Super Mario Bros. 35

Super Mario Bros. 35
Developer	Arika
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Release date	October 1, 2020 October 1, 2020 October 1, 2020 October 1, 2020 October 1, 2020 October 1, 2020
End of service	April 1, 2021
Genre	Platformer, battle royale
Rating(s)	ESRB: - Everyone PEGI: - Three years and older CERO: - All ages ACB: - General RARS: - Six years and older
Mode(s)	Multiplayer
Media	Nintendo Switch: Digital download
Input	Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Pro Controller NES Controller

Super Mario Bros. 35 was a 2D platformer and battle royale game for the Nintendo Switch created to celebrate the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary. It was exclusively available to Nintendo Switch Online members and released on October 1, 2020. This game, along with Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros., was available until March 31, 2021. Unlike the other limited titles, however, Super Mario Bros. 35 is no longer playable, as its servers have been discontinued as of April 1, 2021. The game's battle royale mechanics were similar to those of Tetris 99, an earlier game that was initially available only to Nintendo Switch Online members.

Playing a round before March 31, 2021, was one of the 35th Anniversary site My Nintendo missions to be completed, though it did not actually register until a week after playing at the latest.

Controls

Much like in Super Mario Maker 2, the controls could be changed in the settings. In some menus, the player had to hold the button to confirm.

• , , or – Move Mario/Luigi
• or – Jump
• or – Run
• or , or Touch Screen – Move target
• or – Choose a random target; attack those attacking the player, those with the most coins, or those with the lowest remaining time
• or – Use item roulette

The game had rumble support.

Gameplay

Fire Mario in World 5-2, where enemies that have been sent over by other players are featured

Super Mario Bros. 35 was a battle royale where 35 players competed against each other until only a single player was left. In the menu, the player could play a normal game or a special event, if any, along with changing their icon, which was gained by leveling up. Leveling up was earned by obtaining experience points from playing levels.

During a game, players went through levels from Super Mario Bros. Defeated enemies would be sent over to a different player's course as enemy clones. The player could see other players' games. The course the enemies were sent to was determined by which course the player was currently targeting, which was surrounded by a red box. The player could choose between four strategies to determine how they targeted other players. Other players' enemies could also be sent to the player. On the top left corner of the screen was the Item Roulette, which cost 20 coins to use. Using it gave the player a random item, which could be a Super Mushroom, a Fire Flower, a Super Star, or a POW Block (which defeated all enemies on the screen). The player also had a Time Limit displayed on the top right corner of their screen. Defeating enemies gave the player more time, up to 400 seconds. If the player was the last alive, they would win the game. At the end of a game, the player's name, their rank, their number of coins collected, and the number of other players they knocked out were displayed. The player could also spectate the match after being defeated.

Courses

In a regular 35-Player Battle, the player could pick a course and pay coins to start the game with a power-up. These courses were added to the pool of courses that appeared in the battle. To unlock more courses to pick, the player would have to either complete all of the preceding levels in one of the online modes or beat the course itself when it was chosen by another player who already unlocked it or it appeared in a Special Battle. The course order would use each player's chosen course, going from whoever had the lowest level to the highest. However, the course order would not put the same course twice in a row. The course order looped to the first level after the last level. This was the only way a course could repeat.

Warp Zones let the player skip forward in the level queue. Warp Zones would include the same level that the Warp Zone was located in, letting the player use Warp Zones again. In World 1-2, the pipes of the Warp Zone from right to left skipped one, two, and three courses, respectively. In World 4-2, the single pipe at the end of the main area skipped one course, while the overworld Warp Zone pipes from right to left skipped one, two, and three courses, respectively.

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

Course thumbnails
World 1-1	World 1-2	World 1-3	World 1-4
World 2-1	World 2-2	World 2-3	World 2-4
World 3-1	World 3-2	World 3-3	World 3-4
World 4-1	World 4-2	World 4-3	World 4-4
World 5-1	World 5-2	World 5-3	World 5-4
World 6-1	World 6-2	World 6-3	World 6-4
World 7-1	World 7-2	World 7-3	World 7-4
World 8-1	World 8-2	World 8-3	World 8-4

