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Super Mario Bros.
	; For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Developer	Nintendo EAD
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Famicom/NES ; Famicom Disk System ; Nintendo PlayChoice-10 ; Game Boy Advance ; Virtual Console (Wii / 3DS / Wii U) ; NES Classic Edition/Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer ; Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online ; Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.
Release date	Famicom/NES; September 13, 1985; October 18, 1985; May 15, 1987; July 1, 1987; 1993; Famicom Disk System; February 21, 1986; Nintendo PlayChoice-10; August 1986; Game Boy Advance; February 14, 2004; June 7, 2004; July 9, 2004; Virtual Console (Wii); December 2, 2006; December 25, 2006; January 5, 2007; January 5, 2007; April 26, 2008; Virtual Console (3DS) (Ambassador Program release); August 31, 2011; August 31, 2011; September 1, 2011; September 1, 2011; Virtual Console (3DS) (full release); January 5, 2012; February 16, 2012; March 1, 2012; March 1, 2012; February 3, 2016; Virtual Console (Wii U); June 5, 2013; September 12, 2013; September 12, 2013; September 19, 2013; NES Classic Edition/Famicom Mini; November 10, 2016; November 10, 2016; November 11, 2016; November 11, 2016; Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online; September 18, 2018; September 19, 2018; September 19, 2018; September 19, 2018; April 23, 2019; April 23, 2019;
Language(s)	English (United States);
Genre	2D platformer
ESRB:	- Everyone
PEGI:	- Three years and older
CERO:	- All ages
ACB:	- General
USK:	- All ages
ClassInd:	- General audience
RARS:	- All ages
GRAC:	- All ages
Mode(s)	1–2 players
Format	NES: Game Pak FDS: Disk Card Wii: Digital download Wii U: Digital download Nintendo Switch: Digital download Game Boy Advance: Game Pak Nintendo 3DS: Digital download NES Classic Edition: Built-in
Input	NES: NES Controller Wii: Wii Remote (horizontal) Classic Controller Nintendo GameCube Controller Wii U: Wii U GamePad Wii Remote (horizontal) Classic Controller Wii U Pro Controller Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Joy-Con (horizontal) Nintendo Switch Pro Controller NES Controller Super NES Controller Game Boy Advance: Gamepad Nintendo 3DS: Gamepad NES Classic Edition: NES Classic Controller; Classic Controller
Serial code(s)	Famicom:; HVC-SM; NES:; NES-SM; FDS:; FMC-SMA

Latest revision as of 15:50, November 3, 2024

This article is about the video game originally published for the Nintendo Entertainment System. For further uses, see Super Mario Bros. (disambiguation).

"SMB" redirects here. For the game known in Japan and Europe as Super Mario Ball, see Mario Pinball Land.

"Super Mario Brothers" redirects here. For the microgame from WarioWare: Smooth Moves, see Super Mario Brothers (WarioWare: Smooth Moves).

"Mario 1" redirects here. For the level in Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge, see Mario 1 (level).

Super Mario Bros. is a video game released for the Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. It shifted the gameplay away from its single-screen arcade predecessor, Mario Bros., and instead featured side-scrolling platformer levels. While not the first game of the Super Mario franchise (the first being Donkey Kong), Super Mario Bros. is the most iconic, and it introduced various series staples, including power-ups, classic enemies such as Goombas, and the basic premise of rescuing Princess Peach from Bowser.

As well as kicking off an entire series of Super Mario platform games, the wild success of Super Mario Bros. popularized the genre as a whole, helped revive the North American gaming industry after the video game crash of 1983, and was largely responsible for the initial success of the NES, with which it was bundled as a launch title. Until it was eventually surpassed by Wii Sports, Super Mario Bros. was the best-selling video game of all time for nearly three decades, with over 40 million copies sold worldwide.

The exact day of the North American release of Super Mario Bros. is heavily disputed, with different sources giving different dates with no way to verify them. Regardless, Nintendo officially pinpoints the release date as October 18, 1985.^[2]

A successor named Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan (later renamed Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels in North America) was released on June 3, 1986. Another successor sharing its English name with its predecessor's Japanese name was released on October 9, 1988. A third successor named Super Mario Bros. 3 was released on October 23, 1988.

Super Mario Bros. has been ported to many consoles. It was one of the NES games that could be played on the Nintendo PlayChoice-10 and NES Classic Edition, and it was released on the Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console and on Nintendo Switch's Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online.

Story

The following text is taken directly from the NES instruction booklet localization.

One day the kingdom of the peaceful mushroom people was invaded by the Koopa, a tribe of turtles famous for their black magic. The quiet, peace-loving Mushroom People were turned into mere stones, bricks and even field horsehair plants, and the Mushroom Kingdom fell into ruin.
The only one who can undo the magic spell on the Mushroom People and return them to their normal selves is the Princess Toadstool, the daughter of the Mushroom King. Unfortunately, she is presently in the hands of the great Koopa turtle king.
Mario, the hero of the story (maybe) hears about the Mushroom People's plight and sets out on a quest to free the Mushroom Princess from the evil Koopa and restore the fallen kingdom of the Mushroom People.
You are Mario! It's up to you to save the Mushroom People from the black magic of the Koopa!

One day, the Mushroom Kingdom was invaded by the Turtle Tribe, whose king was capable of using powerful magic. This magic was used to transform all the Mushroom People into inanimate objects such as rocks, bricks, and even horsetails, thus spelling the kingdom's downfall. Only Princess Toadstool can undo the spell and restore her people to life, but she is being held captive by King Koopa himself. Mario hears of the princess's plight, and sets out on a quest through 32 stages to topple the Turtle Tribe and save the once-peaceful kingdom.^[9]

Gameplay

Super Mario in World 1-1.

Super Mario Bros. is divided into eight worlds, each of them containing four levels. Mario^{[note 1]} has to get to the end of the level by jumping over various gaps and avoiding the enemies on his way. He can use several platforms (some of them collapse when Mario lands on them), stairs in the level, as well as jumping boards. There are also pipes along the way, some of which Mario can enter to visit various secret coin rooms before returning to the level, a bit further ahead than when he left.

Enemies include Little Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Buzzy Beetles, Koopa Paratroopas, Bullet Bills, Hammer Brothers, and leaping Cheep-cheeps. All these enemies can be defeated when Mario jumps on them. Koopa Troopas and Buzzy Beetles cower in their shell when jumped on, which Mario can kick to defeat other enemies with. Koopa Paratroopas lose their wings and fall to the ground when Mario jumps on them. Other enemies include Piranha Plants, and the Spiny-throwing Lakitus, and Mario has to either shoot fireballs at them or just avoid them. Two levels take place underwater. In the water, Mario can swim freely from the top to the bottom of the screen. The enemies in underwater levels are Bloobers and Cheep-cheeps. Mario can only defeat these creatures by shooting them with fireballs.

Mario swimming in World 2-2.

If regular Mario takes a hit, falls down a pit, or if the Time Limit runs out, he loses a life and restarts the level. The point where Mario continues depends on how far he ran through the level before getting defeated; either from the beginning or at one of several invisible "checkpoints" throughout the level. After a Game Over, pressing while holding on the title screen allows the player to continue from the start of the world.^[10] In a 2-player game, if this is done by whoever got a Game Over second, both players will begin in the same world where the second player's game ended.

Mario can get special power-ups out of ? blocks or, uncommonly, bricks. Most of the ?s in which Mario can find these items are visible, but some are hidden and only become visible when Mario hits them from beneath. With the Magic Mushroom, he turns into Super Mario. As Super Mario, he can survive the hit of an enemy one time, at the cost of turning back to regular Mario. He may also destroy empty bricks by jumping beneath them. Additionally, he can also get the Fire Flower. With the Fire Flower, Super Mario turns into Fiery Mario, which allows him to shoot fireballs at enemies to defeat them from a distance. With the 1 up Mushroom, he gains an additional life; he can also get an extra life if he collects a hundred coins. With the Starman, which can only be found in bricks, Mario turns invincible for a short amount of time and can defeat enemies by simply touching them. With the exception of coins, only one item can appear on the screen, and when a new item appears, the previous one will disappear.

At the end of each level, a castle stands with a flagpole nearby. When Mario reaches the flagpole, he takes down the enemy flag and enters the castle, completing the level. The higher the spot that Mario hits the flagpole, the more points he receives. If two players are playing the game, Luigi's turn comes whenever Mario loses a life. Luigi has no special abilities in the game that are different from Mario's.

The fourth level of each world plays inside a castle. They are usually filled with Fire-Bars and Podoboos. At the end of a castle level, Mario is confronted with a fake Bowser in Worlds 1 through 7 and the actual Bowser in World 8. Mario ordinarily has no way to hurt the fake Bowsers or the actual Bowser and has to either use the ax to destroy the bridge, causing either the false or real one to fall into the lava, or pelt him with many fireballs, which produces the same result and reveals the true forms of the fakes. After defeating an impostor, Mario frees one of the seven remaining mushroom retainers from the castle, at which point they say their iconic phrase: "Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!" At the end of the castle in World 8, Mario frees the grateful Princess Toadstool and completes his adventure, having the choice to continue playing in a "new quest." In this second quest, the player gets to choose a world, and replay some levels. However, all Little Goombas are replaced by Buzzy Beetles, all ground enemies are also considerably faster, some platforms and elevator-style lifts are shortened in length, and the level design is slightly changed for some levels (see below at "Hard mode").

Time clock

The game's levels have a Time Limit in the upper right, which counts down, with the background music speeding up when going below 100. If it reaches 0, the game declares "Time Up", and Mario loses a life. However, the in-game timer runs much faster than in real life; 400 seconds on the timer, which is the default when starting most of the levels, is 160 seconds in real time. The timer countdown speed is the same across NTSC and PAL versions.

amiibo tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits starts with a real-time 180 second limit, which is sufficient to finish any level, presuming it is finished without losing any lives, and would have 32 timer seconds (15 real-time seconds) to spare for any follow-up levels. For its seventh scene, this is sufficient to see the game's ending.

Hard mode

Main article: Hard Mode § Super Mario Bros.

After beating the main game, the player is given the option to pick a world (by pressing on the title screen to change the world counter in the upper right) to play in "a new quest"—a harder mode where all Little Goombas are replaced by Buzzy Beetles, and all enemies walk faster. Elevator-style lifts that were originally in their wide forms (Six holes wide) are now in their small forms (Four holes wide) that were used from World 5-1 onwards in the main game. Mario^{[note 1]} gains no special powers in hard mode, and he receives no extra points when he defeats an enemy.

The story remains the same, as each of the first seven castles contains a mushroom retainer that needs rescuing, while the eighth castle has Princess Toadstool. If the player finishes the game on hard mode, they will not unlock anything new from the previous time the game was finished. However, points can be gained faster by jumping on a Buzzy Beetle and then running with the shell as it hits other Buzzy Beetles and Koopa Troopas. Earlier levels in hard mode that had harder versions later on the in the main game, now have the harder version used for both levels; for instance, 1-3, which is an easier version of 5-3 in the normal game, is identical to 5-3 in Hard Mode.

Controls

The controls can be customized on Wii U Virtual Console and to some extent in Nintendo Switch's system settings.

Action(s)	NES Controller / NES Classic Controller / Nintendo Switch Online NES Controller	Wii Remote	Wii Classic Controller	Nintendo GameCube Controller	Game Boy Advance	Nintendo 3DS	Wii U GamePad / Wii U Pro Controller (default)	Joy-Con (dual) / Nintendo Switch Pro Controller	Joy-Con (sideways)
Move; change position on a beanstalk	(left/right)		(left/right) or	(left/right) or		(left/right) or	(left/right) or	(left/right) or	(left/right)
Duck; enter Warp Pipe	(down)		(down) or	(down) or		(down) or	(down) or	(down) or	(down)
Climb beanstalk	(up/down)		(up/down) or	(up/down) or		(up/down) or	(up/down) or	(up/down) or	(up/down)
Jump; swim upwards
Dash; throw fireball; restart the game at the end; select a world
Pause; confirm selected option on title screen
Select number of players on title screen				^{[note 2]}
Continue in the same world after the Game Over screen	Hold + press	Hold + press	Hold + press	Hold + press	Hold + press	Hold + press	Hold + press	Hold + press	Hold + press

Characters

Playable characters

Image	Name	Description
	Mario	Mario serves as the main protagonist of the game. Luigi, Mario's brother, appears only as the second player and plays identically to Mario. While Luigi is differentiated by his colors, both Fiery Mario and Fiery Luigi have the same palette.
	Luigi

Non-playable characters

Image	Name	Description
	Princess Toadstool	The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser kidnaps her to prevent her from reversing the magic the Koopa used on the Mushroom People. She appears in the final course, 8-4 where she thanks Mario^{[note 1]} for rescusing her and offers a "new quest" for him.
	Mushroom retainers	Seven Mushroom People that are servants of the princess and prisoners of the Koopa. They appear in every castle except for the final one. Mario can rescue a retainer by finishing a castle in World 1 to World 7. They'll say, "Thank you Mario/Luigi! But our princess is in another castle!"

Enemies and obstacles

Enemies

Enemies are generally listed in the order they appear in the instruction booklet. They are referred to as "bad guys" in-text.

Image	Name	Description	Levels		Pts.
Image	Name	Description	First	Last	Pts.
	Little Goomba	Mushroom creatures that walk back and forth. Little Goombas are the most common enemies and can be defeated with any attack.	World 1-1	World 8-4	100
	Koopa Troopa (green)	Foot soldiers of the Turtle Empire. Stomping on Koopa Troopas make them recede into their shells, which can be kicked to hit defeat enemies. Like Little Goombas, green-shelled Koopa Troopas walk off ledges.	World 1-1	World 8-3	100
	Koopa Troopa (red)	Red-shelled Koopa Troopas turn around when the reach the corner of a ledge.	World 1-2	World 7-3	100
	Koopa Paratroopa (green)	Winged Koopa Troopas. The green ones bounce across the ground or fly back and forth in set paths.	World 2-1	World 8-4	400
	Koopa Paratroopa (red)	Red Koopa Paratroopas fly up and down in set paths.	World 1-3	World 5-3	400
	Buzzy Beetle	Small Koopas that retract into their shells when stomped. Buzzy Beetles are immune to fireballs and replace Little Goombas in Hard Mode.	World 4-2	World 8-4	100
	Hammer Brother	Helmeted Koopas that toss hammers. Hammer Brothers periodically hop between rows of blocks. They always occur in pairs.	World 3-1	World 8-4	1000
	Spiny	Squat, spiked Koopas. Stomping one damages Mario.	World 4-1	World 8-2	200
	Spiny's egg	The spiked eggs tossed by Lakitus. They hatch into Spinies when they make contact with the ground.	World 4-1	World 8-2	200
	Lakitu	Cloud-riding Koopas. Lakitus toss Spiny's eggs. They appear towards the top of the screen follow Mario's position.	World 4-1	World 8-2	200
	Piranha plant	Carnivorous plants that sit in pipes. Piranha plants emerge and retract from pipes in set internals. If Mario stands directly next to or on these pipes, the plants do not emerge.	World 1-2	World 8-4	200
	Cheep-cheep (red)	Pudgy pufferfish enemies that swim through water. In some ground-themed courses, red Cheep-cheeps leap over bridges in large numbers.	World 2-2	World 8-4	200
	Cheep-cheep (grey)	Grey Cheep-cheeps only occur underwater. They swim slightly faster than the red ones.	World 2-2	World 8-4	200
	Bullet Bill	Missiles launched from Turtle Cannons. They fly in straight lines. Bullet Bills are unaffected by fireballs.	World 5-1	World 8-3	200
	Bloober	Underwater squid sentinels. They swim erratically to strike Mario.	World 2-2	World 8-4	200
	Podoboo	Balls of lava that guard Bowser's castles. They leap straight up from pools of lava to strike Mario.	World 2-4	World 8-4

Obstacles

Image	Name	Description	Levels
Image	Name	Description	First	Last
	Fire-Bar	Various fireballs stacked together moving either clockwise or counterclockwise. Their length may vary.	World 1-4	World 8-4
	Koopa's fire	Flames spewed by Bowser and his imposters. The fire travels horizontally and transcends walls.	World 1-4	World 8-4
	Lava	Pools of molten rock found within fortresses and castles. Direct contact makes Mario lose a life.	World 1-4	World 8-4
	Turtle Cannon	Cannons that launch Bullet Bills. Like the pipes that contain Piranha plants, Turtle Cannons do not fire when Mario is next to or on them.	World 5-1	World 8-3

Bosses

Mario and Bowser in World 8-4.

A boss occurs in the fourth level of each world, specifically located within the final room of the castle. The boss is on a bridge suspended above a pool of lava. Touching the ax at the opposite corner of the bridge makes it fall away and defeats the boss, but striking one with five fireballs as Fiery Mario defeats it as well. Defeating it this way awards the player with 5000 points. Once defeated, Mario transitions to a narrow corridor where captive is held. In the first seven worlds, this captive is a mushroom retainer that directs Mario further along his journey. In World 8, Princess Toadstool is the one rescued, completing the game. As Mario progresses through the worlds, bricks and lifts appear in the boss rooms as well.

Intrinsically, the only boss in the game is Bowser, the fire-breathing King of Koopas who kidnapped the princess and turned her subjects into horsehairs and bricks. However, Bowser himself only appears at the boss of World 8-4. All of the proceeding "Bowsers" are his minions in disguise. They all exhibit the same behavior: the large Koopa shuffles back and forth along the bridge, facing Mario, and jumping in small arches. These arches are just high enough that Mario can move underneath Bowser if the opportunity presents itself.

In the first five worlds, the fake Bowsers spew Koopa's fire. In the sixth and seventh worlds, they toss hammers like Hammer Brothers. The real Bowser is the only boss that actively does both. Like Spinies, Bowser and fake Bowsers have spiked shells. Attempting to stomp them damages Mario.

Items and objects

Items

Image	Name	Description
	1 up mushroom	Green mushrooms that give Mario an extra life when collected. 1 up mushrooms are within invisible blocks near pits. When one is struck, the mushroom travels across the ground in the opposite direction from Mario.
	Coin	Coins float in mid-air throughout levels and within blocks. Collecting one awards Mario 200 points. Collecting 100 awards him an extra life.
	Koopa shell	Stomping on a Koopa Troopa makes it recede into its shell. Its sent sliding when touched, defeating enemies on contact. Doing so causes the "bulldozer attack", where each enemy defeated grants Mario more points than the last. Launched shells ricochet off collided walls and can damage Mario on contact.
	Buzzy shell	Stomping on a Buzzy Beetle yields a shell that works like the Koopa ones, but it cannot be cleared away with tossed fireballs.

Power-ups

Items that transform Mario's appearance and give him unique abilities called "power boosts" in the instruction booklet. All of these items are held within blocks and must be jumped under to be released. It is not inherently apparent which block contain which power-ups, and breaking them does not grant Mario their abilities. He must touch the power-ups directly once they are expelled. Touching any power-up also awards Mario 1000 points. Forms that share a column look the same for Mario and Luigi.

Power-up	Form		Description
Power-up	Mario	Luigi	Description
N/A	Regular Mario	Regular Luigi	Mario is in this small-sized form when the player starts a new game. Regular Mario is incapable of breaking bricks and loses a life when he makes contact with an enemy or obstacle. However, he can run across narrow passageways without having to crouch. Regardless of the form he was in before losing a life, Mario reappears in the level in his regular form.
Magic Mushroom	Super Mario	Super Luigi	The red Magic Mushrooms are within visible blocks and slide across the ground, similar to 1 up mushrooms. They bounce back in the opposite direction when they hit an obstruction. Touching one transforms Mario into Super Mario, a form twice as tall as his regular form and capable of breaking bricks. Subsequent encounters with blocks intended to contain Magic Mushrooms instead release Fire Flowers when struck in this form. Receiving damaging in this form reverts Mario back into his regular-sized state. He retains this form across levels if he reaches flagpoles as Super Mario.
Fire Flower	Fiery Mario / Luigi		Making contact with a Fire Flower transforms Mario into Fiery Mario. In this form, Mario can toss projectile fireballs with that bounce along the ground. Most enemies are defeated when hit. Fiery Mario also has all the benefits of Super Mario, and similarly retains this form if he completes the level in it. Mario reverts to his regular size if hit as Fiery Mario.
Starman	Invincible Mario / Luigi		Starmen are rare power-ups often hidden in invisible blocks. When released, they bounce in the opposite direction from Mario. When grabbed, Mario is transformed into Invincible Mario for thirty seconds. In this state, Mario is largely indestructible and defeats enemies on contact. Contact with the Starman does not wholly replace the form Mario was already in (i.e., Mario remains small if one is touched while in his regular form, and he can still toss fireballs if he is in his Fiery form.) Invincible Mario cannot be carried over to subsequent levels.

