Kaettekita Mario Bros.: Difference between revisions

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{{game infobox

|image=[[File:Kaettekita Mario Bros Title.png|256px]]<br>The title screen

|publisher=[[Nintendo]], [[Nagatanien]]

|release='''Family Computer Disk System:'''<br>{{release|Japan|November 30, 1988}}

|languages={{languages|jp=y}}

|modes=1-2 players

'''''Kaettekita Mario Bros.''''' is a game for the [[Family Computer Disk System]] released on November 30, [[List of games by date#1988|1988]] through the Disk Writer service. This game was co-published by [[Nintendo]] and [[Nagatanien]], a Japanese food company. It is an updated version of ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' that was released only in Japan,<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/famicomds/action/kaettekitamariobrothers/index.html GameSpot] Retrieved November 14, 2010</ref> although a 1993 Europe-only cartridge re-release resembles it,<ref>[http://www.nindb.net/nes/mario-bros-classic-series/index.html NinDB] Retrieved July 9, 2015</ref> using the same enemy sprites and colors from this game. Excluding ports, this is the last ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' game for the Family Computer Disk System. It is also the last ''Super Mario'' game to be released during the {{wp|Shōwa era}} of Japan, coming out just over a month before the death of emperor {{wp|Hirohito}}.

This mode plays similarly to the Japanese arcade version of ''Mario Bros.'' However, there are several differences from the arcade or [[Arcade Classics Series|earlier NES port]].

*One of three Nagatanien advertisements will appear before the first phase. One ad is for ''ochazuke nori'' and features singer-actor {{wp|Saburō Kitajima}} who appeared in Nagatanien ads during the game's release. Its BGM is an arrangement from the commercial's song. The other ads are for ''gomoku'' fried rice mix and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' branded ''furikake''.

*The graphics and music were improved somewhat compared to the earlier port.

*The top five high scores can now be saved like in the arcade version but not in the earlier port. Names can be longer and in Japanese.

This mode is similar to Original Mario Bros., but with three additional features:

*After losing all lives and receiving a Game Over, players will be given the chance to play a slot machine [[minigame]]. The slots can display a {{wp|kanji}} for Nagatanien, a Shellcreeper sprite, and the upper halves of sprites for Mario and Luigi. Should they get a match, they will be allowed to continue their game without the score and phase counters resetting. However, this area can only be visited once per game.

**Three matches - 2 extra lives

*After reaching 100,000 points, players are given promotional codes that can be mailed in to a raffle for a pack of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''-themed playing cards. At 200,000 points, players are given another code for entry in a drawing for a ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' cartridge, which released one month earlier in Japan on the [[Family Computer]]. All players who sent in codes also had a chance to win a ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' keychain. This promotion was active from November 30, 1988 to May 31, 1989.

Players 1 and 2 may register their name, age, and gender. These are used when a high score is broken and to refer to players with honorifics appropriate for their gender.

SMB Mario Jumping Artwork.png|Artwork of Mario

KaettekitaAD1.jpg|Game advertisement

KaettekitaAD2.jpg|Game advertisement

KMB Luigi.png|''Ochazuke nori'' by Nagatanien

KMB Mario.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' branded ''furikake''

|Jap={{ruby|帰|かえ}}ってきた　マリオブラザーズ<br>(disk label)<br>かえってきた　MARIO BROS.<br>(title screen)

|JapM='''''Mario Bros. have returned'''''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150602204527/https://r.ncp.nintendo.net/whitelist/ Nintendo Creators Program (Archived)]</ref>

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