Released as a sequel to the 1. Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. In Super Mario Bros., the player controls Mario and in a two- player game, a second player controls Mario's brother Luigi as he travels through the Mushroom Kingdom in order to rescue Princess Toadstool from the antagonist Bowser. Super Mario Bros. In 2. 00. 5, a poll by IGN named the . In addition to its definitive features, the game has also sold well, and was the best- selling game of all time for a single platform for approximately three decades at over 4. Nintendo's Wii Sports took that title in the late 2.
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The peaceful people of the Mushroom Kingdom are suddenly attacked by a tribe of turtles called the Koopa Army, led by the villainous King Bowser. Using Bowser's signature . The tribe also kidnaps Princess Toadstool, the daughter of the Mushroom King and the only one with the ability to reverse Bowser's spell. ![]() After hearing the story, the plumber Mario sets out on a quest to save the princess and free the kingdom from the Koopa. Mario then enters a room and frees the princess, and the Mushroom Kingdom is let free of the Koopa's reign. Mario's abilities can be changed by picking up certain items; for example, Mario is able to shoot fireballs if he picks up a Fire Flower. The player takes on the role of the main protagonist of the series, Mario. Mario's younger brother, Luigi, is only playable by the second player in the game's multiplayer mode and assumes the same plot role and functionality as Mario. The objective is to race through the Mushroom Kingdom, survive the main antagonist Bowser's forces, and save Princess Toadstool. If the player gains a red and yellow Super Mushroom, Mario grows to double his size and can take one extra hit from most enemies and obstacles, in addition to being able to break bricks above him. ![]() One life is lost when Mario takes damage while small, falls in a pit, or runs out of time. The game ends when all lives are lost. Mario's primary attack is jumping on top of enemies, though many enemies have differing responses to this. For example, a Goomba will flatten and be defeated. Another is the Fire Flower; when picked up, this item changes the color of Super Mario's outfit and allows him to throw fireballs, or only upgrades Mario to Super Mario if he has not already. A less common item is the Starman, which often appears when Mario hits certain concealed or otherwise invisible blocks. This item makes Mario temporarily invincible to most hazards and capable of defeating enemies on contact. The game also includes some stages taking place underwater, which contain different enemies. In addition, there are bonuses and secret areas in the game. Most secret areas contain more coins for Mario to collect, but some contain . The development of Super Mario Bros. Originally, the game was based around a shooting mechanic with very different controls. Unlike in Mario Bros., where Mario would be hurt by stomping on turtles without first flipping them on their backs, Mario could defeat turtles by stomping on their shells, as the developers decided the previous method had been illogical. The ability to have Mario change size was a result of basing level design around a smaller Mario, then intending to make his size bigger in the final version. They later decided it would be fun to have Mario become bigger as a power- up. The early level design was focused on teaching players that mushrooms were distinct from Goombas and would be beneficial to them: In the first level of the game, the first mushroom is difficult to avoid if it is released. The opening sections of Nintendo Entertainment System games such as Metroid, The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros. Rather than confront the player with obstacles, the first level of Super Mario Bros. According to Miyamoto, once the player understands the mechanics of the game, the player will be able to play more freely and it becomes . World 1- 2 contains a hidden warp zone, with warp pipes that transport the player to worlds 2, 3, and 4, accessed by running over a wall near the exit. If the player is able to exploit a bug that allows Mario to pass through bricks, the player can enter the warp zone by passing through the wall and the pipe to World 2- 1 and 4- 1 may instead transport the player to a stage labeled . This stage's map is identical to worlds 2- 2 and 7- 2 and upon entering the warp pipe at the end, the player is taken back to the start of the level, thus trapping the player in the level until all lives have been lost. Although the level name is shown as . After completing these levels, the player returns to the title screen as if the game were completed. Kondo's work on Super Mario Bros. He wasn't the first to do this, for example, Space Invaders has a simple song that gets faster and faster as the aliens speed up, eliciting a sense of stress and impending doom that matches the increasing challenge of the game. Kondo wrote the score with the help of small pianos for an appropriate melody of this scene. After the