Objects

Objects are interactable elements of the environment that cannot be picked up or collected.

Image	Name	Description
Blocks
	? block	Floating blocks that contain items. One releases its contents when jumped underneath. Some ? blocks are ten-coin blocks that release up to 10 coins if struck in rapid succession. Others are invisible. A struck ? block becomes an empty block that can be used as platforms. These are the only type of strikable blocks that regular Mario can open.
	Brick	The most common blocks. Most bricks fall apart when struck, but some are secretly ? or ten-coin blocks. Regular Mario is incapable of directly breaking a brick block, but he can still use a shell if available.
	Coral	Coral form varyingly sized columns in underwater levels that obstruct Mario.
	Small cloud	Cloud-like blocks make up the terrain in Bonus Stages high in the sky.
	Stairblock	Unbreakable blocks that appear on the ground. Some are stacked or laid next to each other to form climbable staircases or incomplete bridges.
Platforms
	Jumping board	Jumping boards bounce Mario into the air. Pressing when the the spring is fully contracted makes a jumping board launch Mario much higher than it would otherwise.
	Lift	Thin, moving platforms. They are most common in athletic levels, above bottomless pits. Lifts are of varying widths and movements. There is a paired type of Lifts called Balance Lifts that are a seesaw-like pulley system, where standing on one Lift makes it fall and the other rise. There are also types of Lifts that fall shortly after being stepped on.
	Pipe	Most pipes are columnar platforms of varying height, some of which contain Piranha plants. A few of them are Warp Pipes that bring Mario to a secret underground area by pressing down on .
	Super mushroom	Giant mushrooms that occur in athletic levels, high above bottomless pits.
Goals
	Ax	Touching an ax causes the bridge it is alongside to collapse. This defeats the boss that was on top of it and completes the level.
	Flagpole	Flagpoles are the goals at the end of most levels. When one is touched, Mario slides to the base and completes the level. Touching one also rewards him bonus points. The higher he is on the flagpole, the greater the number of points. Grabbing the top rewards Mario 5000 points.
Other objects
	Beanstalk	Beanstalks rapidly grow from struck vine blocks, ascending skyward. Climbing one brings Mario to a hidden Bonus Stage in the sky.
	Firework	Fireworks appear if Mario grabs a flagpole with 1, 3, or 6 as the last digit on the timer. The number of fireworks that go off correlates with this number, and each one rewards Mario 500 points.
	Horsehair plant	Field horsehair plants appear in the background of ground-themed levels. According to the instruction booklet, Bowser transformed some of the Mushroom Kingdom's inhabitants into these plants.

List of levels

World	Level	Setting	Enemies found
	World 1-1	Overworld	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa
World 1-2	Underground	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Piranha Plant
World 1-3	Athletic	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa
World 1-4	Castle	Fire-Bar, fake Bowser (Little Goomba)
	World 2-1	Overworld	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
World 2-2	Underwater	Bloober, Cheep-cheep, Piranha Plant
World 2-3	Athletic	Cheep-cheep
World 2-4	Castle	Fire-Bar, Podoboo, fake Bowser (Koopa Troopa)
	World 3-1	Overworld	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Hammer Brother
World 3-2	Overworld	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
World 3-3	Athletic	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa
World 3-4	Castle	Fire-Bar, Podoboo, fake Bowser (Buzzy Beetle)
	World 4-1	Overworld	Piranha Plant, Lakitu, Spiny
World 4-2	Underground	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle
World 4-3	Athletic	Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa
World 4-4	Castle	Piranha Plant, Podoboo, Fire-Bar, fake Bowser (Spiny)
	World 5-1	Overworld	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Bullet Bill
World 5-2	Overworld	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle, Bullet Bill, Hammer Brother (Bloober, Cheep-cheep)
World 5-3	Athletic	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Bullet Bill
World 5-4	Castle	Podoboo, Fire-Bar, fake Bowser (Lakitu)
	World 6-1	Overworld	Piranha Plant, Lakitu, Spiny
World 6-2	Overworld	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle (Bloober, Cheep-cheep)
World 6-3	Athletic	Bullet Bill
World 6-4	Castle	Podoboo, Fire-Bar, fake Bowser (Bloober)
	World 7-1	Overworld	Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle, Hammer Brother, Bullet Bill
World 7-2	Underwater	Bloober, Cheep-cheep, Piranha Plant
World 7-3	Athletic	Cheep-cheep, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa
World 7-4	Castle	Podoboo, Fire-Bar, fake Bowser (Hammer Brother)
	World 8-1	Overworld	Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle
World 8-2	Overworld	Little Goomba, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle, Lakitu, Spiny, Bullet Bill
World 8-3	Overworld	Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Bullet Bill, Hammer Brother
World 8-4	Castle	Little Goomba, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Fire-Bar, Podoboo, Buzzy Beetle, Hammer Brother, Bloober, Cheep-cheep, Bowser

Glitches

Main article: List of Super Mario Bros. glitches

Minus World

The Minus World entrance screen

Minus World in the NES version

Main article: Minus World

The Minus World is an endless underwater level, identical to World 7-2, which is accessed through a programming glitch. There is no way to complete the level, as entering the pipe at the end will simply return Mario or Luigi to the one at the beginning. While there is no strategic advantage in performing this glitch, many find it intriguing. The glitch was removed in some remakes of the game, excluding the imports, the Virtual Console port, and Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. The Family Computer Disk System release has a different Minus World with three levels that can be beaten, and once -3 is complete, the player will return to the title screen as if they had beaten the game.

Mario goes through the wall and enters World -1

To perform the glitch, Mario must go to World 1-2 and stand on top of the pipe that leads to the above-ground flag, without going in the pipe. Then he must break the second and third block from the pipe, but leave the one on the far right. Then he must stand on the left edge of the pipe (facing left) and duck. He then has to jump while in a ducking position and move right in mid-air (while still facing left). If done correctly, Mario will go through the block on the far right and the wall to the Warp Zone. Mario must then go through the pipe that would normally lead to World 2-1 or World 4-1, and Mario will enter the Minus World.

If World 2-2 or 7-2 is edited in a ROM editor so that it is possible to beat it during the underwater segment, there is a World -2, an underwater version of 3-4. If World 3-4 is edited in a ROM editor, then there is a World -3. It is also a version of 3-4, but with overworld graphics; beating World -3 takes the player to World -4, a level which is just a blank screen.

Over the flagpole

Over the Flag Pole Glitch - Video describing Over the Flagpole glitch in World 1-1, as well as some other glitches	File infoMedia:SMB W1-1 Glitch2.ogv

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Over the Flagpole glitch in World 3-3

In some levels, it is possible to jump over the flagpole. Beyond the flag pole is nothing but an endless path. There is nothing to do; all that can be done is wait for the timer to get to zero. To do this glitch in World 1-1, right after the second pit, Mario needs to wait for the Koopa Troopa to about to fall into the pit and simultaneously jump at the top of the level right above the Koopa. After that, the Koopa will be stuck underneath the level, but the player will still be able to see it. When the Koopa starts to walk under the level, Mario should follow it to the end. Along the way, it is required to grab a Magic Mushroom. When the Koopa is halfway between the staircase and the flagpole, the player must do the glitch again and Mario will jump above the flagpole.

To do this glitch in World 3-3, at the end of the level the player must stand on the last lift until another one has completely lifted, before falling off. After that, the player must accelerate as fast as possible and jump from the far edge of the lift. The lift should not lower while doing so.^[11]

There is a brick right after the fortress's or castle's first door, which stops Mario from going past the Fortress at the end of the levels.

In Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, this is exploited to hide Warp Zones. In worlds 3-1 and A-3, there are warp zones placed beyond the goals. In other worlds, while it is possible to go over the flagpole, the edge of the world is a few steps past the fortress, and the player is not able to go far enough for the flagpole to scroll off the screen.

This glitch was fixed in the Super Mario All-Stars version.

Staff

Main article: List of Super Mario Bros. staff
Director

Shigeru Miyamoto

Original Music

Koji Kondo

Designers

Shigeru Miyamoto
Takashi Tezuka

Programmers

Kazuaki Morita
Toshihiko Nakago

Producer

Shigeru Miyamoto

Executive Producer

Hiroshi Yamauchi

Development

Development for Super Mario Bros. began after Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka finished two other games together beforehand: Excitebike and Devil World. When designing Super Mario Bros., they wanted to use the scrolling screens of Excitebike and the large character sprites from Devil World, to make Super Mario Bros. stand out from other titles. Miyamoto and Tezuka wanted to fit various technologies into the game, comparing it to a puzzle. The name "Super Mario Bros." also came from Mario's new Super form.^[12]

Super Mario Bros. was developed at the same time as The Legend of Zelda, and both shared numerous staff members: Miyamoto, Tezuka, Toshihiko Nakago, Koji Kondo, Kazuaki Morita, Yasunari Nishida, and Hiroshi Yamauchi. According to the developers, some aspects of Super Mario Bros. were taken from The Legend of Zelda; Fire-Bars were one example, as they were present in the dungeons in The Legend of Zelda. Miyamoto implemented Fire-Bars into Super Mario Bros. as an obstacle.

The main goal of Super Mario Bros. was to have a character travel through many lands with all different themes to each other and it would feature a diverse terrain, such as land, water, and sky. They also intended for the main character to be twice the size of the final one. At the beginning of developing the game, the placeholder playable character was a 16×32 pixel square.^[13] The square could not even jump and as a result, Tezuka suggested making Mario the playable character instead of the square due to the popularity of Mario Bros., which Miyamoto accepted.^[14]

Nakago and his team, Systems Research and Development (SRD), colored the background blue in some levels.^[15] This was unusual, because video games released during this time usually had a black background, to avoid eye-strain and to avoid getting distracted by the bright colors. After coloring the background blue in some levels, Nakago then started designing maps for this game. Miyamoto wanted the levels to be around a minute long and he told SRD to do so. He then realized that it usually takes about a second to travel across a screen and that numerous screens would have been implemented in one stage. SRD first thought that Miyamoto had requested them to make 60 screens per stage, but Miyamoto then explained that obstacles in each screen would slow down the player's progress, which resulted in an average of about 12 screens per level. The stage with the most screens has only 32, which is about half of what SRD had originally expected.

When designing the stages themselves, because a level creating tool was not available to them at the time, Miyamoto and Tezuka would draw the levels on graph paper, and then Nakago and his team would design and program it into the game; if edits were to be made to the original drawings, a sheet of clear paper was placed over the original drawings.^[16] Nakago has stated that a lot of documents were sent to his team every day to change some aspects of stages. Every day, the group would do all they could do of what was stated in the documents and would work until 10 at night.

In two Japanese interviews promoting The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Miyamoto gave insight into the original background for the connection between the story of Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros., stating that the among the pipes in Mario Bros., one of them leads to the Mushroom Kingdom where Super Mario Bros. takes place.^[17]^[18]

According to Toru Iwatani, creator of Pac-Man, Miyamoto told him personally that Super Mario Bros. was influenced by Pac-Land, the pioneer of action games with horizontally running background.^[19]

The "Ending" theme in the Famicom Disk System version of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels was first composed as the ending theme of Super Mario Bros., before being shortened due to storage limitations.^[20]

Regional differences

The European version of the game adds one pixel to the hitboxes of Little Goombas, Spinies, Piranha Plants, Bloobers, Cheep-cheeps and Bullet Bills.^[21]

Pre-release and unused content

Main article: List of Super Mario Bros. pre-release and unused content

The game was far more focused on action than platforming. The game was split between ground and sky segments, which had Mario shooting enemies. Mario could use weapons and the control scheme was different as a result, such as having the up arrow of the used as the jump button.

Reception and legacy

The Super Mario Bros. Avenue in Zaragoza, Spain

Super Mario Bros. received critical acclaim and is considered one of the best games of all time. One of the most-praised aspects of the game is the precise controls, which allow players to control how far and high the characters jump and how fast they can run. The game popularized side-scrolling video games, and the game has since received several sequels and spin-offs, and many different ports and alternative versions. All characters, enemies, and items found in the game have become core elements of the Super Mario franchise and the plot of Bowser kidnapping the princess has continued to be used throughout the core Super Mario series.

The game was placed 14th in the 100th issue of Nintendo Power's "100 best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.^{[page number needed]} It ranked the first spot in Electronic Gaming Monthly's "Greatest 200 Games of Their Time", named in IGN's top 100 games of all time lists in 2005 and 2007, and declared the second-best Mario game of all time. IGN also placed it 3rd in their Top 100 NES Games list.^[22]

Super Mario Bros. sold 40.24 million units with its original release,^[23] being the second best-selling Super Mario game and among the best-selling video games of all time. It has received several other works such as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and the Super Mario Bros. film.

The game's impact on popular culture was so big that in 2010, a street in Zaragoza, Aragón (Spain), was named after it, with a ceremony being held in celebration.^[24]

References to other games

Donkey Kong: The design for lifts resembles the girders seen in 100m.
Donkey Kong Jr.: Trampolines return with a similar design.
Mario Bros.:
- Green pipes, coins and blocks, introduced to the Mario universe in this game, return.
- Koopa Troopas are derived from this game's Shellcreepers.

References in other games

Donkey Kong: For the NES release of this game, Mario's jumping sprite from Super Mario Bros. is used on the box art.
Mario Bros.: For the NES release of this game, Mario's jumping sprite from Super Mario Bros. is used on the box art.

References in later games

Main article: List of references to Super Mario Bros.

Alternate versions and re-releases

25th Anniversary SUPER MARIO BROS., with all the question marks on the ? Blocks changed to number 25's.

The cartridge for 3-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet

The 3-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet cartridge.

The playable demo in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

1985 - Original Nintendo Entertainment System release (North America/Japan)
1986 - Re-released on the Family Computer Disk System in Japan as one of the launch titles.
1986 - Released for the arcade VS. System as VS. Super Mario Bros.
1986 - A Game & Watch titled Super Mario Bros. is released, but it is a completely different game.
1986 - Ported into the arcade machine Nintendo PlayChoice-10.
1986 - Released on the Family Computer Disk System as All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. Most of the levels have been reused but the physics engine is from Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.
1987 - Original Nintendo Entertainment System release (Europe/Australia)
1988 - Re-released on the NES in North America as part of the 2-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt compilation, packaged with the NES Action Set.
1989 - A Nelsonic Game Watch titled Super Mario Bros. is released, but it is a completely different game.
1990 - Re-released on the NES in North America as part of the 3-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet compilation, packaged with the NES Power Set.
1990 - Re-released on the NES as part of Nintendo World Championships 1990.
1992 - Re-released on the NES in Europe as part of the 3-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Tetris/Nintendo World Cup compilation, sold alone or with the Top Loader.
1993 - Remake available on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as part of the Super Mario All-Stars compilation. Graphics and sound were updated, and many glitches were removed.
1994 - Remake available on the SNES in North America as part of the Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World compilation, packaged with the SNES Mario Set.
1997 - A special version is released as a Satellaview broadcast titled BS Super Mario Collection - Dai-1-Shuu, which is based on the Super Mario All-Stars version.
1999 - Remake released on the Game Boy Color as Super Mario Bros. Deluxe. The game featured the original game's graphics but loads of additional content.
2001 - The original game is available as an unlockable NES game in Doubutsu no Mori+. In Japan, it is obtainable only through the thirty Nintendo GameCube Memory Cards that were distributed as part of a sweepstakes in Famitsu magazine.^[25] In the international release, it can only be unlocked by using a cheating device. It was likely going to be released as an e-Reader card (as were Ice Climber and Mario Bros.), but a Super Mario Bros. card was never released. In the Japan-only re-release, Doubutsu no Mori e+, the game is removed altogether.
2003 - In celebrating 20 years of the Famicom in Japan, Nintendo ran a "Hot Mario Campaign" from November 7, 2003 to January 15, 2004, in which the prize was a special edition of Super Mario Bros. alongside a Famicom-themed Game Boy Advance.^[26]^[27]
2004 - The original game was re-released on the Game Boy Advance as part of the NES Classics / Famicom Mini collection, celebrating 20 years of the Famicom in Japan. It was also re-released on September 13, 2005, in Japan to celebrate 20 years of the original NES game.
2006 - Available on the Wii as part of the Virtual Console. It requires 23 blocks (2.9 MB) to be installed.
2008 - Available as a playable demo in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
2010 - SNES version re-released with Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition.
2010 - Virtual Console port titled 25th Anniversary SUPER MARIO BROS. with the question marks on the ? Blocks replaced with "25", exclusively bundled with a special, red Wii.
2011 - Released on the 3DS as part of the Virtual Console. It is a free download for those who purchased a 3DS before the August 12th price drop. The full release version was released on January 5, 2012, in Japan, on February 16, 2012, in North America, and on March 1, 2012, in Europe and Australia.
2013 - Released on the Wii U as part of the Virtual Console service via the Wii U eShop in Japan on June 5 and in Europe, Australia, and North America in September. It requires 15 MB to be installed. The game was also featured in NES Remix.
2014 - Re-released in NES Remix 2 as Super Luigi Bros. The game was also featured in Ultimate NES Remix along with the port of Super Mario Bros., Speed Mario Bros.
2014 - Available as a playable demo in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
2015 - Available as a "highlight" in amiibo tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits.
2016 - Released as one of the 30 games included in the NES Classic Edition and Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer.
2018 - Available as one of the 20 NES titles at the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service's launch in September 2018, and for the first time can be played with other players online.^[28]
2020 - Released as Super Mario Bros. 35, using the physics of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels and the "Taking damage as Fire Mario becomes Super Mario" system that was standardized in the Western Super Mario Bros. 3 versions onwards.
2020 - Released as Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.

Profiles and statistics

Wii Shop Channel: "One day, the Mushroom Kingdom was invaded by the Koopas, a tribe of turtles famous for their black magic. The quiet, peace-loving Mushroom People were turned into stones, bricks, and even plants, and the kingdom fell into ruin. The only one who can undo the magic spell on the Mushroom People and return them to their normal selves is Princess Toadstool, the daughter of the Mushroom King. Unfortunately, she is in the hands of evil King Bowser. Mario, the famous plumber, learns of the Mushroom People's plight and sets out to free the Mushroom Princess from the Koopas and restore the fallen kingdom of the Mushroom People. Jump, kick shells, and throw fireballs through eight action-packed worlds in this iconic NES classic!"
Nintendo eShop: "Rediscover Mario & Luigi's first great adventure! One day, the Mushroom Kingdom was invaded by the Koopas, a tribe of turtles famous for their black magic. The quiet, peace-loving Mushroom People were turned into stones, bricks, and even plants, and the kingdom fell into ruin. The only one who can undo the magic spell is Princess Toadstool, the daughter of the Mushroom King. Unfortunately, she is in the hands of evil king Bowser™. Mario™ learns of the Mushroom People's plight and sets out to free the Mushroom Princess from the Koopas and restore the fallen kingdom. Jump, kick shells, and throw fireballs through eight action-packed worlds in this iconic NES classic!"

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Sticker Super Mario Bros.

	Artwork from: Super Mario Bros.
	Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Arm, Leg] - Attack +15
	Usable by: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser

Media

For a complete list of media for this subject, see List of Super Mario Bros. media.

Ground Theme - Excerpt of the overworld theme.	File infoMedia:SMB Overworld Theme.oga 0:30

Underground Theme - The underground theme.	File infoMedia:Under Ground Theme SMB.oga 0:12

Underwater Theme - The underwater theme.	File infoMedia:Under Water Theme SMB.oga 0:25

Castle Theme - The castle theme.	File infoMedia:SMB Castle Theme.oga 0:16

Starman - The Starman theme.	File infoMedia:Invincibility SMB.oga 0:06

Lose a Life - The Life Lost theme.	File infoMedia:Lose a life SMB.oga 0:03

Course Clear - Theme that plays at the end of the levels.	File infoMedia:SMB Victory.oga 0:06

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Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Super Mario Bros.

