Doubutsu no Mori+: Super Mario Bros (2001)

Doubutsu no Mori+: Super Mario Bros cover

Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Publisher: Nintendo
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance
Genres: Platform

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Feels less like a game in its own right and more like a curious bonus unlocking a piece of classic Mario.

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About

Super Mario Bros was only legitimately obtainable in Doubutsu no Mori+, where a Nintendo GameCube Memory Card with the item data on it was sent to 30 winners of a sweepstakes in Weekly Famitsu Vol. 678 in December 2001. The item is otherwise only obtainable with a secret code that is specific to the player's name and their town's name; however, since Nintendo never offered a code generator which generated a Super Mario Bros code, it is only possible to obtain through the use of a third-party code generator.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.