Super Mario Bros. NES

Super Mario Bros. (スーパーマリオブラザーズ Sūpā Mario Burazāzu) is a 1985 platform video game originally released for the Family Computer (Famicom) in 1985 in Japan and later for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1985 in North America and in 1987 across Europe. The Game was rereleased in North America packaged with the NES shortly after its original release in America.

Release Date (s)
Japan - September 13th 1985

North America - October 18th 1985 (Rereleased packaged with the NES - November 17th 1985)

Europe - May 15th 1987

Gameplay and Plot
The Player can take on the role as Mario or his younger brother Luigi (2 Player Mode Only) as you race through the Mushroom Kingdom collecting items and dodging enemies as you attempt to rescue Princess Toadstall (Now officially known as Princess Peach), the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom from the evil King Koopa (Now officially known as Bowser). Mario or Luigi can collect items by hitting ? blocks and sometimes even brick blocks. There are 8 different Worlds in this game with 4 levels in each World therefore there are 32 levels in the game. At the end of Worlds 1-7 you are greeted by a Mushroom Retainer (Now officially known as Toad) telling you that the Princess is in another castle. At the end of World 8 you are finally greeted by Princess Toadstall telling you that your quest is over, ending the game. However once you've completed the game you unlock a harder mode that replaces certain enemies with 'harder to kill' enemies and all of the enemies move alot faster. Also some moving platforms have a smaller space you can land on.

Characters
Playable Characters: 

Mario

Luigi

Supporting Characters:

Princess Toadstall

Mushroom Retainer

Enemies:

Goomba

Koopa Troopa

Pirahna Plant

Koopa Paratroopa

Firebar

Podoboo

Buzzy Beetle

Cheep-Cheep

Hammer Bros.

Spiny

Lakitu

Blooper

Bullet Bill

Bosses:

False King Koopa

King Koopa

Items
Coin - A Very Common Item, when Mario or Luigi collect 100 of these he gains and extra life.

Super Mushroom - Mario or Luigi turn into Super Mario or Super Luigi when they get one of these.

Fire Flower - Mario or Luigi turn into Fire Mario or Fire Luigi when they get of these.

Starman - Mario or Luigi become invincible for a short amount of time when they get one of these.

1-Up Mushroom - Mario or Luigi gain an extra life when they get one of these.

Power-Up Forms
Small Mario or Small Luigi - Mario or Luigi's standard form. They have no powers apart from a single jump while in this form.

Super Mario or Super Luigi - Mario or Luigi become Super Mario or Super Luigi when getting a Super Mushroom.

Fire Mario or Fire Luigi - Mario or Luigi become Fire Mario or Fire Luigi when getting a Fire Flower

Invincible Mario or Invincible Luigi - Mario or Luigi become Invincible when getting a Starman

Alternate Versions, Ports and Remakes
Vs. Super Mario Bros. - A Harder version of the game released on arcades in 1986. The last few levels have completely different leve designs making it almost an entirely different game.

All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. - A very rare licensed remake of the game released only in Japan in 1986 based on the well known Japanese radio show All Night Nippon. Many Enemies are replaced with famous Japanese celebreties. Also the game uses the same graphics as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels does.

Super Mario Bros. Special - The very first licensed sequel to the game developed by Hudson Soft and released only in Japan. The Game was released for NEC PC-8801 and Sharp X1 computers in 1986. The Game has similiar controls and graphics to the original game but there are new level designs and the game lacks the side scrolling ability. Instead, the screen changes from one area to another. Also, the game features elements from the games 'Donkey Kong' and 'Mario Bros.'

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe

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Super Mario All-Stars - The Game was rereleased as part of Super Mario All-Stars for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1993.

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Reception
Super Mario Bros. ultimately became a success and soon became the best-selling game of all time, having many sequels and remakes in the future.

Sequel
Two versions of Super Mario Bros. 2 were released in different countries. The original version of Super Mario Bros. 2 was released in Japan in 1986 for the Famicom Disk System (FDS) and followed the exact same plot as the original game. The other version of Super Mario Bros. 2 was released in North America in 1988 and in Europe in 1989 for the NES. It is a slightly modified version of the Japanese game Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic released for the Famicom Disk System in 1987 and follows a completely different storyline and gameplay to the original Super Mario Bros.

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