Quotes

"To make Mario jump extra high, hold the B button down while you run and jump." — Nintendo Game Pack with Top Secret Tips!, Card no. 7
"Even if it says "Game Over" you can hold A and press Start. You'll continue on Level 1 of the last world you were on." — Nintendo Game Pack with Top Secret Tips!, Card no. 13
"In every world, within invisible blocks, on extra life is concealed (possibly more). Keep your eyes peeled!" — Nintendo Game Pack with Top Secret Tips!, Card no. 19
"You'll gain more points the higher you jump on a flagpole. Try accelerating first, the jump for all you're worth!" — Nintendo Game Pack with Top Secret Tips!, Card no. 31
"We wanted to make a big Mario running around beneath a blue sky. We squeezed as much as we could out of the NES technology." — Shigeru Miyamoto, Super Mario History 1985-2010 Booklet
"Developing this game was fun because it felt like we were solving a puzzle as we were making it." — Takashi Tezuka, Super Mario History 1985-2010 Booklet
"There was so much enthusiasm on this project because we were trying to create something that had never been done before." — Koji Kondo, Super Mario History 1985-2010 Booklet
"Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!" — Mushroom Retainer, Super Mario Bros.
"Thank you Mario! Your quest is over. We present you a new quest." — Princess Toadstool, Super Mario Bros.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スーパーマリオブラザーズ^[?] Sūpā Mario Burazāzu	Super Mario Bros.
Japanese	スーパーマリオブラザーズ1^[29] Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Wan	Super Mario Bros. 1
Chinese (simplified)	超级马力欧兄弟^[?] Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Xiōngdì	Super Mario Bros.
Chinese (traditional)	超級瑪利歐兄弟^[?] Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Xiōngdì	Super Mario Bros.
Korean	슈퍼 마리오브라더스^[?] Syupeo Malio Beuladeoseu	Super Mario Bros.

Trivia

Back of the Korean edition of a Super Mario Bros. themed board game. Original Japanese version was produced by Bandai.

The original story of Super Mario Bros. (with early character designs) as seen on a board game based on the game. An alternate set of pictures depicting the same events is in How to win at Super Mario Bros.

A comparison of the Super Mario Bros. and Mario Pikachu artwork

Despite being unmentioned in the Japanese manual,^[9] the Mushroom King appears in Asian-drawn strategy guide illustrations.
The Guinness Book of World Records 2011: Gamer's Edition states that this game was also remade on the Nintendo 64,^[30] which is incorrect.
In a 2011 United States Supreme Court case, Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (which overturned a California law banning the sale of violent video games to children without parental supervision), the Electronic Frontier Foundation submitted an amicus brief citing social research that declared Super Mario Bros. to be a violent video game. In the brief, it was stated that the game contained cartoon violence similar to that found in various Saturday morning television shows, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons, and the Mighty Mouse series, which garnered little negative reaction from the public in their own times.^[31]^[32]
A promotional artwork for the "Mario Pikachu" line of merchandise, based on the artwork for the Famicom release of Super Mario Bros., replaces the original game's characters and elements with Pokémon and elements from the Pokémon series. The changes are the following:
- Mario is replaced by Pikachu.
- Bowser is replaced by Blastoise.
- Princess Peach is replaced by Diancie.
- The Toads are replaced by two Foongus.
- The Koopa Paratroopa is replaced by a Wartortle.
- The castle is replaced by Bell Tower.
- A flower is replaced by Flabébé.
- The Goomba is replaced by a Shroomish.
- The Bullet Bill is replaced by Beldum.
- The Super Mushroom is replaced by a Big Mushroom.
- The Blooper is replaced by an Inkay.
- The hill is now orange and the Warp Pipe has been replaced by Slowpoke Well.
- The Koopa Troopa is replaced by a Squirtle.
- The Cheep Cheep is replaced by a Qwilfish.
- The Hammer Bro is replaced by a Psyduck.
- The cliff is now a cave.
- The Spiny is replaced by a Ferroseed, and the Lakitu is replaced by a Landorus.
The South African release in 1993 reuses the European version's packaging, the only NES game to do so in the region; all other South African NES titles feature a red "South African Version" banner on the box art and cartridge label.^[33]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Unless explicitly specified otherwise, any mentioning of Mario is equally applicable to Luigi during his playthrough.
^ Only applicable by default on Wii Virtual Console. On Nintendo Switch Online the , and/or buttons must be remapped in the system settings to for this function to work.

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^ ^a ^b Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Masterpieces
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^ Rogers, Joshua Alexander (April 16, 2020). Video Games around the World. LinkedIn. Retrieved March 23, 2024. (Archived September 25, 2022, 15:36:58 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
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^ Ed Acosta (January 25, 2015). Super Mario Bros a+start level restart. YouTube. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ おにくてゃん (April 15, 2007). 神業（？）やり込み・マリオ裏技動画. Nicovideo (Japanese). Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ Developer Interview: Super Mario Bros. – Nintendo Entertainment System. NES Classic Edition – Official Site (American English). Archived November 11, 2016, 05:44:27 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ rawmeatcowboy (December 11, 2009). Super Mario Bros. main character originally started out as...a huge square. Go Nintendo. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ It Started With A Square Object Moving. Nintendo of America (American English). Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ Iwata Asks: New Super Mario Bros Wii. Nintendo of America (American English). Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ Nintendo of America (June 16, 2015). Nintendo Digital Event @ E3 2015. YouTube. Archived June 16, 2015, 19:52:18 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ 「Shigeru Miyamoto: もともと『マリオブラザーズ』は、土管がいっぱいあるニューヨークの地下で活躍する兄弟、ニューヨークのなかでもたぶんブルックリン、というところまで勝手に決めていて。『ドンキーコング』は舞台がニューヨークですし。その土管が不思議な森（キノコ王国）につながったのが、『スーパーマリオブラザーズ』なんです。 ("Originally, I arbitrarily decided that Mario Bros. has the brothers being active in the underground of New York, which is full of pipes, probably in Brooklyn in New York. Donkey Kong is also set in New York. In Super Mario Bros., those pipes lead to the mysterious forest (Mushroom Kingdom).")」– April 25, 2023. インタビューマリオ映画公開記念！宮本茂さんインタビュー制作の始まりから驚きの設定まで. Nintendo Dream Web (Japanese). Retrieved April 25, 2023.
^ 「Shigeru Miyamoto: これは映画化とかは一旦別にして、影の設定として決めていたんですよ。実は大昔にライセンスで作られたマリオの映画も、そういうストーリーになってるんです。元々ゲームのストーリーでも「土管がいっぱいある、ニューヨークの地下で活躍する1作目マリオブラザーズ」から、「その土管が不思議な世界に繋がっていく2作目スーパーマリオブラザーズ」に繋いでいました。『ドンキーコング』も舞台はニューヨークですし、そこから「舞台は、ニューヨークの中でもブルックリンやろうな」と決めて行ったり……その辺りの舞台設定やストーリーはすんなり決まっていましたね。 ("I had decided on that as a shadow setting, putting aside the film adaptation for a moment. In fact, the Mario movie that was made a long time ago under license also had such a story. Originally, the stories of the games were connected via 'The first Mario Bros., which takes place underground in New York City, full of pipes', to 'the second Super Mario Bros., in which the pipes lead to a mysterious world'. Donkey Kong was also set in New York, and from there we decided, 'Let's make the setting Brooklyn in New York'... A setting around that area and a story were decided easily.")」– April 28, 2023. 宮本茂はどうやって「ゲームの映画化は面白くない」に立ち向かったのか――『ザ・スーパーマリオブラザーズ・ムービー』がちょっと面白すぎたので、宮本さんに直接訊いてみた. Den-Faminicogamer (Japanese). Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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^ Super Mario Sales Data: Historical Units Sold Numbers for NES, SNES, N64.... VG Chartz (English). Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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External links

Super Mario Bros. coverage on other NIWA wikis:

The Cutting Room Floor has an article on Super Mario Bros.

[luigi-10] Unless explicitly specified otherwise, any mentioning of Mario is equally applicable to Luigi during his playthrough.

[12] Only applicable by default on Wii Virtual Console. On Nintendo Switch Online the , and/or buttons must be remapped in the system settings to for this function to work.

[1] Super Mario Bros. Japanese website. Nintendo of Japan.

[narelease-2] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Masterpieces

[3] Super Mario Bros.. The Mushroom Kingdom (English). Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[4] Rogers, Joshua Alexander (April 16, 2020). Video Games around the World. LinkedIn. Retrieved March 23, 2024. (Archived September 25, 2022, 15:36:58 UTC via Wayback Machine.)

[5] Super Mario Bros. (FDS). The Mushroom Kingdom (English). Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[6] August 1986. Cash Box 1986-08-30. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[7] Super Mario Bros. | Game Boy Advance | Games | Nintendo. Nintendo of UK (British English). Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[8] Super Mario Bros. (VC). The Mushroom Kingdom (English). Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[MushStory-9] Mandelin, Clyde (6 Feb. 2013). Super Mario Bros. Translation Comparison: Manuals. Legends of Localization. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[11] Ed Acosta (January 25, 2015). Super Mario Bros a+start level restart. YouTube. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[13] おにくてゃん (April 15, 2007). 神業（？）やり込み・マリオ裏技動画. Nicovideo (Japanese). Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[14] Developer Interview: Super Mario Bros. – Nintendo Entertainment System. NES Classic Edition – Official Site (American English). Archived November 11, 2016, 05:44:27 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[15] rawmeatcowboy (December 11, 2009). Super Mario Bros. main character originally started out as...a huge square. Go Nintendo. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[Super_Mario_Square-16] It Started With A Square Object Moving. Nintendo of America (American English). Retrieved May 31, 2024.

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[18] Nintendo of America (June 16, 2015). Nintendo Digital Event @ E3 2015. YouTube. Archived June 16, 2015, 19:52:18 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

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[Edit] Super Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels / Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Characters	Playable	Mario • Luigi
Characters	Unplayable	Mushroom King • Mushroom retainer • Princess Toadstool • Boo² • Yoshi²
Worlds	Super Mario Bros.	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • Hard Mode
	The Lost Levels	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • World 9 • World A • World B • World C • World D
	Misc.	Coin Heaven • Minus World • Sub-area • Warp Zone
Items		1 up Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Magic Mushroom • Poisonous Mushroom^1,2 • Red Coin² • Starman • Yoshi Egg²
Objects		? Block • 3-2-1 Block² • Ax • Balance Scale • Beanstalk • Brick Block • Bridge • Buzzy shell • Cloud • Coral • Door¹ • Dotted-Line Block² • Face Block² • Fireworks • Flagpole • Flimsy Lift • Hidden Block • Horsehair plant • Jumping board • Koopa shell • Lift • Pipe • POW Block³ • Small cloud • Staircase • Super Mushroom • Super Spring^1,2 • Water • Wind¹
Forms		Fiery Mario • Invincible Mario • Regular Mario • Super Mario
Enemies and obstacles		Bloober • Bottomless pit • Bowser's Brother^1,2 • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cheep-cheep • Enemy clone³ • Fire-Bar • Hammer Brother • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Koopa's fire • Lakitu • Lava • Little Goomba • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Sky Blooper^1,2 • Spike Trap² • Spiny • Spiny's egg • Turtle Cannon
Bosses		Bowser • Fake Bowser
Miscellaneous		Gallery (The Lost Levels · Deluxe) • Glitches (The Lost Levels) • Media • Pre-release and unused content • References in later media • Staff (Deluxe) • Super Mario Bros.: Mario Syndrome
Related games		All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. • BS Super Mario Collection • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario All-Stars (+ Super Mario World · Limited Edition) • Super Mario Bros. 35 • Super Mario Bros. Special • VS. Super Mario Bros.
¹ Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels ² Super Mario Bros. Deluxe ³ Super Mario Bros. 35

[Edit] Super Mario games
Platformers	Super Mario series	Main	Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Land (1989, GB) • Super Mario World (1990, SNES) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992, GB) • Super Mario 64 (1996, N64) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006, DS) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007, Wii) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Wii) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010, Wii) • Super Mario 3D Land (2011, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U (2012, Wii U) • Super Mario 3D World (2013, Wii U) • Super Mario Maker (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Run (2016, iOS/iPadOS/Android) • Super Mario Odyssey (2017, Switch) • Super Mario Maker 2 (2019, Switch) • Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023, Switch)
		Reissues	VS. Super Mario Bros. (1986, VS) • Super Mario Bros. (1986, G&W) • All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. (1989, NGW) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990, NGW) • Super Mario World (1991, NGW) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993, SNES) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (1994, SNES) • BS Super Mario USA (1996, SNES) • BS Super Mario Collection (1997, SNES) • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999, GBC) • Super Mario Advance (2001, GBA) • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001, GBA) • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003, GBA) • Classic NES Series (2004-2005, GBA) • Super Mario 64 DS (2004, DS) • Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010, Wii) • Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (2016, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019, Switch) • Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020, Switch) • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020, G&W) • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021, Switch)
		Related games	Super Mario Bros. Special (1986, computer) • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994, GB) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995, SNES) • New Super Luigi U (2013, Wii U) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014, Wii U) • Super Mario Bros. 35 (2020, Switch) • Bowser's Fury (2021, Switch)
		Canceled games	Super Mario's Wacky Worlds (CD-i) • Mario Takes America (CD-i) • VB Mario Land (VB) • Super Mario 64 2 (N64DD)
	Donkey Kong series		Donkey Kong (1981, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1994, GB)
	Mario vs. Donkey Kong series		Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004, GBA) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006, DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009, DSiWare) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010, DS) • Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (2013, 3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015, 3DS/Wii U) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016, 3DS/Wii U)
	Mario Bros. series		Mario Bros. (1983, arcade) • Mario Bros. Special (1984, computer) • Punch Ball Mario Bros. (1984, computer) • Mario Clash (1995, VB)
	Wrecking Crew series		VS. Wrecking Crew (1984, VS) • Wrecking Crew (1985, NES) • Wrecking Crew '98 (1998, SFC)
	Other		Mario Bros. (1983, G&W) • Mario's Cement Factory (1983, G&W) • Mario & Wario (1993, SNES) • Hotel Mario (1994, CD-i) • Super Princess Peach (2005, DS) • Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024, Switch)
	Reissues		Crazy Kong (1981, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1982, G&W) • Mario Bros. have returned (1988, FDS) • Donkey Kong (1994, NGW) • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002, GBA) • Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Junior/Mario Bros. (2004, arcade) • Virtual Console (2006-2016, Wii/3DS/Wii U) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2018, Switch/3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2024, Switch)
	Tech demos		Super Mario 128 (2000, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. Mii (2011, Wii U)
Mario Kart series	Main		Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, N64) • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001, GBA) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003, GCN) • Mario Kart DS (2005, DS) • Mario Kart Wii (2008, Wii) • Mario Kart 7 (2011, 3DS) • Mario Kart 8 (2014, Wii U) • Mario Kart Tour (2019, iOS/iPadOS/Android)
	Arcade		Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (2007, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP VR (2017, arcade)
	Other		Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (2020, Switch)
	Ports		Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017, Switch)
Mario Party series	Main		Mario Party (1998, N64) • Mario Party 2 (1999, N64) • Mario Party 3 (2000, N64) • Mario Party 4 (2002, GCN) • Mario Party 5 (2003, GCN) • Mario Party 6 (2004, GCN) • Mario Party 7 (2005, GCN) • Mario Party 8 (2007, Wii) • Mario Party 9 (2012, Wii) • Mario Party 10 (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Party (2018, Switch) • Mario Party Superstars (2021, Switch) • Super Mario Party Jamboree (2024, Switch)
	Handheld		Mario Party Advance (2005, GBA) • Mario Party DS (2007, DS) • Mario Party: Island Tour (2013, 3DS) • Mario Party: Star Rush (2016, 3DS) • Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017, 3DS)
	Arcade		Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party (2004, arcade) • Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party 2 (2005, arcade) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher (2009, arcade) • Mario Party Kurukuru Carnival (2012, arcade) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher 2 (2013, arcade) • Mario Party Challenge World (2016, arcade)
	Other		Mario Party 4 (2002, Adobe Flash) • Mario Party-e (2003, GBA)
Sports games	Mario Golf series		Golf (1984, NES) • Stroke & Match Golf (1984, VS. System) • Golf: Japan Course (1987, FDS) • Golf: U.S. Course (1987, FDS) • Golf (1989, GB) • NES Open Tournament Golf (1991, NES) • Mario Golf (1999, N64) • Mario Golf (1999, GBC) • Mobile Golf (2001, GBC) • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003, GCN) • Mario Golf: Advance Tour (2004, GBA) • Mario Golf: World Tour (2014, 3DS) • Mario Golf: Super Rush (2021, Switch)
	Mario Tennis series		Mario's Tennis (1995, VB) • Mario Tennis (2000, N64) • Mario Tennis (2000, GBC) • Mario Power Tennis (2004, GCN) • Mario Tennis: Power Tour (2005, GBA) (Bicep Pump [Unknown, Adobe Flash] • Reflex Rally [Unknown, Adobe Flash]) • Mario Tennis Open (2012, 3DS) • Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015, Wii U) • Mario Tennis Aces (2018, Switch)
	Super Mario Stadium series		Mario Superstar Baseball (2005, GCN) • Mario Super Sluggers (2008, Wii)
	Mario Strikers series		Super Mario Strikers (2005, GCN) • Mario Strikers Charged (2007, Wii) • Mario Strikers: Battle League (2022, Switch)
	Famicom Grand Prix series		Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race (1987, FDS) • Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (1988, FDS)
	Other		Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, G&W) • Baseball (1989, GB) • Super Mario Race (1992, GwB) • Easy Racer (1996, SNES) • Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006, DS) • Mario Sports Mix (2010, Wii) • Mario Sports Superstars (2017, 3DS) • LEGO Super Mario Goal (2024, Sky Italia)
	Canceled games		Super Mario Spikers (Wii)
Role-playing games	Paper Mario series		Paper Mario (2000, N64) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004, GCN) • Super Paper Mario (2007, Wii) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012, 3DS) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016, Wii U) • Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020, Switch)
	Mario & Luigi series		Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003, GBA) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024, Switch)
	Other		Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996, SNES)
	Remakes		Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018, 3DS) • Super Mario RPG (2023, Switch) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024, Switch)
Dr. Mario series	Main		Dr. Mario (1990, NES/GB) • Dr. Mario 64 (2001, N64) • Dr. Mario Online Rx (2008, WiiWare) • Dr. Mario Express (2008, DSiWare) • Dr. Luigi (2013, Wii U) • Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (2015, 3DS) • Dr. Mario World (2019, iOS/iPadOS/Android)
	Other		Dr. Mario (1993, GwB)
	Remakes		Tetris & Dr. Mario (1994, SNES) • Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003, GCN) • Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (2005, GBA)
Luigi's Mansion series	Main		Luigi's Mansion (2001, GCN) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019, Switch)
	Arcade		Luigi's Mansion Arcade (2015, arcade)
	Remakes		Luigi's Mansion (2018, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (2024, Switch)
Educational games	Mario Discovery Series		Mario is Missing! (1992, MS-DOS) • Mario is Missing! (1993, SNES) • Mario is Missing! (1993, NES) • Mario's Time Machine (1993, MS-DOS) • Mario's Time Machine (1993, SNES) • Mario's Time Machine (1994, NES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters (1993, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers (1994, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (1994, MS-DOS/SNES)
	Mario Teaches Typing series		Mario Teaches Typing (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Teaches Typing 2 (1996, MS-DOS)
	Other		Family BASIC (1984, FC) • Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up (1991, MS-DOS)
	Ports		Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection (1995, MS-DOS)
Art utilities	Mario Artist series		Mario Artist: Paint Studio (1999, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Communication Kit (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Polygon Studio (2000, N64DD)
Art utilities	Other		I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. Print World (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Paint (1992, SNES) • Super Mario Collection Screen Saver (1997, PC) • Mario no Photopi (1998, N64) • Mario Family (2001, GBC)
Miscellaneous	Picross series		Mario's Picross (1995, GB) • Mario's Super Picross (1995, SFC) • Picross 2 (1996, GB) • Picross NP Vol. 6 (2000, SFC)
	LCD handhelds		Mario's Bombs Away (1983, G&W) • Mario's Egg Catch (1990, SMBW) • Luigi's Hammer Toss (1990, SMBW) • Princess Toadstool's Castle Run (1990, SMBW) • Mario the Juggler (1991, G&W)
	Pinball		Pinball (1984, NES) • Super Mario Bros. (1992, arcade) • Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World (1992, arcade) • Mario Pinball Land (2004, GBA)
	Arcade		Mario Roulette (1991, arcade) • Piccadilly Circus: Super Mario Bros. 3 (1991, arcade) • Mario World (1991, arcade) • Terebi Denwa: Super Mario World (1992, arcade) • Super Mario World Popcorn (1992, arcade) • Pika Pika Mario (1992, arcade) • Janken Fukubiki: Super Mario World (1992, arcade) • Koopa Taiji (1993, arcade) • Būbū Mario (1993, arcade) • Mario Undōkai (1993, arcade) • Super Mario World (1993, arcade) • Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race (1994, arcade) • Mario Bowl (1995, arcade) • Super Mario Attack (1996, arcade) • Super Donkey Kong 2 Swanky no Bonus Slot (1996, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1996, arcade) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, arcade) • Super Mario 64 (1997, arcade) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (Unknown, arcade) • Super Mario World (Unknown, arcade) • Guru Guru Mario (Unknown, arcade) • Dokidoki Mario Chance! (2003, arcade) • Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land (2003, arcade) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World (2011, arcade)
	Browser		Mario Net Quest (1997, Adobe Shockwave) • Mario's Memory Madness (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • Crazy Counting (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Dinky Rinky (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Goodness Rakes (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Melon Mayhem (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Nomiss (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Wario's Whack Attack (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • The Lab (The Bookshelf • The Drafting Table • PolterCue • Ask Madame Clairvoya) (2001, Adobe Flash) • Mario Trivia (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Mario Memory (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Virus Attack! (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Mini-Mario Factory Game! (2004, Adobe Flash) • Bill Bounce (2004, Adobe Flash) • Mario Party 7 Bon Voyage Quiz (2005, Adobe Flash) • Super Mario Strikers (2005, Adobe Flash) • Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss (2005, Adobe Flash) • Bowser's Lair Hockey (2005, Adobe Flash) • Heads-Up (2005, Adobe Flash) • Parasol Fall (2005, Adobe Flash) • Dribble Skillz (2006, Adobe Flash) • Superstar Shootout (2006, Adobe Flash) • Cannon Kaos (2006, Adobe Flash) • 1-Up Hunt! (2006, Adobe Flash) • Super Paper Mario Memory Match (2007, Adobe Flash) • Are You Smarter Than Mario? (2008, Adobe Flash) • Play Nintendo activities (2014–present)
	DSiWare applications		Mario Calculator (2009, DSiWare) • Mario Clock (2009, DSiWare)
	Other games		Alleyway (1989, GB) • Yoshi's Safari (1993, SNES) • UNDAKE30 Same Game (1995, SFC) • Mario's Game Gallery (1995, MS-DOS) • Mario's FUNdamentals (1998, Windows) • Yakuman DS (2005, DS)
	Tech demos		NDDEMO (2001, GCN) • Mario's Face (Unknown, DS)
Crossovers	Game & Watch Gallery series		Game & Watch Gallery (1997, GB) • Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1997, GB) • Game & Watch Gallery 3 (1999, GBC) • Game & Watch Gallery 4 (2002, GBA)
	Super Smash Bros. series		Super Smash Bros. (1999, N64) • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001, GCN) • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Wii) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014, 3DS) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014, Wii U) • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Switch)
	Itadaki Street series		Itadaki Street DS (2007, DS) • Fortune Street (2011, Wii)
	Mario & Sonic series		Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008, DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, DS) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2012, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition (2016, arcade) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019, Switch) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition (2020, arcade)
	NES Remix series	Main	NES Remix (2013, Wii U) • NES Remix 2 (2014, Wii U)
	NES Remix series	Reissues	NES Remix Pack (2014, Wii U) • Ultimate NES Remix (2014, 3DS)
	Mario + Rabbids series		Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017, Switch) • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (2022, Switch)
	Other		Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle (1997, SNES) • NBA Street V3 (2005, GCN) • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005, GCN) • SSX on Tour (2005, GCN) • Tetris DS (2006, DS) • Captain Rainbow (2008, Wii) • Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (2009, DSiWare) • Nintendo Land (2012, Wii U) • Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (2015, 3DS) • Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024, Switch)

