{"id":4084,"date":"2025-09-01T08:01:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T08:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/random_turns_out_nintendo_might_be_right_you_can_have_too_much_super_mario_bros"},"modified":"2025-09-01T08:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T08:01:22","slug":"random-turns-out-nintendo-might-be-right-you-can-have-too-much-super-mario-bros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/random-turns-out-nintendo-might-be-right-you-can-have-too-much-super-mario-bros\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Turns Out Nintendo Might Be Right, You Can Have Too Much Super Mario Bros."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Screenshot 2020 11 26 At 15.04.37\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/611d9c1340547\/screenshot-2020-11-26-at-15-04-37.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/random-turns-out-nintendo-might-be-right-you-can-have-too-much-super-mario-bros.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"487\" alt=\"Screenshot 2020 11 26 At 15.04.37\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/super_mario_bros\">Super Mario Bros.<\/a><\/strong> turns 35 this year and has to rank as one of the most ported games Nintendo has ever produced. It&#8217;s available, in some shape or form, on pretty much every system the company has produced, and in 2020 we got <em>yet another way<\/em> to experience it in the form of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/hardware_review_game_and_watch_super_mario_bros_-_a_gorgeous_object_that_leaves_you_wanting_more\">brand-new Game &amp; Watch handheld<\/a> (a line which itself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/09\/feature_how_nintendos_game_and_watch_took_withered_technology_and_turned_it_into_a_million-seller\">turns 40 this year<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>This led Twitter user <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akfamilyhome\">@akfamilyhome<\/a> to assemble a mighty collection of machines all playing the iconic NES title \u2013 and the end result is rather nightmarish, we have to admit. Maybe this is why Nintendo is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/random_march_31st_2021_is_becoming_an_increasingly_depressing_day_for_mario_fans\">delisting various Super Mario titles early next year<\/a> \u2013 it&#8217;s possible to have <em>too<\/em> much of a good thing.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">is this what you wanted <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EGmnc8pIr1\">pic.twitter.com\/EGmnc8pIr1<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Akfamilyhome (@Akfamilyhome) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Akfamilyhome\/status\/1330503394008547328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Is this your version of hell, or heaven? Let us know with a comment \u2013 if you can get that theme tune out of your head, of course.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/random_turns_out_nintendo_might_be_right_you_can_have_too_much_super_mario_bros\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Mario Bros. turns 35 this year and has to rank as one of the most ported games Nintendo has ever produced. It&#8217;s available, in some shape or form, on pretty much every system the company has produced, and in 2020 we got yet another way to experience it in the form of a brand-new Game &amp; Watch handheld (a line which itself turns 40 this year). This led Twitter user @akfamilyhome to assemble a mighty collection of machines all playing the iconic NES title \u2013 and the end result is rather nightmarish, we have to admit. Maybe this is why Nintendo is delisting various Super Mario titles early next year \u2013 it&#8217;s possible to have too much of a good thing. is this what&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/random-turns-out-nintendo-might-be-right-you-can-have-too-much-super-mario-bros\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-life"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Random: Turns Out Nintendo Might Be Right, You Can Have Too Much Super Mario Bros. | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Super Mario Bros. turns 35 this year and has to rank as one of the most ported games Nintendo has ever produced. 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