fluffydelusions
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How many people actually cared about "mario bros" though enough to pay $8. Super mario bros yes that I get but the original? Nah. Kinda like street fighter....no one cares about the 1st one...it's all about sf2
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How many people actually cared about "mario bros" though enough to pay $8. Super mario bros yes that I get but the original? Nah. Kinda like street fighter....no one cares about the 1st one...it's all about sf2
Yeah, but I guess when the first game in your new Arcade Archive series is VS Mario Bros, it's a bit of a bad look. It's not a particularly high value title unfortunately. Punch Out would make a much more compelling case for leading the pack.
I'd buy SF1 for 8 bucks. It's a shit game but I love the sounds. Plus the Dragon Punch is so OP it's hilarious. Given the choice I'd rather have SF2 though, so I see your point.
OrbitalBeard
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Mario Bros. is a classic game and I'm sure plenty would care about it more if there weren't already a bunch of other ways to play a version of it.
I don't really think this is completely true. Maybe I'm off, but my impression has always been that Super Mario Bros is a classic game that everyone cares about, but Mario Bros is a far less known arcade title with limited gameplay and the only interest it in being historical curiosity since it features beloved characters in a strange oddity of a bygone era.
OrbitalBeard
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Well yeah, it's not even close to the status of something like Donkey Kong or Super Mario Bros, but it's still generally considered a high point in Nintendo's early arcade days. Maybe "classic" is a bit too strong though.
Maintenance
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OrbitalBeard
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Yeah, you can play all of them solo.
andrerobot
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VS. Mario Bros doesn't exist. Perhaps you mean: Mario Bros.
RadarScope1
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Longtime GAFers saying Mario Bros. isn't a classic?
What the actual fuck is going on here?
What the actual fuck is going on here?
OrbitalBeard
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If you compare it to some of Nintendo's other games from that era, I can see where duckroll is coming from.
fluffydelusions
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I don't think anyone is saying it isn't a classic or a bad game (it's neither) but rather many associate Super Mario Bros as where the series was defined? And (me personally) I can't see many people wanting to pay $8 for the original Mario Bros(SMB yes IMO). I grew up on this in the 80s btw. SMB was the game changer IMO.
MindCollizion
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I had a blast with Mario Bros. as a kid and haven't played it since. Look forward to it.
Do we know if these are going to have a consistent release schedule like Hamster's Neogeo stuff? Would be nice to know if I can get my grubby mitts on Punch-Out and Vs Super Mario Bros Soon 
Not sure if I'll be getting Mario Bros (that heavily depends on how much my college buddies want to play that), since 8 bucks for that is prettty steep, but I might be able to stomach it.
You couldn't even get me to pay 99 cents for Vs Urban Champion though, let alone 8 dollars! I don't get why Nintendo keeps insisting on re-releasing that piece of garbage, and now Hamster is too...
Not sure if I'll be getting Mario Bros (that heavily depends on how much my college buddies want to play that), since 8 bucks for that is prettty steep, but I might be able to stomach it.
You couldn't even get me to pay 99 cents for Vs Urban Champion though, let alone 8 dollars! I don't get why Nintendo keeps insisting on re-releasing that piece of garbage, and now Hamster is too...
Hey, your username is a classic Nintendo arcade game.
I think Mario Bros is a classic. I think its one of the first cooperative 2 player arcade games. It definitely paved the way for the Bubble Bobble series.
Yes, its not as iconic as Donkey Kong or Super Mario Bros though.
EDIT: Game isnt up on the UK eShop yet. Anybody know what time it goes live?
OrbitalBeard
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While we're talking about classic Nintendo arcade games...
Ok, not really, but I love it and hope it's a part of Arcade Archives in the future.
Do we know if these are going to have a consistent release schedule like Hamster's Neogeo stuff? Would be nice to know if I can get my grubby mitts on Punch-Out and Vs Super Mario Bros Soon
Not sure if I'll be getting Mario Bros (that heavily depends on how much my college buddies want to play that), since 8 bucks for that is prettty steep, but I might be able to stomach it.
You couldn't even get me to pay 99 cents for Vs Urban Champion though, let alone 8 dollars! I don't get why Nintendo keeps insisting on re-releasing that piece of garbage, and now Hamster is too...
Hamster has charged more for even worse arcade classics before.
While we're talking about classic Nintendo arcade games...
Ok, not really, but I love it and hope it's a part of Arcade Archives in the future.
Underrated AF.
fluffydelusions
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Excitebike sure was something back in the day. Was it the first game with a track editor? I'm not sure but I feel like it was the first one I played.