[Edit] Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System games
Super Mario franchise	Donkey Kong (1983) • Mario Bros. (1983) • Pinball (1984) • Golf (1984) • Family BASIC V3† (1985) • Wrecking Crew (1985) • Super Mario Bros. (1985) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) • Dr. Mario (1990) • NES Open Tournament Golf (1991) • Mario is Missing!* (1993) • Mario's Time Machine* (1994)
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong (1983) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1983) • Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson† (1983) • Donkey Kong Jr. Math (1983) • Donkey Kong 3 (1984) • Donkey Kong Classics* (1988)
Yoshi franchise	Yoshi (1991) • Yoshi's Cookie (1992)
Wario franchise	Wario's Woods (1994)
Family Computer Disk System	Golf (1986) • Super Mario Bros. (1986) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986) • I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater (1986) • All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. (1986) • Golf: Japan Course (1987) • Golf: U.S. Course (1987) • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987) • Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race (1987) • Donkey Kong‡ (1988) • Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (1988) • Donkey Kong Jr.‡ (1988) • Mario Bros. have returned‡ (1988) • Wrecking Crew‡ (1989) • Pinball‡ (1989)
Miscellaneous	Nintendo World Championships 1990* (1990) • Nintendo Campus Challenge* (1991)
* NES only † Famicom only ‡ Disk Writer only

[Edit] Virtual Console games
Super Mario franchise	General	Mario Bros. • Mario's Super Picross • NES Open Tournament Golf • Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 2 • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels • Super Mario Kart • Super Mario World • Wrecking Crew
	Wii and Wii U	Mario Golf • Mario Kart 64 • Mario Party 2 • Mario Tennis (N64) • Paper Mario • Pinball • Super Mario 64 • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
	Wii U and Nintendo 3DS	Mario Kart: Super Circuit • Mario vs. Donkey Kong • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
	Wii U	Dr. Mario (NES) • Golf (NES) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga • Mario Golf: Advance Tour • Mario Hoops 3-on-3 • Mario Kart DS • Mario Party Advance • Mario Party DS • Mario Pinball Land • Mario Tennis: Power Tour • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis • New Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario 64 DS • Super Mario Advance • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 • Wrecking Crew '98
	Nintendo 3DS	Alleyway • Baseball • Dr. Mario (GB) • Golf (GB) • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga • Mario Golf (GBC) • Mario Tennis (GBC) • Mario's Picross • Picross 2 • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe • Super Mario Land • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Yoshi franchise		Tetris Attack • Yoshi (NES) • Yoshi's Cookie (NES) • Yoshi's Story
Donkey Kong franchise		Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong (GB) • Donkey Kong 3 • Donkey Kong Country • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! • Donkey Kong Jr. • Donkey Kong Jr. Math
Wario franchise		Wario Land II • Wario Land 3 • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 • WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! • WarioWare: Touched! • Wario's Woods (NES)
Other		Game & Watch Gallery • Game & Watch Gallery 2 • Game & Watch Gallery 3 • Game & Watch Gallery 4 • Panel de Pon • Super Smash Bros. (N64) • Tetris (GB)

