Super Mario Bros. 35

Super Mario Bros. 35
Developer	Arika
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	Nintendo Switch
Engine	NintendoWare Bezel Engine
Release dates	October 1, 2020 October 1, 2020 October 1, 2020 October 1, 2020 October 1, 2020 October 1, 2020
End of service	April 1, 2021
Languages	English Japanese Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Dutch French (Canada) French (Europe) German Italian Korean Russian Spanish (Latin America) Spanish (Europe)
Genres	Platformer, battle royale
Ratings	ESRB: - Everyone[?] CERO: - All ages[?] PEGI: - Three years and older[?] USK: - Six years and older[?] RARS: - Six years and older[?] ClassInd: - General audience[?] GRAC: - All ages[?] ACB: - General[?]
Mode	Multiplayer
Format	Nintendo Switch: Digital download
Input	Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Joy-Con (horizontal) Nintendo Switch Pro Controller NES Controller (NSO)

Super Mario Bros. 35 is a discontinued 2D platformer and battle royale game for the Nintendo Switch created to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. During its availability period, it was exclusively available to Nintendo Switch Online members and released on October 1, 2020. This game, along with Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros., was available until March 31, 2021. Unlike the other limited titles, however, Super Mario Bros. 35 is no longer playable, as its servers have been discontinued as of April 1, 2021. The game's battle royale mechanics are similar to those of Tetris 99, an earlier game that was initially available only to Nintendo Switch Online members. As of 2024, Super Mario Bros. 35 is recognized as the twenty-fifth entry in the Super Mario series on Mario Portal. The game is made with the NintendoWare Bezel Engine.

Playing a round before March 31, 2021 was one of the 35th Anniversary site My Nintendo missions to be completed, though it did not actually register until a week after playing at the latest.

Controls

Much like in Super Mario Maker 2, the controls can be changed in the settings. In some menus, the player has to hold the button to confirm. The game also has rumble support.

• , , or – Move Mario/Luigi
• or – Jump
• or – Run
• or , or Touch Screen – Move target
• or – Choose a random target; attack those attacking the player, those with the most coins, or those with the lowest remaining time
• or – Use item roulette

Gameplay

Fire Mario in World 5-2, where enemies that have been sent over by other players are featured

Super Mario Bros. 35 is a battle royale where 35 players compete against each other until only a single player is left. In the menu, the player can play a normal game or a special event, if any, along with changing their icon, which is gained by leveling up. Leveling up is earned by obtaining experience points from playing levels.

During a game, players go through levels from Super Mario Bros. Defeated enemies are sent over to a different player's course as enemy clones. The player can see other players' games. The course the enemies are sent to is determined by which course the player is currently targeting, which is surrounded by a red box. The player can choose between four strategies to determine how they targeted other players. Other players' enemies can also be sent to the player. On the top left corner of the screen is the Item Roulette, which costs 20 coins to use. Using it gives the player a random item, which can be a Super Mushroom, a Fire Flower, a Super Star, or a POW Block (which defeats all enemies on the screen). The player also has a Time Limit displayed on the top right corner of their screen. Defeating enemies gives the player more time, up to 400 seconds. If the player is the last one alive, they win the game. At the end of a game, the player's name, their rank, their number of coins collected, and the number of other players they knocked out are displayed. The player can also spectate the match after being defeated.

There is also a single-player mode called "Course Practice," where players can play individual stages that they had completed at least once in an online battle. Despite it being an offline mode, it was also made unavailable after the game's servers were closed down.

Courses

In a regular 35-Player Battle, the player can pick a course and pay coins to start the game with a power-up. These courses are added to the pool of courses that appear in the battle. To unlock more courses to pick, the player has to either complete all of the preceding levels in one of the online modes, or beat the course itself when it is either chosen by another player who has already unlocked it or it appears in a Special Battle. The course order uses each player's chosen course, going from whoever has the lowest level to the highest. However, the course order does not put the same course twice in a row. The course order loops to the first level after the last level. This is the only way a course can repeat.

Warp Zones let the player skip forward in the level queue. Warp Zones include the same level that the Warp Zone is located in, letting the player use Warp Zones again. In World 1-2, the pipes of the Warp Zone from right to left skip one, two, and three courses, respectively. In World 4-2, the single pipe at the end of the main area skip one course, while the overworld Warp Zone pipes from right to left skip one, two, and three courses, respectively.

