Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary: Difference between revisions

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The '''''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary''' was an event taking place from September 2020 to March 2021, celebrating 35 years since the start of the mainline [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'']] series with the release of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' in 1985. The celebration was originally announced on September 3, 2020, with the ''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary Direct,<ref>Nintendo. (September 3, 2020). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_UcjEq2Dgk&t Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 3, 2020.</ref> and was commemorated with in-game events, tie-ins, merchandise, [[My Nintendo]] rewards, and the announcement of several new ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]''-series titles.  

*The 18th Maximus Cup in ''{{wp|Tetris 99}}'' used ''Super Mario All-Stars'' as the primary theme<ref>Nintendo (December 1, 2020). [https://youtu.be/1DmYdUhToPQ Tetris® 99 – 18th MAXIMUS CUP Gameplay Trailer – Nintendo Switch]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 1, 2020.</ref>

*A ''Mario''-themed ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' online tournament called Super Star Showdown, only allowing the use of ''Mario''-series [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate#Playable characters|characters]], [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate#Stages|stages]], and [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate#Items|items]]

*The ''Mario''-themed [[inkipedia:Super Mushroom vs. Super Star|Super Mushroom vs. Super Star Splatfest]] for ''[[inkipedia:Splatoon 2|Splatoon 2]]'' taking place on January 16, 2021,<ref>[https://nintendowire.com/news/2020/12/09/super-mario-35th-anniversary-team-super-mushroom-vs-team-super-star-splatfest-coming-january-16th/ Nintendo Wire]. Retrieved December 10, 2020.</ref> in which players could choose between the [[Super Mushroom]] or [[Super Star]] as their favorite [[List of power-ups|power-up]]

*A ''Super Mario''-themed clothing line from BlackMilk<ref>https://blog.blackmilkclothing.com/something-is-coming/</ref>

*{{wp|Hasbro}}'s release of {{wp|Jenga}}: ''Super Mario'' edition and their ''Super Mario'' Celebration edition of {{wp|Monopoly}}<ref>https://mario.nintendo.com/news/nintendo-marks-the-35th-anniversary-of-super-mario-bros-with-games-products-and-in-game-events</ref> Both were released on August 1, 2020.<ref>"The Mushroom Kingdom teams up with two classic games for even more fun! The Monopoly Super Mario Celebration Edition and Jenga: Super Mario will be available 8/1.", [https://twitter.com/nintendoamerica/status/1283831264525647874 Nintendo of America on Twitter], posted July 16, 2020.</ref>

[[File:SMB 35th Anniversary Pins.jpg|thumb|right|35th anniversary pins (Wave 1)]]

***Monopoly: ''Super Mario Bros.'' Celebration! edition

***Monopoly: ''Super Mario'' Celebration edition

[[File:SMB 35th Anniversary Pins 2.jpg|thumb|right|35th anniversary pins (Wave 2)]]

*Monopoly ''Super Mario''Celebration edition from Hasbro (day 12 prize: November 28, 2020)

*[[wikipedia:Gen Hoshino|Gen Hoshino]], a well-known Japanese singer and songwriter, starred in a Japanese commercial to promote the ''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary.<ref>Nintendo (Nintendo of Japan). (September 3, 2020.) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrRS3x6aNnw スーパーマリオブラザーズ35周年 TVCM]. YouTube. Retrieved September 4, 2020.</ref> In the commercial, he also unveiled and performed his new song, "Souzou / Create".<ref>https://twitter.com/gen_senden/status/1301662533145620482</ref>

*New ''Mario''-related user icons for the [[Nintendo Switch]] were added on November 30, 2020.

*{{wp|Amazon (company)|Amazon}} randomly delivered products in ''Mario''-themed boxes even if the product had nothing to do with the series.<ref>https://nintendowire.com/news/2020/11/02/amazon-launches-super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-page-and-shipping-out-mario-themed-boxes-this-november/</ref> They also launched a ''Mario''-themed page to celebrate the anniversary.

*During {{wp|the Game Awards 2020}}, the {{wp|London Philharmonic Orchestra}} performed a medley of ''Mario'' themes at the {{wp|Abbey Road Studios}} in celebration of the anniversary, conducted by {{wp|Lorne Balfe}}. The medley consisted of the [[Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)|Ground Theme]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', "[[Inside the Castle Walls]]" from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]]'s theme and the main theme from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', and [[Cascade Kingdom|Fossil Falls]]' theme and "[[Jump Up, Super Star!]]" from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''.<ref>thegameawards (December 10, 2020). [https://youtu.be/qjRYEHYbWvQ London Philharmonic Performs a Super Mario Bros. Medley at The Game Awards 2020]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 13, 2020.</ref>

One of the web-based My Nintendo missions featured on the official Mario portal as part of this anniversary was completing a quiz about ''Mario'' games.<ref>[https://mario.nintendo.com/quiz/ Mario Quiz]. ''mario.nintendo.com''. Retrieved November 19, 2020. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20200903212745/https://mario.nintendo.com/quiz/ Archived] September 3, 2020, 21:27:45 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> To start the quiz, the user has to select a difficulty (Easy or Hard), each with different questions. After answering all questions on one difficulty, the user is shown how many answers they got right and can choose to take the quiz again on the same difficulty or try the other difficulty. The following are the questions and answers featured in the quiz for both difficulty levels.

SMHomepage-Pattern.png|Background pattern on the official ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise portal, featuring logos and elements from ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' games