Super Mario Bros. is a 1985 platform game developed and published by Nintendo. The successor to the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros., it was released in Japan for the Family Computer, and in North America, Europe, and Australia for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
In Super Mario Bros., the player controls Mario and in a two-player game, a second player controls Mario's brother Luigi. The objective is to race through the Mushroom Kingdom, survive the main antagonist Bowser's forces, and save Princess Toadstool.
Super Mario Bros. is frequently cited as one of the greatest video games of all time, with praise directed at its precise controls and innovative gameplay. It is one of the bestselling games of all time, with more than 40 million copies sold worldwide.