In Special Battle, limited-time events were held, where players play through a set order of courses with special conditions, such as starting with 100 coins. The battle could start in any course.

World	Courses
World 1	World 1-1	World 1-2	World 1-3	World 1-4
World 2	World 2-1	World 2-2	World 2-3	World 2-4
World 3	World 3-1	World 3-2	World 3-3	World 3-4
World 4	World 4-1	World 4-2	World 4-3	World 4-4
World 5	World 5-1	World 5-2	World 5-3	World 5-4
World 6	World 6-1	World 6-2	World 6-3	World 6-4
World 7	World 7-1	World 7-2	World 7-3	World 7-4
World 8	World 8-1	World 8-2	World 8-3	World 8-4

Items

Name	Description
Coin	Can be used for the Item Roulette.
Super Mushroom	Gives the Super form, or 15 seconds on the timer if the player is already in that form. Defeating enemies by bouncing on them gives two or three seconds on the timer based on the type, bouncing on Buzzy Beetles gives four, and bouncing on Hammer Bros. and Lakitus gives five.
Fire Flower	Gives the ability to shoot fireballs, or 15 seconds on the timer if the player is already in that form. Defeating Bowser with fireballs gives the player five seconds on the timer, defeating Hammer Bros. and Lakitus gives the player two, and defeating all other enemies gives one.
Super Star	Gives invincibility for a short period of time, and resets the period of invincibility if the player is already under the effects of a Super Star. Each defeated enemy gives two seconds on the timer, and if the player defeats several enemies without stopping, the number of seconds given increases futher.
1-Up Mushroom	Gives 20 coins.
POW Block	Defeats all enemies onscreen. De/8feated Goombas give two seconds on the timer. Stronger enemies such as Koopa Troopas give three; Buzzy Beetles give four; Lava Bubbles, Hammer Bros., and Lakitus give five; and Bowser give ten.

Characters

Playable characters

• Mario
• Luigi – Luigi is playable by holding while selecting a course or selecting Special Battle. Luigi is playable only after every course has been cleared at least once.

Cameos

• Princess Peach – appears only as an icon
• Toads – appears only as an icon

Enemies

The enemies are the same as in Super Mario Bros. (except fake Bowsers did not appear) and mostly retain their behavior. Every defeated enemy is transferred to the targeted player's enemy queue. This queue is visible at the bottom of the screen. Enemies appear in the game world only as the player moves forward to scroll them into view. An enemy sent by another player appears with a white tinted sprite; however, it behaves exactly like a natural enemy, including the ability to send it to other players. When a player enters a bonus area, the enemy queue is instantly cleared, and any enemies sent while in the bonus area are removed as well.

Enemies that have multiple identical-looking variants (e.g., green Koopa Paratroopa and Bowser) have the correct variant appear for the target player. Enemies of the same kind with different behavior retain their behavior, like Bowsers that threw hammers, for example. Enemies that can be bounced on and then further interacted with (all the shelled enemies) are transferred and award time on the first bounce; any further interaction with that same enemy does not cause them to be transferred again or award more time, thus also avoiding the "infinite 1-Ups trick" (which in this game would translate into an infinite time trick).

Name	Description	Defeatable?
Bill Blaster	Even though it is indestructible, it appears on the enemy bar.
Blooper	When transferred to a non-water level, it still behaves as if it is swimming in the water, effectively floating, and can be stomped, as in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. (This mechanic exists in the Super Mario Bros. engine, but it did not appear outside glitch levels.)
Bowser	There are no fake Bowsers in this game. Kicking a shell into Bowser defeats both the shell and Bowser. Bowser can not be defeated from below when he stood on a Brick Block or ? Block. Transferred Bowsers throw hammers if they are from World 6-4 and later.
Bullet Bill	When transferred, it comes in from the right side of the screen.
Buzzy Beetle	N/A
Cheep Cheep	Has the jumping behavior in non-water levels and the swimming behavior in water levels. It changes behavior if transferred to the other type of level.
Fire Bar	N/A
Goomba	N/A
Hammer Bro	N/A
Koopa Paratroopa	N/A
Koopa Troopa	N/A
Lakitu	If multiple Lakitus are transferred to the same player, they might spawn at different altitudes.
Lava Bubble	Can be defeated with a shell, Super Star, or POW Block.
Piranha Plant	When transferred, Piranha Plants always appear on the ground and did not retract, even if they happen to be on the top of a pipe.
Spiny	Spinies can be transferred independently of Lakitus.