Items

Coin		Could be used for the Item Roulette.
Super Mushroom		Gave the Super form, or 15 seconds on the timer if the player was already in that form. Defeating enemies by bouncing on them gave two or three seconds on the timer based on the type, bouncing on Buzzy Beetles gave four, and bouncing on Hammer Bros. and Lakitus gave five.
Fire Flower		Gave the ability to shoot fireballs, or 15 seconds on the timer if the player was already in that form. Defeating Bowser with fireballs gave the player five seconds on the timer, defeating Hammer Bros. and Lakitus gave the player two, and defeating all other enemies gave one.
Super Star		Gave invincibility for a short period of time, and reset the period of invincibility if the player was already under the effects of a Super Star. Each defeated enemy gave two seconds on the timer, and if the player defeated several enemies without stopping, the number of seconds given would increase more.
1-Up Mushroom		Gave 20 coins.
POW Block		Defeated all enemies onscreen. Defeated Goombas gave two seconds on the timer. Stronger enemies such as Koopa Troopas gave three; Buzzy Beetles gave four; Lava Bubbles, Hammer Bros., and Lakitus gave five; and Bowser gave 10.

Characters

Playable characters

• Mario
• Luigi – Luigi was playable by holding while selecting a course or selecting Special Battle. Luigi was playable only after every course was cleared at least once.

Cameos

• Princess Peach – appeared only as an icon
• Toads – appeared only as an icon

Enemies

The enemies were the same as in Super Mario Bros. (except fake Bowsers did not appear) and mostly retained their behavior. Every defeated enemy was transferred to the targeted player's enemy queue. This queue was visible at the bottom of the screen. Enemies appeared in the game world only as the player moved forward to scroll them into view. An enemy sent by another player appeared with a white tinted sprite; however, it behaved exactly like a natural enemy, including the ability to send it to other players. When a player entered a bonus area, the enemy queue was instantly cleared, and any enemies sent while in the bonus area were removed as well.

Enemies that had multiple identical-looking variants (e.g., green Koopa Paratroopa and Bowser) would have the correct variant appear for the target player. Enemies of the same kind with different behavior would retain their behavior, like Bowsers that threw hammers, for example. Enemies that could be bounced on and then further interacted with (all the shelled enemies) would be transferred and award time on the first bounce; any further interaction with that same enemy would 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).

Name	Sprite	Notes
Blooper		When transferred to a non-water level, it would still behave as if it were swimming in the water, effectively floating, and could be stomped, as in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. (This mechanic exists in the Super Mario Bros. engine, but it did not appear outside glitch levels.)
Bowser		There were no fake Bowsers in this game. Kicking a shell into Bowser would defeat both the shell and Bowser. Bowser could not be defeated from below when he stood on a Brick Block or ? Block. Transferred Bowsers threw hammers if they were from World 6-4 and later.
Bullet Bill		When transferred, it came in from the right side of the screen.
Buzzy Beetle
Cheep Cheep		Had the jumping behavior in non-water levels and the swimming behavior in water levels. It changed behavior if transferred to the other type of level.
Goomba
Hammer Bro
Koopa Paratroopa
Koopa Troopa
Lakitu		If multiple Lakitus were transferred to the same player, they might have spawned at different altitudes.
Lava Bubble		Could be defeated with a shell, Super Star, or POW Block.
Piranha Plant		When transferred, Piranha Plants always appeared on the ground and did not retract even if they happened to be on the top of a pipe.
Spiny		Spinies could be transferred independently of Lakitus.

The following could not be defeated:

Name	Sprite	Notes
Fire Bar
Bill Blaster		Even though it was indestructible, it appeared on the enemy bar.

Changes from Super Mario Bros.

Mario defeating the real Bowser in World 2-4, rather than a fake one

Super Mario Bros. 35 was based on the NTSC version of Super Mario Bros. Generally, many physics and other mechanics had been altered to fall more in line with newer Super Mario games, similarly to Super Mario Maker. Some examples included:

