Editing Mario Bros. (series)

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{{about|the series of games based around the arcade [[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]|the series based around [[Super Mario Bros.]]|[[Super Mario (series)]]}}
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|first=''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1983|1983]])
|latest=''[[Mario Clash]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
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|franchise=''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''
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The '''''Mario Bros.''''' series is a video game series in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], deriving from [[Mario Bros. (game)|the original 1983 arcade game of the same name]].
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==List of games==
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:MarioBrosFlyer.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|Japan|June 21, 1983}}Arcade machine</span>
|'''''Mario Bros.''''' is the second arcade game starring [[Mario]] as a protagonist, coming after ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''. The game's main attraction was featuring cooperative two-player functionality with Mario's recently introduced brother, [[Luigi]]. The two are in a sewer, battling various enemies leaking from the plumbing, hitting the [[floor]]s underneath them to stun them before kicking them away. Many aspects from this game recur in later games of the ''Super Mario'' franchise, notably [[coin]]s, [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s, [[POW Block]]s, and enemy [[Shellcreeper|turtle]]s. The game has been ported innumerable times to various systems.
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario Bros. Special]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:Mariopkg.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|Japan|August 1984}}Home computer</span>
|'''''Mario Bros. Special''''' is a Japan-only computer game developed by [[Hudson Soft]]. It has altered gameplay with stages where Mario or Luigi must complete specific tasks, such as pressing switches or collecting $ symbols.
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Punch Ball Mario Bros.]]''</span>
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:PBMB Boxart.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|Japan|October 5, 1984}}Home computer</span>
|'''''Punch Ball Mario Bros.''''' is another Japanese computer-based sequel by Hudson Soft. It features stone "[[Punch Ball]]s" that must be thrown at enemies to stun them.
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario Clash]]''</span>
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:MarioClash.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|Japan|September 28, 1995}}[[Virtual Boy]]</span>
|'''''Mario Clash''''', unlike its predecessors, stars only Mario, but it otherwise keeps the same gameplay formula. It takes place in the [[Clash House]], where Mario needs to defeat invading enemies in both the standard playing field and the background by using the [[Virtual Boy]]'s depth and [[Koopa Shell|Koopa shells]].
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===Remakes and compilations===
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario Bros. Returns]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:Kaettekita Mario Bros Title.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|Japan|November 30, 1988}}[[Family Computer Disk System]]</span>
|'''''Mario Bros. Returns''''' is a Japan-only game for the [[Family Computer Disk System]], being mostly a more graphically accurate port of the original arcade game than the 1983 [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] port in the [[Arcade Classics Series]]. However, it also has new features, such as the ability to change direction mid-[[jump]] and a slot machine [[minigame]]. Many of its graphical enhancements were used in a 1993 European NES port of ''Mario Bros.'' for the [[Nintendo Classics|Classic Series]].
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Junior/Mario Bros.]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:DK DKjr MB upright.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|USA|2004}}Arcade machine</span>
|'''''Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Junior/Mario Bros.''''' is an arcade system, only found in America, in which players could choose which of the three games they wanted to play.
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===Related games===
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Mario Bros.]]'' ([[Game & Watch]])
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:Gandwmbros.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>March 14, 1983<br>[[Game & Watch]]</span>
|The [[Game & Watch]] game '''''Mario Bros.''''' was released before the arcade game (and, as such, is technically the first appearance of Luigi), though it also started development later. Gameplay-wise, the games have nothing in common, with the Game & Watch game featuring Mario and Luigi working in a bottling plant, with one of the brothers appearing on each of its two screens. It was ported to both ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]'' and ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''.
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:Mario3rightbros.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|Japan|October 23, 1988}}[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span>
|'''''Super Mario Bros. 3''''' features a battle mode called "[[Mario Bros. (Super Mario Bros. 3)|Classic Mario Bros.]]," which is an altered version of the original. It is the first rendition to replace [[Shellcreeper]]s with [[Spiny|Spinies]]. A further [[Battle Game (Super Mario All-Stars)|edited version]] appears in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:SMA.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|Japan|March 21, 2001}} [[Game Boy Advance]]</span>
|'''''Super Mario Advance''''' also features an [[Mario Bros. (Game Boy Advance)|alternate mode based on ''Mario Bros.'']], having both a normal mode and a battle mode. Additionally, it can have up to four players and features some other new elements, such as [[Trash Can|garbage can]]s and [[Bowser]]. This mode returns in every other [[Super Mario Advance (series)|''Super Mario Advance'' game]] as well as ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:Box NA - Super Mario 3D World.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|Japan|November 21, 2013}}[[Wii U]]</span>
|'''''Super Mario 3D World''''' features an alternate mode with an edited port of the first NES version, called "''[[Luigi Bros.]]''" It replaces Mario with Luigi's modern colors, keeping the original Luigi the same. 
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==See also==
*''[[Wrecking Crew (series)|Wrecking Crew]]'', a series using a similar layout of stacked platforms.
*''[[Hotel Mario]]'', a game that also uses a similar layout.
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