Super Mario Bros' Controls Were Originally Different
http://kotaku.com/5672446/super-mario-bros-controls-were-originally-different



In Super Mario Bros., the "A" button is jump, and the "B" button is run or shoot fireballs. It wasn't always that way.

The original plan for Super Mario Bros. was quite different. For example, it involved shooting. A booklet included in the Wii title "Super Mario Collection Special Pack" shows just how different.

The booklet has the original design documents Miyamoto drew up for the game. In the document, the controls are listed as:

• Left button made Mario walk left.
• Right button made Mario walk right.
• Up button made Mario jump.
• Down button made Mario crouch (this wasn't finalized).
• B button made Mario run or speed up, but when he has a rocket, B would propel him.
• A button was the attack input, but depended on if he had a weapon like a rifle or a "beam" gun. If not, Mario would kick.

A rocket-riding, beam-gun carrying, rifle-wielding, drop-kicking Mario? Believe.

[NS] 衝撃の事実：初期のスーパーマリオは上ボタンでジャンプし、Aボタンでライフルを撃った [N-Styles]

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Mario was more hardcore then we could handle back then!!!

i want that, damn you!

Wonder how history would have turned out if they kept to that control scheme.

How different would the Mario games be today? Would Mario still be as popular and as huge? Where would Nintendo be today?

Damn, a Super Mario Bros shooter/beat-em-up, Miyamoto should release this version of the game now!

"Super Mario Bros: The Lost Weapons"

Sounds like Mario crossed with Megaman

EWWWWWWWWW

Thank god they made the change!!!!!

I have never been a fan of d-pad jumping.  I am so glad it didn't work out like that!

You and me both brother!

I was a d-pad jumper in Super Smash Bros. for the longest time, and then I finally saw the light.

I couldn't even imagine d-pad jumping in Super Mario Bros. *shivers*

What makes Mario so great is the surrealism, laser guns and jetpacks are so meh!