Changes from Super Mario Bros.

Mario defeating the real Bowser in World 2-4, rather than a fake one

Super Mario Bros. 35 is based on the NTSC version of Super Mario Bros. Generally, many physics and other mechanics have been altered to fall more in line with newer Super Mario games, similarly to Super Mario Maker. Some examples included:

• If Fire Mario takes damage, he reverts to Super Mario instead of Small Mario, as in the international NES and Super Mario All-Stars versions of Super Mario Bros. 3, as well as Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 onward.
  • Similarly, if a Fire Flower is grabbed as Small Mario, he goes straight to Fire Mario, as in Super Mario World and later games, instead of only growing to Super Mario like in the original. If the power-up has no effect due to Mario already being in the resulting state or higher, it awards 15 seconds on the timer instead.
• Since lives are no longer present, 1-Up Mushrooms instead award 20 coins.
  • 1-Up Mushrooms that need conditions to appear are instead always available.
• The coin counter extends to at least four digits.
• Bouncing off an enemy while holding the jump button causes Mario to bounce higher, like in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels and later games.
  • Similarly, the "Super Jump" introduced in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels has been added. Stomping the top of an enemy while moving upwards at the right trajectory causes Mario to soar very high.
    • Sometimes, when the player super-jumps off a Koopa Troopa or Koopa Paratroopa, it instantly enters its shell and gets kicked sideways.
• Enemies interact with trampolines, similarly to Super Mario Maker. This is most visible at the end of World 2-1, where enemies might drop from the tall wall of solid blocks and fall on the trampoline. Mario's general physics while he interacts with a trampoline are much smoother, akin to other recent platformers.
• Stomp-able enemies that are transferred to underwater levels are stomp-able underwater, like in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3.
• The mechanic that pushes Mario out of a solid block has been removed; instead, they acted like in Super Mario Bros. 3 onward: If Super/Fire Mario stopped in a one-tall space (or powered up from Small Mario while in one), he would continue to crouch. If the blocks above were Brick Blocks, he can jump and break them, but even if they were solid blocks, he can make small hops to eventually escape.
• The level-ending transitions were shortened. The player moves to the next course after Mario reaches the flagpole or after the bridge collapses from picking up the axe. The cutscenes with Toads and Princess Peach no longer appear, although they made cameos in the game's icons.
  • Bridges also collapse in castles when Bowser is defeated before Mario touches the axe.
• The block portion of Fire Bars no longer damages Mario, but instead acts as if he hit a solid block.
• Mario has a proper animation for entering the pipe at the end of an underwater level, instead of simply vanishing as he does in the original game.
• When going down a pipe, Mario always crouches; it is no longer possible to "walk" or "slide" down into a pipe.
• If Mario passes a Hammer Bro without defeating it, it begins to chase after him. Hammer Bros. jump more often.
• Almost every glitch from Super Mario Bros. has been fixed. This includes the Minus World, Over the Flagpole (with an additional invisible wall above the flagpole), Die and Complete Simultaneously, Disappearing Power-Ups (multiple power-ups appear onscreen), Harmless Enemy (Mario takes damage while inside enemies after post-damage invincibility), Hit the Axe and Keep It There, Invisible Piranha Plant (the Piranha Plant has been removed entirely), Stuck Underwater (Mario's hitbox no longer shrinks after he crouches underwater, and even if he powered up via the Item Roulette in the one-block-high space, he can escape by hopping), Walking Through Walls, Wall Jump, and Wrong Warp. However, a few of them have been retained, as detailed in the Glitches section.
• Bowser's flame hitbox has been increased from covering just the front tip to covering its entire length.
• Enemies no longer turn around off the defeated bodies of other enemies.
• The fake Bowsers are all replaced by the real Bowser.
• Due to the Nintendo Switch's more powerful hardware, enemies do not despawn if there were too many.
• In World 8-4, the Piranha Plant in the pipe that takes Mario to the second room does not despawn when Mario reached it, like in Super Mario All-Stars.
• Like in Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, an error buzzer sound plays if Mario goes the wrong way in a castle maze.
• Climbing up vines is fully manual instead of automatic past a

certain point up the vine, which lets players use the vine longer.

