Super Mario Bros. being playable on a Nintendo system is not particularly surprising, but that it should first appear on Switch in its VS. incarnation is a welcome bonus. The excellent gameplay, catchy music and a large chunk of the levels are still present, but the new stages make for a different feel that muscle-memory won't get you through. Those...
Mario Bros.1983
Mario Bros.
1983 Nintendo75Good
Playtime
BriefTypically 1 hour
Playable on
Available on
- $7.99
Game modes
- 2 players
Details
- Launch
- July 14, 1983
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D1
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Themes
Overview
Mario Bros. is an arcade game published by Nintendo and developed by Shigeru Miyamoto. The platform puzzle which first introduced Luigi to the world has both single and multiplayer action with two differing game types, but with the same objective. Crabs, turtles and fighter flies must be cleared out by jumping underneath the platform they sit on, then kicking them away. Each level is cleared when a set number of coins is collected. For the two player mode, the first to collect the set amount of coins wins.
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Reception
Press78
Good- OpenCritic78from 3 reviews
Mario Bros. hasn’t aged particularly well over the years and isn’t the big bang of a debut we wanted from Nintendo’s back catalogue on Switch. That being said, playing two-player is still a decent distraction and competing for high scores online is addictive enough to keep you coming back every now and again for another short dose of the plumbers.
This is a retro port that’s been treated with full respect
While it's not going to set the world on fire, Arcade Archives Mario Bros. is the best home version of the classic arcade game ever released.
As the first Nintendo Arcade Archives release, Mario Bros. is a solid game that's still fun to play.