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Punch Ball Mario Bros.
is a 1983 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for arcades. It was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi, Nintendo's chief engineer. Italian twin brother plumbers Mario and Luigi exterminate turtle-like creatures and crabs emerging from the sewers by knocking them upside-down and kicking them away. The Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System version is the first game to be developed by Intelligent Systems. It is part of the ''Mario'' franchise, but originally began as a spin-off from the ''Donkey Kong'' series. The arcade, Famicom, and Nintendo Entertainment System versions were received positively by critics. Elements introduced in ''Mario Bros.'', such as spinning bonus coins, turtles that can be flipped onto their backs, and Luigi, were carried over to ''Super Mario Bros.'' (1985) and became staples of the series. An updated version, titled ''Mario Bros. Classic'', is included as a minigame in all of the ''Super Mario Advance'' series and '' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo Research & Development 1
(commonly abbreviated as Nintendo R&D1 and formerly known as before splitting in 1978) was a division of Nintendo, and is its oldest video game development, development team. Its creation coincided with Nintendo's entry into the video game industry, and the original R&D1 was headed by Gunpei Yokoi. The developer has created several notable Nintendo series such as ''Donkey Kong'', ''Mario (franchise), Mario'', and ''Metroid''. R&D1 developed the hugely successful Game Boy line, which was released in 1989. They developed some of the line's most popular games, such as ''Super Mario Land'', and created the character of Wario. Team Shikamaru was a small club within Nintendo R&D1 that was composed of Makoto Kano (video game designer), Makoto Kano, Yoshio Sakamoto, and Toru Osawa. The group was responsible for designing characters and coming up with scripts for several games including ''Metroid (video game), Metroid'', ''Kid Icarus'', ''Famicom Detective Club'', ''Trade & Battle: C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
