Super Mario Bros.

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Template:Articleabout Template:Infobox 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. The game was released for the Famicom on September 13, 1985, and bundled with the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America by November 17 of that year. This is the first game to be set in the Mushroom Kingdom, marking the first appearances of Bowser, Princess Toadstool, and Toad, as well as Koopa Troopas, Goombas and many other Mario series enemies and allies. The game was also one of the eighteen Nintendo Entertainment System initial launch games. Super Mario Bros. was the best selling video game of all time, having sold more than 40.23 million copies worldwide as of 2003, until recently, when it was surpassed by Wii Sports, and was largely responsible for the initial success of the Nintendo Entertainment System and the revival of the gaming industry after the 1983 crash.

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 inhabitants into blocks, weeds, and other odd objects. It is foretold that only the Mushroom King's daughter Princess Toadstool can undo the spell. Knowing this, Bowser immediately kidnaps her. Fortunately, the heroic Mario Bros. learn about the Mushroom Kingdom's plight and race to its rescue.

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's forces, and save the Princess.[1]

Gameplay

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The title screen.

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 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 Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Buzzy Beetles, Koopa Paratroopas, Bullet Bills, Hammer Bros., and jumping 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 also lose their wings and fall to the ground when Mario jumps on them. Other enemies include Piranha Plants, the Spiny-throwing Lakitus and the Hammer Bros., 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 Bloobers and Cheep-Cheeps. Mario can only defeat these creatures by shooting them with fireballs.

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 getting defeated; either from the beginning, or at one of several invisible "checkpoints" throughout the level.

Super Mario in World 1-1.

Mario can get special power-ups out of ? Blocks or, uncommonly, Brick Blocks. 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 Blocks 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 coins. With the Starman, 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.

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Mario fighting Bowser at the end of World 8-4.

At the end of each level, a castle stands 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 Firebars, and Podoboos. 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 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

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 Firebars appear in all possible locations. Additionally, the music is slightly faster. 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 Peach. 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.

Items

Super Mario Bros. introduced some elements that made subsequent appearances in later Mario games:

Coin A Coin from Super Mario Bros. Each coin is worth 200 points. If Mario or Luigi manage to collect 100 of them, he will receive an extra 1-Up.
Super Mushroom File:SMB Supermushroom.svg When one of the Mario Bros. eat one of these, he will turn into their Super form. Worth 1,000 points.
Fire Flower File:Fire Flower.gif This flower grants the Mario Bros. the ability to shoot fireballs. Like the Super Mushroom, it is also worth 1,000 points.
1-Up Mushroom File:SMB 1-upmushroom.svg A rare item; once collected, it grants the Mario Bros. an extra life. However, it is worth no points at all.
Starman A Starman from Super Mario Bros. Makes the Mario Bros. invincible for a short amount of time. Like the Super Mushroom and Fire Flower, the Starman is also worth 1,000 points.


Power-Ups

Small Mario File:SMB Smallmario.svg An 8-bit Mario in the Mini-Form. When he gets hit by an enemy, he gets defeated.
Small Fire Mario File:SMB Smallfiremario.svg Glitched version of Fire Mario, when hit, Mario becomes Super Mario, when Super Mario gets Mushroom, Mario becomes small Mario, but if Super Mario gets hit, he loses a life.
Super Mario File:SMB Supermario.svg Mario turns into Super Mario by ingesting a Super Mushroom. Mario gains the ability to easily break Brick Blocks 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.
Fire Mario File:SMB Firemario.svg 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.
Invincible Mario Invincible Mario in Super Mario Bros. 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.


Characters

Playable

Supporting

Enemies

Bosses

List of Levels

World Level Setting Enemies found
World 1 1 Ground Goomba, Koopa Troopa
2 Underground Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Piranha Plant
3 Heights Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Bullet Bills[# 1]
4 Castle Firebar, False Bowser (Goomba)
World 2 1 Ground Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
2 Underwater Bloober, Cheep-Cheep, Piranha Plant
3 Seaside Jumping Cheep-Cheep
4 Castle Firebar, Podoboo, False Bowser (Koopa Troopa)
World 3 1 Ground Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Hammer Bro.
2 Ground Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
3 Heights Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa
4 Castle Firebar, Podoboo, False Bowser (Buzzy Beetle)
World 4 1 Ground Piranha Plant, Lakitu, Spiny
2 Underground Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle
3 Heights Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa
4 Castle Piranha Plant, Podoboo, Firebar, False Bowser (Spiny)
World 5 1 Ground Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Bullet Bill
2 Ground/Underwater (secret) Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle, Bullet Bill, Hammer Bro. (Bloober, Cheep-Cheep)
3 Heights Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Bullet Bill
4 Castle Podoboo, Firebar, False Bowser (Lakitu)
World 6 1 Ground Piranha Plant, Lakitu, Spiny
2 Ground/Underwater (secret) Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle (Bloober, Cheep-Cheep)
3 Heights Bullet Bill
4 Castle Podoboo, Firebar, False Bowser (Bloober)
World 7 1 Ground Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle, Hammer Bro., Bullet Bill
2 Underwater Bloober, Cheep-Cheep, Piranha Plant
3 Seaside Jumping Cheep-Cheep, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa
4 Castle Podoboo, Firebar, False Bowser (Hammer Bro.)
World 8 1 Ground Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle
2 Ground Goomba, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Buzzy Beetle, Lakitu, Spiny, Bullet Bill
3 Near the castle Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Bullet Bill, Hammer Bro.
4 Castle/Underwater Goomba, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Firebar, Podoboo, Buzzy Beetle, Hammer Bro., Bloober, Cheep-Cheep, Bowser
  1. ^ Bullet Bills only appear in Star 1-3.

