“Super Mario Bros.” Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan 25 years ago today on the Famicom, the Japanese version of what Americans call the Nintendo Entertainment System. Since then, Mario has become one of the most iconic characters and entertainment brands in the world.

Mario had previously appeared in the arcade games Donkey Kong and Mario Bros., but it was Super Mario Bros. that propelled the Italian plumber to icon status and contributed significantly to making video games commonplace in homes around the world and reversing the video game crash of the early ’80s.The game was bundled with the Nintendo Entertainment System in the U.S., and it’s tough to say whether it was successful because of the NES or vice versa, but either way, Super Mario Bros. has sold more than 40 million copies over the past 25 years. In fact, it was the best-selling video game of all time until just recently. That title now belongs to Wii Sports, the game bundled with the Nintendo Wii.
To celebrate the 25th Anniversary, Nintendo released a video, which we’ve embedded below. It’s a sort of video timeline of the major Mario releases, though it omits Super Mario Kart and other genre-bending spinoffs that have featured Mario and friends.
We’ve also included Nintendo’s Mario timeline graphic in case you don’t want to sit through the video. The Guardian also listed 25 fun Mario facts and Nintendo launched a star-studded ad campaign to commemorate the date.

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WOW!


I remember when the NES was released and wanting one so bad as a kid.
I got one and had 2 games to start with. Super Mario Bros. (which came with the system) and Kung Fu.

Doesn't seem at all like that was 25 years ago ....


I really am getting old.

Thanks for reminding me Capt.

I've got a couple of his games for my Nintendo DS.

It is one of the Games which i played a lot when I was a kid ! ...

congrats on being so old mario!

Honestly you youngsters thinking 25 is old, he's still a baby

Joan Archer said:

Honestly you youngsters thinking 25 is old, he's still a baby

I'm still playing Mario Kart with friends of mine. Last two are buying beer. Great game+beer comes for free