• Getting carried off the top of the screen by a moving platform makes Mario drop down instead of dying, like in Super Mario All-Stars.
• With enough forward momentum, Mario can enter sideways pipes regardless of whether the player held forward or not.
• Mario can not defeat enemies by stomping low on their bodies while moving downwards.
• The Goomba that starts above the second Coin Block in World 1-2 starts on the ground.
• Koopa Troopa shells can break Brick Blocks and trigger blocks containing items.
• Fire Bars do not despawn once they are at the left edge of the screen.
• Mario's top running speed is slightly slower.
  • In World 4-1's coin room, which reappeared as the second coin room in World 6-2, a Brick Block containing a power-up is one block above the exit pipe. Super Mario and Fire Mario are no longer able to reach the spot under it by crouching and sliding off the row of Brick Blocks to the left of it as a result of their slower speed.
• After Mario exits the bonus area in World 1-1, the two Goombas do not appear.
• After Mario exits the bonus area in World 5-1, the first Koopa Paratroopa do not appear.
• Fireballs bounce lower to the ground, allowing them to hit enemies on the ground easier.
• Mario can use fireballs at the top of the screen.
• Lakitus do not stop following Mario, making it possible for multiple Lakitus to pursue him.
• Mario can crouch if Down is pressed at the same time or after a side direction is pressed.
• Mario can stand up if Left or Right is pressed while crouching.
• Super Stars pop out of blocks instead of dropping down.
• Mario can collect coins from the side when a block is above it, e.g., walking into the block above the coins in World 2-4.
• Mario does not accelerate faster when moving backwards.
• Bullet Bills fire at a slower rate in World 5-3 and World 6-3.
• Mario can not flip to the opposite side when grabbing vines.

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  The end of World 1-1 missing the two Goombas

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  The Goomba in World 1-2 moved onto the ground

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  A Goomba using a trampoline in World 4-1

Coin Ranking

Coin Ranking is unlocked by winning one battle. Coin Ranking is a competition each week where players are ranked by their highest number of coins in a battle in both 35-Player Battle and Special Battle. Players are required to win one battle again to be ranked each week in each mode. Players receive a grade based on their rank, with S grade at the top and A through E following it. The top 100 players of the week are listed with their coin scores on online leaderboards. The leaderboards and Results Graph are only shown for the ten most recent weeks. The players' coin score is the sum of the coins collected during the game, coins collected from the chest, and a Rank Bonus. That sum is doubled by the Small Mario Bonus if the player started without an item. Special Battle has no Small Mario Bonus.

Rank Bonus

Rank	Coin
1st	100
2nd	90
3rd	85
4th	80
5th	75
6th	70
7th	65
8th	60
9th	55
10th	50
11th	48
12th	46
13th	44
14th	42
15th	40
16th	38
17th	36
18th	34
19th	32
20th	30
21st	28
22nd	26
23rd	24
24th	22
25th	20
26th	18
27th	16
28th	14
29th	12
30th	10
31st	9
32nd	8
33rd	7
34th	6
35th	5

Super Mario Bros. 35 World Count Challenge

Super Mario Bros. 35 World Count Challenge is a trilogy of events that was first announced on January 12, 2021 along with new details about Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. Players from around the world work together to complete goals within a certain time frame. The events were held monthly, three times from January to March 2021.

In the first Super Mario Bros. 35 World Count Challenge, players worked together to defeat 3.5 million Bowsers from January 18, 2021 at 11 p.m. PT to January 25, 2021 at 10:59 p.m. PT. In addition to 35-Player Battle, the Special Battle that week lasted all seven days of the event and featured courses with additional opportunities to battle with Bowser. If the total Bowsers defeated around the world reached 3.5 million, the players who defeated at least one Bowser would be eligible to receive 350 My Nintendo Platinum Points. The goal was reached with 5,363,696 Bowsers defeated.

In the second Super Mario Bros. 35 World Count Challenge, players worked together to defeat 350 million Goombas from February 22, 2021 to March 1, 2021. In addition to 35-Player Battle, the Special Battle that week lasted all seven days of the event. The goal was not reached with only 317,373,419 Goombas defeated.