Glitches

Main article: Super Mario Bros./Glitches

Development

Super Mario Bros. was developed at the same time as Template:Zw, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Reception

The Super Mario Bros. Avenue in Zaragoza, Spain
The Super Mario Bros. Avenue in Zaragoza, Spain

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.

The game was placed 14th in the 100th issue of Nintendo Power's "100 best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.[2] 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 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and the Super Mario Bros. movie.

The game's impact on popular culture was so big that during 2010, a street in Spain was named after this game.

References in Later Games

  • Super Mario Bros. Special- A sequel created by Hudson.
  • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels- A direct sequel to Super Mario Bros. using many of the same sounds and sprites.
  • Super Mario Bros. 3- Bowser returns along with the rest of the Koopa Troop, as well as elements from the original Super Mario Bros..
  • All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.- A remake of the '85 classic with elements that pertain to the radio program All Night Nippon replacing some of the original game's elements.
  • Vs. Super Mario Bros.- This is a harder version of Super Mario Bros. for arcades.
  • Super Mario Bros. 2- The non-Japanese sequel to this game. Mushrooms, Starmen, and Koopa Shells appear.
  • Super Mario Land- Mario's sprite in this game is near identical to his sprite from Super Mario Bros. Gameplay is also near identical.
  • Alleyway- Several sprites from Super Mario Bros. appear in bonus levels.
  • New Super Mario Bros.- Many things from Super Mario Bros. return here, such as- Flagpoles, Warp Zones (in the form of cannons). Also, a close-up of Mario from Super Mario Bros. as well as a picture from said game are unlockable backgrounds.
  • Super Mario 64- Outside the Warp Pipe that leads to the final boss, carved into pillars are what look like sprites of Mario and Bowser from this game.
  • Super Mario Sunshine - A castle level is seen when Mario first met F.L.U.D.D..
  • Tetris DS - The first two levels were World 1-1, 3 and 7 were underground based, 8 and 9 are up in heights, and 10 was a castle.
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl- The stage Mushroomy Kingdom is based on worlds 1-1 and 1-2 of this game. It also has arranged tracks from this game, which are the two versions of the Overworld Theme, the Underground Theme, and the Underwater Theme.
  • Super Paper Mario - The sprites of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Bowser appear around said character when they collect the Pill Pals. Also, when any character (including a Koopa Troopa) grabs a Mega Star, they turn into a huge version of their SMB sprites. (Mario and Luigi are their small forms in both). A place in Bitlands is based in 1-2.
  • Mario Superstar Baseball- The loading screen has Mario hitting a ? Block in graphics from Super Mario Bros..
  • Wii Sports Resort- In Island Flyover, if the player flies by the Hillside Cabins, the Super Mario Bros. overworld and game over theme can be heard.
  • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - If the player jumps up in a vent and then comes down into the changing room in X-Naut Fortress then Mario and all his allies will become 8-bit and similar in style to the Super Mario Bros. sprites.
  • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - At the Border between Mushroom Kingdom and Beanbean Kingdom, there's a mini-game called Border Jump that uses the Level end of most levels in the original game (including the Flagpole that was used to tell time in the game).
  • Mario Hoops 3-on-3- In Bloocheep Sea a remixed song of the underwater theme is played.
  • Mario Power Tennis (Game Boy Advance) - In the ending, a remixed main theme song plays.
  • Luigi's Mansion - Although not distinctly noted as such, the idea of King Boo using a Bowser decoy (through magic of his) may be loosely based on the seven False Bowsers in this game.

Alternate Versions and Re-Releases

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The 25th anniversary remake, 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.
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The playable demo in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
  • 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.
  • 1990 - Re-released on the NES as part of Nintendo World Championships 1990
  • 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.
  • 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 Animal Crossing. Unfortunately, it can currently only be unlocked using a cheating device.
  • 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.
  • 2010 - 16-bit remake released with Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition.
  • 2010 - Virtual Console remake with the question marks on the ? Blocks replaced with "25", exclusively bundled with a special, red Wii.