• If Fire Mario took damage, he reverted to Super Mario instead of Small Mario, as in the international NES and Super Mario All-Stars versions of Super Mario Bros. 3, as well as Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 onward.
  • Similarly, if a Fire Flower was grabbed as Small Mario, he would go straight to Fire Mario, as in Super Mario World and later games, instead of growing only to Super Mario like in the original. If the power-up had no effect due to Mario already being in the resulting state or higher, it awarded 15 seconds on the timer instead.
• Since lives were no longer present, 1-Up Mushrooms instead awarded 20 coins. The coin counter extended to at least four digits.
  • 1-Up Mushrooms that need conditions to appear were instead always available.
• Bouncing off an enemy while holding the jump button would cause Mario to bounce very high, like in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels and later games.
  • Similarly, the "Super Jump" introduced in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels had been added. Stomping the top of an enemy while moving upwards at the right trajectory would cause Mario to soar very high.
    • Sometimes when the player super-jumped off a Koopa Troopa or Koopa Paratroopa, it would instantly enter its shell and get kicked sideways.
• Enemies interacted with trampolines, similarly to Super Mario Maker. This was most visible at the end of World 2-1, where enemies might have dropped from the tall wall of solid blocks and fallen on the trampoline. Mario's general physics while he interacted with a trampoline were much smoother, akin to other recent platformers.
• Stomp-able enemies that were transferred to underwater levels were stomp-able underwater, like in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3.
• The mechanic that pushes Mario out of a solid block had been removed; instead, they acted like in Super Mario Bros. 3 onward: If Super/Fire Mario stopped in a one-tall space (or powered up from Small Mario while in one), he would continue to crouch. If the blocks above were Brick Blocks, he could jump and break them, but even if they were solid blocks, he could make small hops to eventually escape.
• The level-ending transitions were shortened. The player moved to the next course after Mario reached the flagpole or after the bridge collapsed from picking up the axe. The cutscenes with Toads and Princess Peach no longer appeared, although they made cameos in the game's icons.
  • Bridges also collapsed in castles when Bowser was defeated before Mario touched the axe.
• The block portion of Fire Bars no longer damaged Mario but instead acted as if he hit a solid block.
• Mario had a proper animation for entering the pipe at the end of an underwater level, instead of simply vanishing as he did in the original game.
• When going down a pipe, Mario always crouched; it was no longer possible to "walk" or "slide" down into a pipe.
• If Mario passed a Hammer Bro without defeating it, it would begin to chase after him. Hammer Bros. jumped more often.
• Almost every glitch from Super Mario Bros. had been fixed. This included Minus World, Over the Flagpole (there was an invisible wall above the flagpole), Die and Complete Simultaneously, Disappearing Power-Ups (multiple power-ups appeared onscreen), Harmless Enemy (Mario would take damage while inside enemies after post-damage invincibility), Hit the Axe and Keep It There, Invisible Piranha Plant (the Piranha Plant had been removed entirely), Stuck Underwater (Mario's hitbox no longer shrank after he crouched underwater, and even if he powered up via the Item Roulette in the one-block-high space, he could escape by hopping), Walking Through Walls, Wall Jump, and Wrong Warp. However, a few of them had been retained, as detailed in the Glitches section.
• Bowser's flame hitbox had been increased from covering just the front tip to covering its entire length.
• Enemies no longer turned around off the defeated bodies of other enemies.
• The fake Bowsers were all replaced by the real Bowser.
• Due to the Nintendo Switch's more powerful hardware, enemies would not despawn if there were too many.
• In World 8-4, the Piranha Plant in the pipe that took Mario to the second room would not despawn when Mario reached it, like in Super Mario All-Stars.
• Like in Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, an error buzzer sound would play if Mario went the wrong way in a castle maze.
• Climbing up vines was fully manual instead of automatic past a certain point up the vine, which let players use the vine longer.
• Getting carried off the top of the screen by a moving platform would make Mario drop down instead of dying, like in Super Mario All-Stars.
• With enough forward momentum, Mario would enter sideways pipes regardless of whether the player held forward or not.
• Mario could not defeat enemies by stomping low on their bodies while moving downwards.
• The Goomba that started above the second Coin Block in World 1-2 started on the ground.
• Koopa Troopa shells could break Brick Blocks and triggered blocks containing items.
• Fire Bars would not despawn once they were at the left edge of the screen.
• Mario's top running speed was slightly slower.
  • In World 4-1's coin room, which reappeared as the second coin room in World 6-2, a Brick Block containing a power-up was one block above the exit pipe. Super Mario and Fire Mario were no longer able to reach the spot under it by crouching and sliding off the row of Brick Blocks to the left of it as a result of their slower speed.
• After Mario exited the bonus area in World 1-1, the two Goombas did not appear.
• After Mario exited the bonus area in World 5-1, the first Koopa Paratroopa did not appear.
• Fireballs bounced lower to the ground, allowing them to hit enemies on the ground easier.
• Mario could use fireballs at the top of the screen.
• Lakitus did not stop following Mario, making it possible for multiple Lakitus to pursue him.
• Mario could crouch if down was pressed at the same time or after a side direction was pressed.
• Mario would stand up if left or right was pressed while crouching.
• Super Stars would pop out of blocks instead of dropping down.
• Mario could collect coins from the side when a block was above it, e.g., walking into the block above the coins in World 2-4.
• Mario did not accelerate faster when moving backwards.
• Bullet Bills fired at a slower rate in World 5-3 and World 6-3.
• Mario could not flip to the opposite side when grabbing vines.

