Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary

The Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary is a celebration throughout 2015 of thirty years since the start of the mainline Super Mario series with Super Mario Bros. in 1985. The celebration was originally announced during the April 1, 2015 Nintendo Direct, and is being commemorated with events, tie-ins, and merchandise, culminating with the release of Super Mario Maker for Wii U in September, near the original release date of Super Mario Bros.

Games / accessories

 * Super Mario Maker
 * Two special edition 8-bit Mario amiibo to be released alongside Super Mario Maker, in "Classic" and "Modern" color schemes.

Events

 * "Let's Super Mario", a video campaign in which fans submit videos to the website to celebrate; any ad revenue generated by these videos is donated by Nintendo to Operation Smile.
 * "Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary Live", a concert series performed by the Super Mario Big Band in Osaka on September 20, 2015, and Tokyo on September 21.
 * Between June 22 and July 21, 2015, Tower Records teamed up with Nintendo for a special summer sale and a Super Mario-themed cafe menu.
 * Nintendo will be hosting a 30th anniversary festival in Shibuya on September 13, 2015, featuring a number of artists performing Mario music.

Merchandise

 * A set of Mario-themed Hot Wheels cars will be released in October as part of their "Pop Culture" line of products. Six cars will be produced, each based upon a different game, including: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart, and Dr. Mario; only the cars themed after the platforming games, however, feature the Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary logo.
 * The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music, a Japan-exclusive 2-disc soundtrack containing music from eighteen Mario games released over the series' history, including music from Super Mario Maker.

Other

 * A mural of an 8-bit Mario made up of other assets from the original Super Mario Bros. was painted in Soreditch, London.
 * A section of the Hyper Japan Festival 2015 convention hall in London will be dedicated to the Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary.
 * A folding screen in the Rimpa school of Japanese based upon Fujin Raijin-zu Byobu was created featuring Mario characters, with Mario and Luigi taking the roles of Fujin and Raijin (the Japanese thunder and wind gods), done not only to celebrate the Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary but also the 400th anniversary of the Rimpa school's founding.
 * Mario Myths with Mr Miyamoto, a video by the Nintendo UK YouTube channel in which Shigeru Miyamoto discusses various rumors and myths regarding the franchise.