History VideoGame / SuperMarioBros1

* EveryTenThousandPoints / LawOfOneHundred: 100 coins equal a OneUp.

* SuperDrowningSkills / SuperNotDrowningSkills: Yes, both of them. If you're underwater, nothing aside from the standard timer can stop you from staying under for as long as you want. On the other hand, falling into a pit filled with water doesn't even slow your fall.

* {{Kid Appeal Character}}s: The Mushroom Retainers are the first in the Mario franchise. There's one at the end of each world (except for the last one).

* {{Antepiece}}: the game has great level design involving interesting yet accessible setpieces. One tool it'll use is to build up to a complicated setpiece with an antepiece. For example, in the first level, there's a part with a staircase followed by a pit; jumping up the staircase without falling into the pit, and then getting over the pit, is a rather hard and scary proposition. So there's a part right before it which is mostly the same, except the pit won't kill you. This allows you to practice the setpiece in a safe environment. You can read more and see a picture of this setpiece-antepiece pair here: [[http://www.auntiepixelante.com/?p=465]]

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: ''VideoGame/TheGreatGianaSisters''. So much that Nintendo actually sued.

* AllThereInTheManual[=/=]EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** The Koopa are a clan of sorcerers who have brought the Mushroom Kingdom to ruin by transforming its citizens into the bricks you break (and thus the items are "gifts" from the transformed citizens to help you) and various other background objects. The only one who can break this curse is Princess Pea..., er "Toadstool"[[note]] She was always called "Peach" in Japan; the eventual compromise was making her full legal name "Princess Peach Toadstool"[[/note]], which is why Bowser has kidnapped her. This bit of lore was dropped in later games.
** The game also used RatchetScrolling, which prevented players from going back. Most Mario games after this abandoned this type of scrolling for AutoScrollingLevel in a few places while allowing backtracking in everything else.
** The timer also ticked away at a much faster pace compared to the later Mario games.

* RatchetScrolling / WhenAllElseFailsGoRight

*** The Game Boy Color version does allow you to scroll back slightly, but only because the screen is smaller than the NES version's.

* TimedMission

The first game in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series, but the [[OlderThanTheyThink third game overall]] that stars [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]], and the game that singlehandedly kicked off the EightBitEra. After appearing in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' and ''VideoGame/MarioBros'', the Mario brothers moved on to the game that set loads of standards. Not just for platform games, but just about any genre that used conventions established in this game.

NobuoUematsu has stated that the theme music, originally created by KojiKondo, should be Japan's national anthem.

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Averted; the game was released on a Friday the 13th, and yet it laughed in the face of bad luck and has become one of the most successful games of all time, in addition to having a role by proxy in revitalizing the North American video game industry.

** The Koopa are a clan of sorcerers who have brought the Mushroom Kingdom to ruin by transforming its citizens into the bricks you break (and thus the items are "gifts" from the transformed citizens to help you) and various other background objects. The only one who can break this curse is Princess Pea..., er "Toadstool"[[note]] She was always called "Peach" in Japan[[/note]], which is why Bowser has kidnapped her. This bit of lore was dropped in later games.

** IncrediblyLamePun: All of the overworld levels use the same background as World 3 and World 7 (which are night levels), hence the term "All Night".

** GameBreakingBug: But woe to you if you exceed 127 lives, because the life counter will overflow into negative lives, causing your next death to be a GameOver.

This game hit that sweet spot in the middle. It was simple enough that it could attain mass appeal, yet it also exhibited enough depth to be stimulating for more devoted gamers. Some might dismiss its sales due to being bundled, but it was sold separately in Japan[[hottip:*:and in North America at first]], and was still a smash hit. This game helped sell the {{NES}} to a game-weary audience, and elevated Nintendo to the top of the gaming companies.

* AllThereInTheManual[=/=]EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Koopa are a clan of sorcerers who have brought the Mushroom Kingdom to ruin by transforming its citizens into the bricks you break (and thus the items are "gifts" from the transformed citizens to help you) and various other background objects. The only one who can break this curse is Princess Pea..., er "Toadstool"[[hottip:*:She was always called "Peach" in Japan]], which is why Bowser has kidnapped her. This bit of lore was dropped in later games.

* ArtEvolution: According to [[http://www.nintendods.com/iwata-asks-chapter.jsp?interviewId=1&volumeId=8&chapterId=4 this Iwata Asks]], Miyamoto utilised external illustrators to flesh out his rough pencil sketches since ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''. When it came time to do this game's (Japanese) package illustration[[hottip:*: which was eventually used in the U.S. for the "How to Win at Super Mario Bros." strategy guide]], Miyamoto had to do the art himself, since there was no time left for him to hire a mainstream artist. [[http://www.mariowiki.com/images/f/fc/SuperMarioBrosArtwork2.jpg This was the result.]] It was Yoichi Kotabe who fleshed out the designs of the characters since then. Notable mention goes to Bowser. Miyamoto himself was aiming for the appearance of [[ALoadofBull an ox]] for Bowser's design, even though he's supposed to be a turtle. Upon reflection on this, Miyamoto remarked, "I'd been drawing something completely incomprehensible - a turtle's body with an ox's head!" In a MythologyGag, Midbus, Bowser's [[TheRival rival]] from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', more closely resembles an ox, with some [[FullBoarAction boar]] characteristics thrown in.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: There is actually only ''one'' Buzzy Beetle that can be killed with fireballs in this game. Guess where it can only be found!
** [[spoiler:It's inside a Bowser costume.]]

* FirstInstallmentWins: Sort of. While future games in the Mario series are just as, if not even more so, beloved in the fandom, this first one is undoubtedly the most famous.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioAllStars'' which also had [[VideoGame/DokiDokiPanic Dok-]][[DolledUpInstallment er,]] ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'', and VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3. And, in an Updated Rerelease of an Updated Rerelease, VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The TropeNamer.

