Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.
Developer	Nintendo EAD
Publisher	Nintendo
System	NES, Arcade, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Console (Wii, 3DS, Wii U), Nintendo Switch
Release Date	NES JP September 13, 1985 US October 18, 1985 EU May 15, 1987 Arcade US 1986 GBA JP February 14, 2004 US June 2, 2004 EU August 9, 2004 Virtual Console JP December 2, 2006 US December 25, 2006 EU January 5, 2007 3DS Virtual Console JP January 5, 2012 US February 16, 2012 EU March 1, 2012 SK February 3, 2016 Wii U Virtual Console JP July 15, 2013 EU September 12, 2013 US September 19, 2013 Switch (Vs.) December 22/23, 2017
Gallery	GH Gallery
Rating	ESRB: E

Super Mario Bros. is a platforming adventure game and most well known game of the Mario series. This is the game which established the basic elements of the mainstream Mario titles. It introduced the setting of the Mushroom Kingdom, the new damsel in distress Princess Peach and the new arch-enemy Bowser. It also introduced Mario's various power-ups, including the mushrooms and stars that would become recurring parts of the Mario series.

Story

Bowser has taken over the Mushroom Kingdom and turned its inhabitants into various objects such as blocks and mushrooms. He has also kidnapped Princess Peach, the only person who can break his spell. However, Mario and Luigi are determined to defeat Bowser and save the princess.

Gameplay

The player controls Mario (Luigi only being playable through a second player) to make his way through various levels and defeat various enemies that would appear throughout the Mario series, from Goombas to Hammer Bros.. Mario is small when he starts out, but he can grow using a Super Mushroom and from there use the Fire Flower to shoot fireballs. This game also introduces the Super Star, which temporarily turns Mario invincible.

The game is divided into eight worlds, each with four levels. The last level of each world is a castle which is inhabited by Bowser - although the Bowsers in the first seven castles are actually lesser enemies in disguise. Only the eighth world contains the "true" Bowser and Princess Peach. Completing the game would unlock a second quest which is mostly identical to the first but with some changes to increase difficulty.

Legacy

Super Mario Bros. spawned the new wave of Mario games featuring Mario as the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, an image that still lives today. Thus many Mario games feature throwbacks and homages to Super Mario Bros. Recreations of levels have even appeared in some games, such as in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, where the player controls Bowser in nearly-identical recreations of Super Mario Bros. levels. The game is also known for its catchy music, particularly the music in the first two stages.

Sequels

Super Mario Bros. ended up having two sequels. In 1986, Super Mario Bros. 2 was made in Japan. It acted as a direct sequel and was made on the same engine as Super Mario Bros., so that the games looked very similar. However, Nintendo of America found the game too hard, so they edited another Japanese game, Doki Doki Panic, and released it as Super Mario Bros. 2 in America. A third part of the trilogy, Super Mario Bros. 3 was later released in both America and Japan. In later years, the style of the original Super Mario Bros. was revived in through a series of New Super Mario Bros. for both consoles and handheld, which started with New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS.

Ports and Remakes

• A game was made on the Game & Watch using the same name. The game is a much simpler version of the original.
• On the NES, Super Mario Bros. was later packed with Duck Hunt and World Class Champ Meet. In Europe, a similar cartridge was released with Tetris and Nintendo World Cup.
• In 1986, Super Mario Bros. was released for the arcade as part of Nintendo's Vs. Multisystem, with a two player game mode and some minor changes.
  • In December 2017, this version was ported to the Nintendo Switch as part of the Arcade Archives series.
• Super Mario Bros. was remade on the Super NES with updated graphics as part of the Super Mario All-Stars compilation. This was the only version of the game to feature a graphical update, and all other versions featured variations on the original 8-bit graphics.
• A remake called Super Mario Bros. Deluxe was released for the Game Boy Color in 1999.
• It was found in the 2001 Nintendo GameCube game Animal Crossing, but unlike the other NES games appearing in the game, no method of unlocking it without use of a cheating device has been found.
• The original NES version was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2004 as part of the Classic NES Series
• Super Mario Bros. has been ported to several systems as part of each iteration of the Virtual Console: for the Wii Virtual Console in late 2006, the 3DS Virtual Console in early 2012 and the Wii U Virtual Console in 2013. For the 3DS, it was initially available as a free download as part of the limited Ambassador Program campaign in 2011. A playable demo for the Wii Virtual Console game was also included as a Masterpiece in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
• In 2014, NES Remix 2 featured a version of Super Mario Bros. called Super Luigi Bros.. This game featured stages that were inverted, and players controlled only Luigi with his gameplay differences that were originally introduced in later games. Ultimate NES Remix would later feature a different alternate version of the game in 2015, which was known as Speedy Mario Bros. and was the original game running at twice the speed.
• In 2016, it was among the games that were included with the NES Classic Edition.
• In 2018, it was among the NES games that were made available to play through the Nintendo Switch Online. It was among the first wave of games released with the service's launch in September 2018. This version featured cooperative and competitive multiplayer gameplay.
• From October 2020 through March 2021, a special version of the game called Super Mario Bros. 35 was made available to play for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers as part of the celebration of the game's 35th anniversary. In this version, up to 35 players could compete in racing through levels online and send extra enemies to other players' games to hinder their progress.
• As another part of the 35th anniversary celebration, Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. was released in November 2020. Designed to resemble a classic Game & Watch system, it contained both Super Mario Bros. and The Lost Levels.

See Also

• Enemies in Super Mario Bros.