Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary: Difference between revisions

[[File:Super Mario 35th.png|thumb|Official logo of the ''Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary'']]

The '''''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary''' was an event taking place from September 2020 to March 2021, celebrating thirty five years since the start of the mainline [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]] with the release of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' in 1985. The celebration was originally announced on September 3, 2020 with the ''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary Direct,<ref>Nintendo. (September 3, 2020). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_UcjEq2Dgk&t Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 3, 2020.</ref> and was commemorated with in-game events, tie-ins, merchandise, [[My Nintendo]] rewards, and the announcement of several new ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]''-series titles.

The official celebration was concluded on March 31, 2021. The celebration was preceded by the [[Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary|30th anniversary]] celebration in 2015.  

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Three of these games, ''Super Mario 3D All-Stars'', ''Super Mario Bros. 35'', and ''Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.'', had a limited release and were only made available during the anniversary period.

*The 18th Maximus Cup in ''{{wp|Tetris 99}}'' used ''Super Mario All-Stars'' as the primary theme.<ref>Nintendo (December 1, 2020). [https://youtu.be/1DmYdUhToPQ Tetris® 99 – 18th MAXIMUS CUP Gameplay Trailer – Nintendo Switch]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 1, 2020.</ref>

*A ''Mario''-themed ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' online tournament called Super Star Showdown, only allowing the use of ''Mario''-series [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate#Playable characters|characters]], [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate#Stages|stages]], and [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate#Items|items]]

*The ''Mario''-themed [[inkipedia:Super Mushroom vs. Super Star|Super Mushroom vs. Super Star Splatfest]] for ''[[inkipedia:Splatoon 2|Splatoon 2]]'' taking place on January 16th, 2021.<ref>[https://nintendowire.com/news/2020/12/09/super-mario-35th-anniversary-team-super-mushroom-vs-team-super-star-splatfest-coming-january-16th/ Nintendo Wire]. Retrieved December 10, 2020.</ref> Players may choose between the [[Super Mushroom]] or [[Super Star]] as their favorite [[List of power-ups|power-up]]

*''Super Mario''-themed [[nookipedia:Furniture|furniture]] and [[nookipedia:Clothing|clothings]] added to [[nookipedia:Animal Crossing: New Horizons|''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'']] in an update on February 25th, 2021, the items available starting March 1st, 2021.

**Visiting the official [[nookipedia:Nintendo Island|Nintendo Island]] ("Ninten") in the same game between March 9th and March 24th, 2021.

*[[nookipedia:Mario's hat cushion|Mario's hat cushion]] added as a gift furniture in [[nookipedia:Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp|''Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp'']] between March 2 and March 24, 2021. In addition, reissues for both Super Mario event items were issued during the same time period, with related My Nintendo Super Mario 35th Anniversary missions to be issued at a later date.

*The 20th Maximus Cup in ''Tetris 99'' used ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'' as the primary theme.<ref>Nintendo (March 2, 2021). [https://youtu.be/FbO_O3IcuHo Tetris® 99 - 20th MAXIMUS CUP Gameplay Trailer - Nintendo Switch]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved March 2, 2021.</ref>

*A ''Super Mario''-themed clothing line from BlackMilk<ref>https://blog.blackmilkclothing.com/something-is-coming/</ref>

*[[wikipedia:Hasbro|Hasbro]]'s release of [[wikipedia:Jenga|Jenga]]: ''Super Mario'' edition and their ''Super Mario'' Celebration edition of [[wikipedia:Monopoly|Monopoly]]<ref>https://mario.nintendo.com/news/nintendo-marks-the-35th-anniversary-of-super-mario-bros-with-games-products-and-in-game-events</ref> Both were released on August 1, 2020.<ref>"The Mushroom Kingdom teams up with two classic games for even more fun! The Monopoly Super Mario Celebration Edition and Jenga: Super Mario will be available 8/1.", [https://twitter.com/nintendoamerica/status/1283831264525647874 Nintendo of America on Twitter], posted July 16, 2020.</ref>

*[[wikipedia:Jakks Pacific|JAKKS Pacific]]'s "It's-a-Me, Mario!" action figure<ref>https://jakks.com/its-a-me-mario/</ref>

*The Japan-exclusive [[wikipedia:Alba (watch)|Alba]] ''Super Mario'' Watch Collection<ref>Nintendo (Nintendo of Japan). (September 3, 2020.) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5nqRrqFFZI&feature=youtu.be&t=7m57s スーパーマリオブラザーズ35周年 Direct]. YouTube. Retrieved September 3, 2020.</ref><ref>https://www.alba.jp/lineup/index.php?gid=67</ref>

[[File:SMB 35th Anniversary Pins.jpg|thumb|right|35th anniversary pins (Wave 1)]]

***Monopoly: ''Super Mario Bros.'' Celebration! edition

***Monopoly: ''Super Mario'' Celebration edition

[[File:SMB 35th Anniversary Pins 2.jpg|thumb|right|35th anniversary pins (Wave 2)]]

*Monopoly ''Super Mario''Celebration edition from Hasbro (day 12 prize: November 28, 2020)

*Mario and Yoshi Definitive Edition from First 4 Figures (day 20 prize: December 6, 2020)

*Hot Wheels Mario Kart Circuit Track Set from Mattel (day 21 prize: December 7, 2020)

*[[wikipedia:Gen Hoshino|Gen Hoshino]], a well-known Japanese singer and songwriter, starred in a Japanese commercial to promote the ''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary.<ref>Nintendo (Nintendo of Japan). (September 3, 2020.) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrRS3x6aNnw スーパーマリオブラザーズ35周年 TVCM]. YouTube. Retrieved September 4, 2020.</ref> In the commercial, he also unveiled and performed his new song, "Souzou / Create".<ref>https://twitter.com/gen_senden/status/1301662533145620482</ref>

*New ''Mario''-related user icons for the [[Nintendo Switch]] were added on November 30, 2020.

*{{wp|Amazon (company)|Amazon}} randomly delivered products in ''Mario''-themed boxes even if the product had nothing to do with the series.<ref>https://nintendowire.com/news/2020/11/02/amazon-launches-super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-page-and-shipping-out-mario-themed-boxes-this-november/</ref> They also launched a ''Mario''-themed page to celebrate the anniversary.

*During {{wp|the Game Awards 2020}}, the {{wp|London Philharmonic Orchestra}} performed a medley of ''Mario'' themes at the {{wp|Abbey Road Studios}} in celebration of the anniversary, conducted by {{wp|Lorne Balfe}}. The medley consisted of the [[Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)|Ground Theme]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', "[[Inside the Castle Walls]]" from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]]'s theme and the main theme from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', and [[Cascade Kingdom|Fossil Falls]]' theme and "[[Jump Up, Super Star!]]" from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''.<ref>thegameawards (December 10, 2020). [https://youtu.be/qjRYEHYbWvQ London Philharmonic Performs a Super Mario Bros. Medley at The Game Awards 2020]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 13, 2020.</ref>

One of the web-based My Nintendo missions featured on the official Mario portal as part of this anniversary was completing a quiz about ''Mario'' games.<ref>[https://mario.nintendo.com/quiz/ Mario Quiz]. ''mario.nintendo.com''. Retrieved November 19, 2020. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20200903212745/https://mario.nintendo.com/quiz/ Archived] September 3, 2020, 21:27:45 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> To start the quiz, the user has to select a difficulty (Easy or Hard), each with different questions. After answering all questions on one difficulty, the user is shown how many answers they got right and can choose to take the quiz again on the same difficulty or try the other difficulty. The following are the questions and answers featured in the quiz for both difficulty levels.

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