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The team based the level design around a small Mario, intending to later make his size bigger in the final version, but they decided it would be fun to let Mario change his size via a [[power-up]]. The early level design was focused on teaching players that mushrooms were distinct from Goombas and would be beneficial to them, so in [[World 1-1]], the first mushroom is difficult to avoid if it is released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Letting Everyone Know It Was A Good Mushroom |url=http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/nsmb/0/3 |work=Iwata Asks: New Super Mario Bros Wii |publisher=Nintendo |access-date=December 5, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927194716/http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/nsmb/0/3 |archive-date=September 27, 2016 }}</ref> The use of mushrooms to change size was influenced by [[Japanese folktales]] in which people wander into forests and eat magical mushrooms; this also resulted in the game world being named the "Mushroom Kingdom". The team had Mario begin levels as small Mario to make obtaining a mushroom more gratifying.<ref name="NES Classic"/> Miyamoto explained: "When we made the prototype of the big Mario, we did not feel he was big enough. So, we came up with the idea of showing the smaller Mario first, who could be made bigger later in the game; then players could see and feel that he was bigger."<ref name="Miyamoto Speaks!">{{cite book |last1=DeMaria |first1=Rusel |last2=Wilson |first2=Johnny L. |title=High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games |year=2004 |publisher=McGraw-Hill/Osborne |location=Emeryville, California |isbn=0-07-223172-6 |pages=238–240}}</ref> Miyamoto denied rumors that developers implemented a small Mario after a bug caused only his upper half to appear.<ref name="NES Classic"/> Miyamoto said the shell-kicking 1-up trick was carefully tested, but "people turned out to be a lot better at pulling the trick off for ages on end than we thought".<ref name="Miyamoto Reveals All">{{cite web |last=Gifford |first=Kevin |title=Super Mario Bros.' 25th: Miyamoto Reveals All |url=http://www.ugo.com/games/super-mario-bros-25th-miyamoto-reveals-all.html |website=[[1UP.com]] |access-date=October 24, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105015455/http://www.ugo.com/games/super-mario-bros-25th-miyamoto-reveals-all.html |archive-date=January 5, 2015 }}</ref> Other features, such as blocks containing multiple coins, were inspired by programming glitches.<ref name="Miyamoto Speaks!"/>

 

 

===World 1-1===

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*{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/11/27/16158276/polygon-500-best-games-of-all-time-500-401 |author=Polygon Staff |date=November 27, 2017 |title=The 500 Best Video Games of All Time |website=Polygon.com |access-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-date=March 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303210843/https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/11/27/16158276/polygon-500-best-games-of-all-time-500-401 |url-status=live }}

* {{cite magazine|title=The Top 300 Games of All Time |magazine=Game Informer |issue=300 |date=April 2018}}</ref> ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' named it the fourth best NES game, describing it as the beginning of the modern era of video games and "Shigeru Miyamoto's masterpiece".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=August 2008 |title=Nintendo Power – The 20th Anniversary Issue! |volume=231 |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] |issue=231 |page=71 |publisher=[[Future US]] |location=San Francisco, California}}</ref> ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' ranked it first on its list of the "Greatest 200 Games of Their Time".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=10&cId=3147448 |title=The Greatest 200 Videogames of Their Time |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |access-date=August 27, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629011651/http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=10&cId=3147448 |archive-date=June 29, 2012 }}</ref> ''[[Official Nintendo Magazine]]'' also award the game first place in a 2009 list of greatest Nintendo games of all time.<ref name="100-ONM">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/7327/features/100-best-nintendo-games-part-6/ |title=100 Best Nintendo Games – Part Six |work=[[Official Nintendo Magazine]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |first=Tom |last=East |access-date=September 9, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110220232113/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/7327/features/100-best-nintendo-games-part-6 |archive-date=February 20, 2011 }}</ref> ''[[IGN]]'' included it in its lists of the best 100 games in 2005 and 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://top100.ign.com/2005/001-010.html |title=IGN's Top 100 Games |year=2005 |website=IGN |access-date=August 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228044210/http://top100.ign.com/2005/001-010.html |archive-date=February 28, 2015 }}</ref> In 1997, ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' named the ''All-Stars'' version of ''Super Mario Bros.'' the 37th best game of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=100 Best Games of All Time |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=100 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=November 1997|pages=134, 136}} Note: Contrary to the title, the intro to the article explicitly states that the list covers console video games only, meaning PC games and arcade games were not eligible.</ref> In 2009, ''[[Game Informer]]'' named ''Super Mario Bros.'' the second greatest game of all time, behind ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', saying that it "remains a monument to brilliant design and fun gameplay".<ref name="gi_best">{{cite magazine |author=Staff |title=The Top 200 Games of All Time |pages=44–79 |issue=200 |date=December 2009 |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |issn=1067-6392 |oclc=27315596}}</ref> The ''Game Informer'' staff also ranked it the second best in their 2001 list of the top 100 games.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Informer's Top 100 Games of All Time (Circa Issue 100) |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |last=Cork |first=Jeff |date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=December 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219152324/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx |archive-date=February 19, 2016 }}</ref> In 2012, ''G4'' ranked ''Super Mario Bros.'' the best video game of all time, citing its revolutionary gameplay and its role in helping recover the North American gaming industry from the [[video game crash of 1983]].<ref name="G4">{{cite web |url=http://www.g4tv.com/top-100/478/super-mario-bros/ |title=G4TV's Top 100 Games – 1 Super Mario Bros |year=2012 |website=[[G4 (U.S. TV channel)|G4TV]] |access-date=June 27, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231015942/http://www.g4tv.com/top-100/478/super-mario-bros/ |archive-date=December 31, 2013 }}</ref> In 2014, ''IGN'' named ''Super Mario Bros.'' the best Nintendo game, saying it was "the most important Nintendo game ever made".<ref name="Top 125 Nintendo Games">{{cite web |website=IGN |title=The Top 125 Nintendo Games of All Time |date=September 24, 2014 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/24/the-top-125-nintendo-games-of-all-time |access-date=September 26, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324190126/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/24/the-top-125-nintendo-games-of-all-time |archive-date=March 24, 2015 }}</ref>{{rp|9}} In 2005, ''IGN'' named it the greatest video game of all time.<ref name="Top 100"/> In 2015, [[The Strong National Museum of Play]] inducted ''Super Mario Bros.'' to its [[World Video Game Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Super Mario Bros. |url=https://www.museumofplay.org/games/super-mario-bros/ |website=[[The Strong National Museum of Play]] |publisher=[[The Strong]] |access-date=May 6, 2022 |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506141855/https://www.museumofplay.org/games/super-mario-bros/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, [[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] ranked it the eighth best ''Super Mario'' game, crediting it for starting "this franchise's habit of being an exception to so many rules".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/11/8/16621744/the-best-mario-games |title=Ranking the core Super Mario games |first=Jeremy |last=Parish |date=November 8, 2017 |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |access-date=April 19, 2018 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419162551/https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/11/8/16621744/the-best-mario-games |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Business Insider]]'' named it the second best ''Super Mario'' game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://amp.businessinsider.com/best-super-mario-games-2017-12|title=RANKED: The 10 best Super Mario games of all time|website=businessinsider.com|access-date=June 13, 2018|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613210545/https://amp.businessinsider.com/best-super-mario-games-2017-12|url-status=live}}</ref>