In the third and final Super Mario Bros. 35 World Count Challenge, players worked together to collect 350 million coins from March 23, 2021 to March 29, 2021. In addition to 35-Player Battle, the Special Battle that week lasted all seven days of the event. The goal was reached with 560,792,922 coins collected.

Icons

Icons of various Super Mario Bros. characters and objects can be unlocked by leveling up, with 64 icons in total. Players start with standing Small Mario, a Brick Block, a Super Mushroom, and a Goomba as their only icons. The order that the icons are unlocked are random; however, players unlocked the last icon at Level 50★.

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  Small Mario

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  Small Mario

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  Small Mario

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  Small Mario

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  Super Mario

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  Super Mario

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  Super Mario

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  Super Mario

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  Fire Mario

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  Fire Mario

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  Fire Mario

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  Fire Mario

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  Small Luigi

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  Small Luigi

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  Small Luigi

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  Small Luigi

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  Super Luigi

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  Super Luigi

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  Super Luigi

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  Super Luigi

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  Goomba

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  Goomba

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  Goomba

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  Koopa Troopa

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  Koopa Shell

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  Koopa Troopa

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  Koopa Shell

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  Koopa Troopa

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  Koopa Shell

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  Spiny

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  Spiny Egg

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  Buzzy Beetle

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  Buzzy Beetle

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  Buzzy Beetle

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  Koopa Paratroopa

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  Koopa Paratroopa

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  Koopa Paratroopa

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  Hammer Bro

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  Hammer

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  Hammer Bro

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  Hammer

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  Lakitu

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  Cheep Cheep

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  Cheep Cheep

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  Bullet Bill

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  Bill Blaster

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  Blooper

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  Lava Bubble

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  Piranha Plant

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  Piranha Plant

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  Bowser

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  Toad

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  Princess Peach

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  Firework

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  Super Mushroom

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  1-Up Mushroom

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  Fire Flower

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  Super Star

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  Brick Block

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  ? Block

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  Cloud Block

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  Axe

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  Warp Pipe

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  Warp Pipe

Special Battle events

The first name is from Nintendo of America's Twitter account, the second is from the UK Super Mario Twitter account if theirs is different, and the (second or) third is from the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Twitter account.

In all Special Battles from World 1-1 to World 8-4, the Warp Zones work like they do in Super Mario Bros.

A total of 27 Special Battle events were featured in the game:

Name	Date	Courses	Order	Form	Coins	Time
Limited-course Battle / コース限定バトル	October 1, 2020 - October 4, 2020	World 1-1 to World 2-4	In order	Super Mario	35	100
Frantic Fight Against Exceptional Enemies! / Intense battle! / 強敵おくりあい！ワチャワチャバトル	October 9, 2020 - October 11, 2020	World 1-1, World 1-2, World 1-4, World 2-1, World 3-1, World 4-1	Random	Small Mario	35	100
Limited-Course Battle / Limited-course Battle! / コース限定バトル	October 16, 2020 - October 18, 2020	World 3-1 to World 4-4	In order	Super Mario	35	100
Coin King Clash #1 / 1st Coin King Championship / 第一回コイン王決定戦	October 23, 2020 - October 25, 2020	World 3-2, World 3-1, World 4-2, World 1-2, World 2-1, World 5-2, World 3-4, World 1-1	In order from World 3-2	Small Mario	0	50
A Halloween Spectacle / Halloween battle! / ハロウィンで大盤振る舞いバトル	October 30, 2020 - November 1, 2020	3 out of World 1-2, World 3-1, World 3-2, and World 4-2, then 3 out of World 3-3 and World 6-1 to World 6-3	Partially random	Fire Mario	100	100
Showdown at Bowser's Castle! / Showdown! Bowser's Castle Battle / 対決！クッパ城バトル	November 6, 2020 - November 8, 2020	World 1-1, World 1-4, World 2-1, World 2-4, World 3-1, World 3-4, World 4-1, World 4-4	Alternating between World N-1 and World N-4	Fire Mario	50	100
Limited-Course Battle / Limited-course battle / コース限定バトル	November 13, 2020 - November 15, 2020	World 5-1 to World 6-4	In order	Super Mario	35	100
Super Star Dash! / Speedy Super Star battle / スターとダッシュ！バトル	November 20, 2020 - November 22, 2020	World 1-1, World 2-1, World 2-3, World 3-1, World 3-2, World 5-4, World 6-2, World 6-4, World 8-1	Random from non-castle courses	Invincible Mario	20	20
Coin King Clash #2 / 2nd Coin King Championship / 第2回コイン王決定戦	November 27, 2020 - November 29, 2020	World 5-1, World 4-2, World 1-2, World 1-1, World 3-1, World 4-4, World 6-2	In order from 5-1	Small Mario	0	35
Watch Your Head! / Flying Festival battle! / 頭上注意！空中乱舞バトル	December 4, 2020 - December 6, 2020	World 1-1, World 2-1, World 2-2, World 3-1, World 3-2, World 4-1, World 5-2, World 5-4, World 6-1, World 6-2, World 6-4, World 7-1, World 7-2, World 7-4, World 8-2, World 8-3	Random	Fire Mario	50	75
Limited-Course Battle / Limited-course battle / コース限定バトル	December 11, 2020 - December 14, 2020	World 7-1 to World 7-3, World 8-1 to World 8-3	In order	Fire Mario	100	120
Blinded by Bullet Bills / Bullet Bill Barrage battle! / 弾幕危険！キラーまつり	December 18, 2020 - December 21, 2020	World 1-4, World 2-4, World 3-4, World 4-1, World 5-2, World 5-3, World 6-3, World 7-1, World 8-2, World 8-3	Random	Fire Mario	50	100
Full-Course Battle! / End of the Year battle! / 年末特別企画！フルコースバトル	December 25, 2020 - December 27, 2020	World 1-1 to World 8-4	In order from 1-1	Small Mario	0	35
Limited-Course Battle / Limited-course battle / コース限定バトル	January 1, 2021 - January 3, 2021	World 2-1 to World 3-4	In order	Super Mario	35	100
Coin King Clash #3 / 3rd Coin King Championship / 第3回コイン王決定戦	January 8, 2021 - January 10, 2021	World 1-1, World 5-1, World 5-2, World 2-1, World 6-2, World 3-1, World 8-1	In order	Small Mario	0	35
Athletic Course Battle / Athletic course battle / アスレチックコースバトル	January 15, 2021 - January 17, 2021	All N-3 courses in order	In order	Super Mario	100	200
Showdown at Bowser's Castle! [World Count Challenge #1] / 対決！クッパ城バトルふたたび (第1回ワールドカウントチャレンジ)	January 18, 2021 - January 25, 2021	World 1-1, World 1-4, World 2-1, World 2-4, World 3-1, World 3-4, World 4-1, World 5-1, World 5-4, World 6-4, World 8-1	Partially random	Fire Mario	50	100
Limited-World Battle / Limited-World Battle / ワールド限定バトル	January 29, 2021 - February 1, 2021	Features 2 (of 3) random worlds out of Worlds 2, 3, and 5	Random	Super Mario	0	60
1, 2, 3, 4 Course Battle / 1,2,3,4コースバトル	February 4, 2021 - February 7, 2021	World 1-1, World 1-3, World 1-4, World 2, World 3, World 4-1, World 4-3, World 5, World 6, World 7-2, World 7-3, World 8-1, World 8-2, World 8-3	Partially random	Super Mario	20	50
Coin King Clash #4 / 4th Coin King Championship / 第4回コイン王決定戦	February 11, 2021 - February 14, 2021	World 1-1 to World 8-4	In order from 1-1	Small Mario	0	35
Starting Splendor Battle / スーパー大盤振る舞いバトル	February 18, 2021 - February 21, 2021	World 1-1, World 2-1, World 2-2, World 4-1, World 4-2, World 6-2, World 6-3, World 7-2	Partially random	Fire Mario	200	400
Goombas Galore! [World Count Challenge #2] / 大盛り！クリボーまつり (第2回ワールドカウントチャレンジ)	February 22, 2021 - March 1, 2021	World 1-1, World 2-1, World 3-1, World 3-2, World 4-2, World 5-1, World 5-2, World 6-2, World 8-1	Partially random	Small Mario	0	35
Super Star Dash Returns! / スターとダッシュ！バトルふたたび	March 4, 2021 - March 7, 2021	World 1-1, World 2-1, World 2-3, World 2-4, World 3-1, World 3-2, World 3-4, World 5-2, World 6-2, World 7-3, World 8-1, World 8-3	Random	Invincible Mario	20	20
Coin King Clash #5 / 5th Coin King Championship / 第5回コイン王決定戦	March 11, 2021 - March 14, 2021	World 1-2, (World 2-1, World 3-1), (World 3-2, World 5-1), (World 3-3, World 6-3)	In order, parenthetical courses can be swapped with each other	Super Mario	0	50
Full-Course Battle Returns! / フルコースバトルふたたび	March 19, 2021 - March 21, 2021	World 1-1 to World 8-4	In order from 1-1	Small Mario	35	35
Variety Battle Finale / Final battle! / 最後のスペシャル！バラエティバトル	March 23, 2021 - March 29, 2021	Various past course sets	Various	Various	99	Various
フルコースバトル	March 30, 2021 - March 31, 2021	World 1-1 to World 8-4	In order from 1-1	Small Mario	35	35