development of the game showed progress, he realized that his music did not quite fit the pace of the game, so he changed it a bit by increasing the tempo. A side- scrolling platform game entitled Super Mario Bros. In Japan, Super Mario Bros. This game is one of several made for Nintendo's NES- based arcade cabinet, the Nintendo Vs. Unisystem (and its variant, Nintendo Vs. Some stages are different; the early stages have small differences like the omission of 1- up mushrooms and other hidden items, narrower platforms and more dangerous enemies, but later stages are changed entirely. These changes have a net effect of making Vs. Many of these changed stages reappeared in the 1. Super Mario Bros. The game, which was only released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System (and in turn is extremely rare). The creators altered the sprites of the enemies, mushroom retainers, and other characters to look like famous Japanese music idols, recording artists, and DJs as well as other people related to All- Night Nippon. They also used the same slightly upgraded graphics and physics that Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels used. It was published by Fuji TV, the same company that later published the game Yume K. Japan). Special. Super Mario Bros. Although it has similar controls and graphics, there are new level layouts and the game scrolls in a different manner than the original game (differing based on the computer). In addition, many new enemies are included, including enemies from Mario Bros. It includes remakes of all of the Super Mario Bros. The version of Super Mario Bros. Another new feature introduced in this game is the ability for the player to switch to Luigi after the end of the stage, unlike in the original Super Mario Bros. The new version also included a save game feature. Several glitches from the original NES release were also fixed. Deluxe. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe cartridge for the Game Boy Color. Super Mario Bros. DX, was released on the Game Boy Color in 1. North America and Europe. Based on the original Super Mario Bros., it featured an overworld level map, simultaneous multiplayer, a Challenge mode (in which the player had to find hidden objects and achieve a certain score in addition to normally completing the level) and eight additional worlds based on the main worlds of the 1. Super Mario Bros. Super Mario All- Stars as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels) as an unlockable extra, under the name . It also was compatible with the Game Boy Printer. The game featured a few minor visual upgrades (such as water and lava now being animated rather than static), and, since the screen resolution of the Game Boy Color was smaller than the NES, the view distance of the player is reduced. To compensate, players can press up and down to see above and below the player. Pressing select during the game also places the player in the middle or off to the left of the screen so that player can see well. Players can also go back for a very short distance instead of always going to the right. Players can alternate between Mario and Luigi by pressing select on the map screen. Fire Luigi, originally identical to Fire Mario, took on normal Luigi’s original colors to fit with his Fire colors in later games. The game holds an aggregate score of 9. Game. Rankings, coming in as the second best game on the Game Boy Color and the 1. He hoped that it would be the example for other NES games to follow when being ported to the Game Boy Color. Of that version, IGN noted that the version did not . Deluxe ranked third in the best- selling handheld game charts in the U. S. In Japan, users who registered a Nintendo Network ID on their Nintendo 3. DS system between December 1. January 1. 0, 2. 01. January 2. 7, 2. 01. The only playable character in the game is Luigi, with the same performance attributes he has in the Japan release of Super Mario Bros. If the two- player mode is played then both players play as Luigi. The game is based on a mission in NES Remix, featuring Luigi in a mirrored version of World 1- 2. Unlike previous re- releases, this version is emulated, containing no graphical updates and all of the original glitches remain. The only known way to unlock Super Mario Bros. The game was released on December 2, 2. Japan, December 2. North America and January 5, 2. PAL regions for Wii's Virtual Console. As with the Game Boy Advance release, it is an emulation of the original game, so nothing is changed from the original NES release. The game was released for the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan on June 5, 2. Europe on September 1. North America on September 1. Developer Interview. Fami. Connichiwa, everyone! I'm Akinori Sao, a writer in Kyoto. This is my third interview with video game developers to commemorate the release of the NES Classic Edition system. The topic this time is Super Mario Bros., the most representative game of the original Famicom/NES. As you may know, the Super Mario Bros. For example, the Iwata Asks sessions covering the New Super Mario Bros. Wii