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MB Gold: Games: Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.
Minoru Arakawa fought to get the NES popular in the states, and this game fronted the war!

US Release Date: 1985

Japanese Release Date: 1984

Players: 1-2

Review: RealGTX's and Wasuki's

Unknown: http://www.mbgold.tripod.com/smbu.html

Characters: Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool (Peach), Mushroom Retainers ("Toads"), Bowser and his underlings who stood as him

New Elements: "Hop-n-bop", Magic Mushroom (becoming Super), Fire Flower (throwing fireballs), console (NES)

Story:
A princess in a far land needs the plumbers' help. Bowser has turned her kingdom's inhabitants to blocks and mushrooms, and she cannot do a thing about it--she is kidnapped! The previously small-time brothers must bust through Bowser's defenses and save the princess to save her kingdom!