[Edit] Nintendo Switch Online games
NES	Super Mario franchise	Dr. Mario (2018) • Mario Bros. (2018) • Super Mario Bros. (2018) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (2018) • NES Open Tournament Golf (2018) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (2019) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (2019) • Wrecking Crew (2019) • Pinball (2022) • Golf (2024)
	Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong (2018) • Donkey Kong Jr. (2019) • Donkey Kong 3 (2019) • Donkey Kong Jr. Math (2024)
	Yoshi franchise	Yoshi (2018)
	Wario franchise	Wario's Woods (2018)
SNES	Super Mario franchise	Super Mario Kart (2019) • Super Mario World (2019) • Super Mario All-Stars (2020) • Mario's Super Picross (2020) • Wrecking Crew '98 (2024)
	Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong Country (2020) • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (2020) • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (2020)
	Yoshi franchise	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (2019)
	Other	Panel de Pon (2020)
N64*	Super Mario franchise	Super Mario 64 (2021) • Mario Kart 64 (2021) • Mario Tennis (2021) • Dr. Mario 64 (2021) • Paper Mario (2021) • Mario Golf (2022) • Mario Party (2022) • Mario Party 2 (2022) • Mario Party 3 (2023)
N64*	Yoshi franchise	Yoshi's Story (2021)
GB/GBC	Super Mario franchise	Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (2023) • Game & Watch Gallery 3 (2023) • Dr. Mario (2024) • Mario Golf (2024) • Mario Tennis (2024) • Alleyway (2024) • Pinball (2024) • Super Mario Land (2024)
	Wario franchise	Wario Land 3 (2023)
	Other	Tetris (2023)
GBA*	Super Mario franchise	Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2023) • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2023) • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2023) • Super Mario Advance (2023) • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2023)
	Wario franchise	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (2023)
	Yoshi franchise	Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2023)
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-'''''Super Mario Bros.''''' (Japanese スーパーマリオブラザーズ ''Super Mario Brothers'') is the semi-sequel to ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'', a game which was released for the [[Famicom]] on September 13, 1985, and on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] in North America in late 1985 or 1986. This is the first game to be set explicitly in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], marking the first appearances of [[Bowser]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], as well as [[Koopa Troopa]]s, [[Goomba]]s and many other [[Mario (series)|''Mario'' series]] enemies.  ''Super Mario Bros.'' was the best selling video game of all time until recently when it was surpassed by [[wikipedia:Wii Sports|''Wii Sports'']], and was largely responsible for the initial success of the Nintendo Entertainment System.  As of 2003, the game has sold more than 40.23 million copies worldwide, making it the second best selling video game of all time.
+'''''Super Mario Bros.''''' is a video game released for the [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] in [[List of games by date#1985|1985]]. It shifted the gameplay away from its single-screen arcade predecessor, ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'', and instead featured side-scrolling platformer [[level]]s. While not the first game of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] (the first being ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''), ''Super Mario Bros.'' is the most iconic, and it introduced various series staples, including power-ups, classic enemies such as [[Goomba]]s, and the basic premise of rescuing [[Princess Peach]] from [[Bowser]].
+As well as kicking off an entire series of ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' platform games, the wild success of ''Super Mario Bros.'' popularized the genre as a whole, helped revive the North American gaming industry after the {{wp|video game crash of 1983}}, and was largely responsible for the initial success of the NES, with which it was bundled as a launch title. Until it was eventually surpassed by ''[[miiwiki:Wii Sports|Wii Sports]]'', ''Super Mario Bros.'' was the best-selling video game of all time for nearly three decades, with over 40 million copies sold worldwide.
+The exact day of the North American release of ''Super Mario Bros.'' is heavily disputed, with different sources giving different dates with no way to verify them. Regardless, Nintendo officially pinpoints the release date as October 18, 1985.<ref name=narelease/>
+A successor named ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' in Japan (later renamed ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' in North America) was released on June 3, 1986. Another successor [[Super Mario Bros. 2|sharing its English name with its predecessor's Japanese name]] was released on October 9, 1988. A third successor named ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' was released on October 23, 1988.
+''Super Mario Bros.'' has been [[#Alternate versions and re-releases|ported]] to many consoles. It was one of the NES games that could be played on the [[Nintendo PlayChoice-10]] and [[Classics#NES Classic Edition|NES Classic Edition]], and it was released on the [[Wii]], [[Wii U]], and [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Virtual Console]] and on [[Nintendo Switch]]'s [[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online]].
 ==Story==
-One day, [[King Bowser Koopa]], the great and powerful leader of the militaristic [[Koopa Troop]], invades the peaceful [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. He and his Koopa Troop are jealous of the beautiful kingdom, and King Bowser decides to take it for himself. To do this, Bowser casts an evil spell upon the kingdom and transforms all of its [[Toad (species)|inhabitants]] into [[block]]s, weeds, and other odd objects. It is foretold that only the [[King Toadstool|Mushroom King's]] daughter [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] can undo the spell. Knowing this, Bowser immediately kidnaps her. Fortunately, the heroic Mario Bros. learns about the Mushroom Kingdom's plight and they race to its rescue.
+The following text is taken directly from the NES instruction booklet localization.
+<blockquote>
+One day the kingdom of the peaceful [[Toad (species)|mushroom people]] was invaded by the [[Koopa (species)|Koopa]], a tribe of turtles famous for their black magic. The quiet, peace-loving Mushroom People were turned into mere stones, [[Brick Block|brick]]s and even [[Horsetail|field horsehair plant]]s, and the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] fell into ruin.
-The player takes the role of [[Mario]], or in the case of a second player, Mario's brother [[Luigi]]. The ultimate objective is to race through the worlds of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], evade or eliminate [[Bowser|Bowser's]] forces, and save the Princess.<ref>''Super Mario Bros.'' game manual, page 2</ref>.
+The only one who can undo the magic spell on the Mushroom People and return them to their normal selves is the [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], the daughter of the [[Mushroom King]]. Unfortunately, she is presently in the hands of the [[Bowser|great Koopa turtle king]].
+[[Mario]], the hero of the story (maybe) hears about the Mushroom People's plight and sets out on a quest to free the Mushroom Princess from the evil Koopa and restore the fallen kingdom of the Mushroom People.
+You are Mario! It's up to you to save the Mushroom People from the black magic of the Koopa!
+</blockquote>
+One day, the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] was invaded by the [[Koopa (species)|Turtle Tribe]], whose king was capable of using powerful magic. This magic was used to transform all the [[Toad (species)|Mushroom People]] into inanimate objects such as rocks, [[Brick Block|brick]]s, and even [[horsetail]]s, thus spelling the kingdom's downfall. Only [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] can undo the spell and restore her people to life, but she is being held captive by [[Bowser|King Koopa]] himself. [[Mario]] hears of the princess's plight, and sets out on a quest through 32 stages to topple the Turtle Tribe and save the once-peaceful kingdom.<ref name=MushStory>{{cite|url=legendsoflocalization.com/comparisons/super-mario-bros/manuals/|author=Mandelin, Clyde|title=Super Mario Bros. Translation Comparison: Manuals|date=6 Feb. 2013|publisher=Legends of Localization|accessdate=31 May 2024}}</ref>
 ==Gameplay==
-[[Image:Smbtitle.gif|frame|left|'''''Super Mario Bros.''''' Title Screen.]]
+[[File:SMBLevel.png|thumb|left|[[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] in World 1-1.]]
-''Super Mario Bros.'' is divided into eight worlds, which each have four levels. Mario has to get to the end of the level by jumping over various gaps and avoiding the enemies on his way. Mario can use several platforms (some of them collapse when Mario lands on them), stairs in the level, as well as [[Trampoline|Jumping Boards]].  There are also pipes along the way, some of which Mario can enter to visit various coin rooms before returning to the level, a bit further ahead than when he left.
+''Super Mario Bros.'' is divided into eight worlds, each of them containing four levels. Mario<ref name=luigi group=note>Unless explicitly specified otherwise, any mentioning of Mario is equally applicable to Luigi during his playthrough.</ref> has to get to the end of the level by jumping over various gaps and avoiding the enemies on his way. He can use several platforms (some of them collapse when Mario lands on them), stairs in the level, as well as [[Trampoline|jumping board]]s. There are also pipes along the way, some of which Mario can enter to visit various secret coin rooms before returning to the level, a bit further ahead than when he left.
+Enemies include [[Goomba|Little Goomba]]s, [[Koopa Troopa]]s, [[Buzzy Beetle]]s, [[Koopa Paratroopa]]s, [[Bullet Bill]]s, [[Hammer Bro]]thers, and leaping [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-cheep]]s. All these enemies can be defeated when Mario jumps on them. Koopa Troopas and Buzzy Beetles cower in their shell when jumped on, which Mario can kick to defeat other enemies with. Koopa Paratroopas lose their wings and fall to the ground when Mario jumps on them. Other enemies include [[Piranha Plant]]s, and the [[Spiny]]-throwing [[Lakitu]]s, and Mario has to either shoot fireballs at them or just avoid them. Two levels take place underwater. In the water, Mario can swim freely from the top to the bottom of the screen. The enemies in underwater levels are [[Blooper|Bloober]]s and [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-cheep]]s. Mario can only defeat these creatures by shooting them with [[fireball]]s.
+[[File:SMB NES World 2-2 Screenshot.png|thumb|left|Mario swimming in World 2-2.]]
+If [[Small Mario|regular Mario]] takes a hit, falls down a pit, or if the [[Time Limit]] runs out, he loses a life and restarts the level. The point where Mario continues depends on how far he ran through the level before getting defeated; either from the beginning or at one of several invisible "checkpoints" throughout the level. After a Game Over, pressing {{button|nes|START}} while holding {{button|nes|A}} on the title screen allows the player to continue from the start of the world.<ref>{{cite|author=Ed Acosta|date=January 25, 2015|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOp84p-LJTs|title=Super Mario Bros a+start level restart|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref> In a 2-player game, if this is done by whoever got a Game Over second, both players will begin in the same world where the second player's game ended.
+Mario can get special power-ups out of [[? Block|?]] blocks or, uncommonly, [[Brick Block|brick]]s. Most of the ?s in which Mario can find these items are visible, but some are hidden and only become visible when Mario hits them from beneath. With the [[Super Mushroom|Magic Mushroom]], he turns into [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]]. As Super Mario, he can survive the hit of an enemy one time, at the cost of turning back to [[Small Mario|regular Mario]]. He may also destroy empty bricks by jumping beneath them. Additionally, he can also get the [[Fire Flower]]. With the Fire Flower, Super Mario turns into [[Fire Mario|Fiery Mario]], which allows him to shoot fireballs at enemies to defeat them from a distance. With the [[1-Up Mushroom|1 up Mushroom]], he gains an additional life; he can also get an extra life if he collects a hundred [[coin]]s. With the [[Super Star|Starman]], which can only be found in bricks, Mario turns invincible for a short amount of time and can defeat enemies by simply touching them. With the exception of coins, only one item can appear on the screen, and when a new item appears, the previous one will disappear.
-Enemies include [[Goomba]]s, [[Koopa Troopa]]s, [[Buzzy Beetle]]s, [[Koopa Paratroopa]]s, [[Bullet Bill]]s, [[Hammer Bro.|Hammer Bro]]s., and jumping [[Cheep-Cheep]]s. All these enemies can be defeated when Mario jumps on them. Koopa Troopas and Buzzy Beetles will cower in their shell when jumped on, which Mario can kick to defeat other enemies with. Koopa Paratroopas will also lose their wings and fall to the ground when Mario jumps on them. Other enemies include [[Piranha Plant]]s, the [[Spiny]]-throwing [[Lakitu]]s and the [[Hammer Bro.|Hammer Bros.]] These enemies are hard to defeat, and Mario has to either shoot fireballs at them or just avoid them. There are a few levels which take place underwater. In the water, Mario can swim freely from the top to the bottom of the screen. The enemies in underwater levels are [[Blooper|Bloobers]] and [[Cheep-Cheep]]s. Mario can only defeat these creatures by shooting them with [[fireball]]s.
+At the end of each level, a castle stands with a [[Goal Pole|flagpole]] nearby. When Mario reaches the flagpole, he takes down the enemy flag and enters the castle, completing the level. The higher the spot that Mario hits the flagpole, the more points he receives. If two players are playing the game, [[Luigi]]'s turn comes whenever Mario loses a life. Luigi has no special abilities in the game that are different from Mario's.
-If [[Small Mario]] takes a hit, falls down a pit, or if the [[time limit]] runs out, he loses a life, and restarts the level. The point where Mario continues depends on how far he ran through the level before dying; either from the very beginning, or at one of several invisible "checkpoints" throughout the level.
+The fourth level of each world plays inside a castle. They are usually filled with [[Fire Bar|Fire-Bar]]s and [[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]]s. At the end of a castle level, Mario is confronted with a [[Impostor Bowser|fake Bowser]] in Worlds 1 through 7 and the actual Bowser in World 8. Mario ordinarily has no way to hurt the fake Bowsers or the actual Bowser and has to either use the [[axe|ax]] to destroy the bridge, causing either the false or real one to fall into the [[lava]], or pelt him with many fireballs, which produces the same result and reveals the true forms of the fakes. After defeating an impostor, Mario frees one of the seven remaining [[Toad (species)|mushroom retainer]]s from the castle, at which point they say their iconic phrase: "Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!" At the end of the castle in World 8, Mario frees the grateful Princess Toadstool and completes his adventure, having the choice to continue playing in a "new quest." In this second quest, the player gets to choose a world, and replay some levels. However, all [[Goomba|Little Goomba]]s are replaced by [[Buzzy Beetle]]s, all ground enemies are also considerably faster, some platforms and [[elevator]]-style lifts are shortened in length, and the level design is slightly changed for some levels (see below at "Hard mode").
-[[File:SMBLevel.png|thumb|[[Super Mario]] in World 1-1.]]
+===Time clock===
-Mario can get special power-ups out of [[? Block]]s or, uncommonly, [[Brick Block]]s. Most of the ? Blocks in which Mario can find these items are visible, but some are hidden and only become visible when Mario hits them from beneath. With the [[Super Mushroom]], he turns into [[Super Mario]]. As Super Mario, he can survive the hit of an enemy one time, at the cost of turning back to [[Small Mario]]. He may also destroy empty [[Brick Block]]s by jumping beneath them. Additionally, he can also get the [[Fire Flower]]. With the Fire Flower, Super Mario turns into [[Fire Mario]], which allows him to shoot fireballs at enemies to defeat them from a distance. With the [[1-Up Mushroom]], he gains an additional life; he can also get an extra life if he collects 100 [[coin]]s. With the [[Star]]man, which can only be found in Brick Blocks, Mario turns invincible for a short amount of time, and can defeat enemies by simply touching them.
+The game's levels have a [[Time Limit]] in the upper right, which counts down, with the background music speeding up when going below 100. If it reaches 0, the game declares "Time Up", and Mario loses a life. However, the in-game timer runs much faster than in real life; 400 seconds on the timer, which is the default when starting most of the levels, is 160 seconds in real time. The timer countdown speed is the same across NTSC and PAL versions.
-[[Image:Bowser333.png|thumb|left|[[Mario]] fighting [[Bowser]] at the end of World 8-4.]]
+''[[amiibo tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits]]'' starts with a real-time 180 second limit, which is sufficient to finish any level, presuming it is finished without losing any lives, and would have 32 timer seconds (15 real-time seconds) to spare for any follow-up levels. For [[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|its seventh scene]], this is sufficient to see the game's ending.
-At the end of each level, there is a castle with a [[flagpole]] nearby. When Mario reaches the flagpole, he takes down Bowser's flag and enters the castle, completing the level. The higher the spot that Mario hits the flagpole, the more points he receives. If there are two players playing the game, Luigi's turn comes whenever Mario loses a life. Luigi has no special abilities in the game that are different from Mario's.
-The fourth level of each world plays inside a castle. They are usually filled with [[Firebar]]s, and [[Podoboo]]s. At the end of a castle level, Mario is confronted with a [[False Bowser]] in Worlds 1 - 7 and the real Bowser in World 8. Mario ordinarily has no way to hurt Bowser, and has to either use the [[Ax]] to destroy the bridge, causing either the false Bowser or the real Bowser to fall into the [[lava]], or pelt Bowser with a number of fireballs, which produces the same result and reveals the true forms of the fakes. After defeating a false Bowser, Mario frees several [[Toad (species)|Toads]] from the castle, at which point they say their iconic sentence: "Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle...". At the end of the castle in World 8, Mario frees the grateful Princess Toadstool and completes his adventure.
+===Hard mode===
+{{main|Hard Mode#Super Mario Bros.}}
+After beating the main game, the player is given the option to pick a world (by pressing {{button|nes|B}} on the title screen to change the world counter in the upper right) to play in "[[Hard Mode|a new quest]]"—a harder mode where all Little Goombas are replaced by Buzzy Beetles, and all enemies walk faster. Elevator-style lifts that were originally in their wide forms (Six holes wide) are now in their small forms (Four holes wide) that were used from World 5-1 onwards in the main game. Mario<ref name=luigi group=note></ref> gains no special powers in hard mode, and he receives no extra points when he defeats an enemy.
-==Modes==
+The story remains the same, as each of the first seven castles contains a mushroom retainer that needs rescuing, while the eighth castle has Princess Toadstool. If the player finishes the game on hard mode, they will not unlock anything new from the previous time the game was finished. However, points can be gained faster by jumping on a Buzzy Beetle and then running with the shell as it hits other Buzzy Beetles and Koopa Troopas. Earlier levels in hard mode that had harder versions later on the in the main game, now have the harder version used for both levels; for instance, 1-3, which is an easier version of 5-3 in the normal game, is identical to 5-3 in Hard Mode.
-After beating the game, the player is given the option to start the game again in '''Hard Mode''', where all Goombas are replaced by Buzzy Beetles, and all enemies walk faster; all of the elevator-style lifts are about sixty-percent of their original size, while [[firebar]]s appear in all possible locations. However, the player still has the same amount of time to complete each level. The Mario Bros. gain no special powers in '''Hard Mode''', and they receive no extra points when they defeat an enemy. The story remains exactly the same, as each of the first seven castles contain a Mushroom Retainer that needs rescuing, while the eighth castle has Princess Toadstool. If the player finishes the game on hard mode, he or she will unlock nothing new from the previous time the game was finished.
-==Items==
+===Controls===
-''Super Mario Bros.'' introduced some elements that made subsequent appearances in later Mario games:
+The controls can be customized on Wii U Virtual Console and to some extent in Nintendo Switch's system settings.
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+!NES Controller / NES Classic Controller / Nintendo Switch Online NES Controller
+!Wii Remote
+!Wii Classic Controller
+!Nintendo GameCube Controller
+!Game Boy Advance
+!Nintendo 3DS
+!Wii U GamePad / Wii U Pro Controller (default)
+!Joy-Con (dual) / Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
+!Joy-Con (sideways)
+|-
+|Move; change position on a [[beanstalk]]
+|{{button|nes|Pad}} (left/right)
+|{{button|wii|Padleftright}}
+|{{button|wii|CCStickL}} (left/right) or {{button|wii|Padleftright}}
+|{{button|gcn|Stick}} (left/right) or {{button|gcn|Padleftright}}
+|{{button|gba|Padleftright}}
+|{{button|3ds|Stick}} (left/right) or {{button|3ds|Padleftright}}
+|{{button|wiiu|Stick}} (left/right) or {{button|wiiu|Padleftright}}
+|{{button|switch|Stick}} (left/right) or {{button|switch|leftright}}
+|{{button|switch|Stick}} (left/right)
 |-
-|[[Super Mushroom]]||<center>[[Image:Super Mushroom.gif]]</center>||When one of the Mario Bros. eat one of these, he will turn into their [[Super Mario|Super]] form.
+|Duck; enter [[Warp Pipe]]
+|{{button|nes|Pad}} (down)
+|{{button|wii|Paddown}}
+|{{button|wii|CCStickL}} (down) or {{button|wii|Paddown}}
+|{{button|gcn|Stick}} (down) or {{button|gcn|Paddown}}
+|{{button|gba|Paddown}}
+|{{button|3ds|Stick}} (down) or {{button|3ds|Paddown}}
+|{{button|wiiu|Stick}} (down) or {{button|wiiu|Paddown}}
+|{{button|switch|Stick}} (down) or {{button|switch|down}}
+|{{button|switch|Stick}} (down)
 |-
-|[[Fire Flower]]||<center>[[Image:Fire Flower.gif]]</center>||This flower grants the Mario Bros. the ability to shoot [[fireball]]s.
+|Climb beanstalk
+|{{button|nes|Pad}} (up/down)
+|{{button|wii|Padupdown}}
+|{{button|wii|CCStickL}} (up/down) or {{button|wii|Padupdown}}
+|{{button|gcn|Stick}} (up/down) or {{button|gcn|Padupdown}}
+|{{button|gba|Padupdown}}
+|{{button|3ds|Stick}} (up/down) or {{button|3ds|Padupdown}}
+|{{button|wiiu|Stick}} (up/down) or {{button|wiiu|Padupdown}}
+|{{button|switch|Stick}} (up/down) or {{button|switch|updown}}
+|{{button|switch|Stick}} (up/down)
 |-
-|[[1-Up Mushroom]]||<center>[[Image:1UpMushroomSMB.png]]</center>||A rare item; once collected, it grants the Mario Bros. an extra life.
+|Jump; swim upwards
+|{{button|nes|A}}
+|{{Button|wii|2}}
+|{{button|wii|cca}}
+|{{button|gcn|A}}
+|{{button|gba|A}}
+|{{button|3ds|A}}
+|{{button|wiiu|A}}
+|{{button|switch|A}}
+|{{button|switch|Jc-right}}
 |-
-|[[Starman]]||<center>[[Image:Starman.gif]]</center>||Makes the Mario Bros. invincible for a short amount of time.
+|Dash; throw [[fireball]]; restart the game at the end; select a world
-|}
+|{{button|nes|B}}
-<br clear=all>
+|{{Button|wii|1}}
+|{{button|wii|ccb}}
-==Power-Ups==
+|{{button|gcn|B}}
-{|border="1" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=1 align="left" style="background:#fffcfc" width=100%
+|{{button|gba|B}}
-|width="103px"|[[Small Mario]]||<center>[[Image:Small Mario.gif]]</center>||An 8-bit Mario in the Mini-Form. When he gets hit by an enemy, he gets defeated.
+|{{button|3ds|B}}
+|{{button|wiiu|B}}
+|{{button|switch|B}}
+|{{button|switch|Jc-bottom}}
 |-
-|[[Super Mario]]||<center>[[Image:Super Mario.gif]]</center>||Mario turns into [[Super Mario]] by ingesting a [[Super Mushroom]]. Mario gains the ability to easily break [[Brick Block]]s in this state (which he will not lose, even if upgraded further). When he gets hit by an enemy, he shrinks back to Small Mario.
+|Pause; confirm selected option on title screen
+|{{button|nes|start}}
+|colspan=2|{{Button|wii|+}}
+|{{button|gcn|Start}}
+|{{button|gba|Start}}
+|{{button|3ds|Start}}
+|{{button|wiiu|Plus}}
+|{{button|switch|Plus}}
+|rowspan=2|{{button|switch|PlusMinus}}
 |-
-|[[Fire Mario]]||<center>[[Image:Fire Mario.gif]]</center>||After getting a Fire Flower, Super Mario turns into Fire Mario, giving him the ability to throw fireballs on the enemies (except stronger enemies). When he gets hit by an enemy, he reverts to [[Small Mario]].
+|Select number of players on title screen
+|{{button|nes|select}}
+|colspan=2|{{button|wii|-}}
+|{{button|gcn|z}}<ref group=note>Only applicable by default on Wii Virtual Console. On Nintendo Switch Online the {{button|gcn|Z}}, {{button|gcn|X}} and/or {{button|gcn|Y}} buttons must be remapped in the system settings to {{button|switch|minus}} for this function to work.</ref>
