
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Ladder3.png|Half ladder (two steps long)
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Mario.png|[[Mario]]
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Spike Trap.png|[[Spike Trap]] (four spikes long)
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Spike Trap2.png|Spike Trap (three spikes long)
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Super Star.png|[[Super Star]]
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Switch.png|[[Switch (Donkey Kong)|Switch]]
G&WG3 Modern Mario Bros Warp Pipe.png|[[Warp Pipe]]
Game & Watch Gallery 3 Wario.png|[[Wario]]
Luigi-GWGallery3MarioBros.png|[[Luigi]]
</gallery>

====''Game & Watch Gallery 4''====
<gallery>
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros 1UP Heart.png|1 UP Heart
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Bowser.png|Bowser
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Cake.png|Cake (all five stages)
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Conveyor Belt.png|Starter conveyor belt
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Conveyor Belt2.png|Packing machine's conveyor belts (right section)
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Conveyor Belt3.png|Packing machine's conveyor belts (left section)
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Delivery Truck.png|Delivery truck
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Gift Box.png|Gift Box
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Ladder.png|Ladder (five steps long)
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Ladder2.png|Ladder (three steps long)
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Ladder3_.png|Ladder (two steps long)
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Luigi.png|Luigi
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Mario.png|Mario
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Steel Blocks.png|[[Empty Block|Steel Blocks]]
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Switch.png|Switch
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Wario.png|Wario
G&WG4 Modern Mario Bros Warp Pipe.png|Warp Pipe
</gallery>

==References in later games==
*[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]]: [[Mr. Game & Watch]]'s forward air attack prior to ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' involves swinging a package, much as Mario and Luigi do in this game. Additionally, Mr. Game & Watch's down [[taunt]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' is based on Mario and Luigi's animation after finishing a level.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Ita=Mario e Luigi
|ItaM=Mario and Luigi
|ItaC=<ref>[https://www.gameandwatch.ch/en/faq-questions-answers/oto-giochi-preziosi.html Game&Watch OTO and Giochi Preziosi FAQ], list of Italian ''Game & Watch'' games. ''gameandwatch.ch'', retrieved on January 22, 2024.</ref>
}}

==Notes==
*In the Modern version of ''Mario Bros.'', the player can predict when Bowser is about to change the conveyor belts' directions; he stops moving and a warning signal plays before he ground-pounds the machine.

==References==
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