• 

  The end of World 1-1 missing the two Goombas

• 

  The Goomba in World 2-1 moved onto the ground

• 

  A Goomba using a trampoline in World 4-1

Coin Ranking

Coin Ranking was unlocked by winning one battle. Coin Ranking was a competition each week where players were ranked by their highest number of coins in a battle in both 35-Player Battle and Special Battle. Players would be required to win one battle again to be ranked each week in each mode. Players received 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 were listed with their coin scores on online leaderboards. The leaderboards and Results Graph were only shown for the ten most recent weeks. The players' coin score was the sum of the coins collected during the game, coins collected from the chest, and a Rank Bonus. That sum was doubled by the Small Mario Bonus if the player started without an item. Special Battle had no Small Mario Bonus.

Rank Bonus
Rank	Coins
1st	100
2nd	90
3rd	85
4th	80
5th	75
6th	70
7th	65
8th	60
9th	55
10th	50
11th	48
12th	46
13th	44
14th	42
15th	40
16th	38
17th	36
18th	34
19th	32
20th	30
21st	28
22nd	26
23rd	24
24th	22
25th	20
26th	18
27th	16
28th	14
29th	12
30th	10
31st	9
32nd	8
33rd	7
34th	6
35th	5

Super Mario Bros. 35 World Count Challenge

Super Mario Bros. 35 World Count Challenge was an event that was announced on January 12, 2021 along with new details about Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. Players from around the world would work together to complete goals within a certain time frame. The event was held monthly, three times from January to March 2021.

In the first Super Mario Bros. 35 World Count Challenge, players worked together to defeat 3.5 million Bowsers from January 18, 2021 at 11 p.m. PT to January 25, 2021 at 10:59 p.m. PT. In addition to 35-Player Battle, the Special Battle that week lasted all seven days of the event and featured courses with additional opportunities to battle with Bowser. If the total Bowsers defeated around the world reached 3.5 million, the players who defeated at least one Bowser would be eligible to receive 350 My Nintendo Platinum Points. The goal was reached with 5,363,696 Bowsers defeated.

In the second Super Mario Bros. 35 World Count Challenge, players worked together to defeat 350 million Goombas from February 22, 2021 to March 1, 2021. In addition to 35-Player Battle, the Special Battle that week lasted all seven days of the event. The goal was not reached with only 317,373,419 Goombas defeated.

In the third, and final Super Mario Bros. 35 World Count Challenge, players worked together to collect 350 million coins from March 23, 2021 to March 29, 2021. In addition to 35-Player Battle, the Special Battle that week lasted all seven days of the event. The goal was reached with 560,792,922 coins collected.

Icons

Icons of various Super Mario Bros. characters and objects could be unlocked by leveling up, with 64 icons in total. Players started with standing Small Mario, a Brick Block, a Super Mushroom, and a Goomba as their only icons. The order that the icons were unlocked were random; however, players unlocked the last icon at level Level 50★.

Unlockable icons
Small Mario				Super Mario
Super Mario		Fire Mario / Fire Luigi
Small Luigi				Super Luigi
Super Luigi		Goomba			Koopa Troopa
Koopa Troopa / Shell					Spiny
Spiny Egg	Buzzy Beetle			Koopa Paratroopa
Koopa Paratroopa	Hammer Bro / Hammer				Lakitu
Cheep Cheep		Bullet Bill	Bill Blaster	Blooper	Lava Bubble
Piranha Plant		Bowser	Toad	Princess Peach	Firework
Super Mushroom	1-Up Mushroom	Fire Flower	Super Star	Brick Block	? Block
Cloud Block	Axe	Warp Pipe

Special Battle events

The first name is from Nintendo of America's Twitter account, the second is from the UK Super Mario Twitter account if theirs is different, and the (second or) third is from the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Twitter account.

