Product Info
Title:
All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros
Developer:
Nintendo EAD
Publisher:
Fuji Television
Genre:
Platformer
Price:
3500.00
Description:
All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. was an interesting giveaway tied into
the popular radio broadcast "All Night Nippon" that is still airing to this
day. At the time of its release, it's said that 3000 copies were raffled
out to various winners on the program. Due to this, the game is one of
the rarest and hardest to find for the Famicom Disk System. However,
the actual gameplay doesn’t vary much from Super Mario Bros. or Super
Mario Bros. 2. The worlds consist of levels from both games in different
order, with slight tweaks to item locations. The biggest changes,
however, are the graphics
The story is roughly the same as Super Mario Bros., though the
setting was changed from the Mushroom Kingdom to the Viva Kingdom
(on account of the subtitle of the radio show at the time being "Viva
Young"). While other celebrities have been captured by the Koopas,
Sunplaza Nakano gets tricked by a fake Koopa submission to the
"business rush phantom" segment. This was apparently a show where
they 80s-style flash-mobbed dying businesses like a ramen shop. To that
end, Sunplaza heads out to Koopa's place, thinking it’s some kind of
business, only to subsequently be turned into a Goomba (with all
enemies of this type being replaced with a sprite of Nakano).
Various members of the All Night Nippon group are incorporated
either as replacements for enemies, or as the Toads that are rescued at
the end of each castle. Princess Peach now wears a geisha outfit,
Piranha Plants are changed to Tamori, mushrooms are replaced by
microphones in the backgrounds, the Fuji TV logo is displayed on the
flag at end of levels (as well as replacing the axe behind Bowser), and
the Starman is changed into a Hiranya, which is a symbol popularized by
the Japanese radio show Young Paradise. Most of the graphics from
Super Mario Bros 2. are carried over except the bricks, but World 1 now
takes place at night. The gameplay, meanwhile, is based on Super Mario
Bros. 2 instead of the original SMB. With that in mind, you pick from
Mario or Luigi at the beginning, with each featuring different jumping and
speed mechanics. Oddly enough, the wind from SMB 2 has been
removed. World 4-4 and 6-4 have had their maze routes altered, as well.
At first, All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. was planned to be a
limited commemorative present of only the aforementioned initial 3000
copies. Due to the huge fan response, though, a limited quantity was
made available a second time. These were sold directly by Nippon
Broadcasting for 3500 yen, meaning you could actually order it instead
of winning it. It’s hard to say how many copies were sold, though.