Super Mario Bros. 35

Super Mario Bros. 35 is a 2D platformer and battle royale game for the Nintendo Switch created to celebrate the Super Mario Bros. series' 35th anniversary. It is exclusively available to Nintendo Switch Online members and released on October 1, 2020, being available until March 31, 2021. The game's battle royale mechanics are similar to , another game only available to Nintendo Switch Online members.

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 in order to confirm.


 * , or  - Move Mario
 * or - Jump
 * or - Run
 * or, , , or Touch Screen - Move target
 * or - Use ? Block

Gameplay
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. Enemies defeated will be sent over to a different player's course. 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 target other players. Other player's 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. If the player is the last player alive, they win the game. At the end of a game the player's name, rank, number of coins collected, and the number of other players they knocked out, is displayed. The player can also spectate the match after being defeated.

Course order
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 must either complete all of the preceding levels in one of the online modes, or beat the course itself when it is chosen by another player who already unlocked it or it appears in a Special Battle. The course order seems to prefer putting more difficult levels later, and not putting the same course twice in a row, which may mean the list will be less than 35 courses long.

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

The course order loops to the first level after the last level. This is the only way a course can repeat.

Warp Zones can be used to skip courses in the order. In World 1-2, the pipes of the warp zone from right to left skip 1, 2 and 3 courses respectively. In World 4-2, the single pipe at the very end of the main area skips 1 course while the overground warp zone pipes from right to left skip 2, 3 and 4 courses respectively.

Enemies
The enemies are the same as in Super Mario Bros. and retain their behavior. Every defeated enemy is transferred to the targetted player's enemy queue. This queue is visible at the bottom of the screen. Enemies only appear in the game world 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) will have the correct variant appear for the target player. Enemies that can be bounced on and then further interacted with (all the shelled enemies) will be transferred and award time on the first bounce, any further interaction with that same enemy will 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).

The following cannot be defeated:

Mechanics changes from Super Mario Bros.

 * If Fire Mario takes damage, he reverts to Super Mario, not Small Mario.
 * Powerups work like in later Mario games: a Super Mushroom will only transform Small Mario into Super Mario, and a Fire Flower will transform Small or Super Mario into Fire Mario. If the powerup 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 now award 20 coins. There is also no limit on the coin counter.
 * Enemies now interact with trampolines. This is most visible at the end of World 2-1 where enemies may drop from the tall wall of solid blocks and fall on the trampoline.
 * Stompable enemies that are transferred to underwater levels are now stompable underwater.
 * The mechanic that pushes Mario out of a solid block has been removed. If Super/Fire Mario stops in a 1-tall space (or powers up from Small Mario while in one), he will continue to crouch. If the blocks above are Brick Blocks, he can jump and break them, but even if they are solid blocks, he can make small hops to eventually escape.

Coin Ranking
Coin Ranking is unlocked by winning one battle. Coin Ranking is a competition where players are ranked by their highest number of coins in a battle. 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 score on online leaderboards. 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 starts without an item. Special Battle has no Small Mario Bonus.

Daily Challenges
Each day, the player gets 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.

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.

Glitches

 * The glitch to jump in midair from Super Mario Bros. is retained, but not with items from the Item Roulette. When the player obtains a Super Mushroom or Fire Flower in midair and presses while Mario is transforming, he will jump in midair.
 * If the player presses and  during the same frame, they will be able to advance to the next stage without unlocking it yet. If that stage is cleared, the player unlocks it.
 * Touching a Super Mushroom and an enemy at the same time causes Mario's lower half to briefly enter the ground before reverting to Small Mario.
 * 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.

References to other games

 * Mario Bros.: The POW Block reuses its sprite from the NES 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.
 * : The gameplay concept is similar to the one in this game. Various UI elements appear to be a modified version of this game's UI. Players will reach Level 1★ after Level 99, and Level 1★★ after Level 99★.