Worse than Urban Championship? Damn that's impressive, because even as a Nintendo fan, that game is up there with the worst imo!
Agreed on Donkey Kong 3 though, I know it isn't that popular but its a fun, strange little shooter.
fredrancour
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it's a game i've mostly ignored when it was included free in other things. it's a historical curiosity for my friends and I as people born after it came out. i don't think there was ever a point where I'd have paid this price for it.
While we're talking about classic Nintendo arcade games...
Ok, not really, but I love it and hope it's a part of Arcade Archives in the future.
Great game actually. But Stanley the Bug Man? Wheres my Mario. And despite the presentation the game is actually a shooter.
RadarScope1
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While we're talking about classic Nintendo arcade games...
Ok, not really, but I love it and hope it's a part of Arcade Archives in the future.
Yes, it's good!
Have you played Radar Scope?
Also, Mario Bros still not ready to buy on the eShop.
Not in the U.S.
Ah ace! Didn't know it was going up today
Is there a friend filter on the online leaderboards?
Booker.DeWitt
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too expensive, come on
NeoZeedeater
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Co-operative? I spent my time trying to kill the other player.
"Hey, you're wasting my money! We're on the same side!".I consider it a classic, too. It was especially awesome at the time when there wasn't much like it. Donkey Kong 3 is underrated, too.
Co-operative? I spent my time trying to kill the other player.
I consider it a classic, too. It was especially awesome at the time when there wasn't much like it. Donkey Kong 3 is underrated, too.
Yea. 2 player Mario Bros turns delightfully vicious fast. Definitely recommended if you have someone to play locally. So good.
Really happy about this release. I've only ever played the NES Mario Bros Classic version. Just downloaded.
The games hard and most of us are spoiled by Marios modern movements.
You cant jump up vertically and then move left or right in the air, which was possible even in Super Mario Bros.
But playing it almost every feature reappears in Super Mario Bros, 2 years later. Except the POW block.
You cant jump up vertically and then move left or right in the air, which was possible even in Super Mario Bros.
But playing it almost every feature reappears in Super Mario Bros, 2 years later. Except the POW block.
Ruud_Luiten
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Talk with your wallet...
These prices :lol
These prices :lol
NeoZeedeater
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Yeah, it might be hard for people that didn't grow up with the original to deal with those controls. Nintendo even updated the game with air left/right movement in later 8-bit releases (Kaettekita Mario Bros. and PAL Mario Bros. Classic).
moltonasty
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This is an absolute must. I'm shocked they still haven't as of 2017, but maybe this will light a fire under their ass to get it done.
Well, use PC and that's all necessary.
I guess that if people pays for arcade games in his console is because not use MAME. But what I do not understand is the reason.
El Pescado
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This is pretty awesome. I grew up playing this game along with a bunch of the other Nintendo Arcade Classics in the 80s and early 90s in my familys Arcade on the Seaside Heights Boardwalk. Im in for every and any Nintendo Arcade game Hamster wants to bring to the Arcade Archives like.
Exactly the same interface as all of Hamsters other releases. Which is handy as if you have any of the Neo Geo games you can adjust the settings to be almost the same.
Lupin the Third
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The Super FX chip's patent expired recently, so no, they probably didn't.
Donkey Kong is a goner.
Each game is sold separately as individual titles.
Simbabbad
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It's the best Donkey Kong arcade game IMO.While we're talking about classic Nintendo arcade games...
Ok, not really, but I love it and hope it's a part of Arcade Archives in the future.
A lot of classic Nintendo arcade games have a bad reputation because of the inferior NES ports, but many of them are excellent.
Yikes. I was actually kinda looking forward to these, but $8 apiece is just a bit too much for me.
8 bucks in my opinion is not too much to ask for an arcade perfect version of a timeless classic that was never ported before.
Sometimes I struggle to understand why people are able to easily spend similar amounts of money on twitch donations, snacks or simply on coffee at Starbucks but not on a re-release of an old game that deserves to be preserved. To each their own I guess.
#Stanley4Smash
(I'm dead serious! I actually voted for him in that poll they held!)
Sometimes I struggle to understand why people are able to easily spend similar amounts of money on twitch donations, snacks or simply on coffee at Starbucks but not on a re-release of an old game that deserves to be preserved. To each their own I guess.
Great game actually. But Stanley the Bug Man? Wheres my Mario. And despite the presentation the game is actually a shooter.
#Stanley4Smash
(I'm dead serious! I actually voted for him in that poll they held!)