Arcade Archives: Mario Bros.

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  • Publisher: Hamster
  • Release Date: Sep 27, 2017
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6.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 3 out of 15

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  1. JJTX
    Apr 28, 2019
    7
    As it did with Donkey Kong, Nintendo waited almost four decades before it finally released an authorized, direct port of its seminal arcade game Mario Bros. It looks and plays better than the Nintendo Entertainment System version, to be sure, but may feel a bit clumsy to players whose primary exposure comes from the Super Mario Advance versions. Mr. Miyamoto's team had not quite figuredAs it did with Donkey Kong, Nintendo waited almost four decades before it finally released an authorized, direct port of its seminal arcade game Mario Bros. It looks and plays better than the Nintendo Entertainment System version, to be sure, but may feel a bit clumsy to players whose primary exposure comes from the Super Mario Advance versions. Mr. Miyamoto's team had not quite figured out running and jumping physics yet, so everything feels slippery and awkward -- a lot like its Famicom and later NES contemporary, Ice Climber. Mario Bros. is a difficult game, but a rewarding one for those with the patience to adapt to its unusual gameplay.… Expand

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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. Vooks
    Oct 2, 2017
    80
    While Mario Bros. is one of the less exciting classic games out there, everything else in this release set a new standard for retro re-releases.
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  2. Video Chums
    Sep 28, 2017
    63
    As the first Nintendo Arcade Archives release, Mario Bros. is a solid game that's still fun to play. Here's hoping we get to see the classic Donkey Kong games and more obscure titles like Popeye sometime soon.
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  3. Nintendo Life
    Sep 28, 2017
    70
    Mario Bros. isn’t the best game Nintendo ever made, but the optional Hi-Score and Caravan modes force you into playing it in a way that (surprisingly) makes it far more entertaining. Arcade games of this type were always designed for short, five-minute bursts of play, so the Switch’s handheld nature makes it the perfect platform for this. More importantly, this is a chance for retro Nintendo fans to play and own a flawless rendition of the arcade version for the first time ever, for far less than the hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars an old cabinet would sell for these days.
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