<s>
Italian	O
twin	O
brother	O
plumbers	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
Luigi	O
exterminate	O
creatures	O
emerging	O
from	O
the	O
sewers	O
by	O
knocking	O
them	O
upside-down	O
and	O
kicking	O
them	O
away	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
franchise	I-Application
,	O
but	O
originally	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
spin-off	O
from	O
the	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elements	O
introduced	O
in	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
such	O
as	O
spinning	O
bonus	O
coins	O
,	O
turtles	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
flipped	O
onto	O
their	O
backs	O
,	O
and	O
Luigi	O
were	O
carried	O
over	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
and	O
became	O
staples	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
is	O
included	O
as	O
a	O
mini	O
game	O
in	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Advance	O
series	O
and	O
numerous	O
other	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
has	O
been	O
re-released	O
through	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
online	O
stores	O
for	O
later	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
features	O
two	O
plumbers	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
Luigi	O
,	O
having	O
to	O
investigate	O
the	O
sewers	O
of	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
after	O
strange	O
creatures	O
have	O
been	O
appearing	O
down	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mechanics	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
involve	O
only	O
running	O
and	O
jumping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
future	O
Mario	B-Application
games	O
,	O
players	O
cannot	O
jump	O
on	O
enemies	O
and	O
squash	O
them	O
,	O
unless	O
they	O
were	O
already	O
turned	O
on	O
their	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
and	O
Gunpei	O
Yokoi	O
,	O
two	O
of	O
the	O
lead	O
developers	O
for	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
,	O
Mario	B-Application
dies	O
if	O
he	O
falls	O
too	O
far	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros.	O
,	O
Yokoi	O
suggested	O
to	O
Miyamoto	O
that	O
Mario	B-Application
should	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
fall	O
from	O
any	O
height	O
,	O
which	O
Miyamoto	O
was	O
not	O
sure	O
of	O
,	O
thinking	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
make	O
it	O
"	O
not	O
much	O
of	O
a	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
designed	O
a	O
prototype	O
that	O
had	O
Mario	B-Application
"	O
jumping	O
and	O
bouncing	O
around	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
was	O
satisfied	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
appearance	O
in	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
with	O
overalls	O
,	O
a	O
hat	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
thick	O
moustache	O
,	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
thought	O
that	O
he	O
should	O
be	O
a	O
plumber	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
a	O
carpenter	O
,	O
and	O
designed	O
this	O
game	O
to	O
reflect	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
popular	O
story	O
of	O
how	O
Mario	B-Application
went	O
from	O
Jumpman	O
to	O
Mario	B-Application
is	O
that	O
an	O
Italian-American	O
landlord	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
Segale	O
,	O
had	O
barged	O
in	O
on	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
's	O
staff	O
to	O
demand	O
rent	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
name	O
Jumpman	O
after	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
introduced	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
brother	O
,	O
Luigi	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
by	O
doing	O
a	O
palette	O
swap	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two-player	O
mode	O
and	O
several	O
aspects	O
of	O
gameplay	O
were	O
inspired	O
by	O
Joust	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
date	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
dozen	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
song	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
later	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
Mario	I-Application
Mix	I-Application
and	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
Brawl	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
was	O
initially	O
labeled	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
was	O
ported	O
by	O
other	O
companies	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
7800	I-General_Concept
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
computer	I-Device
version	O
by	O
Sculptured	O
Software	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
home	O
port	O
which	O
includes	O
the	O
falling	O
icicles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
(	O
NES	B-Language
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
June	O
23	O
,	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
later	O
NES	B-Language
port	O
was	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
called	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
(	O
Classic	O
Series	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
was	O
ported	O
via	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
service	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
Europe	O
and	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
,	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	B-Language
version	O
was	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
's	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Advance	O
series	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Mario	B-Application
&	I-Application
Luigi	I-Application
:	I-Application
Superstar	I-Application
Saga	I-Application
,	O
The	O
NES	B-Language
version	O
is	O
included	O
as	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
furniture	O
in	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
many	O
other	O
NES	B-Language
games	O
,	O
though	O
this	O
one	O
requires	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Application
e-Reader	I-Application
and	O
a	O
North	O
America-exclusive	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
e-Card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Namco	O
released	O
an	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
containing	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
,	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	O
and	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
was	O
altered	O
for	O
the	O
vertical	O
screen	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
visible	O
play	O
area	O
cropped	O
on	O
the	O
sides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
was	O
initially	O
a	O
modest	O
success	O
in	O
arcades	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
estimated	O
2,000	O
arcade	O
cabinets	O
sold	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
July	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
on	O
their	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
1983	O
,	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
third	O
most-successful	O
new	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
sold	O
3,800	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
arcade	O
cabinets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
date	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
Famicom	O
version	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