Daily Challenges

Each day, the player receives three random challenges to complete for up to a total of 600 coins. The total list of challenges is below:

• Defeat 20 enemies in 35-Player Battle.
• Use Item Roulette once in 35-Player Battle.
• Clear 30 courses in 35-Player Battle.
• Target and send enemies to "Attackers" 10 times in 35-Player Battle.
• Stomp on three enemies continuously in 35-Player Battle.
• Collect 500 coins in 35-Player Battle.
• Clear four courses in 35-Player Battle.
• Use two Super Stars in a single 35-Player Battle.
• Use shells to defeat 30 enemies in 35-Player Battle.
• Rank in the Top 20 in 35-Player Battle.
• Clear four courses in a single 35-Player Battle.
• Use the Item Roulette 10 times in 35-Player Battle.
• Use a shell to defeat three enemies in a row in 35-Player Battle.
• Rank in the Top 15 two times in 35-Player Battle.
• Stomp 30 enemies in 35-Player Battle.
• Use a Super Star to defeat 10 enemies in a row in 35-Player Battle.
• Use a Mushroom or Fire Flower three times in 35-Player Battle.
• Rank in the Top 15 five times in 35-Player Battle.
• Clear two courses in a single 35-Player Battle.
• Target and send enemies to "Lowest Time" 30 times in a single 35-Player Battle.
• Defeat 200 enemies in 35-Player Battle.

Update history

Version 1.0.1

Release date: October 8, 2020

General Fixes

• Fixed an issue where enemies would continue to appear within the current screen area without the player moving forward.
• Fixed an issue where certain player icons were not displaying correctly in Coin Ranking.
• Fixed other issues to enhance the overall gameplay experience.

Specific/unlisted changes

• Removed cheated scores from Coin Ranking.

Version 1.0.2

Release date: November 12, 2020

General Fixes

• Fixed an issue where large numbers of enemies appearing on-screen would result in gameplay slowdown.
• Fixed an issue where, under certain conditions, players were unable to throw fireballs underwater.
• Fixed an issue where a special input would enable players to unlock unopened courses.
• Treasure chest coin pool amounts are now displayed during spectator mode.
• Adjusted the sound effect that plays as shells or other objects rapidly bounce back and forth within a single-block opening.
• Adjusted the speed-up timing of the countdown timer.
• Improved the overall gameplay experience.

Specific/unlisted changes

• Fixed the placements of the Hidden Block containing 1-Up Mushroom and nearby blocks in World 6-1.

Reception

Super Mario Bros. 35 received generally positive reviews. It was generally praised for its twist on the original game, but the game received some criticism due to its repetitive gameplay, lack of game modes, and limited-time availability.

