Super Mario Bros. (Game & Watch): Difference between revisions

{{distinguish|Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros. (Nelsonic Game Watch)|Super Mario Bros. Watch}}

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|released={{released|USA|June 25, 1986}} (Crystal Screen)<ref>[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/super_mario_bros.htm Crystal Screen ''Super Mario Bros.'' info page at In the Attic]. Retrieved August 11, 2020</ref><br>{{released|Japan|December 1987}} (special edition)<ref>[https://famicomworld.com/workshop/articles/the-holy-grails/holy-grails-game-watch/ Holy Grails – Game & Watch] Retrieved 20 February 2021</ref><br>{{released|USA|March 8, 1988}} (New Wide Screen)<ref>[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/super_mario_bros_1.htm Wide Screen ''Super Mario Bros.'' info page at In the Attic] Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref><br>{{released|Europe|August 6, 1998}} (Mini Classics)<ref>[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/mini_classics.htm Mini Classics info page at In the Attic].</ref>

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'''''Super Mario Bros.''''' is a [[Game & Watch]] version of [[Super Mario Bros.|the original NES game]]. It appeared as part of the New Wide Screen and Crystal Screen series. Released between the two is an extremely rare Game & Watch that comes with a case that looks like [[Family Computer Disk System]]'s mascot Diskun, which was awarded to contestants of the [[Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race]] tournament that was held from October 30 to December 15, 1987 in Japan.<ref>[https://pony.velvet.jp/fcdisk/fmcmdskw14.html Disk Fax service data] Retrieved 20 February 2021</ref><ref>[http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Nintendo/SMBPromo.htm The Handheld Games Museum: the "Special" ''Super Mario Bros.''] Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/special.htm In the Attic's page on the "Special" ''Super Mario Bros.''] Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref> This special edition, of which only 10,000 were ever produced, was the only version available in Japan as [[Nintendo]] had discontinued releasing new Game & Watch titles there after Spring 1985. The Crystal Screen version had a transparent screen, while the other two versions were more basic Game & Watch systems.

These versions of ''Super Mario Bros.'' are all essentially the same in terms of presentation; the overall plot is the same as the console ''Super Mario Bros.'', but the game is shorter and simpler.

'''Story from the instruction booklet'''<ref>[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/images/G&W/Review/SMB/SMB_YM-105_Page8-9.jpg ''Super Mario Bros.'' manual, page 7]. Retrieved November 25, 2015.</ref>

 

[[Bowser]] has kidnapped [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], and [[Mario]] is off to save her. The difference is that at the end of every level, Mario will find the Princess without having to fight Bowser or a boss.

Mario must go through eight auto-scrolling levels without falling and losing a life. When the levels are cleared, Mario must repeat them in the next loop. The second loops and onward have enemies. Further, [[Lakitu]]s toss a [[hammer]] instead of tossing [[Spiny|Spinies]], and [[Bullet Bill]]s will appear randomly. There is a total of nine loops of increasing difficulty. There are two types of levels: scroll screen levels and timer screen levels. On the scroll screen levels, Mario must travel a given distance displayed on the screen. On the timer screen levels, Mario has to go through the world within a given time. Mario can also obtain [[1-Up Mushroom]]s and [[Super Star]]s by hitting [[platform]]s, just like in the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] version, at certain places during specific events within the game.<ref>[http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.2959 Replacement Docs - Super Mario Bros. (Wide Screen)]</ref>  

Holding Jump and pressing the Game button will start Mario on L3-1, with 90 distance and enemies enabled.

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*34 years later, another [[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.|Game & Watch version of ''Super Mario Bros.'']] would be made. However, this one is a direct port of the NES original as opposed to the more primitive gameplay of the Game & Watch game.

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