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After ''Donkey Kong Jr.'', Mario's next arcade appearance is ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' in 1983. Only Mario's physical appearance is taken from earlier titles; Mario is now a plumber in the sewers of [[New York City|New York]]<ref>Porges, Seth (October 19, 2009). [https://web.archive.org/web/20091022053804/https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4334387.html Exclusive Interview With Nintendo Gaming Mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto]. [http://www.popularmechanics.com/ Popular Mechanics]. Retrieved November 25, 2009.</ref><ref name=Snider></ref> ([[Mario Bros.' House|his house]] according to Atari<ref>"''Mario the carpenter and his brother Luigi{{hover| <nowiki/>|* [2600/5200]}}are hopping mad! The water pipes in their house are blocked with{{hover| <nowiki/>|nests of [2600] / pesky [7800/8-bit]}}crawling creatures. If the two brothers can’t get rid of them{{hover| <nowiki/>|, [5200/7800/8-bit]}}they’ll never take a bath again!''" - ''Mario Bros.'' Atari game manual, first page.</ref>) and fights an endless number of creatures, such as [[Shellcreeper]]s and [[Sidestepper]]s. Unlike in later games, Mario cannot jump on enemies. Instead, he must jump against the ceiling of a platform from below to stun all enemies walking on top of it. When Mario approaches the stunned enemies, he kicks them out of the screen, rendering them defeated. In the two-player mode, the second player plays as [[Luigi]], here portrayed as a green palette swap of Mario.