Super Mario Bros. turns 40: A look back at the iconic Nintendo game
Super Mario Bros. has sold over 40 million copies globally and remains influential through continuous re-releases and a $1.3 billion box office film adaptation.
- Today, September 13, 2025, Nintendo marked the 40th anniversary of the Super Mario Bros. franchise with a list of five key games.
- Debuting in Japan on Sept. 13, 1985, the original Super Mario Bros. redefined action design and helped revive the United States game industry after the 1983 crash.
- Guinness World Records notes the original Super Mario Bros. sold over 40 million copies, and the 2023 Super Mario Bros. Movie grossed $1.3 billion at the box office.
- Nintendo marked the anniversary with a Direct, Shigeru Miyamoto paid tribute, and the Super Mario Bros. 40th-anniversary website teases early 2026 game releases plus a sequel arriving next year.
- The franchise has achieved what some call 'forever game' status, with the original re-released digitally but never physically on Nintendo Switch consoles, available on Arcade Archives eShop for 6.29.
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The saga has evolved with each generation, expanding into comics, cinema and theme parks
To celebrate the jubilee of the moustachu, "Time" traces the highlights of its history, which also tell Nintendo's strategy to make it a popular heroOn Saturday 13 September, Super Mario celebrates forty years of undisputed reign in the realm of platform games. Its history is marked by some key dates. These milestones allow to better know Mario, but also Nintendo, the company that developed and orchestrated its entry into popular culture. The Ja…
The character already existed, but the game that changed everything and made Nintendo's channeler a symbol of evolution (and the value of tradition) in the video games was launched on September 15, 1985.
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