25 Years of Super Mario Bros.

harrymcc writes "On September 13th 1985, Nintendo released Super Mario Bros. for the Famicom (NES) in Japan. It went on to become the best-selling video game of all time, a title it only recently lost. Over at Technologizer, Benj Edwards is celebrating the anniversary with a look at some of the weirdest variations, spinoffs, and tributes the game has inspired over the years, from edibles to art projects." The Guardian's games blog adds a bunch of Mario-related trivia, and CVG attempts to explain the history of Mario games. Nintendo is capitalizing on the anniversary by announcing an upcoming collection of classic Mario games (Japanese site, English explanation) that have been ported to the Wii.

Comments

Nowhere near that long

[Itninja]

I warped to World 8 and for me it's only been like 5 years.

Re:Twenty-five years?

[irwtdvoys]

The trouble with warp whistles...

Re:Heads up on that Mario collection

[Waffle Iron]

The All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. has inaccurate physics when jumping and breaking a brick

I think that *all* Mario games have inaccurate physics when jumping and breaking a brick. If they used accurate physics, Mario would fall to the ground unconscious immediately after whacking his head.

Re:Who's #1 then

[Patch86]

Twin-pak with Duck Hunt, ftw!

Ah, childhood.

Re:Heads up on that Mario collection

[QuantumBeep]

I want you to go back and read what you just said.

Re:And yet...

[tehcyder]

If you take things back far enough, all games are just variations on throwing a rock at a tree.