Super Mario Bros.

A lot of people know what Super Mario Bros. is. It used to be very popular, and some new installments to the series still are! The game is much like the original Legend of Zelda. You play a man named Mario and go through many different levels to rescue Princess Peach. Even Princess Zelda and Princess Peach share similar designs.

References to this game in Zelda

There are many references in Zelda to Super Mario Bros.

• The Mask Mimic enemy that resembles the Shy Guy enemy in Mario
• The Mario mask on the Happy Mask Salesman's backpack in Majora's Mask
• The stained-glass pictures of Mario and his friends in the Castle Courtyard in Ocarina of Time
• The picture of a level in Mario in Castle Courtyard in Ocarina of Time 3D
• Malon the ranch girl's medal in the shape of Bowser
• The walls in Castle Town with engravings depicting Mario and his friends

Similarities in the games

• Well, for one, the originals both have the same storyline: Princess gets captured, you have to go rescue her by defeating the bad guy (Instead of Ganondorf, his name is Koopa [Also referred to as Bowser] and he's a large turtle reptile thing.) and...rescuing her!
• Link and Mario are, you could say, similar. They both wear a hat and a strange kind of top -- for Link it's a tunic and for Mario it's overalls.

Differences in the game

• There are two main differences in the game. The first is age. Link is only a child or teen, but Mario is a full-grown man -- you can tell by his mustache. The second difference is
• Koopa is every boss. There's no one else. Whereas Ganonforf is usually only the final boss.

Discussion Questions

• Why are there so many references to Mario in Zelda? Maybe it's because they were probably made by the same people.
• Well, does that mean Mario was made before Zelda? Or was it not, because these references are only in later installments of Zelda?

More about Mario

Mario Games

Mario has many games.

• Super Mario Brothers
• Super Mario Brothers 2
• Super Mario Brothers 3
• Super Mario Brothers: Yoshi World
• Mario Party
• Mario Party 2
• Mario Party 3
• Mario Party 4
• Mario Party 5
• Mario Party 6
• Mario Party 7
• Mario Party 8
• Mario Party 9
• Mario Party 10
• Mario Karts
• Mario Tennis
• Paper Mario World

Mario characters

• Mario
• Luigi
• Toadstool
• Princess Peach
• Koopa/Bowser
• Princess Daisy
• Roseanne
• Waluigi
• Wario
• Bowser Jr.
• Yoshi

Enemies

• Goomba
• Flying Fish
• Jellyfish
• Bombs
• Shy Guy
• Purple Stars
• Wall-Crawlers
• Flying things on magic carpet
• Wizard things
• Goomba looking things that are not actually Goombas

I am afraid there are WAY too many to list.

Summary

Super Mario Brothers is a game, probably made by the same people who made Zelda. There are many references to Super Mario Brothers in Zelda.