has	O
sold	O
more	O
than	O
1.63	O
million	O
copies	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Famicom	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
re-release	O
has	O
sold	O
more	O
than	O
90,000	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
(	O
NES	B-Language
)	O
version	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
sell	O
cartridges	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
version	O
also	O
sold	O
cartridges	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
bestselling	O
games	B-Application
of	I-Application
1983	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
brings	O
total	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
NES	B-Language
and	O
Famicom	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
cartridge	O
sales	O
to	O
units	O
sold	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	B-Language
and	O
Atari	O
versions	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
said	O
the	O
NES	B-Language
version	O
is	O
"	O
incredibly	O
good	O
fun	O
"	O
especially	O
in	O
two-player	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
VCS	I-Application
version	O
is	O
"	O
just	O
as	O
much	O
fun	O
"	O
but	O
with	O
graphical	O
restrictions	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
7800	I-General_Concept
version	O
is	O
slightly	O
better	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2009	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
re-release	O
of	O
the	O
NES	B-Language
version	O
later	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
,	O
but	O
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
gamers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
release	O
,	O
GameSpot	O
criticized	O
the	O
NES	B-Language
version	O
for	O
being	O
a	O
poor	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
criticizes	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
ports	O
in	O
general	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
this	O
is	O
just	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
ports	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
of	O
it	O
throughout	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
complimented	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
version	O
's	O
gameplay	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
it	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
decision	O
to	O
release	O
an	O
"	O
inferior	O
"	O
NES	B-Language
port	O
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
said	O
that	O
since	O
most	O
people	O
have	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
on	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Advance	O
games	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
is	O
not	O
worth	O
500	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
Points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
e-Reader	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
was	O
slightly	O
more	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
IGN	O
,	O
who	O
praised	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
it	O
for	O
lack	O
of	O
multiplayer	O
and	O
for	O
not	O
being	O
worth	O
the	O
purchase	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Advance	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Advance	O
releases	O
and	O
Mario	B-Application
&	I-Application
Luigi	I-Application
:	I-Application
Superstar	I-Application
Saga	I-Application
all	O
featured	O
the	O
same	O
version	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
(	O
titled	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
Classic	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mode	O
was	O
first	O
included	O
in	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Advance	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
simplicity	O
and	O
entertainment	O
value	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
called	O
this	O
mode	O
fun	O
in	O
its	O
review	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
World	I-Application
:	I-Application
Super	I-Application
Mario	I-Application
Advance	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
but	O
complained	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
nice	O
if	O
the	O
developers	O
had	O
come	O
up	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
to	O
replace	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
review	O
of	O
Yoshi	B-Device
's	I-Device
Island	I-Device
:	I-Device
Super	I-Device
Mario	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
3	I-Device
criticizes	O
it	O
more	O
so	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
review	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Advance	O
2	O
because	O
Nintendo	O
chose	O
not	O
to	O
add	O
multiplayer	O
to	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
mini-games	O
found	O
in	O
that	O
game	O
,	O
sticking	O
instead	O
with	O
an	O
identical	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
game	O
found	O
in	O
previous	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
's	O
review	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Advance	O
4	O
:	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
3	I-Application
calls	O
it	O
a	O
throwaway	O
feature	O
that	O
could	O
have	O
simply	O
been	O
gutted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
reviewers	O
were	O
not	O
as	O
negative	O
on	O
the	O
feature	O
's	O
use	O
in	O
later	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Advance	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
its	O
use	O
being	O
criticized	O
in	O
most	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Advance	O
games	O
,	O
a	O
GameSpy	O
review	O
called	O
the	O
version	O
found	O
in	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Advance	O
2	O
a	O
blast	O
to	O
play	O
in	O
multi-player	O
because	O
it	O
only	O
requires	O
at	O
least	O
two	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advances	I-Device
,	O
one	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
link	O
cable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
called	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
Family	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
Disk	I-Device
System	I-Device
,	O
with	O
added	O
features	O
and	O
revisions	O
to	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
,	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
made	O
two	O
different	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
reimagining	O
with	O
new	O
phases	O
and	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
games	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Device
PC-8801	I-Device
,	O
FM-7	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Sharp	B-Device
X1	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Clash	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
straight	O
remake	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
VB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
stereoscopic	B-Algorithm
3D	I-Algorithm
Mario	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
bumping	O
them	O
from	O
below	O
,	O
like	O
in	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros.	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
hit	O
enemies	O
using	O
Shellcreeper	O
shells	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
3D	I-Application
World	I-Application
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
contains	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Bros	O
.	O
starring	O
Luigi	O
:	O
Luigi	O
Bros	O
.	O
</s>