+|{{button|gba|select}}
+|{{button|3ds|select}}
+|{{button|wiiu|minus}}
+|{{button|switch|minus}}
 |-
-|[[Invincible Mario]]||<center>[[Image:Invincible Mario.gif]]</center>||After getting a [[Starman]], Mario will become invincible, and he can defeat any enemy. It will only last for a short period of time and he still gets defeated when he falls into an abyss.
+|Continue in the same world after the [[Game Over]] screen
+|Hold {{button|nes|A}} + press {{button|nes|start}}
+|Hold {{Button|wii|2}} + press {{Button|wii|+}}
+|Hold {{Button|wii|cca}} + press {{Button|wii|+}}
+|Hold {{Button|gcn|A}} + press {{Button|gcn|Start}}
+|Hold {{Button|gba|A}} + press {{Button|gba|Start}}
+|Hold {{Button|3ds|A}} + press {{Button|3ds|Start}}
+|Hold {{Button|wiiu|A}} + press {{Button|wiiu|Plus}}
+|Hold {{Button|switch|A}} + press {{Button|switch|Plus}}
+|Hold {{Button|switch|JC-right}} + press {{Button|switch|PlusMinus}}
 |}
-<br clear="all">
 ==Characters==
-===Playable===
+===Playable characters===
-*[[Mario]]
+{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center"
-*[[Luigi]]
+|-style="color:white;background:#FF2400"
+!width=5%|Image
+!width=8%|Name
+!Description
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#f4a9ae"|[[File:SMB Super Mario Sprite.png]]
+|[[Mario]]
+|align=left rowspan=2|Mario serves as the main protagonist of the game. Luigi, Mario's brother, appears only as the second player and plays identically to Mario. While Luigi is differentiated by his colors, both [[Fire Mario|Fiery Mario]] and Fiery Luigi have the same palette.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#69EA00"|[[File:SMB Super Luigi Sprite.png]]
+|[[Luigi]]
+|}
-===Non-Playable===
+===Non-playable characters===
-*[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
+{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center"
-*[[Mushroom Retainer]]
+|-style="color:white;background:#FF2400"
+!width=5%|Image
+!width=8%|Name
+!Description
+|-
+|style="background:#000000"|[[File:SMB Princess Toadstool Sprite.png]]
+|[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
+|align=left|The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser kidnaps her to prevent her from reversing the magic the Koopa used on the Mushroom People. She appears in the final course, [[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|8-4]] where she thanks Mario<ref name=luigi group=note/> for rescusing her and offers a "[[#Hard mode|new quest]]" for him.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#000000"|[[File:SMB Mushroom Retainer Sprite.png]]
+|[[Toad (species)|Mushroom retainers]]
+|align=left|Seven Mushroom People that are servants of the princess and prisoners of the Koopa. They appear in every castle except for the final one. Mario can rescue a retainer by finishing a castle in World 1 to World 7. They'll say, "Thank you Mario/Luigi! But our princess is in another castle!"
+|}
+==Enemies and obstacles==
 ===Enemies===
-{|
+Enemies are generally listed in the order they appear in the instruction booklet. They are referred to as "bad guys" in-text.
+{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;text-align:center"
+|-style="color:white;background:#FF2400"
+!class="unsortable" width=5% rowspan=2|Image
+!width=8% rowspan=2|Name
+!class="unsortable" rowspan=2|Description
+!class="unsortable" colspan=2|Levels
+!rowspan=2|Pts.
+|-style="color:white;background:#FF2400"
+!width=8%|First
+!width=8%|Last
+|-
+|[[File:Goomba SMB.png]]
+|[[Goomba|Little Goomba]]
+|align=left|Mushroom creatures that walk back and forth. Little Goombas are the most common enemies and can be defeated with any attack.
+|[[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-1]]
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
+|100
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Green Koopa Troopa Sprite.png]]
+|[[Koopa Troopa]] (green)
+|align=left|Foot soldiers of the [[Bowser's Minions|Turtle Empire]]. [[Stomp]]ing on Koopa Troopas make them recede into their shells, which can be kicked to hit defeat enemies. Like Little Goombas, green-shelled Koopa Troopas walk off ledges.
+|[[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-1]]
+|[[World 8-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-3]]
+|100
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Koopa Troopa (Red).png]]
+|Koopa Troopa (red)
+|align=left|Red-shelled Koopa Troopas turn around when the reach the corner of a ledge.
+|[[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-2]]
+|[[World 7-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-3]]
+|100
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Koopa Paratroopa (Green).png]]
+|[[Koopa Paratroopa]] (green)
+|align=left|Winged Koopa Troopas. The green ones bounce across the ground or fly back and forth in set paths.
+|[[World 2-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-1]]
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
+|400
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Koopa Paratroopa (Red).png]]
+|Koopa Paratroopa (red)
+|align=left|Red Koopa Paratroopas fly up and down in set paths.
+|[[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-3]]
+|[[World 5-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5-3]]
+|400
+|-
+|[[File:Buzzy Beetle SMB.png]]
+|[[Buzzy Beetle]]
+|align=left|Small [[Koopa (species)|Koopa]]s that retract into their shells when stomped. Buzzy Beetles are immune to fireballs and replace Little Goombas in Hard Mode.
+|[[World 4-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-2]]
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
+|100
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Hammer Bro Sprite.png]]
+|[[Hammer Bro|Hammer Brother]]
+|align=left|Helmeted Koopas that toss [[hammer]]s. Hammer Brothers periodically hop between rows of [[block]]s. They always occur in pairs.
+|[[World 3-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-1]]
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
+|1000
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Spiny.png]]
+|[[Spiny]]
+|align=left|Squat, spiked Koopas. Stomping one damages Mario.
+|[[World 4-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-1]]
+|[[World 8-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-2]]
+|200
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Spiny Egg.png]]
+|[[Spiny Egg|Spiny's egg]]
+|align=left|The spiked eggs tossed by Lakitus. They hatch into Spinies when they make contact with the ground.
+|[[World 4-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-1]]
+|[[World 8-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-2]]
+|200
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Lakitu Sprite.png]]
+|[[Lakitu]]
+|align=left|[[Lakitu's Cloud|Cloud]]-riding Koopas. Lakitus toss Spiny's eggs. They appear towards the top of the screen follow Mario's position.
+|[[World 4-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-1]]
+|[[World 8-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-2]]
+|200
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Piranha Plant.png]]
+|[[Piranha Plant|Piranha plant]]
+|align=left|Carnivorous plants that sit in [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s. Piranha plants emerge and retract from pipes in set internals. If Mario stands directly next to or on these pipes, the plants do not emerge.
+|[[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-2]]
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
+|200
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Cheep Cheep (Red).png]]
+|[[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-cheep]] (red)
+|align=left|Pudgy {{wp|pufferfish}} enemies that swim through water. In some ground-themed courses, red Cheep-cheeps leap over bridges in large numbers.
+|[[World 2-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-2]]
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
+|200
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Cheep Cheep (Gray).png]]
+|Cheep-cheep (grey)
+|align=left|Grey Cheep-cheeps only occur underwater. They swim slightly faster than the red ones.
+|[[World 2-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-2]]
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
+|200
+|-
+|[[File:Bullet Bill Super Mario Bros.png]]
+|[[Bullet Bill]]
+|align=left|Missiles launched from Turtle Cannons. They fly in straight lines. Bullet Bills are unaffected by fireballs.
+|[[World 5-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5-1]]
+|[[World 8-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-3]]
+|200
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Blooper.png]]
+|[[Blooper|Bloober]]
+|align=left|Underwater squid sentinels. They swim erratically to strike Mario.
+|[[World 2-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-2]]
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
+|200
+|-
+|[[File:Podoboo Sprite SMB.png]]
+|[[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]]
+|align=left|Balls of lava that guard Bowser's castles. They leap straight up from pools of lava to strike Mario.
+|[[World 2-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-4]]
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
+|data-sort-value=2000|{{icon|cross}}
+|}
+===Obstacles===
+{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center"
+|-style="color:white;background:#FF2400"
+!width=5% rowspan=2|Image
+!width=8% rowspan=2|Name
+!class="unsortable" rowspan=2|Description
+!class="unsortable" colspan=2|Levels
+|-style="color:white;background:#FF2400"
+!width=8%|First
+!width=8%|Last
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Fire Bar.png]]
+|[[Fire Bar|Fire-Bar]]
+|align=left|Various fireballs stacked together moving either clockwise or counterclockwise. Their length may vary.
+|[[World 1-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-4]]
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
 |-
-|
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Bowser's Flame.png]]
-*[[Blooper]]
+|[[Bowser's Flame|Koopa's fire]]
-*[[Bill Blaster]]
+|align=left|Flames spewed by Bowser and his imposters. The fire travels horizontally and transcends walls.
-*[[Bullet Bill]]
+|[[World 1-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-4]]
-*[[Buzzy Beetle]]
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
-*[[Cheep Cheep]]
+|-
-*[[Firebar]]
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Lava.png]]
-*[[Goomba]]
+|[[Lava]]
-*[[Hammer Bro.]]
+|align=left|Pools of molten rock found within [[fortress]]es and [[castle]]s. Direct contact makes Mario lose a life.
-*[[Koopa Paratroopa]]
+|[[World 1-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-4]]
-*[[Koopa Troopa]]
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
-*[[Lakitu]]
+|-
-*[[Piranha Plant]]
+|[[File:Bill Blaster Sprite SMB.png]]
-*[[Podoboo]] (Lava Bubble)
+|[[Bill Blaster|Turtle Cannon]]
-*[[Spiny]]
+|align=left|Cannons that launch Bullet Bills. Like the pipes that contain Piranha plants, Turtle Cannons do not fire when Mario is next to or on them.
-*[[Spiny Egg]]
+|[[World 5-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5-1]]
+|[[World 8-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-3]]
 |}
 ===Bosses===
-*[[False Bowser]]
+[[File:SMB NES Bowser Screenshot.png|thumb|Mario and Bowser in World 8-4.]]
-*[[Bowser]]
+A [[boss]] occurs in the fourth level of each world, specifically located within the final room of the [[castle]]. The boss is on a bridge suspended above a pool of lava. Touching the [[Axe|ax]] at the opposite corner of the bridge makes it fall away and defeats the boss, but striking one with five [[fireball]]s as [[Fire Mario|Fiery Mario]] defeats it as well. Defeating it this way awards the player with 5000 points. Once defeated, Mario transitions to a narrow corridor where captive is held. In the first seven [[world]]s, this captive is a [[Toad (species)|mushroom retainer]] that directs Mario further along his journey. In [[World 8 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] is the one rescued, completing the game. As Mario progresses through the worlds, [[Brick Block|brick]]s and lifts appear in the boss rooms as well.
-==List of Levels==
+Intrinsically, the only boss in the game is [[Bowser]], the fire-breathing King of [[Koopa (species)|Koopa]]s who kidnapped the princess and turned her subjects into [[horsetail|horsehair]]s and bricks. However, Bowser himself only appears at the boss of [[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]. All of the proceeding "Bowsers" are his [[Impostor Bowser|minions in disguise]]. They all exhibit the same behavior: the large Koopa shuffles back and forth along the bridge, facing Mario, and jumping in small arches. These arches are just high enough that Mario can move underneath Bowser if the opportunity presents itself.
-{|border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 style="vertical-align:top"
+In the first five worlds, the fake Bowsers spew Koopa's fire. In the sixth and seventh worlds, they toss [[hammer]]s like Hammer Brothers. The real Bowser is the only boss that actively does both. Like Spinies, Bowser and fake Bowsers have spiked shells. Attempting to [[stomp]] them damages Mario.
+==Items and objects==
+===Items===
+{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center"
+|-style="color:white;background:#FF2400"
+!width=5%|Image
+!width=8%|Name
+!Description
+|-
+|[[File:SMB 1-up Mushroom Sprite.png]]
+|[[1-Up Mushroom|1 up mushroom]]
+|align=left|Green mushrooms that give Mario an [[extra life]] when collected. 1 up mushrooms are within [[Hidden Block|invisible block]]s near [[pit]]s. When one is struck, the mushroom travels across the ground in the opposite direction from Mario.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Coin.png]]
+|[[Coin]]
+|align=left|Coins float in mid-air throughout levels and within blocks. Collecting one awards Mario 200 points. Collecting 100 awards him an extra life.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Greenshell.png]] [[File:SMB Redshell.png]]
+|[[Koopa Shell|Koopa shell]]
+|align=left|Stomping on a [[Koopa Troopa]] makes it recede into its shell. Its sent sliding when touched, defeating enemies on contact. Doing so causes the "bulldozer attack", where each enemy defeated grants Mario more points than the last. Launched shells ricochet off collided walls and can damage Mario on contact.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Buzzy Shell.png]]
+|[[Buzzy Shell|Buzzy shell]]
+|align=left|Stomping on a [[Buzzy Beetle]] yields a shell that works like the Koopa ones, but it cannot be cleared away with tossed fireballs.
+|}
+===Power-ups===
+Items that transform Mario's appearance and give him unique abilities called "power boosts" in the instruction booklet. All of these items are held within blocks and must be jumped under to be released. It is not inherently apparent which block contain which power-ups, and breaking them does not grant Mario their abilities. He must touch the power-ups directly once they are expelled. Touching any power-up also awards Mario 1000 points. Forms that share a column look the same for Mario and Luigi.
+{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center"
+|-style="color:white;background:#FF2400"
+!width=5% rowspan=2|Power-up
+!colspan=2|Form
+!rowspan=2|Description
+|-style="color:white;background:#FF2400"
+!width=8%|Mario
+!width=8%|Luigi
+|-
+|N/A
+|[[File:SMB Smallmario.png]]<br>[[Small Mario|Regular Mario]]
+|[[File:SMB Luigi Death Sprite.png]]<br>[[Small Mario|Regular Luigi]]
+|align=left|Mario is in this small-sized form when the player starts a new game. Regular Mario is incapable of breaking bricks and loses a life when he makes contact with an enemy or obstacle. However, he can run across narrow passageways without having to [[crouch]]. Regardless of the form he was in before losing a life, Mario reappears in the level in his regular form.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Supermushroom.png]]<br>[[Super Mushroom|Magic Mushroom]]
+|[[File:SMB Super Mario Jumping.png]]<br>[[Super Mario]]
+|[[File:SMB Super Luigi Sprite.png]]<br>[[Super Mario|Super Luigi]]
+|align=left|The red Magic Mushrooms are within visible blocks and slide across the ground, similar to 1 up mushrooms. They bounce back in the opposite direction when they hit an obstruction. Touching one transforms Mario into Super Mario, a form twice as tall as his regular form and capable of breaking bricks. Subsequent encounters with blocks intended to contain Magic Mushrooms instead release Fire Flowers when struck in this form. Receiving damaging in this form reverts Mario back into his regular-sized state. He retains this form across levels if he reaches flagpoles as Super Mario.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Fire Flower.png]]<br>[[Fire Flower]]
+|colspan=2|[[File:SMB Fire Mario Sprite.png]]<br>[[Fire Mario|Fiery Mario / Luigi]]
+|align=left|Making contact with a Fire Flower transforms Mario into Fiery Mario. In this form, Mario can toss projectile fireballs with {{button|nes|a}} that bounce along the ground. Most enemies are defeated when hit. Fiery Mario also has all the benefits of Super Mario, and similarly retains this form if he completes the level in it. Mario reverts to his regular size if hit as Fiery Mario.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Super Star.png]]<br>[[Super Star|Starman]]
+|colspan=2|[[File:Invincible Mario.gif]]<br>[[Invincible Mario|Invincible Mario / Luigi]]
+|align=left|Starmen are rare power-ups often hidden in invisible blocks. When released, they bounce in the opposite direction from Mario. When grabbed, Mario is transformed into Invincible Mario for thirty seconds. In this state, Mario is largely indestructible and defeats enemies on contact. Contact with the Starman does not wholly replace the form Mario was already in (i.e., Mario remains small if one is touched while in his regular form, and he can still toss fireballs if he is in his Fiery form.) Invincible Mario cannot be carried over to subsequent levels.
+|}
+===Objects===
+Objects are interactable elements of the environment that cannot be picked up or collected.
+{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center"
+|-style="color:white;background:#FF2400"
+!width=5%|Image
+!width=8%|Name
+!Description
+|-
+!colspan=3 style="background:#FF7733;"|Blocks
+|-
+|[[File:SMB QuestionBlockOverworld.png]]
+|[[? Block|? block]]
+|align=left|Floating [[block]]s that contain items. One releases its contents when jumped underneath. Some ? blocks are [[Coin Block|ten-coin blocks]] that release up to 10 coins if struck in rapid succession. Others are [[Hidden Block|invisible]]. A struck ? block becomes an [[Empty Block|empty block]] that can be used as platforms. These are the only type of strikable blocks that [[Small Mario|regular Mario]] can open.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Brick Block Sprite.png]]
+|[[Brick Block|Brick]]
+|align=left|The most common blocks. Most bricks fall apart when struck, but some are secretly ? or ten-coin blocks. Regular Mario is incapable of directly breaking a brick block, but he can still use a shell if available.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Coral.png]]
+|[[Coral]]
+|align=left|Coral form varyingly sized columns in underwater levels that obstruct Mario.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Cloud Block.png]]
+|[[Cloud Block|Small cloud]]
+|align=left|Cloud-like blocks make up the terrain in [[Coin Heaven|Bonus Stages]] high in the sky.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Hard Block Sprite.png]]
+|[[Hard Block|Stairblock]]
+|align=left|Unbreakable blocks that appear on the ground. Some are stacked or laid next to each other to form climbable staircases or incomplete bridges.
+|-
+!colspan=3 style="background:#FF7733;"|Platforms
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Trampoline Sprite.png]]
+|[[Trampoline|Jumping board]]
+|align=left|Jumping boards bounce Mario into the air. Pressing {{button|nes|a}} when the the spring is fully contracted makes a jumping board launch Mario much higher than it would otherwise.
+|-
+|[[File:SMBPlatform.png]]
+|[[Lift]]
+|align=left|Thin, moving platforms. They are most common in athletic levels, above bottomless pits. Lifts are of varying widths and movements. There is a paired type of Lifts called [[Scale Lift|Balance Lift]]s that are a seesaw-like pulley system, where standing on one Lift makes it fall and the other rise. There are also [[Flimsy Lift|types of Lifts]] that fall shortly after being stepped on.
+|-
+|[[File:Warp Pipe SMB.png]]
+|[[Warp Pipe|Pipe]]
+|align=left|Most pipes are columnar platforms of varying height, some of which contain [[Piranha Plant|Piranha plant]]s. A few of them are [[Warp Pipe]]s that bring Mario to a secret underground area by pressing down on {{button|nes|Pad}}.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Mushroom Platform.png]]
+|[[Mushroom Platform|Super mushroom]]
+|align=left|Giant mushrooms that occur in athletic levels, high above bottomless pits.
+|-
+!colspan=3 style="background:#FF7733;"|Goals
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Axe.png]]
+|[[Axe|Ax]]
+|align=left|Touching an ax causes the bridge it is alongside to collapse. This defeats the boss that was on top of it and completes the level.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Goal Pole.png|x80px]]
+|[[Goal Pole|Flagpole]]
+|align=left|Flagpoles are the [[goal]]s at the end of most levels. When one is touched, Mario slides to the base and completes the level. Touching one also rewards him bonus points. The higher he is on the flagpole, the greater the number of points. Grabbing the top rewards Mario 5000 points.
+|-
+!colspan=3 style="background:#FF7733;"|Other objects
+|-
+|[[File:VineTop.png|x80px]]
+|[[Vine|Beanstalk]]
+|align=left|Beanstalks rapidly grow from struck [[? Block|vine block]]s, ascending skyward. Climbing one brings Mario to a hidden Bonus Stage in the sky.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Sprite Firework.gif]]
+|[[Firework]]
+|align=left|Fireworks appear if Mario grabs a flagpole with 1, 3, or 6 as the last digit on the [[Time Limit|timer]]. The number of fireworks that go off correlates with this number, and each one rewards Mario 500 points.
+|-
+|[[File:SMB Green Horsetail Tall.png]]
+|[[Horsetail|Horsehair plant]]
+|align=left|Field horsehair plants appear in the background of ground-themed levels. According to the instruction booklet, Bowser transformed some of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]'s inhabitants into these plants.
+|}
+==List of levels==
+{|class="wikitable"style="width:100%"
 |-
 !World
@@ Line 110: / Line 507: @@
 !Enemies found
 |-
-|rowspan=4 | [[World 1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1]]
+|rowspan=4!style="background: #000000"|<center>[[File:SMB Super Mushroom Screenshot.png|link=World 1 (Super Mario Bros.)]]</center>
-|1
+|[[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-1]]
-|Ground
+|Overworld
-|[[Goomba]], [[Koopa Troopa]]
+|[[Goomba|Little Goomba]], [[Koopa Troopa]]
 |-
-|2
+|[[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-2]]
 |Underground
-|Goomba, Koopa Troopa, [[Piranha Plant]]
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, [[Piranha Plant]]
 |-
-|3
+|[[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-3]]
-|Heights
+|Athletic
-|Goomba, Koopa Troopa, [[Koopa Paratroopa]]
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, [[Koopa Paratroopa]]
 |-
-|4
+|[[World 1-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-4]]
 |Castle
-|[[Firebar]], [[False Bowser]](Goomba)
+|[[Fire Bar|Fire-Bar]], [[Impostor Bowser|fake Bowser]] (Little Goomba)
 |-
-|rowspan=4|[[World 2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2]]
+|rowspan=4!style="background: #000000"|<center>[[File:SMB NES World 2-3 Screenshot.png|link=World 2 (Super Mario Bros.)]]</center>
-|1
+|[[World 2-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-1]]
-|Ground
+|Overworld
-|Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
 |-
-|2
+|[[World 2-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-2]]
 |Underwater
-|[[Blooper|Bloober]], [[Cheep-Cheep]], Piranha Plant
+|[[Blooper|Bloober]], [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-cheep]], Piranha Plant
 |-
-|3
+|[[World 2-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-3]]
-|Seaside
+|Athletic
-|Jumping Cheep-Cheep
+|Cheep-cheep
 |-
-|4
+|[[World 2-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-4]]
 |Castle
-|Firebar, [[Podoboo]], False Bowser(Koopa Troopa)
+|Fire-Bar, [[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]], fake Bowser (Koopa Troopa)
 |-
-|rowspan=4|[[World 3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3]]
+|rowspan=4!style="background: #000000"|<center>[[File:SMB NES World 3-1 Screenshot.png|link=World 3 (Super Mario Bros.)]]</center>
-|1
+|[[World 3-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-1]]
-|Ground
+|Overworld
-|Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, [[Hammer Bro.]]
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, [[Hammer Bro]]ther
 |-
-|2
+|[[World 3-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-2]]
-|Ground
+|Overworld
-|Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
 |-
-|3
+|[[World 3-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-3]]
-|Heights
+|Athletic
-|Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa
 |-
-|4
+|[[World 3-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-4]]
 |Castle
-|Firebar, Podoboo, False Bowser (Buzzy Beetle)
+|Fire-Bar, Podoboo, fake Bowser (Buzzy Beetle)
 |-
-|rowspan=4|[[World 4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 4]]
+|rowspan=4!style="background: #000000"|<center>[[File:Lakitu throwing Spiny SMB1.png|link=World 4 (Super Mario Bros.)]]</center>
-|1
+|[[World 4-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-1]]
-|Ground
+|Overworld
 |Piranha Plant, [[Lakitu]], [[Spiny]]
 |-
-|2
