Tuesday, September 14, 2010

25 Years of Super Mario Bros.

Posted by Soulskill on Monday September 13, @04:16PM
from the don't-let-him-get-into-the-birthday-beer dept.
harrymcc writes"On September 13th 1985, Nintendo released Super Mario Bros. for the Famicom (NES) in Japan. It went on to become the best-selling video game of all time, a title it only recently lost. Over at Technologizer, Benj Edwards is celebrating the anniversary with a look at some of the weirdest variations, spinoffs, and tributes the game has inspired over the years, from edibles to art projects."The Guardian's games blog adds a bunch of Mario-related trivia, and CVG attempts to explain the history of Mario games. Nintendo is capitalizing on the anniversary by announcing an upcoming collection of classic Mario games (Japanese site,English explanation) that have been ported to the Wii.

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