Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)

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Mario Bros.
Developer(s)	Nintendo R&D1
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Game & Watch
Release date(s)	1983-03-14
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Game & Watch
System requirements	2 × LR44 or SR44 watch batteries

Mario Bros. is a Game & Watch game by Nintendo released in 1983. Despite the title, it is unrelated in gameplay to the Mario Bros. arcade game.

The game is a multi-screen game, with Luigi on the left screen and Mario on the right screen. The brothers are working in a bottling factory, moving packages between the various levels of the bottling machine. The game's clamshell design is unusual in the series that instead of opeing up horizontally like the other multi-screens do (like the Nintendo DS), it opens vertically like a book (in the Japanese right to left reading order).

The only controls for the game are up and down buttons for each brother. Mario first get a pallet out of the machine on the lowest level and puts in on the conveyer belt. Luigi then takes it from the other side and puts it on the belt above it. There are 3 points on each side the brothers must do this. Finally, once the package is filled Luigi tosses it onto the delivery truck. Once the truck is full the brother get a short break. If the brothers should drop a pallet they will be yelled at by their bosses. Drop 3 pallets and it is game over. Repeat ad infinitum.

Like all Game & Watch titles there is the standard Mode A and harder Mode B along with a clock and alarm.