Talk:Super Mario Bros. Special

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Contents 1 Mario Bros. Special? 2 Merge Discussion 3 Speed difference 4 Remade or ported 5 Illegal Content 6 The name of this article should be Mario Bros. Special

[edit] Mario Bros. Special?

I read at themushroomkingdom.net that there was a game released called Mario Bros. Special (I'm assuming it was a port of Mario Bros.) Just throwing this out there, as I see no eidence of it on Wikipedia Shadow2 04:55, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Discussion

This game should not be merged with Super Mario 3 Special. They are two totally unrelated games that have nothing to do with each other. Both merit seperate articles. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Berenlazarus (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Speed difference

"The actual speed of the game appears faster, with powerups moving quickly, the timer draining faster, and the jump controls taking a little adjustment."

Does the game seem to play faster just on an emulator, or on the actual computer? It seems kind of odd that even the timer would count down faster. 24.159.255.29 04:07, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Remade or ported

"It is the only game in the series bearing the "Bros." title (besides the recently released New Super Mario Bros.) that has not yet been remade or ported in any form."

Does this mean New Super Mario Bros. has been remade or ported? That doesn't seem to be the case. 24.159.255.29 04:09, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Illegal Content

The links on the bottom contained everything needed to download the game [1][2]. This seems to be illegal, so I'm removing the link. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Frankyboy5 (talk • contribs) .

This now means there are no more links. Frankyboy5 04:56, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

I re-added the link -- it falls under the category of abandonware and besides, it's not illegal for us to link to a page with semi-legal stuff. In this case, it's the first and most notable source of information on the game. Andre (talk) 22:00, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

While the software itself may be abandonware, the characters are still owned by Nintendo. In this case, copyright infringement is still a problem because the characters and environments (and probably the graphics, which are more or less directly from Super Mario Bros.) are still actively owned and used by a company (Nintendo). I haven't removed the link, I'm just suggesting that perhaps the justification for keeping it is flawed. Jeff Silvers 02:40, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Either way, it's not like we're linking to file-sharing or some active form of copyright infringement. We're linking to a pretty laid-back infringement that I think is OK -- and regardless, it seems to be a page necessary for information. Andre (talk) 03:52, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The name of this article should be Mario Bros. Special

As you can see from this screenshot and from photographs of the box art, this game dropped the Super prefix. I'm going to move it. --Tristam 02:29, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

There was both a "Mario Bros. Special" & a "Super Mario Bros. Special" (the screenshots on that page should have made it clear). Besides that, themushroomkingdom.net has them both listed [3] (this was also mentioned by someone at the top of this talk page). SNS 02:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Shit, my fault. So is there no mention of the Mario Bros. Special released in '84? --Tristam 02:49, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Apparently not. Anybody care to create an article for it? I haven't played it myself, but I hear it's actually quite distinct from all other versions in terms of gameplay (I could be wrong, of course). Jeff Silvers 11:46, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

I see nothing wrong with adding information about the game to this article. Mario Bros. Special already redirects here anyways. --Tristam 00:54, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, it shouldn't, then. They're two different games. Andre (talk) 18:55, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I created Mario Bros. Special (as well as Punch Ball Mario Bros.). Andre (talk) 21:58, 30 October 2006 (UTC)