Mario Bros.

MARIO BROS.

Before his big debut with Super Mario Bros. came an arcade followup to the Donkey Kong trilogy, starring Mario and his brother Luigi as they attempt to clear a sewer of turtles, crabs, and flies. It makes sense in context.

Starting off, we have Mario, returning from his appearances in the Donkey Kong games. However, he doesn't really have much more to offer this time, as his core ability is jumping, and that's it. He attacks by hitting the floor from beneath and flipping his enemies over. He can however, hit a pound block (which is definitely a solid new item) that shakes the entire stage, and can use the turtle shells against his opponents. Both could be reasonable attacks.

Next, we have the debut of Luigi, who . . . is literally just Mario with a different color. As of right now, I'd say he should be relegated to simple color swap or echo fighter. (Yes, I know he does more later, but for now, with nothing else to go on, this is where he will be until then).

As we said before, with the viability of Piranha Plant as a playable character, we cannot simply rule out the enemies. This game consists of three main enemies: Shellcreepers (turtles, the predecessor of Koopas), Sidesteppers (Crabs), and Fighterflies (Flies, I guess). For the most part, they simply move back and forth and nothing else, eventually right themselves once flipped over with a boost of speed, and, in the case of the Fighterflies, bounce along the ground. With nothing to go on then, I say they remain as stage hazards for now.

Finally, the game takes place on one single stage layout, sometimes with different textures but functionally the same. As it stands, I say we stick with the one, which, lo and behold, is already a stage. There we go!

Now let's look it all over.

Characters:
Mario: Jump, hammer, whip, animals, balls of electricity, pound block, Shellcreeper shell

Luigi: Echo fighter of Mario or color swap

Donkey Kong: Punch/kick, barrels, jacks, climb, ball, (maybe) bees

Donkey Kong Junior: Jump, climb, keys/fruit

<Low Tier> Stanley: Jump, spray up, stronger spray up, beehive, maybe bees (as a throwback character)

<Tentative> Pauline: with nothing (though possibly built on references to the game)


Items:
Barrels

Jacks

Hammer

Keys

Beehives

Flower Pots

Pound Block

Shell


Stages:
25M (Donkey Kong)

50M (Donkey Kong)

75M (Donkey Kong)

100M (Donkey Kong)

Level 1 (Donkey Kong Jr.)

Level 2 (Donkey Kong Jr.)

Level 3 (Donkey Kong Jr.)

Level 4 (Donkey Kong Jr.)

Donkey Kong Jr. Math

Stage 1 (Donkey Kong 3)

Stage 2 (Donkey Kong 3)

Stage 3 (Donkey Kong 3)

Mario Bros.


Next: We'll start going over everything from the Mario/Donkey Kong arcade saga