Mario Bros. (game)

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Template:Mergefrom Template:Articleabout Template:Infobox Arcade Game Mario Bros. is an arcade game made by Nintendo and released in 1983. It was later also released on the NES, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari 7800. It marked the first appearance of Luigi in a game, and was the first installment in the Mario Bros. series. It was also released on for the Virtual Console on the Nintendo Wii

A port of the Mario Bros. also appeared on the Game & Watch, but without color and two screens. Mario Bros. was included as a separate mini-game, playing like the original game with updated graphics in the Two-player mode of Super Mario Bros. 3 for the SNES, and for the RPG game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and all 4 games on the Super Mario Advance series on the Game Boy Advance. It was also ported to the e-Reader under the name Mario Bros.-e . For the GBA games, there was also an added two-to four-player battle mode, meaning that other players could join the player's game through the use of a GBA link cable. Also, in every remake for the Game Boy Advance, the Shellcreepers were replaced by Spinies.

Gameplay

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Mario in Phase 1.

The game features a simple stage in which the player plays in an endless game. Enemies come from the pipes on the top and head downwards, where they may enter the pipes again to return to the top. The goal in each Phase is to defeat all enemies. This is done by jumping against the floor when enemies are walking on from below to knock them out, and then the player has to kick them away. When all enemies are defeated, the player gets to the next phase. In later levels, different types of enemies and harming fireballs appear. From time to time, there is a bonus level where the player has to collect all coins in order to get a 1-Up.

Story

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In this title, Mario and Luigi are plumbers working in a New York sewer system.[1] While underground, the pair must fight through wave after wave of enemies.

Characters Appearing in This Game

Playable

Enemies

  • Shellcreeper - The first enemies in the game, possibly related to Koopas. They were replaced by Spinies in the Super Mario Advance games.
  • Sidestepper - Crab creatures that were harder to defeat and have appeared in various games. They first appear in Phase 4.
  • Fighter Fly - Flies that jump up and down. They first appear in Phase 6.
  • Slipice - Ice creatures that have appeared in a lot of games. They have been renamed Freezie, and first appeared in Phase 9. When one is defeated, it covers its platform in ice, hence the name.
  • Icicle - They first appear in phase 16 and attack by dropping from the ceiling.
  • Fireball - They attack by bouncing around the stage. They can be defeated by bashing them from underneath, just as they hit the ground. The player could also use a POW Block to defeat them as well.
  • Green Fireball - Also known as Hurricanes, they act slightly differently than fireballs, going straight instead of bouncing around. They were replaced by Boos in the Super Mario All-Stars version.

Remake Exclusives

  • Koopa Troopa (Super Mario Bros. 3 version)
  • Spiny (Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Advance and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga versions)
  • Boo (Super Mario All-Stars Version)

References in Later Games

Trivia

  • There is a minigame entitled "Mario Bros." in Game & Watch Gallery 3, in which Mario and Luigi have to prepare cakes moving along a conveyer belt.
  • There's a trick in the game where Mario or Luigi can stay behind a Warp Pipe and not get damaged by enemies. However, fireballs can still harm Mario and Luigi behind there.
  • The music that plays when the player begins Phase 1 is Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, which was also featured in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix.

References

  1. ^ "Exclusive Interview With Nintendo Gaming Mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto". Popular Mechanics. October 19, 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.


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Arcade games
Super Mario franchise Donkey Kong (1981) • Crazy Kong (1981) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1982) • Mario Bros. (1983) • Stroke & Match Golf (1984) • VS. Pinball (1984) • VS. Wrecking Crew (1984) • VS. Super Mario Bros. (1986) • VS. Dr. Mario (1990) • Mario Roulette (1991) • Super Mario Bros. (pinball) (1992) • Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World (1992) • Terebi Denwa: Super Mario World (1992) • Būbū Mario (1993) • Mario Undōkai (1993) • Koopa Taiji (1993) • Super Mario World (1993) • Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race (1994) • Mario Kart 64 (slot machine) (1996) • Super Mario Attack (1996) • Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land (2003) • Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party (2004) • Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Junior/Mario Bros. (2004) • Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party 2 (2005) • Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005) • Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (2007) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher (2009) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World (2011) • Mario Party Kurukuru Carnival (2012) • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher 2 (2013) • Luigi's Mansion Arcade (2015) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition (2016) • Mario Party Challenge World (2016) • Mario Kart Arcade GP VR (2017) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition (2020)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong (1981) • Crazy Kong (1981) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1982) • Donkey Kong 3 (1983) • Donkey Kong (slot machine) (1996) • Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros. (2004) • Donkey Kong: Jungle Fever (2005) • Donkey Kong: Banana Kingdom (2006)

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Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System / Family Computer Disk 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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