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The '''''Mario Bros.''''' series is a video game series of the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]], deriving from [[Mario Bros. (game)|the original 1983 arcade game of the same name]].
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==
==List of games==
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!style="background-color: #d9d9d9;font-size:125%;text-align:left"colspan="2"|Title  
!style="background-color:#d9d9d9;font-size:125%;text-align:left"colspan="2"|Title  
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!width=150 style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"|Cover, original release and system
!width=150 style="background-color:#e0e0e0;"|Cover, original release and system
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!style="background-color:#e0e0e0;"|Synopsis  
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]''
!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>{{release|Japan|June 21, 1983}}Arcade machine</span>
|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, bashing the [[floor (Mario Bros.)|floor]]s underneath them to stun them before kicking them away. Many aspects from this game recur in later ''Mario'' franchise games, 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.
|'''''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]]''
!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>{{release|Japan|August 1984}}Home computer</span>
|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.
|'''''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>
!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>{{release|Japan|October 5, 1984}}Home computer</span>
|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.
|'''''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"|''[[Kaettekita Mario Bros.]]''
!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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!style="background-color:#d9d9d9;font-size:125%;text-align:left"colspan="2"|Title
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!width=150 style="background-color:#e0e0e0;"|Cover, original release and system
!style="background-color:#e0e0e0;"|Synopsis
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:Kaettekita Mario Bros Title.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|November 30, 1988}}[[Family Computer Disk System]]</span>
!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario Bros. Returns]]''
|'''''Kaettekita Mario Bros.''''' 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. 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.''
|-
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario Clash]]''</span>
|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:MarioClash.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|September 28, 1995}}[[Virtual Boy]]</span>
|style="text-align:center"|[[File:DK DKjr MB upright.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|USA|2004}}Arcade machine</span>
|'''''Mario Clash''''', unlike its predecessors, stars only Mario, but it otherwise keeps the same gameplay formula. It takes place in the [[Clash House Tower]], where Mario needs to defeat invading enemies in both the standard playing field and in the background by using the [[Virtual Boy]]'s depth and [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] shells.
|'''''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===
===Related games===
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!style="background-color: #d9d9d9;font-size:125%;text-align:left"colspan="2"|Title  
!style="background-color:#d9d9d9;font-size:125%;text-align:left"colspan="2"|Title  
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!width=150 style="background-color:#e0e0e0;"|Cover, original release, and system
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!style="background-color:#e0e0e0;"|Synopsis  
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Mario Bros.]]'' ([[Game & Watch]])
!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>
|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]]''.
|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]]''
!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:SMB3 Boxart.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|October 23, 1988}}[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]</span>
|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 "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 edited version appears in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.
|'''''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]]''
!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>{{release|Japan|March 21, 2001}} [[Game Boy Advance]]</span>
|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 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 [[bin|trash 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]]''.
|'''''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]]''
!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>{{release|Japan|November 21, 2013}}[[Wii U]]</span>
|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.  
|'''''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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Latest revision as of 18:46, January 29, 2025

This article is about the series of games based around the arcade Mario Bros. For the series based around Super Mario Bros., see Super Mario (series).
Mario Bros.
Mario Bros. North American logo
First installment Mario Bros. (1983)
Latest installment Mario Clash (1995)
Franchise Super Mario

The Mario Bros. series is a video game series in the Super Mario franchise, deriving from the original 1983 arcade game of the same name.

List of games[edit]

Title
Cover, original release and system Synopsis
Mario Bros.
Arcade flyer for Mario Bros.
Japan June 21, 1983[?]
Arcade machine
Mario Bros. is the second arcade game starring Mario as a protagonist, coming after 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 floors underneath them to stun them before kicking them away. Many aspects from this game recur in later games of the Super Mario franchise, notably coins, pipes, POW Blocks, and enemy turtles. The game has been ported innumerable times to various systems.
Mario Bros. Special
The box art for Mario Bros. Special
Japan August 1984[?]
Home computer
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.
Punch Ball Mario Bros.
Punch Ball Mario Bros.'s Boxart.
Japan October 5, 1984[?]
Home computer
Punch Ball Mario Bros. is another Japanese computer-based sequel by Hudson Soft. It features stone "Punch Balls" that must be thrown at enemies to stun them.
Mario Clash
Mario Clash
Japan September 28, 1995[?]
Virtual Boy
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 shells.

Remakes and compilations[edit]

Title
Cover, original release and system Synopsis
Mario Bros. Returns
The title screen of Mario Bros. Returns
Japan November 30, 1988[?]
Family Computer Disk System
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 Classic Series.
Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Junior/Mario Bros.
Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Junior/Mario Bros. upright cabinet
USA 2004[?]
Arcade machine
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.

Related games[edit]

Title
Cover, original release, and system Synopsis
Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)
Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)
March 14, 1983
Game & Watch
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.
Super Mario Bros. 3
North American box art for Super Mario Bros. 3
Japan October 23, 1988[?]
Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros. 3 features a battle mode called "Classic Mario Bros.," which is an altered version of the original. It is the first rendition to replace Shellcreepers with Spinies. A further edited version appears in the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3.
Super Mario Advance
North American box art for Super Mario Advance
Japan March 21, 2001[?]
Game Boy Advance
Super Mario Advance also features an 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 garbage cans and Bowser. This mode returns in every other Super Mario Advance game as well as Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
Super Mario 3D World
North American box art of Super Mario 3D World
Japan November 21, 2013[?]
Wii U
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.

See also[edit]

  • Wrecking Crew, a series using a similar layout of stacked platforms.
  • Hotel Mario, a game that also uses a similar layout.