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'''''Mario Bros.''''' is an arcade [[List of games|game]] developed by [[Nintendo]] and released on June 21, [[List of games by date#1983|1983]].<ref name=GM>[https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19830715p/page/n19/mode/1up Game Machine #216, July 15, 1983 issue, page 38]</ref> It was also released on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] under the [[Arcade Classics Series]] series of games (a version itself later ported to other systems), Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari 7800 as well as a large multitude of home computer systems. This was the first game to introduce a simultaneous two-player mode, [[coin]]s, [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s, and [[POW Block]]s. The game is often stated to be the first appearance of [[Luigi]], such as by Nintendo during [[the Year of Luigi]] that commemorated his debut, despite the fact that Luigi had actually previously appeared in the [[Game & Watch]] [[Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|game of the same name]], though the arcade game was in development first.{{ref needed}} Beyond featuring [[Mario]] and Luigi, the Game & Watch game bears no similarity to the arcade game. | '''''Mario Bros.''''' is an arcade [[List of games|game]] developed by [[Nintendo]] and released on June 21, [[List of games by date#1983|1983]].<ref name=GM>[https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19830715p/page/n19/mode/1up Game Machine #216, July 15, 1983 issue, page 38]</ref> It was also released on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] under the [[Arcade Classics Series]] series of games (a version itself later ported to other systems), Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari 7800 as well as a large multitude of home computer systems. This was the first game to introduce a simultaneous two-player mode, [[coin]]s, [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s, and [[POW Block]]s. The game is often stated to be the first appearance of [[Luigi]], such as by Nintendo during [[the Year of Luigi]] that commemorated his debut, despite the fact that Luigi had actually previously appeared in the [[Game & Watch]] [[Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|game of the same name]], though the arcade game was in development first.{{ref needed}} Beyond featuring [[Mario]] and Luigi, the Game & Watch game bears no similarity to the arcade game. | ||
''Mario Bros.'' is also included as a separate [[minigame]], functioning like the original game with updated graphics, in the two-player mode of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', | ''Mario Bros.'' is also included as a separate [[minigame]], functioning like the original game with updated graphics, in the two-player mode of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', for ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', and all four games in the ''[[Super Mario Advance (series)|Super Mario Advance]]'' series. | ||
==Story== | ==Story== | ||
The premise of the game revolves around twin plumbers [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]], who are in the sewer system of [[New York City|New York]]<ref>Porges, Seth (October 19, 2009). [https://web.archive.org/web/20091022053804/https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4334387.html Exclusive Interview With Nintendo Gaming Mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto]. [http://www.popularmechanics.com/ Popular Mechanics]. Retrieved November 25, 2009.</ref><ref>Snider, Mike (November 08, 2010). [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2010/11/qa-mario-creator-shigeru-miyamoto/1 Q&A: 'Mario' creator Shigeru Miyamoto]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved March 25, 2016.</ref> (or [[Mario Bros.' House|their house]] according to Atari).<ref>"''Mario the carpenter and his brother Luigi{{hover| |* [2600/5200]}} are hopping mad! The water pipes in their house are blocked with{{hover| |nests of [2600] / pesky [7800/8-bit]}}crawling creatures. If the two brothers can't get rid of them{{hover| |, [5200/7800/8-bit]}}they'll never take a bath again!''" - ''Mario Bros.'' Atari game manual, first page.</ref> The sewers are overrun by waves of [[List of enemies|enemies]], which must be defeated for [[coin]]s. | The premise of the game revolves around twin plumbers [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]], who are in the sewer system of [[New York City|New York]]<ref>Porges, Seth (October 19, 2009). [https://web.archive.org/web/20091022053804/https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4334387.html Exclusive Interview With Nintendo Gaming Mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto]. [http://www.popularmechanics.com/ Popular Mechanics]. Retrieved November 25, 2009.</ref><ref>Snider, Mike (November 08, 2010). [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2010/11/qa-mario-creator-shigeru-miyamoto/1 Q&A: 'Mario' creator Shigeru Miyamoto]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved March 25, 2016.</ref> (or [[Mario Bros.' House|their house]] according to Atari).<ref>"''Mario the carpenter and his brother Luigi{{hover| |* [2600/5200]}} are hopping mad! The water pipes in their house are blocked with{{hover| |nests of [2600] / pesky [7800/8-bit]}}crawling creatures. If the two brothers can't get rid of them{{hover| |, [5200/7800/8-bit]}}they'll never take a bath again!''" - ''Mario Bros.'' Atari game manual, first page.</ref> The sewers are overrun by waves of [[List of enemies|enemies]], which must be defeated for [[coin]]s. |