In all Special Battles from World 1-1 to World 8-4, the Warp Zones worked like they did in Super Mario Bros.

Name	Date	Courses	Order	Form	Coins	Time
Limited-course Battle / コース限定バトル	October 1, 2020 - October 4, 2020	World 1-1 to World 2-4	In order	Super Mario	35	100
Frantic Fight Against Exceptional Enemies! / Intense battle! / 強敵おくりあい！ワチャワチャバトル	October 9, 2020 - October 11, 2020	World 1-1, World 1-2, World 1-4, World 2-1, World 3-1, World 4-1	Random	Small Mario	35	100
Limited-Course Battle / Limited-course Battle! / コース限定バトル	October 16, 2020 - October 18, 2020	World 3-1 to World 4-4	In order	Super Mario	35	100
Coin King Clash #1 / 1st Coin King Championship / 第一回コイン王決定戦	October 23, 2020 - October 25, 2020	World 3-2, World 3-1, World 4-2, World 1-2, World 2-1, World 5-2, World 3-4, World 1-1	In order from World 3-2	Small Mario	0	50
A Halloween Spectacle / Halloween battle! / ハロウィンで大盤振る舞いバトル	October 30, 2020 - November 1, 2020	3 out of World 1-2, World 3-1, World 3-2, and World 4-2, then 3 out of World 3-3 and World 6-1 to World 6-3	Partially random	Fire Mario	100	100
Showdown at Bowser's Castle! / Showdown! Bowser's Castle Battle / 対決！クッパ城バトル	November 6, 2020 - November 8, 2020	World 1-1, World 1-4, World 2-1, World 2-4, World 3-1, World 3-4, World 4-1, World 4-4	Alternating between World N-1 and World N-4	Fire Mario	50	100
Limited-Course Battle / Limited-course battle / コース限定バトル	November 13, 2020 - November 15, 2020	World 5-1 to World 6-4	In order	Super Mario	35	100
Super Star Dash! / Speedy Super Star battle / スターとダッシュ！バトル	November 20, 2020 - November 22, 2020	World 1-1, World 2-1, World 2-3, World 3-1, World 3-2, World 5-4, World 6-2, World 6-4, World 8-1	Random from non-castle courses	Invincible Mario	20	20
Coin King Clash #2 / 2nd Coin King Championship / 第2回コイン王決定戦	November 27, 2020 - November 29, 2020	World 5-1, World 4-2, World 1-2, World 1-1, World 3-1, World 4-4, World 6-2	In order from 5-1	Small Mario	0	35
Watch Your Head! / Flying Festival battle! / 頭上注意！空中乱舞バトル	December 4, 2020 - December 6, 2020	World 1-1, World 2-1, World 2-2, World 3-1, World 3-2, World 4-1, World 5-2, World 5-4, World 6-1, World 6-2, World 6-4, World 7-1, World 7-2, World 7-4, World 8-2, World 8-3	Random	Fire Mario	50	75
Limited-Course Battle / Limited-course battle / コース限定バトル	December 11, 2020 - December 14, 2020	World 7-1 to World 7-3, World 8-1 to World 8-3	In order	Fire Mario	100	120
Blinded by Bullet Bills / Bullet Bill Barrage battle! / 弾幕危険！キラーまつり	December 18, 2020 - December 21, 2020	World 1-4, World 2-4, World 3-4, World 4-1, World 5-2, World 5-3, World 6-3, World 7-1, World 8-2, World 8-3	Random	Fire Mario	50	100
Full-Course Battle! / End of the Year battle! / 年末特別企画！フルコースバトル	December 25, 2020 - December 27, 2020	World 1-1 to World 8-4	In order from 1-1	Small Mario	0	35
