Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch has just been released and while it might be based on the company's classic hardware, this new version contains a number of hidden secrets.
For your convenience, we've rounded them all up into a single post (thanks, Nintendo) - take a look below:
Finish Super Mario Bros. and you’ll unlock hard mode, with different enemies appearing.
In the original game, hard mode was only available until you turned off the Nintendo Entertainment System!
Unlock Infinite Mario mode in Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels by holding the A button at the title screen.
Voilà, no more Game Over!
Press and hold the A button for more than 5 seconds on the title screen of the Ball game to play as Luigi!
Finally, look out for 35 special events in the Digital Clock, including:
7:00 AM/PM - Monty Mole appears from the ground and runs around.1:11 AM/PM - 3 Bloopers appear and swim up to the top of screen.
5:55 AM/PM - Blocks showing the time change to coins.
And if you hold down the A button for five seconds, you'll be able to watch and listen to the Mario Drawing Song.
If you're curious to learn more about Nintendo's new Game & Watch, be sure to check out our full hardware review. Have you seen any of these secrets in person yet? Tell us in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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Yes, but will they eventually reveal the secret to unlocking Super Mario Galaxy 2? 🤣
@Liam_Doolan The caption should've been "Watch and Learn." rather than "See them yourself!"
I was waiting for them secrets to be BLOWN out in the open.
I love secrets and cheat codes like these! More modern games need to use them.
Nice, I love stuff like this.
Infinite lives on Lost Levels!? Very nice.
You forgot about how to unlock the Mario drawing song! Just hold A for 5 seconds while in time mode.
@ducttape12 I've added it in.
These were just some extra secrets Nintendo tweeted about.
I need to see Mario MoonWalk
I'm getting mine tomorrow, need to see if my bank account can take it.
Oh yeah. Memento Mori.
I have completed the lost levels before, but it's really nice to enjoy the game with infinite lives. It's great for a casual speed run without game overs. And choosing the difficulty in SMB.1 is super handy. This Game & Watch is becoming my definitive way to play SMB.1 & LL. Really enjoying the system
You can also select worlds with b
@Old-Red That's not necessarily a secret as you always unlocked this ability for the game even back on the original NES game and Peach even tells you about it.
@Severian you're the winner 😂😂😂
Hey, that's very nice. I'm not following the Mario G&W closely, but I expected less.
It's a good thing they don't pull a Harvest Moon at 4:44, right?
Completing mario Galaxy wahooooo
Infinite Mario is pretty handy since it's a lot harder to play reliably on such a small device. It's a fun novelty though and I've been having fun with it. Gonna try Luigi Ball at some point too. Pretty cool that they included so many secrets in such a small device. I'm still checking out new stuff that happens in the clock function.
To be fair that's all kinda cute and cool. Even though I am still not going to get this collector's item
The love and care they put into this device is amazing.
I guess I'm the sucker Nintendo is depending on cause I absolutely adore this little device
Where did you good people find the display stand used in your review vid?
@sleepinglion
I believe they got it from Rosecoloredgaming which has a variety of display stands, but I wouldn't mind knowing the exact stand they used. It looks nice and I wouldn't mind having one myself.
@Onion Thank you for the tip, I ordered their Game and Watch stand!
I just printed this stand: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/tool/game-watch-2020-stand-nintendo-super-mario-bros-twittytwitty
It's a bit thin and the angle is too high, but props for getting this free STL out so quickly. I can fix the angle and build quality.
@Gwynbleidd I remember when the Wii came out and I was hoping that on the VC, they'd release Stadium Events but only for like 24 hours and charge like $100 for it.
Shocking that joke idea I had would turn out to be something they'd actually do a little over a decade later, kind of.
What happens at 04:20?
I'm excited for someone to unlock the secret homebrew emulation mode
@Severian would be something...
I'm still waiting for GameStop to ship mine. I only used them because they were the first retailer to open orders in the US, but somehow they find new ways to disappoint me.
I want to see if someone will make a sleeve or case for these. It seems like a given they will make more of these too. Like for Zelda and Metroid.
Pressing the time button numerously changes the landscape. ^_^
There is also a new hidden world in SMB2. From Nintendo's website (https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2020/November/Six-secrets-to-discover-with-the-Game-Watch-Super-Mario-Bros-system--1875308.html):
"Completing Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels will add a lovely star to its title screen. Get eight stars by completing the game eight times, and you’ll have access to the secret World A – containing four stages – by pressing the B button on the title screen! Heads up, Koopa Troopas move faster than usual…"
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