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{{Infobox|title=Mario Bros.

|image=[[File:Mario Bros. NES Cover.PNG|225px|NES Box Art of Mario Bros.]]

|developer=[[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]<br>[[Intelligent Systems]] (NES port)

|publisher=[[Nintendo]]

|released='''Atari 2600'''<br>{{releasedate|USA|1983}}'''Atari 5200'''<br>{{releasedate|USA|1983}}'''NES'''<br>{{releasedate|Japan|September 9, 1983|USA|June 1986|Europe|September 1, 1986}}'''Apple II'''<br>{{releasedate|USA|1984}}'''Commodore 64'''<br>{{releasedate|Europe|1984|USA|1984}}'''Atari 7800<br>'''{{releasedate|USA|1987}}'''FM-7'''<br>{{releasedate|Japan|1984}}'''NEC PC88'''<br>{{releasedate|Japan|1984}}'''Amstrad CPC'''<br>{{releasedate|Europe|1987}}'''Atari 8-bit'''<br>{{releasedate|USA|1988}}'''Famicom Disk System'''<br>{{releasedate|Japan|November 30, 1988}}'''e-Reader'''<br>{{releasedate|USA|November 11, 2002}}'''Game Boy Advance'''<br>{{releasedate|Japan|May 21, 2004}}'''Virtual Console'''<br>{{releasedate|USA|November 19, 2006|Australia|December 7, 2006|Europe|December 8, 2006|Japan|December 12, 2006|South Korea|December 30, 2008}}

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'''''Mario Bros.''''' is an arcade game made by [[Nintendo]] and released in [[Games by Date#1983|1983]]. It was also released on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari 7800. The game introduces the first appearance of [[Luigi]] in a game, and is the first installment in the ''Mario Bros.'' series. It was also released for the [[Virtual Console]] on the [[Wii]] for 500 [[Virtual Console#Wii Points|Wii Points]].

 

A port of ''Mario Bros.'' also appears on the [[Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Game & Watch]], but without color and two screens. ''Mario Bros.'' is also included as a separate mini-game, playing like the original game with updated graphics in the Two-player mode of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' for the [[NES]], and for the RPG game ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and all 4 games on the ''[[Super Mario Advance (series)|Super Mario Advance]]'' series on the [[Game Boy Advance]]. For these Game Boy Advance remake games, there is also an added two to four-player battle mode, meaning that other players can join the player's game through the use of a Game Boy Advance link cable. Also, in every remake for the Game Boy Advance, the [[Shellcreeper]]s are replaced by [[Spiny|Spinies]]. ''Mario Bros.'' is also ported to the [[e-Reader]] under the name, ''[[Mario Bros. (game)#Mario Bros.-e|Mario Bros.-e]]''. And in 1995 a sequel called [[Mario Clash]] was released on the short lived [[Virtual Boy]].

The story of this game revolves around two plumbers, [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]], who are working in the [[Sewer|sewer]]s.<ref>"[http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4334387.html Exclusive Interview With Nintendo Gaming Mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto]". [http://www.popularmechanics.com/ Popular Mechanics]. October 19, [[2009]]. Retrieved 25 November 2009.</ref>. The sewers are overrun by waves of enemies and the Mario Bros. have to defeat the enemies and get [[coin]]s to receive their pay.

[[File:MarioBros7.png|thumb|left|Mario in Phase 1 of the NES version.]]

The game features a simple stage in which the player plays in an endless game. Enemies come from the pipes on the top and head downwards, where they may enter the pipes again to return to the top. The goal in each Phase is to defeat all enemies. This is done by jumping against the floor when enemies are walking on from below to knock them out, and then the player has to kick them away. The player could also use the [[POW Block]] to flip enemies, however it could be used only three times. When all enemies are defeated, the player gets to the next phase. In later levels, different types of enemies and harming fireballs appear. From time to time, there is a bonus level where the player has to collect all [[coin]]s in order to get an extra 3000-5000 points. The POW Block regenerates after the second bonus level and every subsequent bonus level.

