Super Mario Bros.: A Giant Color/Activity Book
| Super Mario Bros.: A Giant Color/Activity Book | |
|---|---|
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| Series | Super Mario Bros. |
| Writer |  Friedrich Dohrmann[1] |
| Artist | Friedrich Dohrmann[1] |
| Publishers |  Western Publishing[2] XENOS Verlagsgesellschaft[1] |
| Label | Golden Book[2] |
| Original language | English |
| Translation | German |
| Release dates | September 1989[3] 1991[1] |
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Super Mario Bros.: A Giant Color/Activity Book, also referred to as just Super Mario Bros., is a softcover-bound book published by Western Publishing in September 1989 under the Golden Book label as part of the Super Mario Bros. series of coloring and activity books.[2][3] This book is based on Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2.
A smaller staple-bound version of the book, simply titled Super Mario Bros.: A Color/Activity Book, was also released.[4]
Contents[edit]
The book begins with an identical plot to the first book. The Mushroom King, Princess Toadstool, and the Mushroom people were living peacefully in the magical Mushroom Kingdom until Bowser and the evil turtles defeated the Mushroom people by turning them into stones, bricks, and horsehair plants. Princess Toadstool was locked in a faraway castle and Mario is determined to save her. The next few pages are coloring pages that show Mario's journey:
- Mario running towards 2 pipes.
- Mario about to stomp on a Little Goomba.
- Mario hitting a Brick Block with a Power Booster Mushroom next to it.
- Mario approaching a frightened Power Booster Mushroom.
- Mario in a Sub-area with coins.
- Mario about to stomp on a Koopa Troopa.
- Mario kicking a Koopa Shell underneath a sun with a face.
- Mario hitting an Empty Block with a Fireflower inside.
- Mario throwing Fireballs at a Piranha Flower.
- Mario jumping towards a trampoline.
- Mario climbing a staircase to reach a flagpole.
- Mario swimming with Cheep Cheeps.
- Mario jumping towards a Starman.
- Lakitu throwing Spiny's Eggs.
- Mario about to stop a Bullet Bill.
- Mario in a Warp Zone heading towards a pipe that leads to World 4.
- Mario ducking to avoid a Fire Bar.
- Mario with an axe as Bowser is about to attack him.
- Help Luigi get through Coin World
This is a maze puzzle where the reader is tasked with finding a path that connects Luigi to the arrow while avoiding dead ends.
- Who drops Spiny's Eggs at Mario?
This is a connect the dots puzzle, that when finished, forms a Lakitu.
- Scrambled Picture
- This picture is all mixed-up. Cut on the black lines and put the picture together the right way. Color the picture.
The reader is tasked with cutting out the 6 squares of the puzzle and connecting them together correctly. This creates an image of Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad running. The reader is tasked with coloring the picture once completed.
Following this is a coloring page with a Koopaparatroopa, Fireflower, Blooper, 2 Starmen, Little Goomba, 2 Cheep Cheeps, Power Booster Mushroom, clouds, Lakitu, Mario, and a Mushroom person.
- Color the picture using the code.
This is a paint by letter activity, where the reader is tasked with coloring a picture of Wart using 6 colors that are labeled by letters A through F. The colors are brown, green, black, yellow, blue, and white respectively.
- HIDDEN ENEMIES
- Eighteen enemies of the Dream World are hiding. Can you find them all?
The reader is tasked with finding 3 Shy Guys, 3 Phantos, 3 Birdos, 3 Cobrats, 2 Beezos, 2 Tryclydes, and 2 Mousers in 1 image.
- WORD SEARCH
- In the puzzle below find the names of the friends listed on the opposite page. Look up, down, forward, and diagonally.
- Below are the friends who will help Mario, Luigi, Toad, and the Princess.
This is a word search puzzle where the reader is tasked with finding the names of Sprout, Stopwatch, Cherries, Star Man, Mushroom Block, Heart, 1-Up, Vegetables, Potion, Pow, Shells, Coin, Bomb, Rocket, and Key.
- Save time by using the Warp Zone to get to the castle.
The reader is tasked with figuring out which pipe in the Warp Zone leads to the castle, with the World 4 pipe being the correct answer.
- You can play this game with a friend. Take turns drawing a line, either horizontally or vertically between any two of the dots shown below. If your line finishes an empty box, give yourself 1 point. If you complete a square with a helper inside, give yourself 2 points. If you complete a square with an enemy, subtract 2 points. The player with the most points when all the dots are connected wins.
This is a game where 2 players take turns drawing lines, connecting them with dots. If one player draws a line that creates a box, they receive 1 point. If a rocket, Power Booster Mushroom, coin, vegetable, key, or heart is in the box, the player receives 2 points. If a Trouter, Cheep Cheep, Shy Guy, Piranha Flower, Mouser, or Tryclyde is in the box, the player loses 2 points. Whoever has more points at the end wins.
- HELP MARIO GET RID OF HIS ENEMIES
- Color the picture. Carefully remove the page from the book. Fold the picture on the dotted line so "A" meets "A" and "B" meets "B".
After coloring the picture, the reader is tasked with tearing the page from the book and folding it across the dotted lines so the quarters featuring Mario and the Princess would overlap the quarters featuring the Piranha Flower, Cheep Cheep, and Tryclyde.
- SECRET CODE
- Use the code to find out who went with 'Subcon' with Mario.
The reader is tasked with translating the code to reveal the message. When translated, it reads "Princess Toadstool, Luigi, and Toad went with Mario."
- CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
| Number | Hint | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 2. | Little ______ is the weakest enemy in Super Mario. | Goomba |
| 5. | Lump of spouting Lava. | Podoboo |
| 6. | Lakitu drops these on Mario. | Eggs |
| 8. | Wart hates these. | Vegetables |
| 9. | Flying enemy that carries Bob-Ombs. | Albatoss |
| 11. | Three-headed enemy. | Tryclyde |
| 13. | Mario can drink this to get into "Sub-Space". | Potion |
DOWN
| Number | Hint | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Flying turtle enemy. | Koopaparatroopa |
| 3. | The Hammer ______ throw hammers at Mario. | Brothers |
| 4. | Mario can destroy walls with this. | Bomb |
| 7. | When thrown, they glide on the ground and crash into an enemy. | Shells |
| 10. | Mario gets this when he defeats a lot of enemies. | Heart |
| 12. | In Super Mario 2, grass turns into ______ (s). | Coin |
- Help save the Princess
- (A game for 2-3 players)
- Color the three characters. Cut them out carefully and fold them over. Put the characters on START. Players take turns flipping a coin to move. Heads move 2 spaces, tails move 1. The first player to rescue the Princess is the winner.
This is a board game where 2-3 players can play as Mario, Luigi, or Toad. Players take turns flipping a coin. If it lands on tails, they move 1 space. If it lands on heads, they move 2 spaces. Text is on some spaces that can positively or negatively affect the players likelihood of winning. The first player to reach Princess Toadstool wins.
Following this is another paint by letter activity where they color a castle and the scenery around it using 5 colors labeled letters A-E. The colors are brown, green, black, yellow, and blue respectively.
- MARIO'S MATCHING GAME
- (For 1 or more players)
- Color the cards and cut them out. Shuffle well and place them facedown on a table. Each player takes a turn selecting two cards and turning them over. If the two cards match, the player keeps them. If not, he/she turns the cards facedown again and another player takes a turn. When all the cards are matched, the player with the most pairs wins.
This is a memory game with all the cards featuring items from Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2. Those being the cherries, Star Man, heart, shell, sprout, Stopwatch, key, coin, rocket, bomb, 1-Up, potion, Mushroom, vegetable, Pow, and Mushroom Block.
Following this, a story based on Super Mario Bros. 2 begins, as indicated by a page featuring Mario and the Princess.
When Mario is sleeping, he dreams of climbing a long staircase that leads to a door. When he opens the door, he hears a voice saying "Please defeat Wart and return 'Subcon' to its natural state!" Mario tells Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad about the dream while they are picnicking. The 4 of them discover a cave that leads to the staircase Mario found in his dream. They open the door that leads to Subcon. The rest of the story is told through coloring pages:
- Luigi jumping on logs over a waterfall.
- Mario picking up a vegetable.
- A Shy Guy being thrown at the Princess and Toad.
- Luigi on Birdo's Egg.
- Mario throwing a Pidgit off of its Magic carpet.
- Toad holding a key while being chased by Phanto.
- Mario placing a bomb next to a door.
- The aforementioned bomb exploding, opening the door.
- The Princess climbing a ladder.
- Toad throwing a bomb.
- Luigi holding a Mushroom Block.
- Mario jumping on logs over a waterfall.
- Luigi grabbing a key while being approached by a Shy Guy and Phanto.
- Toad holding 2 bombs and throwing one.
Version differences[edit]
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- Add all of the differences between Super Mario Bros.: A Color/Activity Book.
An alternative version of Super Mario Bros.: A Giant Color/Activity Book exists. This version has a product code of 3252-1 as opposed to 3252 and lacks the price of "$1.49" on the front cover. The back cover also slightly rewords the paragraph describing the Golden Book label on the back cover. Despite these small differences the contents of the book and its ISBN are the same.
A smaller staple-bound version of Super Mario Bros.: A Giant Color/Activity Book, simply titled Super Mario Bros.: A Color/Activity Book, also exists. This version has a product code of 3252-14 and also lacks the price on the front cover. The back cover is blank, being completely sky blue and lacking an ISBN.
The German version adds more pages that are not present in the original version of Super Mario Bros.: A Giant Color/Activity Book. These include another page of Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad running, a coloring page of the Princess, and a coloring page with Tryclyde, Birdo, a Shy Guy, a Phanto, Fry Guy, Clawgrip, and Mouser.
Characters[edit]
- Mario
- Luigi
- Princess Toadstool
- Toad
- Bowser
- Mouser
- Tryclyde
- Fryguy
- Birdo
- Giant Birdo
- Clawgrip
- Koopa Troopas
- Koopaparatroopa
- Cheep Cheeps
- Blooper
- Lakitu
- Hammer Bros.
- Buzzy Beetle
- Shy Guys
- Phanto
- Cobrats
- Piranha Plant
- Wart
- Stopwatch
- Pidgit
Clawgrip, Fry Guy, and the Giant Birdo only appear in the German version, the latter of which only appears on the cover.
Gallery[edit]
Alternate cover of Super Mario Bros.: A Giant Color/Activity Book
Alternate back cover of Super Mario Bros.: A Giant Color/Activity Book
Cover of Super Mario Bros.: A Color/Activity Book
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German back cover
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Notable mistakes and errors[edit]
- On page 33, the Little Goomba is missing its eyebrows.
- In "MARIO'S MATCHING GAME", the names for the Mushroom and Mushroom Block were seemingly swapped.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | Super Mario Bros. - Wundersame Abenteuer | Super Mario Bros. - Wonderous Adventures | [1] |
Notes[edit]
- The German cover of the book features Mario, Toad, and the Giant Birdo with their designs from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, though Toad is colored as he appears from the first three episodes of the show ("The Bird! The Bird!"–"Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid") and with his vest colored lavender instead of white.
