![]() ![]() Yokoi suggested that instead of having Mario take damage from falling from high places like in Donkey Kong, he should be able to fall from any height. ![]() Industry legends Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi worked to produce a follow up to the success of Donkey Kong. But in 1983 Nintendo developed and released Mario Bros, a similar platform jumper like Donkey Kong, but this time changing jumpman’s name to Mario, and introducing his brother Luigi. As most people know, Mario got his start appearing in another arcade classic, Donkey Kong. The mustachioed plumber himself, and his green lookalike brother, Mario and Luigi, the Mario Brothers. To start the year off, let’s talk about one of gaming’s biggest and most recognizable mascots. So when I played the original game, I remember playing for quite awhile and finding myself saying, “when the heck am I going to get to Bowsers castle?” Although I never got there I didn’t understand that that wasn’t the point of the original Mario Bros. Needless to say I had come to expect a certain formula: collect power ups, defeat Bowser, and save Princess Peach. I had grown up only knowing the likes of Super Mario Bros, Super Mario World, and Super Mario 64. ![]() ![]() I remember the first time I ever played the original Mario Bros. ![]()
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