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*[[Mario]]  

*[[Luigi]]  

Target enemies must be defeated to clear the phase while other enemies should be defeated by the player's discretion. Each phase consists of one or two types of targets with a maximum of six targets. [[Shellcreeper]]s and [[Sidestepper]]s appear together only in Phase 5 (6 in Japan). The last target enemy will always move at its fastest pace.

*[[Shellcreeper]] - The first enemies in the game, a possible relation to [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]]s. They are replaced by [[Spiny|Spinies]] in the ''[[Super Mario Advance (series)|Super Mario Advance]]'' games, but reappear in the Virtual Console version.

*[[Sidestepper]] - Crab creatures that are harder to defeat and have appeared in various games. They first appear in Phase 4 (5 in Japan).

*[[Fighter Fly]] - Flies that jump up and down. They first appear in Phase 6 (7 in Japan).

*[[Freezie|Slipice]] - Ice creatures that appear in a lot of games. They have been renamed Freezie, and first appear in Phase 9 (10 in Japan). When one self-destructs, it covers its platform in ice, hence the name.

*[[Icicle]] - They first appear in phase 16 (17 in Japan) and attack by dropping from the ceiling.

*[[Fireball (Mario Bros.)|Fireball]] - Red ones bounce diagonally around the stage while Green ones travel horizontally. They can be defeated by bashing them from underneath, just as they hit the ground. The player can also use a [[POW Block]] to defeat them as well. The sprites for green fireballs are swapped with [[Boo]]s in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version's Battle Game but not for the in-game 2 player mode where both types appear red.

===Remake Exclusives===

*[[Koopa Troopa]] (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' version)

*[[Spiny]] (''Super Mario Bros. 3'', ''Super Mario Advance'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' versions)

*[[Boo]] (''Super Mario All-Stars'' version)

[[File:Box_mb-e.jpg|thumb|120px|left|'''''Mario Bros.-e''''']]

'''''Mario Bros.-e''''' is a game for the [[e-Reader]], released on November 11, 2002 in the United States only. The game is a port of the [[NES]] version and the plot of the game is exactly same as the original game. The only difference from the NES version is that there are Green, Red, Yellow, and Blue [[Shellcreeper]]s throughout the game, and there is no two-player support.

==References in Later Games==

*''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'': The "Battle Mode" is very similar to ''Mario Bros.'''s gameplay.

*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'': A ''Mario Bros.''-themed level appears in this game. The game itself is also included.

*''[[Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo GameCube)|Mario Power Tennis]]'': A court is named after the game, and features many elements from it, such as Shellcreepers, [[POW Block]]s and even similar music.

*''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]'': The "Underground Mozart" music is based on the first "Stage Start" theme.

*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'': There is a [[Mario Bros. (stage)#Super Smash Bros. Brawl|stage]] based on the first stages of the game, as well as a remixed version of the title's music.

*''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'':The NES Version of the game features a stage similar to the sewers in the game also [[Koopa Troopa]]s go in the pipes similar to the [[Shellcreeper]]s

*''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'':One of the underground coin battle areas resemble the Mario Bros. arena.

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==Names in Other Languages==

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*Phase 2 was removed for non-Japanese versions of the game.

*There is a Game & Watch game titled ''[[Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Mario Bros.]]'', in which Mario and Luigi have to prepare cakes moving along a conveyer belt.

**This trick also works on the Super Smash Bros. Brawl [[Mario Bros. (stage)|stage]].

*The music that plays when the player begins Phase 1 is Mozart's [[Wikipedia:Serenade No. 13 (Mozart)|Eine kleine Nachtmusik]], which is also featured in ''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.

*Like in ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', Mario's clothes are different on the game cover and different in the game. This is the same with Luigi.

*A cameo appearance of the ''Mario Bros.'' arcade appears in ''[[:wikipedia:Tron Legacy|Tron Legacy]]'' in the arcade center.

*Due to limitations, the NES version has notably reduced graphics. The wheels were removed from the pipes, and the enemy introduction screens were removed entirely.

*When playing 2 player, one player can push or jump on the other player. Or both players can push each other at the same time.

*A Mario Bros. arcade machine makes another cameo appearence in [[:wikipedia:The Lightning Theif|Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Theif]]. It can be seen in the [[:wikipedia:Lotus Hotel and Casino|Lotus Hotel]].

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