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25 Years of Super Mario Bros.

Posted by Soulskill on from the don't-let-him-get-into-the-birthday-beer dept.

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.

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  1. Twenty-five years? by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Twenty-five years? Really? Damn... I'm old.

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  2. The Best-Selling Video Game of All Time... by Monkey · · Score: 4, Informative

    For anyone wondering, the "best-selling video game of all time" is Wii Sports.

    1. Re:The Best-Selling Video Game of All Time... by hansamurai · · Score: 5, Insightful

      If we're including pack-in games (which Wii Sports is in North America, but not in Japan), then wouldn't Solitaire be the best selling game of all time? It was "sold" with hundreds of millions of copies of Windows.

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  3. Re:Who's #1 then by Pojut · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Super Mario Bros was also a pack in title, for quite a long time.

    How are so many people forgetting this?

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  4. Re:And yet... by DIplomatic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...games released this year will be based on the same characters, plot devices and game mechanics as that title a quarter century ago. It's all summed up in Nintendo's motto: Why create when you can copy?

    And yet I would rather play 100 games that feature Mario unnecessarily than yet another greyish-brown FPS where the protagonist is some sort of grizzled space marine. Say what you will about Nintendo and Mario games, but by and large they are fun.

  5. Re:Heads up on that Mario collection by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.