Trivia
EGM rated it #1 out of 200 games of their time in the February 2006 issue.
Super Mario Bros. was voted #23 in the "Top 25 Platformers of All Time" poll in Retro Gamer Magazine (Issue 37).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 
(3026) on Jul 18, 2007.
Super Mario Bros. was popular enough to have a breakfast cereal based on the game called the "Nintendo Cereal System", and was co-packaged with Legend of Zelda cereal. The sweetened corn bits were in the shape of Mario, Koopa Troopa, Goomba, Bowser, and a Super Mushroom.
Super Mario Bros. was popular enough to have a TV cartoon based on it in the late 1980's-early 1990's. It starred "Captain" Lou Albano as Mario, and Danny Wells as Luigi in the live-action segments, and animated Mario cartoons Monday-Thursday (Friday was for cartoons based on Legend of Zelda).
IGN.com rated Super Mario Bros. #1 game of all time for revolutionary graphics and gameplay at the time of its release.
Mario is named after the Italian landlord, Mario Segali, from New York, where Nintendo of America was located back then.
Contributed by
Robbb (133) on Sep 21, 2005.
Surprisingly, Mario's trademark toothbrush mustache and red hat were the result of artists cutting corners. During the game's development, it was decided that giving him a hat and a mustache would be easier than drawing and animating hair and a mouth.
Contributed by
Maw (828) on Nov 07, 2004.
It is widely believed that the billionth game unit sold by Nintendo was Super Mario Bros.
Contributed by
Maw (828) on Oct 09, 2004.
Joe Dixon released a spoof version of Super Mario Bros in later 2002. It replaces Mario, Toadstool, and the enemies with characters from South Park.
Contributed by
Maw (828) on Aug 24, 2004.
Super Mario Bros. was voted #2 in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll published by Game Informer Magazine (Issue 100, August 2001).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 (3026) on Jun 29, 2004.
The first Mario appearance in a game was in the arcade Donkey Kong, in 1981.
Contributed by
Mumm-Ra (387) on Mar 13, 2003.
According to the Guiness Book Of Records, Super Mario Bros. is the best-selling video game of all time, with a total of 40.23 million units sold worldwide, as of 1999. The whole Mario Bros. series has 26 games and sold over 152 million copies since 1983, according to Guiness.
Contributed by
Mumm-Ra (387) on Mar 13, 2003.
Super Mario Brothers was released in Japan on Friday the 13th.
Contributed by
Kartanym (9970) on Mar 02, 2003.
For a time, Super Mario Brothers was the game that you received free when you purchased your new NES system. It was packaged along with the Zapper Light Gun and the game Duck Hunt.
Contributed by
Jeanne (48786) on Sep 29, 2002.