game (Volumes 1& 2) and the 2. Super Mario (Volume 5: Original Super Mario Developers) come to mind. These are all great reads, so if you haven't checked them out, please do! This time, in addition to the first Super Mario Bros. Nearly five years later in North America). I will be talking with Shigeru Miyamoto, who I also interviewed about Donkey Kong, as well as designer Takashi Tezuka and sound designer Koji Kondo. We're sure to hear the development challenges of Super Mario Bros. And now for Miyamoto- san, Tezuka- san and Kondo- san. At that time, the Famicom was already on sale. Tezuka: That's right. Nintendo had released the Famicom the year before, in 1. Editor's note: The NES, the version of the Famicom sold outside of Japan, was released in 1. Did you have one? Tezuka: Um, no. I played a lot of arcade games though. The Famicom version was released in July the following year, and later for NES! It's hard to believe that someone like me, who was so unknowledgeable, would end up developing games for the Famicom/NES. Our topic today is Super Mario Bros. Miyamoto- san, what was your approach toward this game? Miyamoto: I wanted to make a game that would be the culmination of all NES cartridge games up to that point. From the release of the original Famicom until the release of this game—which would go on to become a worldwide hit—it took two years. Did the participation of Tezuka- san and Kondo- san play a big role in making it happen? Miyamoto: Yes. I was doing design work all on my own, so Tezuka- san's arrival was a big help. The first game we made together was Devil World. The game was later released for NES in European regions. Kondo- san, that game was also your debut work, wasn't it? Kondo: Yes. Miyamoto: Later, we made Excitebike. NES Classic Edition. Tezuka- san helped a little that time, too. And all of that accrued technology was at work in the development of Super Mario Bros. Miyamoto: That's right. We wanted to pack various technologies into one Famicom cartridge game, like a puzzle. So we ended up making the player character larger, and creating long courses that scroll. The Family Computer Disk System. Family Computer Disk System: A peripheral product for the Famicom system released in February 1. The floppy disks used with the system had greater memory than ROM cartridges, allowing players to save game data. This system was sold only in Japan. Miyamoto: That's why I really wanted to make Super Mario Bros. We had built up a lot of know- how since the release of the console, and the time had come when that would be possible. From Big Mario to Small Mario. Tezuka- san, when you started working on Super Mario Bros., what sort of concept did Miyamoto- san lay out? Tezuka: He said he wanted to make gameplay in which a large player- character would run and jump around fairly large courses. So at first, you just controlled a big Mario. Tezuka: Yes. Quite a long time ago, a manga magazine had stories about the development of Super Mario Bros. Miyamoto: Yes, that's right. Tezuka- san and Nakago- san. I were having a meeting, and we had the length of all the courses drawn up on a whiteboard. We were discussing whether there was any way to see farther ahead. Toshihiko Nakago: President, SRD Co., Ltd. SRD is a company that contracts to develop video game software and develops and sells CAD packages. For many years, SRD has been involved with development of the Super Mario. We could pull back for a broader view, but then Mario would be smaller. Then Nakago- san said, . Wouldn't it be fun to have a small Mario, too? You introduced a smaller Mario to make it easier to see what's ahead in the course. Miyamoto: Yes. And then we decided that you'll lose a turn when the smaller Mario runs into an enemy, when big Mario runs into an enemy, he would just get smaller. That would be a brand- new game mechanic, and we decided to go with it right away in that meeting. So the inspiration didn't come from a bug as in the manga. Tezuka: Yes. Miyamoto: And since Mario had gotten bigger, we added . Miyamoto: All right. Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. How did that come about? Miyamoto: The game before that, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. Tezuka- san's directorial debut. That went well, so we decided to make a completely new game. Japan for the Famicom system in June 1. It looked and played very similar to the first Super Mario Bros., but with a tougher challenge level developed for advanced players. Tezuka- san, did you feel pressure as the director of Super Mario Bros. After all, the original Super Mario Bros. But it wouldn't come together well and dragged on. Miyamoto: And Nakago- san got angry. But we couldn't do it well. Miyamoto: He said he wanted to look from a little above. But in Super Mario Bros. With a diagonal view from slightly overhead, you lost your sense of distance to the ground. So I told him that development would be difficult. Tezuka: Yeah, it was. Tezuka: We made Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels by changing the original game's difficulty and stage design, but we couldn't do