Super Mario Bros. Turns 30: What the Game Done for Gamers
Do you remember Super Mario Bros.? Thirty years ago yesterday, it was released to the public.
According to Yahoo, Nintendo released the iconic game on Sept. 13, 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was the first stand-alone game from the iconic character.
Lead game designer Shigeru Miyamoto recently spoke about the game's 30th anniversary and how the game came about. Miyamoto said, "When we finished it, myself and Mr. [Takashi] Tezuka and Mr. [Yusuke] Nakano who has been working on the games with us for a long time; he's a programmer the three of us went out to a small country music club close to the old headquarters in Kyoto and we all had a little kanpai [a celebratory toast] to celebrate the completion of the game.
"So maybe for the 30th anniversary, the three of us should get back together and go back to that same pub and do a little kanpai," he added.
Super Mario Bros. went on to be one of the best selling games of all time, selling over 310 million copies. It was the first game to not include an instruction booklet, but players quickly figured out the buttons.
The game went on to produce sequels and spin offs like Mario Kart, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy. The franchise has also branched out into other Nintendo-made consoles like Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64 and most recently the Wii U.
The most recent Mario game, Super Mario Maker, was released on Sept. 11 and is projected to be one of the best selling Wii U games of 2015. Miyamoto was a part of the game, but did not design any of the levels in the game.
The game also branched out of the video gaming industry, being adapted to a Saturday morning cartoon, a breakfast cereal and even a movie.
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