Media

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Media
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong series Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong 3 • Donkey Kong (GB) • Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong Country series Donkey Kong Country • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! • Donkey Kong Country Returns • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Donkey Kong Land series Donkey Kong Land III
DK series DK: Jungle Climber • DK: King of Swing
Other Diddy Kong Racing • Donkey Kong 64
Super Mario franchise Super Mario series New Super Mario Bros. • New Super Mario Bros. 2 • New Super Mario Bros. U • New Super Mario Bros. Wii • Super Mario 3D Land • Super Mario 3D World (Bowser's Fury) • Super Mario 64 • Super Mario 64 DS • Super Mario All-Stars • Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 2 (Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic · Super Mario Advance) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3) • Super Mario Bros. Wonder • Super Mario Galaxy • Super Mario Galaxy 2 • Super Mario Land • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins • Super Mario Maker • Super Mario Maker 2 • Super Mario Odyssey • Super Mario Run • Super Mario Sunshine • Super Mario World (Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2)
Mario Kart series Main Mario Kart 64 • Mario Kart 7 • Mario Kart 8 • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! • Mario Kart DS • Mario Kart: Super Circuit • Mario Kart Tour • Mario Kart Wii • Super Mario Kart
Arcade Mario Kart Arcade GP • Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
Mario Party series Main Mario Party • Mario Party 2 • Mario Party 3 • Mario Party 4 • Mario Party 5 • Mario Party 6 • Mario Party 7 • Mario Party 8 • Mario Party 9 • Mario Party 10
Handheld Mario Party Advance • Mario Party DS • Mario Party Superstars • Mario Party: Island Tour • Mario Party: The Top 100 • Super Mario Party
Other Mario Party-e
Role-playing games Paper Mario series Paper Mario • Paper Mario: Color Splash • Paper Mario: Sticker Star • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door • Super Paper Mario
Mario & Luigi series Mario & Luigi: Dream Team • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Brothership • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Other Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Sports games Mario Golf series Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour • Mario Golf: Advance Tour
Mario Tennis series Mario Power Tennis • Mario Tennis Aces • Mario Tennis Open • Mario Tennis: Power Tour
Super Mario Stadium series Mario Super Sluggers • Mario Superstar Baseball
Other Mario Hoops 3-on-3 • Mario Sports Mix • Mario Sports Superstars
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario • Dr. Mario 64 • Dr. Mario Online Rx
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew • Wrecking Crew '98
Other Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix • Mario & Wario • Mario is Missing! • Mario Paint • Mario Pinball Land • Mario's Super Picross • Mario's Time Machine • Picross 2 • Princess Peach: Showtime! • Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition • Super Princess Peach • Tetris & Dr. Mario
Wario franchise Wario Land series Wario Land II • Wario Land 4 • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
WarioWare series WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! • WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! • WarioWare: Touched! • WarioWare: Twisted! • WarioWare Gold
Other Wario World
Yoshi franchise Yoshi's Island series Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3) • Yoshi's New Island
Other Tetris Attack • Yoshi Topsy-Turvy • Yoshi Touch & Go • Yoshi's Cookie • Yoshi's Safari • Yoshi's Story
Crossovers Mario & Sonic series Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Brawl • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U • Super Smash Bros. Melee
Other Fortune Street • Itadaki Street DS • Nintendo Land
Consoles Wii

Official Artwork

Quotes

  • "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

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 (with the aid of the Star Rod) and in Mario Party.
  • 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.
  • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 had Classic World 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, and 2-2 released as card levels for World-e. Only World 1-1 was released outside Japan.
  • 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.
  • If the player manages to get 128 or more lives, he or she will receive an instant Game Over should he or she lose a life. The game somehow interprets this as the player having a negative amount of lives; this is likely due to data overflow.
  • 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.
  • On the Wii Shop Channel, the loading screen for downloading any title is Mario or Luigi hitting Brick Blocks and collecting Coins, sometimes with a Fire Flower.
    • Sometimes, both Bros. are shown swimming collecting coins.

References

  1. ^ Super Mario Bros. game manual, page 2
  2. ^ http://www.gamekult.com/communaute/forum/voirmessage.html?foid=13000909, retrieved 6/4/2009


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Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System games
Super Mario franchise Donkey Kong (1983) • Mario Bros. (1983) • Pinball (1984) • Golf (1984) • Family BASIC† (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. Returns^ (1988) • Wrecking Crew^ (1989) • Pinball^ (1989)
Miscellaneous Nintendo World Championships 1990* (1990) • Nintendo Campus Challenge* (1991)
* NES only
† Famicom only
‡ Disk System only
^ Disk Writer only

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