that again, so I wanted to change everything, including its general appearance. So that's why you kept attempting new things like trying a bird's- eye view and outlining the characters in black. Tezuka: Yes. Miyamoto: Mario's face changed a lot, too. His eye was now one dot away from his cap, so he looked cuter. Tezuka: The original Mario's eyes and hat were conjoined, so I wanted to change that, too. Mario has more actions, too. Tezuka: Yeah. A tail seems a bit forced, so I really worried over that. I kept wondering if Mario and a raccoon was the right match. Why a raccoon tail? Tezuka: Because I wanted to put in a new action where players could press a button to have Mario spin around and knock enemies out of the way with his tail. You originally gave him a tail so he could blow away enemies rather than fly. That's why you chose a raccoon? Tezuka: Yes. When we switched from a bird's- eye view back to a side view, the controls didn't work well and making adjustments was a challenge. Flying was something I had wanted to do since the first game, and Raccoon Mario ended up being able to do both. Miyamoto: So Raccoon Mario was there from relatively early on. And then there's Frog Mario. In the spring of the following year, we were finally able to apply the final polish. Tezuka: Yes, that's about right. Miyamoto: So it took about two years. We wanted to release it in spring of 1. What caused such trouble? Tezuka: Well, we wanted to put in a lot of stuff. There were all these things we wanted to do, but once all the features were placed together, there were a lot of holes that needed to be patched up. How many people made the original Super Mario Bros.? Miyamoto: I think it was about seven or eight people. How about Super Mario Bros. Tezuka: Quite a lot more. Miyamoto: Maybe 2. Tezuka: Yes, about that many. Miyamoto: We had what we called the Map Room, a long, narrow meeting room where the programmers would line up, look at sheets of paper, and program map data every day. Tezuka: Yeah. Miyamoto: Toward the end, we made it engaging in human wave tactics with help from a lot of people. Kondo: . Instead, I just played the game and made music that went along with it. But as more people heard it, they started saying it sounded Latin or like fusion, and I wondered what direction to take with Super Mario Bros. You began by thinking about the genre. Kondo: Yes. People even guessed it was going to be reggae! You were uncertain. Kondo: So I made two ground themes. And just before completion, I had these two listen to them and asked which we should use. Working on the music for Super Mario Bros. The original Super Mario Bros. NES Classic Edition. Kondo- san, what do you hope players will enjoy? But by the time we developed Super Mario Bros. We could now use sounds like percussion and timpani, so the music became much richer compared to the original Super Mario Bros. They're both in the NES Classic Edition, so it's easy to compare. Kondo: Right. Tezuka- san, what do you hope players will enjoy? Tezuka: I hope it will bring back memories for people who played it way back when. In particular, we put a lot of courses in Super Mario Bros. You get hasty. Tezuka: But each course is packed full of game elements, so I hope players will play each course again and again to the fullest. Especially since it took so long to make them! Even better, you have four for each of the 3. You can practically save wherever you want. Miyamoto: So I hope players will save all they want to relieve the stress they felt before. Packing In Over Ten Years of History. The NES is a piece of hardware that had a long life. Of the games included in the NES Classic Edition, Donkey Kong first came out in 1. Famicom, and the last one to come out was Kirby's Adventure. Also, a lot of new talent joined, which was important for continuing to do new things. Even people who weren't originally in the gaming industry, like Shigesato Itoi. Shigesato Itoi: In addition to being a copywriter and essayist, he has been integral to the development of video games such as the Earthbound. He runs Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun, a Japanese online publication. Miyamoto: That's right. The original Super Mario Bros. Besides, the NES9 wasn't released in America until after Super Mario Bros. The NES was released in America on October 1. That's two years after Japan. At the time when you made Super Mario Bros., you had a strong sense of it as the culmination of Famicom cartridges. But you might say that was when it all began. Miyamoto: Yes. After Super Mario Bros., I met a lot of people and had a lot of experiences. Nintendo 3. DS. Bowser has once again kidnapped Princess Peach, but this time, Mario has another objective. The Mushroom Kingdom is bursting with more gold coins than before. Each level is littered with gold as coins rain down from overhead pipes, trails of coins are left behind special gold enemies and gold pipes transport Mario into coin- filled caverns. It's up to players to collect as many coins as possible throughout their adventure.
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