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Super Mario Bros was a cartridge-based
video game for the
Nintendo Family Computer in
Japan and the
Nintendo Entertainment System in
North America and
Europe that made
Mario famous. It featured the first appearance of
Princess Peach Toadstool,
King Bowser Koopa and other characters.
Mario and
Luigi save
Peach (Princess Toadstool in the NES Version) from
Bowser for the first time in this game. This game was so popular it
had two sequels and a lot of spinoffs as well. There was even a
TV Series and a
movie based on it. Mario is known as Nintendo's mascot and one of the
most popular video game characters of all time.
The SMB game consisted of 8 worlds with 4 sub-worlds in each. The first
sub-world was an above ground world, the second was below ground
(sometimes in water), the third is a sky world (except the eighth world),
and the fourth is a castle. The third and sixth worlds are
nocturnal, but the other worlds are
diurnal.
The game was directed by
Shigeru Miyamoto, who created the Mario character. He has created many
other famous Nintendo titles including
Donkey Kong,
The Legend of Zelda,
F-Zero,
StarFox among others.
The very famous and catchy music was composed by
Koji Kondo.
Release Dates
Japan -
September 13,
1985
North America -
October,
1985
Europe -
1987
In 1993, Super Mario Bros. was released with enhanced graphics for the
Super Famicom/Super
Nintendo Entertainment System under
Super Mario Collection aka
Super Mario All-Stars. It was later released with additional features
(but not enhanced graphics) for the
Game Boy Color as
Super Mario Brothers DX.
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