Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Super Mario Bros. is turning 40 years old this year! And to celebrate, I'll taking you through the story about how we DON'T know when it got released? A long complicated history of test launches, pack-in titles & delays, we have lost the direct release date of when SMB released in America, leaving an unfortunate gap in gaming history that we're still trying to discover 40* years later.

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💻 SOURCES 💻

The Mushroom Kingdom: themushroomkingdom.net/smb_release.shtml
Retrovolve: retrovolve.com/the-mysterious-launch-date-of-super-mario-bros-for-nes
Retromags: retromags.com/forums/topic/10967-nes-launch-hype-stateside
Nintendo Life: nintendolife.com/news/2012/03/the_mystery_of_the_super_mario_bros_us_release_date

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