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Game Blog / Re: It's the Silver Anniversary of Super Mario Bros.! (special WTMK broadcast)
« on: September 26, 2010, 08:39:12 PM »
The problem with claiming it was available in October 1985 (when they were only doing a test launch in the New York City area, they expanded the test to Los Angeles in February 1986 and went national in August 1986) is that there is no evidence to support it. Take Steven Kent's excellent book "The Ultimate History of Video Games" for example. When talking about the NYC launch, it says the game was not available for it. On another page, it says that Nintendo had so much success bundling the game with the Famicom by the end of 1985 that a few months later they would have a US version ready (which means it would be impossible to be out one month after the Japanese release).
In the Iwata Asks column for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the translator adds a note that SMB was released in the US in March 1986 (http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/nsmb/vol1_page3.jsp). There is also Nintendo saying that the Super Mario series made its debut in 1986 at http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/PmV4HM8Q3GOK5Z6J10VSzyaDDg7m-YVF
I realize Nintendo's official line is that it came out in October 1985, but the earliest any source I can find is POSSIBLY a late November 1985 release (apparently a Macy's ad for Black Friday, but I can't verify the authenticity).
In the Iwata Asks column for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the translator adds a note that SMB was released in the US in March 1986 (http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/nsmb/vol1_page3.jsp). There is also Nintendo saying that the Super Mario series made its debut in 1986 at http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/PmV4HM8Q3GOK5Z6J10VSzyaDDg7m-YVF
I realize Nintendo's official line is that it came out in October 1985, but the earliest any source I can find is POSSIBLY a late November 1985 release (apparently a Macy's ad for Black Friday, but I can't verify the authenticity).