+|[[World 4-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-2]]
 |Underground
-|Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Piranha Plant, [[Buzzy Beetle]]
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Piranha Plant, [[Buzzy Beetle]]
 |-
-|3
+|[[World 4-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-3]]
-|Heights
+|Athletic
 |Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa
 |-
-|4
+|[[World 4-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-4]]
 |Castle
-|Piranha Plant, Podoboo, Firebar, False Bowser (Spiny)
+|Piranha Plant, Podoboo, Fire-Bar, fake Bowser (Spiny)
 |-
-|rowspan=4|[[World 5 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5]]
+|rowspan=4!style="background: #000000"|<center>[[File:SMB NES World 5-1 Screenshot.png|link=World 5 (Super Mario Bros.)]]</center>
-|1
+|[[World 5-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5-1]]
-|Ground
+|Overworld
-|Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, [[Bullet Bill]]
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, [[Bullet Bill]]
 |-
-|2
+|[[World 5-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5-2]]
-|Ground/Underwater (secret)
+|Overworld
-|Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle, Bullet Bill, Hammer Bro. (Bloober, Cheep-Cheep)
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle, Bullet Bill, Hammer Brother (Bloober, Cheep-cheep)
 |-
-|3
+|[[World 5-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5-3]]
-|Heights
+|Athletic
-|Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Bullet Bill
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Bullet Bill
 |-
-|4
+|[[World 5-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5-4]]
 |Castle
-|Podoboo, Firebar, False Bowser (Lakitu)
+|Podoboo, Fire-Bar, fake Bowser (Lakitu)
 |-
-|rowspan=4|[[World 6 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 6]]
+|rowspan=4!style="background: #000000"|<center>[[File:SMB NES World 6-3 Screenshot.png|link=World 6 (Super Mario Bros.)]]</center>
-|1
+|[[World 6-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-1]]
-|Ground
+|Overworld
 |Piranha Plant, Lakitu, Spiny
 |-
-|2
+|[[World 6-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-2]]
-|Ground/Underwater (secret)
+|Overworld
-|Goomba, Koopa Troopa,Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle (Bloober, Cheep-Cheep)
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle (Bloober, Cheep-cheep)
 |-
-|3
+|[[World 6-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-3]]
-|Heights
+|Athletic
 |Bullet Bill
 |-
-|4
+|[[World 6-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-4]]
 |Castle
-|Podoboo, Firebar, False Bowser (Bloober)
+|Podoboo, Fire-Bar, fake Bowser (Bloober)
 |-
-|rowspan=4|[[World 7 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 7]]
+|rowspan=4!style="background: #000000"|<center>[[File:SMB NES World 7-1 Screenshot.png|link=World 7 (Super Mario Bros.)]]</center>
-|1
+|[[World 7-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-1]]
-|Ground
+|Overworld
-|Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle, Hammer Bro., Bullet Bill
+|Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle, Hammer Brother, Bullet Bill
 |-
-|2
+|[[World 7-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-2]]
 |Underwater
-|Bloober, Cheep-Cheep, Piranha Plant
+|Bloober, Cheep-cheep, Piranha Plant
 |-
-|3
+|[[World 7-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-3]]
-|Seaside
+|Athletic
-|Jumping Cheep-Cheep, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa
+|Cheep-cheep, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa
 |-
-|4
+|[[World 7-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-4]]
 |Castle
-|Podoboo, Firebar, False Bowser (Hammer Bro)
+|Podoboo, Fire-Bar, fake Bowser (Hammer Brother)
 |-
-|rowspan=4|[[World 8 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8]]
+|rowspan=4!style="background: #000000"|<center>[[File:SMB World 8-3 Screenshot.png|link=World 8 (Super Mario Bros.)]]</center>
-|1
+|[[World 8-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-1]]
-|Ground
+|Overworld
-|Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle
 |-
-|2
+|[[World 8-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-2]]
-|Ground
+|Overworld
-|Goomba, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle, Lakitu, Spiny, Bullet Bill
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle, Lakitu, Spiny, Bullet Bill
 |-
-|3
+|[[World 8-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-3]]
-|Near the castle
+|Overworld
-|Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Bullet Bill, Hammer Bro.
+|Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Bullet Bill, Hammer Brother
 |-
-|4
+|[[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]]
-|Castle/Underwater
+|Castle
-|Goomba, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Firebar, Podoboo, Buzzy Beetle, Hammer Bro., Bloober, Cheep-Cheep, [[Bowser]]
+|Little Goomba, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Fire-Bar, Podoboo, Buzzy Beetle, Hammer Brother, Bloober, Cheep-cheep, [[Bowser]]
 |}
 ==Glitches==
-{{main|Super Mario Bros./Glitches}}
+{{main|List of Super Mario Bros. glitches}}
+===Minus World===
+[[File:SMB Minus World Intro Card.png|thumb|left|The Minus World entrance screen]]
+[[File:SMB Minus World.png|thumb|Minus World in the NES version]]
+{{main|Minus World}}
+The Minus World is an endless underwater level, identical to World 7-2, which is accessed through a programming glitch. There is no way to complete the level, as entering the pipe at the end will simply return Mario or Luigi to the one at the beginning. While there is no strategic advantage in performing this glitch, many find it intriguing. The glitch was removed in some remakes of the game, excluding the imports, the [[Virtual Console]] port, and ''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'' The [[Family Computer Disk System]] release has a different Minus World with three levels that can be beaten, and once -3 is complete, the player will return to the title screen as if they had beaten the game.
+[[File:SMB How to Get to Minus World.gif|thumb|left|Mario goes through the wall and enters World -1]]
+To perform the glitch, Mario must go to World 1-2 and stand on top of the pipe that leads to the above-ground flag, without going in the pipe. Then he must break the second and third block from the pipe, but leave the one on the far right. Then he must stand on the left edge of the pipe (facing left) and duck. He then has to jump while in a ducking position and move right in mid-air (while still facing left). If done correctly, Mario will go through the block on the far right and the wall to the Warp Zone. Mario must then go through the pipe that would normally lead to World 2-1 or World 4-1, and Mario will enter the Minus World.
+If World 2-2 or 7-2 is edited in a ROM editor so that it is possible to beat it during the underwater segment, there is a World -2, an underwater version of 3-4. If World 3-4 is edited in a ROM editor, then there is a World -3. It is also a version of 3-4, but with overworld graphics; beating World -3 takes the player to World -4, a level which is just a blank screen.
+{{br}}
+===Over the flagpole===
+{{media table
+|file1=SMB W1-1 Glitch2.ogv
+|title1=Over the Flag Pole Glitch
+|description1=Video describing Over the Flagpole glitch in World 1-1, as well as some other glitches
+}}
+[[File:SMB W3-3 Glitch1.gif|thumb|Over the Flagpole glitch in World 3-3]]
+In some levels, it is possible to jump over the [[Goal Pole|flagpole]]. Beyond the flag pole is nothing but an endless path. There is nothing to do; all that can be done is wait for the timer to get to zero. To do this glitch in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-1]], right after the second pit, Mario needs to wait for the Koopa Troopa to about to fall into the pit and simultaneously jump at the top of the level right above the Koopa. After that, the Koopa will be stuck underneath the level, but the player will still be able to see it. When the Koopa starts to walk under the level, Mario should follow it to the end. Along the way, it is required to grab a Magic Mushroom. When the Koopa is halfway between the staircase and the flagpole, the player must do the glitch again and Mario will jump above the flagpole.
+To do this glitch in [[World 3-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-3]], at the end of the level the player must stand on the last lift until another one has completely lifted, before falling off. After that, the player must accelerate as fast as possible and jump from the far edge of the lift. The lift should not lower while doing so.<ref>{{cite|url=www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm154709|title=神業（？）やり込み・マリオ裏技動画|publisher=Nicovideo|language=ja|date=April 15, 2007|author=おにくてゃん|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
+There is a brick right after the [[fortress]]'s or [[castle]]'s first door, which stops Mario from going past the Fortress at the end of the levels.
+In ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', this is exploited to hide [[Warp Zone]]s. In worlds 3-1 and A-3, there are warp zones placed beyond the goals. In other worlds, while it is possible to go over the flagpole, the edge of the world is a few steps past the fortress, and the player is not able to go far enough for the flagpole to scroll off the screen.
+This glitch was fixed in the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' version.
+{{br}}
+==Staff==
+{{main|List of Super Mario Bros. staff}}
+;Director
+*[[Shigeru Miyamoto]]
+;Original Music
+*[[Koji Kondo]]
+;Designers
+*Shigeru Miyamoto
+*[[Takashi Tezuka]]
+;Programmers
+*Kazuaki Morita
+*Toshihiko Nakago
+;Producer
+*Shigeru Miyamoto
+;Executive Producer
+*[[Hiroshi Yamauchi]]
 ==Development==
-''Super Mario Bros.'' was developed at the same time as ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]]'', both games by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], Takashi Tezuke, Toshihiko Nakago, [[Koji Kondo]], the composer, Kazuaki Morita and Yasunari Nishida, two programmers, and [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]], the executive producer.
+Development for ''Super Mario Bros.'' began after [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] and [[Takashi Tezuka]] finished two other games together beforehand: ''{{wp|Excitebike}}'' and ''{{wp|Devil World}}''. When designing ''Super Mario Bros.'', they wanted to use the scrolling screens of ''Excitebike'' and the large character sprites from ''Devil World'', to make ''Super Mario Bros.'' stand out from other titles. Miyamoto and Tezuka wanted to fit various technologies into the game, comparing it to a puzzle. The name "''Super Mario Bros.''" also came from [[Super Mario (form)|Mario's new Super form]].<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20161111054427/http://www.nintendo.com/nes-classic/super-mario-bros-and-super-mario-bros-3-developer-interview|title=Developer Interview: Super Mario Bros. – Nintendo Entertainment System|publisher=NES Classic Edition – Official Site|language=en-us|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
+''Super Mario Bros.'' was developed at the same time as ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', and both shared numerous staff members: Miyamoto, Tezuka, Toshihiko Nakago, [[Koji Kondo]], Kazuaki Morita, Yasunari Nishida, and [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]]. According to the developers, some aspects of ''Super Mario Bros.'' were taken from ''The Legend of Zelda''; Fire-Bars were one example, as they were present in the dungeons in ''The Legend of Zelda''. Miyamoto implemented Fire-Bars into ''Super Mario Bros.'' as an obstacle.
+The main goal of ''Super Mario Bros.'' was to have a character travel through many lands with all different themes to each other and it would feature a diverse terrain, such as land, water, and sky. They also intended for the main character to be twice the size of the final one. At the beginning of developing the game, the placeholder playable character was a 16×32 pixel square.<ref>{{cite|author=rawmeatcowboy|url=gonintendo.com/?p=107550|title=Super Mario Bros. main character originally started out as...a huge square|date=December 11, 2009|publisher=Go Nintendo|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref> The square could not even jump and as a result, Tezuka suggested making Mario the playable character instead of the square due to the popularity of ''Mario Bros.'', which Miyamoto accepted.<ref name="Super Mario Square">{{cite|url=iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/wii/nsmb/1/3|title=It Started With A Square Object Moving|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
+Nakago and his team, Systems Research and Development (SRD), colored the background blue in some levels.<ref>{{cite|url=iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/wii/nsmb/0/3|title=Iwata Asks: New Super Mario Bros Wii|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref> This was unusual, because video games released during this time usually had a black background, to avoid eye-strain and to avoid getting distracted by the bright colors. After coloring the background blue in some levels, Nakago then started designing maps for this game. Miyamoto wanted the levels to be around a minute long and he told SRD to do so. He then realized that it usually takes about a second to travel across a screen and that numerous screens would have been implemented in one stage. SRD first thought that Miyamoto had requested them to make 60 screens per stage, but Miyamoto then explained that obstacles in each screen would slow down the player's progress, which resulted in an average of about 12 screens per level. The stage with the most screens has only 32, which is about half of what SRD had originally expected.
+When designing the stages themselves, because a level creating tool was not available to them at the time, Miyamoto and Tezuka would draw the levels on graph paper, and then Nakago and his team would design and program it into the game; if edits were to be made to the original drawings, a sheet of clear paper was placed over the original drawings.<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=June 16, 2015|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20150616195218/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPDPSezEkcY|title=Nintendo Digital Event @ E3 2015|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref> Nakago has stated that a lot of documents were sent to his team every day to change some aspects of stages. Every day, the group would do all they could do of what was stated in the documents and would work until 10 at night.
+In two Japanese interviews promoting ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', Miyamoto gave insight into the original background for the connection between the story of ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' and ''Super Mario Bros.'', stating that the among the pipes in ''Mario Bros.'', one of them leads to the Mushroom Kingdom where ''Super Mario Bros.'' takes place.<ref>{{cite|url=www.ndw.jp/mario-interview-230425/2|title=インタビュー  マリオ映画公開記念！宮本茂さんインタビュー 制作の始まりから驚きの設定まで|language=ja|date=April 25, 2023|publisher=Nintendo Dream Web|accessdate=April 25, 2023|quote='''Shigeru Miyamoto:''' もともと『マリオブラザーズ』は、土管がいっぱいあるニューヨークの地下で活躍する兄弟、ニューヨークのなかでもたぶんブルックリン、というところまで勝手に決めていて。『ドンキーコング』は舞台がニューヨークですし。その土管が不思議な森（キノコ王国）につながったのが、『スーパーマリオブラザーズ』なんです。 ("Originally, I arbitrarily decided that ''Mario Bros.'' has the brothers being active in the underground of New York, which is full of [[Warp Pipe|pipes]], probably in Brooklyn in New York. ''Donkey Kong'' is also set in New York. In ''Super Mario Bros.'', those pipes lead to the mysterious forest (Mushroom Kingdom).")}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/230428w|title=宮本茂はどうやって「ゲームの映画化は面白くない」に立ち向かったのか――『ザ・スーパーマリオブラザーズ・ムービー』がちょっと面白すぎたので、宮本さんに直接訊いてみた|language=ja|date=April 28, 2023|publisher=Den-Faminicogamer|accessdate=May 31, 2024|quote='''Shigeru Miyamoto:''' これは映画化とかは一旦別にして、影の設定として決めていたんですよ。実は大昔にライセンスで作られたマリオの映画も、そういうストーリーになってるんです。元々ゲームのストーリーでも「土管がいっぱいある、ニューヨークの地下で活躍する1作目マリオブラザーズ」から、「その土管が不思議な世界に繋がっていく2作目スーパーマリオブラザーズ」に繋いでいました。『ドンキーコング』も舞台はニューヨークですし、そこから「舞台は、ニューヨークの中でもブルックリンやろうな」と決めて行ったり……その辺りの舞台設定やストーリーはすんなり決まっていましたね。 ("I had decided on that as a shadow setting, putting aside the film adaptation for a moment. In fact, the Mario movie that was made a long time ago under license also had such a story. Originally, the stories of the games were connected via 'The first ''Mario Bros.'', which takes place underground in New York City, full of pipes', to 'the second ''Super Mario Bros.'', in which the pipes lead to a mysterious world'. ''Donkey Kong'' was also set in New York, and from there we decided, 'Let's make the setting Brooklyn in New York'... A setting around that area and a story were decided easily.")}}</ref>
+According to {{wp|Toru Iwatani}}, creator of [[Pac-Man]], Miyamoto told him personally that ''Super Mario Bros.'' was influenced by ''{{wp|Pac-Land}}'', the pioneer of action games with horizontally running background.<ref>{{cite|author=HSALS|date=May 22, 2015|url=geekculture.co/interview-with-toru-iwatani-creator-of-pac-man|title=EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Toru Iwatani, creator of Pac-Man|publisher=Geek Culture|language=en|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
+The "[[Ending (Super Mario Bros.)|Ending]]" theme in the Famicom Disk System version of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' was first composed as the ending theme of ''Super Mario Bros.'', before being shortened due to storage limitations.<ref>{{cite|url=shmuplations.com/kojikondo|title=Koji Kondo – 2001 Composer Interview|publisher=shmuplations|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
+==Regional differences==
+The European version of the game adds one pixel to the hitboxes of Little Goombas, Spinies, Piranha Plants, Bloobers, Cheep-cheeps and Bullet Bills.<ref>{{cite|author=Supper Mario Broth|date=November 19, 2020|url=x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1329515061476532224|title=The European version of Super Mario Bros. is almost imperceptibly more difficult than the US/Japanese versions due to adding an extra pixel to the hitboxes of various enemies. Details in image.|publisher=X|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
+==Pre-release and unused content==
+{{main|List of Super Mario Bros. pre-release and unused content}}
+The game was far more focused on action than platforming. The game was split between ground and sky segments, which had Mario shooting enemies. Mario could use weapons and the control scheme was different as a result, such as having the up arrow of the {{button|nes|Pad}} used as the jump button.
-According to the developers, some aspects in ''Super Mario Bros.'' was taken from ''The Legend of Zelda''; firebars were one example, as they were present in the castles in ''The Legend of Zelda''. Miyamoto implemented firebars into ''Super Mario Bros.'' as an obstacle.
+==Reception and legacy==
+[[File:SMBStreet.jpg|thumb|The ''Super Mario Bros.'' Avenue in Zaragoza, Spain]]
+''Super Mario Bros.'' received critical acclaim and is considered one of the best games of all time. One of the most-praised aspects of the game is the precise controls, which allow players to control how far and high the characters jump and how fast they can run. The game popularized side-scrolling video games, and the game has since received several sequels and spin-offs, and many different ports and alternative versions. All characters, enemies, and items found in the game have become core elements of the ''Super Mario'' franchise and the plot of Bowser kidnapping the princess has continued to be used throughout the core ''Super Mario'' series.
-The main goal of ''Super Mario Bros.'' was to have a character travel through many lands with all different themes to each other and it would feature a diverse terrain, such as land, water, and sky. They intended for the main character to be twice the size of the final one.
+The game was placed 14th in the 100th issue of [[Nintendo Power]]'s "100 best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.{{page needed}} It ranked the first spot in Electronic Gaming Monthly's ''"Greatest 200 Games of Their Time"'', named in IGN's top 100 games of all time lists in 2005 and 2007, and declared the second-best Mario game of all time. IGN also placed it 3rd in their Top 100 NES Games list.<ref>{{cite|url=www.ign.com/top-100-nes-games/3.html|title=3. Super Mario Bros. - Top 100 NES Games|publisher=IGN|language=en|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
-In the beginning of developing the game, Mario wasn't supposed to be a playable character from the start. Instead, the players would have to control a 16 X 32 pixel square. The square couldn't even jump and as a result, Tezuka made Mario the playable character instead of the square.
+''Super Mario Bros.'' sold 40.24 million units with its original release,<ref>{{cite|url=www.vgchartz.com/game/6455/super-mario-bros/?region=All|title=Super Mario Sales Data: Historical Units Sold Numbers for NES, SNES, N64...|publisher=VG Chartz|accessdate=May 31, 2024|language=en}}</ref> being the second best-selling ''Super Mario'' game and among the best-selling video games of all time. It has received several other works such as ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' and the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]].
-Nakago and his team, Systems Research and Development (SRD), colored the background blue in some levels. This was unusual, because video games released during this time period usually had a black background, to avoid eye-strain and to avoid getting distracted by the bright colors. After coloring the background blue in some levels, Nakago then started designing maps for this game. First, Miyamoto and Tezuka would draw the levels on paper, and then Nakago and his team would design it into the video game and program it. Miyamoto wanted levels to last about a minute long and he told SRD to do so. He then realized that it usually takes about a second to travel across a screen, and that numerous of screens would have been implemented in one stage. SRD first thought that Miyamoto would request the them to make 60 screens per stage, but Miyamoto then explained that obstacles in each screen would slow down the player's progress, which resulted in an average of about 12 screens per level. The stage with the most screens has only 32, which is about half of what SRD has expected.
+The game's impact on popular culture was so big that in 2010, a street in {{wp|Zaragoza|Zaragoza, Aragón (Spain)}}, was named after it, with a ceremony being held in celebration.<ref>{{cite|author=Gigazine|date=November 9, 2019|url=gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20101109_mario_avenue|title="Super Mario Brothers Street" is born in Spain, pictures of Mario pleased at the commemoration ceremony|publisher=Gigazine|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
-Nakago stated that a lot of documents were sent to them everyday to change some aspects of stages. Adjusting conditions in the stage was a tiresome job that is not present today because of the technology back then. Everyday, the group would do all they can do stated in the documents and until 10 at night, they would be done. By the next morning, they repeated the process.
+==References to other games==
+*''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'': The design for [[lift]]s resembles the girders seen in [[100m]].
+*[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|''Donkey Kong Jr.'']]: Trampolines return with a similar design.
+*''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'':
+**Green pipes, coins and blocks, introduced to the Mario universe in this game, return.
+**Koopa Troopas are derived from this game's [[Shellcreeper]]s.
-== Legacy ==
+==References in other games==
-=== Reception ===
+*''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'': For the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] release of this game, Mario's jumping sprite from ''Super Mario Bros.'' is used on the box art.
-''Super Mario Bros.'' received favorable reviews and considered one of the best games of all time. One of the most-praised aspects of the game is the precise controls in which players are able to control how far and high the characters jump and how fast they can run. The game popularized side scrolling video games, and the game received several sequels, followed by spin-offs, and many different ports and alternative versions. All characters, enemies and items found throughout the game have returned for following Mario [[games]] and the plot of Bowser kidnapping the princess has returned throughout the series.
+*''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'': For the NES release of this game, Mario's jumping sprite from ''Super Mario Bros.'' is used on the box art.
-It ranked the first spot in Electronic Gaming Monthly's ''"Greatest 200 Games of Their Time"'', named in IGN's top 100 games of all time lists in 2005 and 2007, and declared the second-best Mario game of all time. ''Super Mario Bros.'' has sold 40.24 million copies, being the best-selling Mario game and the second best-selling game of all time. It has received several other works such as a ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show|TV series based off it]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|movie]]''.
+==References in later games==
+{{main|List of references to Super Mario Bros.}}
-===References in Later Games===
+==Alternate versions and re-releases==
-*''[[Super Mario Bros. Special]]''- A sequel created by [[Hudson]].
+[[File:SMB 25th W1-1.png|thumb|''25th Anniversary SUPER MARIO BROS.'', with all the question marks on the ? Blocks changed to number 25's.]]
