Game Art Styles

All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.

Nintendo · 1986

Side-scrolling · Platformer · Console

Dimension
2D
Rendering
Pixel art
Colors
Linework
Black outlines
Shading
Flat / Unlit
Pixel details
8-bit
Palette
Limited palette, Vibrant
Proportions
Exaggerated
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About

A Japan-only Famicom Disk System platformer themed around the radio program All Night Nippon. It remixes Super Mario Bros. levels with elements from the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 and replaces several characters with caricatures of radio personalities.

Art style

All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. (1986, Nintendo) is a 2D pixel art game played from a side-scrolling view. Its look is built from black outlines and flat/unlit shading. The palette is limited and vibrant.

Details

Developer
Nintendo
Publisher
Fuji Television Network, Inc.
Released
1986-12 Japan, Famicom Disk System
Platforms
Famicom Disk System
Also known as
オールナイトニッポン スーパーマリオブラザーズ (Japan)
All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.
Links
mobygames · wikipedia · mariowiki.com

Screenshots 3

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