Mario Bros. (1983)

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Mario Bros. (マリオブラザーズ, Mario Burazāzu) is a platform game published and developed for arcades by Nintendo in 1983. It was created by Shigeru Miyamoto. It has been featured as a minigame in the Super Mario Advance series and numerous other games. Mario Bros. has been re-released for the Wiis, Nintendo 3DSs, and Wii Us Virtual Console services in Japan, North America, Europe and Australia. In the game, Mario is portrayed as an Italian-American plumber who, along with his brother Luigi, has to defeat creatures that have been coming from the sewers. The gameplay focuses on Mario and Luigi exterminating the creatures by flipping them on their backs and kicking them away. The original versions of Mario Bros.—the arcade version and the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System (FC/NES) version—were received positively by critics.

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Platformer

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67%
Game Learners Score

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Score Explanation

We have found a total of 19 potential benefits associated to Mario Bros. (1983). Based on its gameplay, this game has some potential for educational use.

Three Potential Benefits

Visuomotor Control
Technical Education
Socialization

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One Recommendation

Broaden your perspective by actively choosing the opposing side (e.g. change team, opposite character, etc).

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