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
Nintendo Switch	Chris Carter, Destructoid	7/10	"There's plenty to criticize, but Super Mario Bros. 35 is a free download, so give it a shot. I've played many rounds already and will jump into plenty more until that fated March 2021 eShop removal death date. Hopefully Nintendo has a change of heart like they did with Jump Rope Challenge and updates the game to address some of its shortcomings: because it has even more potential than a temporary flight of fancy."
Nintendo Switch	Seth Macy, IGN	7/10	"Super Mario Bros. 35 is an extremely fun twist on the classic platformer and the battle royale formula with plenty to love, although it starts to lose its luster after just a few hours because repeating level 1-1 and a handful of other early levels becomes a chore. But before that happens, developing a winning strategy, perfecting each jump, and knowing just where and when to send your defeated enemies is a satisfying mental juggling act, and winning is a truly special feeling indeed."
Nintendo Switch	Chris Scullion, Nintendo Life	8/10	"Super Mario Bros. 35 gives Nintendo's most iconic game a jolt of life and it's massively welcome. Its matches could do with being a little shorter and it's difficult to see whether it's actually going to have changed much a few months down the line, but it says a lot about the quality of the experience that the biggest problem we have with it is that come April 2021 it won't exist anymore."
Nintendo Switch	Chris Button, GameSpot	7/10	"Delivering precisely what is advertised, Super Mario Bros. 35 delivers on familiar 2D platforming with an all-new competitive twist. Playing against 34 other Marios at once is a wonderful type of mayhem, as is facing off against hordes of enemies. However, early course repetition and late-game lulls slightly temper this Mushroom Kingdom celebration of Mario's 35 years."
Aggregators
Compiler		Score
Metacritic		75

Glitches

• The glitch to jump in midair from Super Mario Bros. is retained. When the player obtained a Super Mushroom or Fire Flower in midair and pressed while Mario is transforming, he jumps in midair. This works with the Super Mushroom and Fire Flower from the Item Roulette.
• Like Super Mario Bros., jumping into the bottom corner of a ? Block with a power-up on top of it in a specific way causes Mario to get powered up from underneath the block. However, it is much rarer in Super Mario Bros. 35.
• Power-ups can be obtained from the side of the block if the screen is scrolled so there is gap less than one block to the left of the block, then Mario jumps into the gap.
• Touching a Super Mushroom and an enemy at the same time causes Mario's lower half to briefly clip into the ground before reverting to Small Mario.
  • Taking damage as Super Mario and then powering up back to Super Mario in quick succession makes Mario flash between Small Mario and Super Mario, which can make him fall through thin bridges.
  • If Small Mario touches a Super Mushroom while getting a Fire Flower in the Item Roulette, he briefly looks like Small Mario with Fire Mario's color palette and his lower half briefly clips into the ground.
• Dying as Small Mario and getting a Super Mushroom in the Item Roulette at the same time makes Mario's sprite grow to Super Mario, then move up and down like the death animation. Small Mario can also die while being Invincible Mario from the Item Roulette if hit at the same time.
• Before it was fixed in version 1.0.2, if the player pressed a direction and during the same frame, they would be able to advance to a stage adjacent to an unlocked level without unlocking it yet. If that stage was cleared, the player would unlock it.

Gallery

Logos

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  Logo with key art

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  Logo

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  Japanese logo

Artwork

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  HOME Menu icon

Screenshots

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  Notification stating that a new Special Battle is available

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  Notification stating that the player can access Coin Ranking

Play Nintendo

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  Banner from a release announcement

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References to other games

Mario Bros.

• The POW Block reuses its sprite from the Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System port of this game.

Super Mario 3D World

• The design of the time counter bears a resemblance to the one in this game.

Super Mario Maker

• The design of the coin counter bears a resemblance to the one in this game.
• The title screen music has similarities to the one in this game.

Tetris 99

• The game runs on the same engine used in this game. As such, the gameplay concept is similar to the one in this game, and various UI elements appear to be a modified version of this game's UI.
• Players can reach Level 1★ after Level 99, and Level 1★★ after Level 99★.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	スーパーマリオブラザーズ 35 Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Sātī Faibu	Super Mario Bros. 35
Chinese (Simplified)	超级马力欧兄弟 35 Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Xiōngdì 35 (Mandarin) Chīukāp Máhlihk'āu Hīngdaih 35 (Cantonese)	Super Mario Bros. 35
Chinese (Traditional)	超級瑪利歐兄弟 35 Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Xiōngdì 35 (Mandarin) Chīukāp Máhleih'āu Hīngdaih 35 (Cantonese)	Super Mario Bros. 35
Korean	슈퍼 마리오브라더스 35 Syupeo Mario Beuradeoseu 35	Super Mario Bros. 35

Notes

• In English, "Courses Played" in Stats is incorrectly described; it is actually the number of battles played.

External links

• Mario Portal Game Archive (EN)
• Mario Portal Game Archive (JP)
• Official Japanese website