Mario Bros

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"Super Mario Bros." Box Art (NES Version)
As was typical of NES games in America at the time, the cover shows a scene from gameplay in 1985.Super Mario Bros developed to be very popular, and started more Super Mario games.
Developer(s)Nintendo
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Designer(s)Shigeru Miyamoto
SeriesMario series
Release date(s)NES
Flag of Japan September 13, 1985
Flag of United States October 18, 1985
Flag of European Union May 15, 1987
Flag of Australia 1987
Famicom Disk System
Flag of Japan February 21, 1986
GameBoy Advance
Flag of United States February 14, 2004
Flag of Japan June 2, 2004
Flag of European Union July 9, 2004
Virtual Console
Flag of Japan December 2, 2006
Flag of United States December 25, 2006
Flag of European Union January 5, 2007
Flag of Australia January 5, 2007
Genre(s)Platform game
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)ESRB: E (Everyone) (2004 NES Classics re-release)
Platform(s)Famicom/NES, Famicom Disk System, GBA, Virtual Console
Media40 KB cartridge

Super Mario Bros. (スーパーマリオブラザーズ, Sūpā Mario Burazāzu?, sometimes referred to as Mario 1 or SMB1) is a video game released by Nintendo for arcades in 1985, and again in late 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It made a huge impact on home entertainment when it was released, and is now considered a classic of the medium. Super Mario Bros. featured bright, expansive worlds that changed the way video games were created. Although often wrongly credited as the first scrolling platform game (there are at least a half dozen earlier), it is the first console original in this genre to feature smooth-scrolling levels, which made it a landmark in home video-gaming, and it is considered by a number of critics as one of the best games ever.

Super Mario Bros. is listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling video game of all time, and was largely responsible for the initial success of the Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as ending the two year slump of video game sales in the United States after the video game crash of 1983. It has inspired countless imitators and was one of Shigeru Miyamoto's most influential early successes. The game starred the Italian plumber Mario and his slightly younger twin brother Luigi. Mario went on to become Nintendo's most well known mascot. The theme music, by Koji Kondo, is recognized world wide, even by those who have not played the game.

The game was succeeded by a direct sequel in Japan (later retitled Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels outside Japan), and by Super Mario Bros. 2, a slight revision of Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic with playable Mario characters, elsewhere in the world. There is also another sequel called Super Mario Bros. Special released around the same time as the original sequel, but is was released only in Japan by Hudson Soft, so it was relatively obscure.