And this of course had loads of sequels and follow-ups in the SuperMarioBros series, as well as loads of imitators.

The original game was remade with SNES graphics along with the other NES titles in ''Super Mario All-Stars''. There was also a GameBoyColor version called ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''. This included a challenge mode where you had to get a high score, collect 5 red coins, and find the Yoshi egg in each stage; a two-player race mode; badges and other images awarded for achievements; a high-score table; extra utilities and printables; a hidden "You vs. Boo" mode (a one-player version of the two-player game); and a hidden conversion of ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''.

** Sega's ''AlexKidd in Miracle World'' was not such an obvious clone, but still fits the trope (and was correspondingly packaged with or built in to the SegaMasterSystem, the NES's rival).
* AnimatedAdaptation: ''SuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' adapts both this and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''.
** Also, the anime movie ''TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach''.
* ArtEvolution: According to [[http://www.nintendods.com/iwata-asks-chapter.jsp?interviewId=1&volumeId=8&chapterId=4 this Iwata Asks]], Miyamoto utilised external illustrators to flesh out his rough pencil sketches since ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''. When it came time to do this game's (Japanese) package illustration[[hottip:*: which was eventually used in the U.S. for the "How to Win at Super Mario Bros." strategy guide]], Miyamoto had to do the art himself, since there was no time left for him to hire a mainstream artist. [[http://www.mariowiki.com/images/f/fc/SuperMarioBrosArtwork2.jpg This was the result.]] It was Yoichi Kotabe who fleshed out the designs of the characters since then. Notable mention goes to Bowser. Miyamoto himself was aiming for the appearance of [[ALoadofBull an ox]] for Bowser's design, even though he's supposed to be a turtle. Upon reflection on this, Miyamoto remarked, "I'd been drawing something completely incomprehensible - a turtle's body with an ox's head!" In a MythologyGag, Midbus, Bowser's [[TheRival rival]] from ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', more closely resembles an ox, with some [[FullBoarAction boar]] characteristics thrown in.
* ArtifactTitle: Although ''Super Mario Bros.'' has more elaborate play mechanics and greater production values than the original ''Mario Bros.'', it lacked its predecessor's 2-Player co-op mode (which was that game's big selling point). Since the 2-Player mode in this game is that of the alternating type, it reduces Luigi's role to a mere afterthought (since there's no point of having a separate Player 2 character if the players have to take turns anyway). [[SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels The Japanese sequel]] would try to justify Luigi's inclusion by removing the 2-Player mode and turning Luigi into an alternate character with [[DivergentCharacterEvolution different characteristics]], while the 2-Player mode in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' is designed around the fact that both players can split the stages among themselves or even compete against each other in a ''Mario Bros.''-style minigame.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: World 6-3, is either this, or simply a representation of snow.

* UpdatedRerelease: ''DX'' on the GameBoyColor, which also had ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' as UnlockableContent.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioAllStars'' which also had [[VideoGame/DokiDokiPanic Dok-]] [[DolledUpInstallment er,]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Super Mario Bros. 2]], and VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3. And, in an UpdatedRerelease of an UpdatedRerelease, VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld.

The first game in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, and probably the game that singlehandedly kicked off the EightBitEra. After appearing in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' and ''VideoGame/MarioBros'', the Mario brothers moved on to the game that set loads of standards. Not just for platform games, but just about any genre that used conventions established in this game.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: ''TheGreatGianaSisters''. So much that Nintendo actually sued.

* AnimatedAdaptation: ''SuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' adapts both this and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''

* AllThereInTheManual / EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Koopa are a clan of sorcerers who have brought the Mushroom Kingdom to ruin by transforming its citizens into the bricks you break (and thus the items are "gifts" from the transformed citizens to help you) and various other background objects. The only one who can break this curse is Princess Pea..., er "Toadstool"[[hottip:*:She was always called "Peach" in Japan]], which is why Bowser has kidnapped her. This bit of lore was dropped in later games.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: ''TheGreatGianaSisters''; so much that Nintendo sued.

* AnimatedAdaptation: The ''SuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' adapts both this and ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Super Mario Bros. 2]]''

The first game in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, and probably the game that singlehandedly kicked off the EightBitEra. After appearing in ''DonkeyKong'' and ''VideoGame/MarioBros'', the Mario brothers moved on to the game that set loads of standards. Not just for platform games, but just about any genre that used conventions established in this game.

* ArtEvolution: According to [[http://www.nintendods.com/iwata-asks-chapter.jsp?interviewId=1&volumeId=8&chapterId=4 this Iwata Asks]], Miyamoto utilised external illustrators to flesh out his rough pencil sketches since ''DonkeyKong''. When it came time to do this game's (Japanese) package illustration[[hottip:*: which was eventually used in the U.S. for the "How to Win at Super Mario Bros." strategy guide]], Miyamoto had to do the art himself, since there was no time left for him to hire a mainstream artist. [[http://www.mariowiki.com/images/f/fc/SuperMarioBrosArtwork2.jpg This was the result.]] It was Yoichi Kotabe who fleshed out the designs of the characters since then. Notable mention goes to Bowser. Miyamoto himself was aiming for the appearance of [[ALoadofBull an ox]] for Bowser's design, even though he's supposed to be a turtle. Upon reflection on this, Miyamoto remarked, "I'd been drawing something completely incomprehensible - a turtle's body with an ox's head!" In a MythologyGag, Midbus, Bowser's [[TheRival rival]] from ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', more closely resembles an ox, with some [[FullBoarAction boar]] characteristics thrown in.