Limited-Course Battle / Limited-course battle / コース限定バトル	January 1, 2021 - January 3, 2021	World 2-1 to World 3-4	In order	Super Mario	35	100
Coin King Clash #3 / 3rd Coin King Championship / 第3回コイン王決定戦	January 8, 2021 - January 10, 2021	World 1-1, World 5-1, World 5-2, World 2-1, World 6-2, World 3-1, World 8-1	In order	Small Mario	0	35
Athletic Course Battle / Athletic course battle / アスレチックコースバトル	January 15, 2021 - January 17, 2021	All N-3 courses in order	In order	Super Mario	100	200
Showdown at Bowser's Castle! [World Count Challenge #1] / 対決！クッパ城バトルふたたび (第1回ワールドカウントチャレンジ)	January 18, 2021 - January 25, 2021	World 1-1, World 1-4, World 2-1, World 2-4, World 3-1, World 3-4, World 4-1, World 5-1, World 5-4, World 6-4, World 8-1	Partially random	Fire Mario	50	100
Limited-World Battle / Limited-World Battle / ワールド限定バトル	January 29, 2021 - February 1, 2021	Features 2 (of 3) random worlds out of Worlds 2, 3, and 5	Random	Super Mario	0	60
1, 2, 3, 4 Course Battle / 1,2,3,4コースバトル	February 4, 2021 - February 7, 2021	World 1-1, World 1-3, World 1-4, World 2, World 3, World 4-1, World 4-3, World 5, World 6, World 7-2, World 7-3, World 8-1, World 8-2, World 8-3	Partially random	Super Mario	20	50
Coin King Clash #4 / 4th Coin King Championship / 第4回コイン王決定戦	February 11, 2021 - February 14, 2021	World 1-1 to World 8-4	In order from 1-1	Small Mario	0	35
Starting Splendor Battle / スーパー大盤振る舞いバトル	February 18, 2021 - February 21, 2021	World 1-1, World 2-1, World 2-2, World 4-1, World 4-2, World 6-2, World 6-3, World 7-2	Partially random	Fire Mario	200	400
Goombas Galore! [World Count Challenge #2] / 大盛り！クリボーまつり (第2回ワールドカウントチャレンジ)	February 22, 2021 - March 1, 2021	World 1-1, World 2-1, World 3-1, World 3-2, World 4-2, World 5-1, World 5-2, World 6-2, World 8-1	Partially random	Small Mario	0	35
Super Star Dash Returns! / スターとダッシュ！バトルふたたび	March 4, 2021 - March 7, 2021	World 1-1, World 2-1, World 2-3, World 2-4, World 3-1, World 3-2, World 3-4, World 5-2, World 6-2, World 7-3, World 8-1, World 8-3	Random	Invincible Mario	20	20
Coin King Clash #5 / 5th Coin King Championship / 第5回コイン王決定戦	March 11, 2021 - March 14, 2021	World 1-2, (World 2-1, World 3-1), (World 3-2, World 5-1), (World 3-3, World 6-3)	In order, parenthetical courses can be swapped with each other	Super Mario	0	50
Full-Course Battle Returns! / フルコースバトルふたたび	March 19, 2021 - March 21, 2021	World 1-1 to World 8-4	In order from 1-1	Small Mario	35	35
Variety Battle Finale / Final battle! / 最後のスペシャル！バラエティバトル	March 23, 2021 - March 29, 2021	Various past course sets	Various	Various	99	Various
フルコースバトル	March 30, 2021 - March 31, 2021	World 1-1 to World 8-4	In order from 1-1	Small Mario	35	35

