Much of the gameplay appears to have been inspired by an arcade game named Joust. The game features a simple stage in which the player plays in an endless game. Mario and Luigi in Phase 1 of the arcade version. The sewers are overrun by waves of enemies, which must be defeated for coins. The premise of this game revolves around twin plumbers, Mario and Luigi, who are in the sewer system of New York ( their house according to Atari ). 3.9 Nintendo Switch controls (Single Joy-Con).3.8 Nintendo Switch controls (Dual Joy-Con / Pro Controller).3, for Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and all four games in the Super Mario Advance series. are also included as separate minigames, functioning like the original game with updated graphics, in the two-player mode of Super Mario Bros. This was the first game to introduce a simultaneous two-player mode, coins, pipes, and POW Blocks.

Beyond featuring the Mario brothers, the Game & Watch game bears no similarity to the arcade game. However, this is incorrect as Luigi actually had previously appeared in the Game & Watch game of the same name, though the arcade game was in development first.

The game is often stated to be the first appearance of Luigi in a game moreover, Nintendo officially acknowledged this as well during the Year of Luigi that commemorated his debut. It was also released on the NES under the Arcade Classics Series series of games (a version itself later ported to other systems), Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari 7800 as well as a large multitude of home computer systems. is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released on June 21, 1983. Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online: Ocean Software (Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and Commodore 64 ports)Ītari Corporation (Atari 7800 and Atari 8-bit ports)Īrcade, NES, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, NEC PC-8001, Nintendo Pla圜hoice-10, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Game Boy Advance/ e-Reader, Virtual Console ( Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS), NES Classic Edition/Famicom Mini, Nintendo Switch ( Arcade Archives), Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online (Atari 2600 and Atari 5200 ports)Ĭhoice Software (Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum ports) Nintendo Research & Development 2 (Famicom/NES port) Ītari, Inc. Mario Bros.įor alternate box art, see the game's gallery. Not to be confused with Super Mario Bros.

Mario arcade games