

Super Mario Bros. Special was the second Nintendo-licensed follow-up to Super Mario Bros., released around two months after Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. While superficially very similar to the original Super Mario Bros., the game features original new levels and has a screen-by-screen scrolling mechanism. The most significant difference is that it features none of the original levels, since the eight worlds are all unique to this release and have a high level of difficulty surpassing even Super Mario Bros. 2.
PlatformActionhigh scorefalling objectflip screenPC-8800 Series, Sharp X1
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Character
Plot-driven, earnest, grave and resolved.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Platforms
- PC-8800 Series, Sharp X1
- Developer
- Hudson Soft, Nintendo
- Publisher
- Hudson Soft, Caroline Software Incorporated
- Released
- December 31, 1986
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
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