Super Mario Bros. 35 Has Been In Development Even Before Tetris 99 Has Been Released

Francesco De Meo

Published: Oct 2, 2020 05:32 am

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Super Mario Bros. 35 has just been released on the Nintendo Switch eShop, combining the classic Super Mario Bros. experience with battle royale mechanics. While the game itself is new, the concept really isn’t, as there was a fan game that attempted to do the same things that Super Mario Bros. 35 does. The developer, however, denied that it has been influenced by the fan-made game.

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In a now-deleted tweet from an Arika developer translated by PushDustin, it has been confirmed that Super Mario Bros. 35 has been in development for a long time, and before Tetris 99, another unique take on the battle royale genre, released.

In this tweet, Mihara, who works for Arika Co. Ltd (they worked on Mario 35), confirms that Mario 35 was actually in development before Tetris 99 was even released. There was some reporting in the West that Mario 35 is a rip off of a Mario Battle Royale game, but that's not true. https://t.co/vkTOyD6diS
— Will (PushDustIn) (@PushDustIn) October 1, 2020

Super Mario Bros. 35 is also not a ripoff of the fan game that has been shut down earlier this year, as the game was already in the testing phase when the fan game released. Super Mario Bros. 35 also doesn’t use emulation, as it is apparent when playing the game, and Nintendo provided advice on how to make the game play like a proper Super Mario Bros. title.

Some extra notes: When the Mario Battle Royale game was released, Arika was already in the process of testing Mario 35.

Mario 35 doesn't use emulation either, and the team received advice from Nintendo.
— Will (PushDustIn) (@PushDustIn) October 1, 2020

Super Mario Bros. 35 definitely has the potential of becoming a staple of the Nintendo Switch Online service as much as Tetris 99 has become recently. The battle royale formula may need some tweaking, but it is undeniable that it has a lot of potential.

Super Mario Bros. 35 is now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop for all Switch Online service subscribers.

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Francesco De Meo

Francesco has been writing about video games and the video games industry for almost a decade, focusing on all aspects of the industry. Having always loved handheld gaming, he joined TouchTapPlay in 2013 to cover mobile gaming and, later on, the Nintendo Switch console, which is today his most played console.