-*''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''- A direct sequel to ''Super Mario Bros.'' using many of the same sounds and sprites.
+[[File:25thBlock.png|frame|right]]
-*''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''- [[Bowser]] returns along with the rest of the [[Koopa Troop]].
+[[File:Marioduckhunttrack.jpg|thumb|upright=0.95|The 3-in-1 ''Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet'' cartridge.]]
-*''[[All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.]]''- Many levels from ''Super Mario Bros. return.
+[[File:SMB Masterpiece in Brawl.jpg|thumb|The playable demo in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.]]
-*''[[Vs. Super Mario Bros.]]''- This is a harder version of ''Super Mario Bros.'' for arcades.
+*1985 - Original [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] release (North America/Japan)
-*''[[2-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt]]''- A re-release of the game which was bundled with the NES console in the NES Action Set. As the name suggests, the game was in a cartridge that also includes the Zapper Light Gun game, [[wikipedia:Duck Hunt|Duck Hunt]].
+*1986 - Re-released on the [[Family Computer Disk System]] in Japan as one of the launch titles.
-*''[[3-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet]]''- Same as ''2-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt'', but as the title suggests, the cartridge also includes the game, ''World Class Track Meet''.  This bundle also includes the NES Power Pad that World Class Track Meet utilizes.
+*1986 - Released for the arcade [[VS. System]] as ''[[VS. Super Mario Bros.]]''
-*''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''- The American sequel to this game.  Mushrooms, Starmen, and Koopa Shells appear
+*1986 - A [[Game & Watch]] titled ''[[Super Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' is released, but it is a completely different game.
-*''[[Super Mario Land]]''- Mario's sprite in this game is near identical as in ''Super Mario Bros.'' and gameplay is also near identical.
+*1986 - Ported into the arcade machine [[Nintendo PlayChoice-10]].
-*''[[Alleyway]]''- Several sprites from ''Super Mario Bros'' appear in bonus levels.
+*1986 - Released on the Family Computer Disk System as ''[[All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.]]'' Most of the levels have been reused but the physics engine is from ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''.
-*''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''- Many things from ''Super Mario Bros.'' return here, such as- [[Flagpole]]s, [[Warp Zone]]s (in the form of cannons) and also a picture from ''Super Mario Bros.'' is an unlockable background.
+*1987 - Original Nintendo Entertainment System release (Europe/Australia)
-*''[[Super Mario 64]]''- Outside the [[Warp Pipe]] which leads to the final boss, carved into pillars are what look like sprites of Mario and Bowser from this game.
+*1988 - Re-released on the NES in North America as part of the 2-in-1 ''Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt'' compilation, packaged with the NES Action Set.
-*''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' - A castle level is seen when Mario first met F.L.U.D.D.
+*1989 - A [[Nelsonic Game Watch]] titled ''[[Super Mario Bros. (Nelsonic Game Watch)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' is released, but it is a completely different game.
-*''[[Tetris DS]]'' - The first 6 levels was Stage 1-1 and 1-2 and 10 was a Bowser Castle fight.
+*1990 - Re-released on the NES in North America as part of the 3-in-1 ''Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet'' compilation, packaged with the NES Power Set.
-*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''- The stage [[Mushroomy Kingdom]] is based on worlds 1-1 and 1-2 of this game.
+*1990 - Re-released on the NES as part of ''[[Nintendo World Championships 1990]]''.
-*''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' - The sprites of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Bowser appear around said character when they collect the Pill Pals, plus, when any character (including a Koopa Troopa) grabs a [[Mega Star]], they turn into a huge version of their SMB1 Sprites.  (Mario and Luigi are their small forms in both.)
+*1992 - Re-released on the NES in Europe as part of the 3-in-1 ''Super Mario Bros./Tetris/Nintendo World Cup'' compilation, sold alone or with the Top Loader.
+*1993 - Remake available on the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] as part of the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' compilation. Graphics and sound were updated, and many [[glitches]] were removed.
+*1994 - Remake available on the SNES in North America as part of the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]'' compilation, packaged with the SNES Mario Set.
+*1997 - A special version is released as a [[Satellaview]] broadcast titled ''[[BS Super Mario Collection|BS Super Mario Collection - Dai-1-Shuu]]'', which is based on the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' version.
+*1999 - Remake released on the [[Game Boy Color]] as ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]''. The game featured the original game's graphics but loads of additional content.
+*2001 - The original game is available as an unlockable NES game in ''[[nookipedia:Doubutsu no Mori+|Doubutsu no Mori+]]''. In Japan, it is obtainable only through the thirty [[Nintendo GameCube]] Memory Cards that were distributed as part of a sweepstakes in ''[[Famitsu]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite|date=December 1, 2001|uirl=n-styles.com/main/archives/2001/12/01-231800.php|language=ja|title=どうぶつの森＋のゲーム内で遊べるファミコンソフトが判明|publisher=N-Styles|accessdate=May 4, 2024}}</ref> In the [[nookipedia:Animal Crossing|international release]], it can only be unlocked by using a cheating device. It was likely going to be released as an [[e-Reader]] card (as were ''Ice Climber'' and ''Mario Bros.''), but a ''Super Mario Bros.'' card was never released. In the Japan-only re-release, ''Doubutsu no Mori e+'', the game is removed altogether.
+*2003 - In celebrating 20 years of the Famicom in Japan, Nintendo ran a "Hot Mario Campaign" from November 7, 2003 to January 15, 2004, in which the prize was a special edition of ''Super Mario Bros.'' alongside a Famicom-themed [[Game Boy Advance]].<ref>{{cite|date=October 27, 2003|url=dengekionline.com/data/news/2003/10/27/2b6c8d6b74ee05cd0c8d2629d3abee42.html|title=ファミコン生誕20周年記念第2弾、「ホットマリオキャンペーン」が11月7日より開始！|publisher=Dengeki Online|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Niizumi, Hirohiko|date=October 27, 2003|url=www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-puts-original-super-mario-on-gba/1100-6077433|title=Nintendo puts original Super Mario on GBA|publisher=GameSpot|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
+*2004 - The original game was re-released on the [[Game Boy Advance]] as part of the NES Classics / Famicom Mini collection, celebrating 20 years of the Famicom in Japan. It was also re-released on September 13, 2005, in Japan to celebrate 20 years of the original NES game.
+*2006 - Available on the [[Wii]] as part of the [[Virtual Console]]. It requires 23 blocks (2.9 MB) to be installed.
+*2008 - Available as a [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#Masterpieces|playable demo in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'']].
+*2010 - SNES version re-released with ''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''.
+*2010 - Virtual Console port titled '''''25th Anniversary SUPER MARIO BROS.''''' with the question marks on the [[? Block]]s replaced with "25", exclusively bundled with a special, red [[Wii]].
+*2011 - Released on the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] as part of the Virtual Console. It is a free download for those who purchased a 3DS before the August 12th price drop. The full release version was released on January 5, 2012, in Japan, on February 16, 2012, in North America, and on March 1, 2012, in Europe and Australia.
+*2013 - Released on the [[Wii U]] as part of the [[Virtual Console]] service via the Wii U eShop in Japan on June 5 and in Europe, Australia, and North America in September.  It requires 15 MB to be installed. The game was also featured in ''[[NES Remix]]''.
+*2014 - Re-released in ''[[NES Remix 2]]'' as ''[[Super Luigi Bros.]]'' The game was also featured in ''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' along with the port of ''Super Mario Bros.'', ''[[Speed Mario Bros.]]''
+*2014 - Available as a [[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U#Masterpieces|playable demo in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'']].
+*2015 - Available as a "highlight" in ''[[amiibo tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits]]''.
+*2016 - Released as one of the 30 games included in the [[Nintendo Entertainment System#NES Classic Edition|NES Classic Edition]] and [[Family Computer#Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer|Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer]].
+*2018 - Available as one of the 20 NES titles at the [[Nintendo Switch#Nintendo Switch Online|Nintendo Switch Online]] subscription service's launch in September 2018, and for the first time can be played with other players online.<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-entertainment-system-nintendo-switch-online-switch|title=Nintendo Entertainment System™ - Nintendo Switch Online|publisher=Nintendo Official Site|language=en-us|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
+*2020 - Released as ''[[Super Mario Bros. 35]]'', using the physics of ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' and the "Taking damage as Fire Mario becomes Super Mario" system that was standardized in the Western ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' versions onwards.
+*2020 - Released as ''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]''
-=== Alternate Versions, Re-releases===
+==Profiles and statistics==
-[[Image:Marioduckhunttrack.jpg|right|thumb|''3-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet''.]]
+*'''[[nwiki:Wii Shop Channel|Wii Shop Channel]]:''' "''One day, the Mushroom Kingdom was invaded by the Koopas, a tribe of turtles famous for their black magic. The quiet, peace-loving Mushroom People were turned into stones, bricks, and even plants, and the kingdom fell into ruin. The only one who can undo the magic spell on the Mushroom People and return them to their normal selves is Princess Toadstool, the daughter of the Mushroom King. Unfortunately, she is in the hands of evil King Bowser. Mario, the famous plumber, learns of the Mushroom People's plight and sets out to free the Mushroom Princess from the Koopas and restore the fallen kingdom of the Mushroom People. Jump, kick shells, and throw fireballs through eight action-packed worlds in this iconic NES classic!''"
-[[Image:Various23 080125a-l.jpg|thumb|right|In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.]]
+*'''[[Nintendo eShop]]:''' "''Rediscover Mario & Luigi's first great adventure! One day, the Mushroom Kingdom was invaded by the Koopas, a tribe of turtles famous for their black magic. The quiet, peace-loving Mushroom People were turned into stones, bricks, and even plants, and the kingdom fell into ruin. The only one who can undo the magic spell is Princess Toadstool, the daughter of the Mushroom King. Unfortunately, she is in the hands of evil king Bowser™. Mario™ learns of the Mushroom People's plight and sets out to free the Mushroom Princess from the Koopas and restore the fallen kingdom. Jump, kick shells, and throw fireballs through eight action-packed worlds in this iconic NES classic!''"
-*1985 - Original release (US/Japan)
-*(Year Unknown) - Ported into the American arcade machine, the [[Nintendo Playchoice-10]].
-*1986 - Re-released on the Famicom Disk System in Japan.
-*1986 - Game & Watch title.
-*1986 - Released in arcades as VS Super Mario Bros.
-*1988 - Re-released on the NES in the US as part of the ''2-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt'' compilation, packaged with the NES Action Set.
-*1990 - Re-released on the NES in the US as part of the ''3-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet'' compilation, packaged with the NES Power Set.
-*1993 - Remake available on the SNES as part of the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' compilation (known as Super Mario Collection in Japan). Graphics and sound were updated, and many glitches were removed.
-*1994 - Remake available on the SNES in the US as part of the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]'' compilation, packaged with the SNES Mario Set.
-*1998 - Remake released on the Game Boy Color as ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]''. The game featured the original game's graphics but loads of additional content.
-*2001 - The original game is available as an unlockable NES game in ''Animal Crossing''.  Unfortunately, it can currently only be unlocked using an Action Replay cheat.
-*2004 - The original game was re-released on the Game Boy Advance as part of the NES Classics / Famicom Mini collection, celebrating 20 years of the Famicom in Japan.
-*2006 - Available on the [[Wii]] as part of the [[Virtual Console]].
-*2008 - Available in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as a playable demo.
-<br clear=all>
-==Official Artwork==
+===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
-<center><gallery>
+{{SSBB sticker
-Image:SuperMarioBrosArtwork2.jpg|<center>Artwork used for the Japanese box art, depicting most characters
+|name=Super Mario Bros.
-Image:Mario SMB.png|<center>[[Mario]]
+|image=[[File:Super Mario Bros Sticker.png|100px]]
-Image:Super Mario Running Artwork.jpg|<center>Mario running
+|game=''Super Mario Bros.''
-Image:PrincessSML.png|<center>[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
+|effect=[Arm, Leg] - Attack +15
-Image:ToadSMB.jpg|<center>[[Toad]]
+|usable_by=Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser
-Image:BowserSMB1.PNG|<center>[[Bowser]]
+}}
-Image:SMB_Goomba.jpg|<center>[[Goomba]]
-Image:SMB_KoopaParatroopa.jpg|<center>[[Koopa Paratroopa]]
+==Media==
-Image:SMB_BuzzyBeetle.jpg|<center>[[Buzzy Beetle]]
+{{main-media}}
-Image:SMBSpiny.jpg|<center>[[Spiny]]
+{{media table
-Image:SMB_Lakitu.jpg|<center>[[Lakitu]]
+|file1=SMB Overworld Theme.oga
-Image:Piranha Plant SMB.png|<center>[[Piranha Plant]]
+|title1=Ground Theme
-Image:SMB BulletBill.jpg|<center>[[Bullet Bill]]
+|description1=Excerpt of the overworld theme.
-Image:CheepCheepSMB.jpg|<center>[[Cheep-Cheep]]
+|length1=0:30
-Image:SMB FireFlower.jpg|<center>[[Fire Flower]]
+|file2=Under Ground Theme SMB.oga
-Image:SMB Star.jpg|<center>[[Starman]]
+|title2=Underground Theme
-Image:SMBlogo.gif|The game logo.
+|description2=The underground theme.
-</gallery></center>
+|length2=0:12
+|file3=Under Water Theme SMB.oga
+|title3=Underwater Theme
+|description3=The underwater theme.
+|length3=0:25
+|file4=SMB Castle Theme.oga
+|title4=Castle Theme
+|description4=The castle theme.
+|length4=0:16
+|file5=Invincibility SMB.oga
+|title5=Starman
+|description5=The [[Super Star|Starman]] theme.
+|length5=0:06
+|file6=Lose a life SMB.oga
+|title6=Lose a Life
+|description6=The Life Lost theme.
+|length6=0:03
+|file7=SMB Victory.oga
+|title7=Course Clear
+|description7=Theme that plays at the end of the levels.
+|length7=0:06
+}}
+==Gallery==
+{{main-gallery|Super Mario Bros.}}
+<gallery>
+Super Mario Bros JP cover.jpg|Japanese box art
+Mario and mushroom SMB1 artwork.png|[[Mario]]
+SMB Peach Calling for Help Artwork.png|[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
+SMB Toad Artwork.jpg|[[Toad (species)|Mushroom Retainer]]
+SMB Goomba Artwork.jpg|[[Goomba|Little Goomba]]
+BowserSMBart.png|[[Bowser]]
+</gallery>
+==Quotes==
+*"''To make Mario jump extra high, hold the B button down while you run and jump.''" — ''Nintendo Game Pack with Top Secret Tips!'', Card no. 7
+*"''Even if it says "Game Over" you can hold A and press Start. You'll continue on Level 1 of the last world you were on.''" — ''Nintendo Game Pack with Top Secret Tips!'', Card no. 13
+*"''In every world, within invisible blocks, on extra life is concealed (possibly more). Keep your eyes peeled!''" — ''Nintendo Game Pack with Top Secret Tips!'', Card no. 19
+*"''You'll gain more points the higher you jump on a flagpole. Try accelerating first, the jump for all you're worth!''" — ''Nintendo Game Pack with Top Secret Tips!'', Card no. 31
+*"''We wanted to make a big Mario running around beneath a blue sky. We squeezed as much as we could out of the NES technology.''" — [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], ''[[Super Mario History|Super Mario History 1985-2010 Booklet]]''
+*"''Developing this game was fun because it felt like we were solving a puzzle as we were making it.''" — [[Takashi Tezuka]], ''Super Mario History 1985-2010 Booklet''
+*"''There was so much enthusiasm on this project because we were trying to create something that had never been done before.''" — [[Koji Kondo]], ''Super Mario History 1985-2010 Booklet''
+*"''Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!''" — Mushroom Retainer, ''Super Mario Bros.''
+*"''Thank you Mario! Your quest is over. We present you a new quest.''" — Princess Toadstool, ''Super Mario Bros.''
+==Names in other languages==
+{{foreign names
+|Jap=スーパーマリオブラザーズ
+|JapR=Sūpā Mario Burazāzu
+|Jap2=スーパーマリオブラザーズ1<ref>{{cite|date=November 13, 2020|url=topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/5d6e9160-06ba-4341-b081-331de6756497|title=『ゲーム＆ウオッチ スーパーマリオブラザーズ』は本日発売。知っているとより楽しめる、”あそびのヒント”をご紹介。|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=November 14, 2020}}</ref>
+|Jap2R=Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Wan
+|JapM=Super Mario Bros.
+|Jap2M=Super Mario Bros. 1
+|Kor=슈퍼 마리오브라더스
+|KorR=Syupeo Malio Beuladeoseu
+|KorM=Super Mario Bros.
+|ChiS=超级马力欧兄弟
+|ChiSR=Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Xiōngdì
+|ChiSM=Super Mario Bros.
+|ChiT=超級瑪利歐兄弟
+|ChiTR=Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Xiōngdì
+|ChiTM=Super Mario Bros.
+}}
 ==Trivia==
-* The ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'' manual and the the [[Virtual Console]] page of this game state that Koopas used black magic to aid their conquest of the Mushroom Kingdom, though the only other occurrences of this is by the Koopalings in [[Super Mario Bros. 3]] and Bowser in ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' (with the aid of the [[Star Rod]]) and in ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]''.
+[[File:SMBOriginalStory.jpg|thumb|300px|upright=2.2|The original story of ''Super Mario Bros.'' (with early character designs) as seen on a board game based on the game. An alternate set of pictures depicting the same events is in ''[[How to win at Super Mario Bros.]]'']]
-* The game was placed 14th in the 100th issue of [[Nintendo Power]]'s "100 best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.<ref>http://www.gamekult.com/communaute/forum/voirmessage.html?foid=13000909, retrieved 6/4/2009</ref>
+{{multiple image
-* This game was originally supposed to be updated and packaged with ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', which would mean its sequels would have had the same side game.
+|align=right
-* ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' had Classic World 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, and 2-2.  Only World 1-1 was released outside Japan.
+|direction=horizontal
-* The [[Super Mario Bros. Stamps]] set was released in Japan at the end of May, [[2007]].  The stamps feature sprites of characters and items from this game.
+|footer=A comparison of the ''Super Mario Bros.'' and Mario Pikachu artwork
-* If the player manages to get 129 or more lives, they will receive an instant [[Game Over]] should they die again. The game somehow interprets this as the player having a negative amount of lives; this is likely due to data overflow.
+|image1=SuperMarioBrosArtwork2.jpg
-* In order to differentiate the Goomba from the Super Mushroom to new players, and teach them that Super Mushrooms were a positive thing in the game, the developers designed the very first portion of World 1-1 so the player would stomp the incoming "menacing" Goomba instinctively and later reveal the Super Mushroom inside the ? Block. Since the Super Mushroom resembles the Goomba, the player would think it is another enemy and so jumps over it again to stomp it. Doing this leads to the transformation from Small Mario to Super Mario.
+|width1=200
-* In the iOS (iPhone/iPod Touch) game Bounce On 2, part of stage 1-13 is an exact replica of world 1-1 from this game.
+|image2=Mario Pikachu.jpg
-*This is the first Mario platformer game.
+|width2=220
+}}
+*Despite being unmentioned in the Japanese manual,<ref name=MushStory/> the [[Mushroom King]] appears in Asian-drawn strategy guide illustrations.
+*The ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]] 2011: Gamer's Edition'' states that this game was also remade on the [[Nintendo 64]],<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20201030143856/https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/slideshow/210299/guinness-world-records-gamer-edition|title=Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition|publisher=PC World from DG|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref> which is incorrect.
+*In a 2011 {{wp|United States Supreme Court}} case, ''{{wp|Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association}}'' (which overturned a California law banning the sale of violent video games to children without parental supervision), the {{wp|Electronic Frontier Foundation}} submitted an ''amicus'' brief citing social research that declared ''Super Mario Bros.'' to be a violent video game. In the brief, it was stated that the game contained cartoon violence similar to that found in various Saturday morning television shows, the {{wp|Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner|Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote}} cartoons, and the ''{{wp|Mighty Mouse}}'' series, which garnered little negative reaction from the public in their own times.<ref>{{cite|author=Hoffman, Gene|date=September 27, 2010|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20100930150915/http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2010/09/27/how-the-wrong-decision-in-schwarzenegger-v-ema-could-cripple-video-game-innovation|title=How the Wrong Decision in Schwarzenegger v. EMA Could Cripple Video Game Innovation|publisher=Xconomy|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.eff.org/files/filenode/schwarzenegger_v/EFFPFFamicus.pdf|title=Supreme Court of the United States Docket No. 08-1448|publisher=EFF|format=PDF|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
+*A promotional artwork for the "Mario Pikachu" line of merchandise, based on the artwork for the Famicom release of ''Super Mario Bros.'', replaces the original game's characters and elements with [[bulbapedia:Pokémon (species)|Pokémon]] and elements from the ''[[bulbapedia:Pokémon|Pokémon]]'' series. The changes are the following:
+**Mario is replaced by [[bulbapedia:Pikachu (Pokémon)|Pikachu]].
+**Bowser is replaced by [[bulbapedia:Blastoise (Pokémon)|Blastoise]].
+**Princess Peach is replaced by [[bulbapedia:Diancie (Pokémon)|Diancie]].
+**The Toads are replaced by two [[bulbapedia:Foongus (Pokémon)|Foongus]].
+**The Koopa Paratroopa is replaced by a [[bulbapedia:Wartortle (Pokémon)|Wartortle]].
+**The castle is replaced by [[bulbapedia:Bell Tower|Bell Tower]].
+**A flower is replaced by [[bulbapedia:Flabébé (Pokémon)|Flabébé]].
+**The Goomba is replaced by a [[bulbapedia:Shroomish (Pokémon)|Shroomish]].
+**The Bullet Bill is replaced by [[bulbapedia:Beldum (Pokémon)|Beldum]].
+**The Super Mushroom is replaced by a [[bulbapedia:Big Mushroom|Big Mushroom]].
+**The Blooper is replaced by an [[bulbapedia:Inkay (Pokémon)|Inkay]].
+**The hill is now orange and the Warp Pipe has been replaced by [[bulbapedia:Slowpoke Well|Slowpoke Well]].
+**The Koopa Troopa is replaced by a [[bulbapedia:Squirtle (Pokémon)|Squirtle]].
+**The Cheep Cheep is replaced by a [[bulbapedia:Qwilfish (Pokémon)|Qwilfish]].
+**The Hammer Bro is replaced by a [[bulbapedia:Psyduck (Pokémon)|Psyduck]].
+**The cliff is now a [[bulbapedia:Cave|cave]].
+**The Spiny is replaced by a [[bulbapedia:Ferroseed (Pokémon)|Ferroseed]], and the Lakitu is replaced by a [[bulbapedia:Landorus (Pokémon)|Landorus]].
+*The South African release in 1993 reuses the European version's packaging, the only NES game to do so in the region; all other South African NES titles feature a red "South African Version" banner on the box art and cartridge label.<ref>{{cite|author=Rogers, Joshua Alexander|date=April 16, 2020|url=www.linkedin.com/pulse/video-games-around-world-south-africa-joshua-rogers|title=Video Games around the World|publisher=LinkedIn|archive=web.archive.org/web/20220925153658/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/video-games-around-world-south-africa-joshua-rogers|accessdate=March 23, 2024}}</ref>
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+==Notes==
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+*[https://www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/en/history/smb/index.html Mario Portal Game Archive (EN)]
+*[https://www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/history/smb/index.html Mario Portal Game Archive (JP)]
+*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/software/smb1/index.html Famicom 40th Anniversary site]
+*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Game-Boy-Advance/Super-Mario-Bros--267387.html Nintendo UK Game Boy Advance site]
+*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAAAJ.pdf Japanese Famicom manual]
+*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAAAE.pdf North American NES manual]
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