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==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
[[File:Mariobrosvbkiosk.png|thumb|185x185px|Man playing the ''Mario Bros. VB'' demo at the associated kiosk.]] | [[File:Mariobrosvbkiosk.png|thumb|185x185px|Man playing the ''Mario Bros. VB'' demo at the associated kiosk.]] | ||
Being a remake of the Mario Bros., its gameplay would have been practically the same. You would have platformed around a simple stage as either Mario or possibly Luigi to defeat all enemies and progress to the next level. The remakes stand out additions would have been all-new sprites as well as three-dimensional backgrounds and effects.<ref>[https://files.virtual-boy.com/magazine/980664/nintendo-magazine-system-issue-24-mar-95-page-6.jpg Nintendo Magzine System issue #24 page 6] Retrieved 16 Jan '22</ref> Players may have even been able to play through the game with co-op by using the Virtual Boy's unreleased GameLink Cable.''<ref name=":1" />'' | Being a remake of the ''Mario Bros.'', its gameplay would have been practically the same. You would have platformed around a simple stage as either Mario or possibly Luigi to defeat all enemies and progress to the next level. The remakes stand out additions would have been all-new sprites as well as three-dimensional backgrounds and effects.<ref>[https://files.virtual-boy.com/magazine/980664/nintendo-magazine-system-issue-24-mar-95-page-6.jpg Nintendo Magzine System issue #24 page 6] Retrieved 16 Jan '22</ref> Players may have even been able to play through the game with co-op by using the Virtual Boy's unreleased GameLink Cable.''<ref name=":1" />'' | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
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===Images=== | ===Images=== | ||
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===Videos=== | ===Videos=== | ||
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Revision as of 15:22, 16 January 2022
Screenshot of the game's title screen.
Status: Lost
Mario Bros. VB is a cancelled remake of the 1983 arcade platformer Mario Bros. intended to launch alongside the Virtual Boy[1] in August 1995. The game was first unveiled at Shoshikai Software Exhibition 1994 alongside the Virtual Boy itself, Space Pinball (then known as Pinball VB), and Teleroboxer.[1][2] Screenshots from the game would appear in various magazines until July 1995. Its last appearance was in issue 13 of EGM², where the game was mistakenly referred to as the actually released game Mario Clash[3], which is likely what Mario Bros. VB evolved into.
Gameplay
Being a remake of the Mario Bros., its gameplay would have been practically the same. You would have platformed around a simple stage as either Mario or possibly Luigi to defeat all enemies and progress to the next level. The remakes stand out additions would have been all-new sprites as well as three-dimensional backgrounds and effects.[4] Players may have even been able to play through the game with co-op by using the Virtual Boy's unreleased GameLink Cable.[2]
Availability
During its first and only trade show appearance at Shoshikai 1994, a demo of the Mario Bros. VB could be played by attendees.[2] A ROM has neither resurfaced or been leaked to the internet since and it is unknown if Nintendo still has a copy.
Gallery
Images
Videos
See Also
- Doraemon: Nobita no Doki Doki! Obake Land (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1996)
- Dragon Hopper (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1995-1996)
- Goldeneye 007 (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1996)
- Mario Demo (lost Virtual Boy tech demo; 1994)
- Out of the Deathmount (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1996)
- Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Gekitou Densetsu (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy wrestling game; 1995)
- Sora Tobu Henry (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1995)
- VB Mario Land (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1995)
- Virtual Block (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1995)
- Virtual Dodgeball (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1995)
- Virtual Jockey (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1996)
- Wangan Sensen Red City (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1996)
- Zero Racers (lost build of unreleased "F-Zero" Virtual Boy game; 1996)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 66 page 89 Retrieved 16 Jan '22
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Planet Virtual Boy's Article on Shoshinkai 1994 Retrieved 16 Jan '22
- ↑ Planet Virtual Boy's EGM² issue 13 listing Retrieved 16 Jan '22
- ↑ Nintendo Magzine System issue #24 page 6 Retrieved 16 Jan '22