Daily Challenges

Each day, the player got 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.

Update history

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.

Version 1.0.2

Release date: November 12, 2020

General Fixes

• Fixed an issue where large numbers of enemies appearing on-screen would result in gameplay slowdown.
• Fixed an issue where, under certain conditions, players were unable to throw fireballs underwater.
• Fixed an issue where a special input would enable players to unlock unopened courses.
• Treasure chest coin pool amounts are now displayed during spectator mode.
• Adjusted the sound effect that plays as shells or other objects rapidly bounce back and forth within a single-block opening.
• Adjusted the speed-up timing of the countdown timer.
• Improved the overall gameplay experience.

Specific/unlisted changes

• Fixed the placements of the Hidden Block containing 1-Up Mushroom and nearby blocks in World 6-1.

Reception

Super Mario Bros. 35 received generally positive reviews. It was generally praised for its twist on the original game, but the game received some criticism due to its repetitive gameplay, lack of game modes, and limited-time availability.

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
Nintendo Switch	Chris Carter, Destructoid	7/10	"There's plenty to criticize, but Super Mario Bros. 35 is a free download, so give it a shot. I've played many rounds already and will jump into plenty more until that fated March 2021 eShop removal death date. Hopefully Nintendo has a change of heart like they did with Jump Rope Challenge and updates the game to address some of its shortcomings: because it has even more potential than a temporary flight of fancy."
Nintendo Switch	Seth Macy, IGN	7/10	"Super Mario Bros. 35 is an extremely fun twist on the classic platformer and the battle royale formula with plenty to love, although it starts to lose its luster after just a few hours because repeating level 1-1 and a handful of other early levels becomes a chore. But before that happens, developing a winning strategy, perfecting each jump, and knowing just where and when to send your defeated enemies is a satisfying mental juggling act, and winning is a truly special feeling indeed."
Nintendo Switch	Chris Scullion, Nintendo Life	8/10	"Super Mario Bros. 35 gives Nintendo's most iconic game a jolt of life and it's massively welcome. Its matches could do with being a little shorter and it's difficult to see whether it's actually going to have changed much a few months down the line, but it says a lot about the quality of the experience that the biggest problem we have with it is that come April 2021 it won't exist anymore."
Nintendo Switch	Chris Button, GameSpot	7/10	"Delivering precisely what is advertised, Super Mario Bros. 35 delivers on familiar 2D platforming with an all-new competitive twist. Playing against 34 other Marios at once is a wonderful type of mayhem, as is facing off against hordes of enemies. However, early course repetition and late-game lulls slightly temper this Mushroom Kingdom celebration of Mario's 35 years."
Aggregators
Compiler		Score
Metacritic		75

Glitches

• The glitch to jump in midair from Super Mario Bros. was retained. When the player obtained a Super Mushroom or Fire Flower in midair and pressed while Mario was transforming, he would jump in midair. This worked with the Super Mushroom and Fire Flower from the Item Roulette.
• Like Super Mario Bros., jumping into the bottom corner of a ? Block with a power-up on top of it in a specific way caused Mario to get powered up from underneath the block. However, it was much rarer in Super Mario Bros. 35.
• Power-ups could be obtained from the side of the block if the screen was scrolled so there was gap less than one block to the left of the block, then Mario jumped into the gap.
• Touching a Super Mushroom and an enemy at the same time caused Mario's lower half to briefly clip into the ground before reverting to Small Mario.
  • Taking damage as Super Mario then shortly after powering up back to Super Mario would make Mario flash between Small Mario and Super Mario, which could make him fall through thin bridges.
  • If Small Mario touched a Super Mushroom while getting a Fire Flower in the Item Roulette, he would briefly look like Small Mario with Fire Mario's color palette and his lower half would briefly clip into the ground.
• Dying as Small Mario and getting a Super Mushroom in the Item Roulette at the same time made Mario's sprite grow to Super Mario, then move up and down like the death animation. Small Mario could also die while being Invincible Mario from the Item Roulette if hit at the same time.
• Before it was fixed in version 1.0.2, if the player pressed a direction and during the same frame, they would be able to advance to a stage adjacent to an unlocked level without unlocking it yet. If that stage was cleared, the player would unlock it.

Gallery

Logos

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  Logo with key art

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  Logo

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  Japanese logo

Screenshots

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  Notification stating that a new Special Battle is available

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  Notification stating that the player can access Coin Ranking

Play Nintendo

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  Banner from a release announcement

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References to other games

• Mario Bros.: The POW Block reused its sprite from the NES port of this game.
• Super Mario 3D World: The design of the time counter bore a resemblance to the one in this game.
• Super Mario Maker: The design of the coin counter bore a resemblance to the one in this game. The title screen music had similarities to the one in this game.
• Tetris 99: The game ran on the same engine used in this game. As such, the gameplay concept was similar to the one in this game, and various UI elements appeared to be a modified version of this game's UI. Players would reach Level 1★ after Level 99, and Level 1★★ after Level 99★.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スーパーマリオブラザーズ 35 Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Sātī Faibu	Super Mario Bros. 35
Chinese (simplified)	超级马力欧兄弟 35 Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Xiōngdì 35	Super Mario Bros. 35
Chinese (traditional)	超級瑪利歐兄弟 35 Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Xiōngdì 35	Super Mario Bros. 35
Korean	슈퍼 마리오브라더스 35 Syupeo Malio Beuladeoseu 35	Super Mario Bros. 35

Trivia

• In English, "Courses Played" in Stats was incorrectly described, it was actually the number of battles played.

External links

• Official Japanese website