9 Cool Differences between Super Mario Bros. Deluxe and the original

Here are 9 cool differences between Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for Gameboy and the original Super Mario Bros. Some are subtle, other less subtle but still not that known (we ourselves ignored many main features of this portable edition of the classic game).
In the Deluxe edition lava and water are animated, more sound effect have been added, Warp Zones in challenge mode are redesigned, etc.

[@GerardMenvussa]

Peach kneeling/getting on her toes to adapt to Mario's hight, what a great detail. Somehow had never heard of this. Then again, SMBD is often forgotten when discussing that era of Mario games.

[@MarvinPowell1]

Women love tall men.

[@SuperMario_120YT]

@@MarvinPowell1 ye

[@TRJ2241987]

Summer of 1999 was the last year of summer camp of my life.......this game and Pokemon Pinball dominated that camp that summer

[@superspider64]

that's honestly cool that they went out of their way to add these tiny little extras

[@MrVariant]

Yeah 1:00-1:08 Mario brakes to a different sound than Super Mario

[@Haymdahl]

Old Nintendo did that regularly. New Nintendo doesn't care shit and rerelease old games full price without improvements. Sometimes there are even bad changes. Like forbidding GameCube Controller features in Super Mario Sunshine. Although the game's controls were designed with GameCube Controllers in mind. One exception is Wind Waker, where they improved controls and made the Triforce search less tiring. Still full price though.

[@dolomite1067]

​You say that like they didn't just release the Paper Mario remake that added a bunch of small additional animations, sound changes, small features, and completely changes a lot of the dialogue to better fit the original Japanese version. I get what you mean, but just terrible timing though to prove your point. ​@@Haymdahl

[@Haymdahl]

@@dolomite1067 For Paper Mario Remaster, they worsened dialogue and sound and it's full price for an old game. Another perfect example of my point. Super Mario RPG Remake is a good example. The graphics are enhanced tremendously and for sound, one can choose between new and original. That's how it's done. Still full price for an old game though.

[@callmean0n989]

the paper mario remaster made me wish that nintendo would release games on pc so we could mod the imperfections out of their games

[@jyllianrainbow7371]

Deluxe always felt more polished and now I know why.

[@garrynewman6211]

Well no crap, it’s the deluxe

[@Kruegernator123]

It's still my favorite GameBoy game.

[@JWBabaYaga]

@@garrynewman6211, I was the 10th liker!

[@garrynewman6211]

@@JWBabaYaga Cool

[@PaperBanjo64]

Do any of the changes come over to the GBA port?

[@Vulpas]

The tiptoe kiss is the cutest thing ever in Mario games.

[@Dreadjaws]

A shame Super Mario Bros. Deluxe doesn't get more love. Nintendo keeps re-releasing the original game but Deluxe is always forgotten. It's not even on NSO.

[@RetroT-Bones]

Deluxe deserves to be on the NSO.

[@thefancydoge8668]

I never even knew this existed, I only knew of the all stars remake and thats it. I think even Nintendo forgot about deluxes existence

[@Dreadjaws]

@@thefancydoge8668 It's crazy because back then it was all the talk. Re-releases were rare, the Virtual Console was far from being a thing and Nintendo has had some success with expanded re-releases of their games (such as Link's Awakening DX and Donkey Kong for GB).

[@champion_ofcloud-var]

yet*

[@Jackal_El_Lobo34]

Thank god we've got emulators.

[@SonicTheCutehog]

The sound effect of Lakitu throwing Spiny Eggs and Cheep Cheeps jumping out of the water in Deluxe is taken from the original Mario Bros. when an enemy comes out of a pipe

[@JoãoMartins-t4e]

You mean a Shellcreeper

[@JoãoMartins-t4e]

You mean a Shellcreeper

[@afshanzeeshan7488]

@@JoãoMartins-t4eyou don’t have to say it twice

[@neilt82]

"Chromatically indistinguishable" just became my new favourite phrase. Absolutely loved the video! ❤️

[@AgdaFingers]

I've always wondered why Mario and Luigi looked alike in their fire form - something they shared again in SMB3.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

In Super Mario All-Stars, the brothers' regular color palettes resemble their appearance in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show (Mario's blue shirt and red overalls also date back to his Donkey Kong days). Luigi's shirt is a blue-purple mix.

[@realmariowahoo]

The fact that Peach kisses Mario in the deluxe version is cute and shows how Peach loves mario

[@Gotmilk0112]

The only thing holding back Deluxe from being the definitive version of SMB is the screen crunch from being on GBC. If someone were to remake/port it on a non-handheld it'd be amazing.

[@IceYetiWins]

The lack of warp zones ruins it for me as well

[@rainlion10]

@@IceYetiWins Wdym? There are warp zones in SMBDX.

[@IceYetiWins]

@@rainlion10 oh there are? The video made it seem like they got rid of the warp zones at 1-2 and 4-2.

[@rainlion10]

@@IceYetiWins Oh, that's actually SMBDX's Challenge Mode

[@Horace-83]

A guy is making a game called SMB Ultra Deluxe. Which is basically SMB DX in widescreen for PC. It works in vain to Sonic 3 AIR where you need the Rom of DX for it to work. So it can’t be taken down.

[@SpeedyNinja1152]

I think the Toad jumping up and down is a reference to Super Mario All-Stars.

[@jasminefrazier8624]

Yes

[@MoonSarito]

If it weren't for the screen crunch, this would easily be the best version of the original SMB.

[@koolaid33]

Even with the screen crunch, I'd still say it's on par. The original release from 1985 is still a great game, nobody get that wrong, but this version is just so much better in every way. It's also a lot more forgiving allowing you to just begin again from the start of the world you ended on, instead of having to enter a cheat code to do that in the original NES game. To be honest, the best version is probably that of Super Mario All-Stars.

[@sometf2player752]

6:59 it’s so weird actually seeing peach move here

[@kingnewcomer2029]

It's really impressive just how many improvements Super Mario Bros. Deluxe added compared to the original 1985 game such as more animations, sound effects for certain enemies, a world map, Mario/Luigi destroying a Castle after defeating its Boss, Luigi getting his own, unique, palette swap colors rather than just having it be both his default, and Fire clothes, etc.! My favorite of all these however is Peach standing on her tippytoes when she kisses Big/Fire Mario/Luigi, I just LOVE seeing her shoes in all their 8-bit glory! 😉 Definitely had a lot of memories with the Game Boy Color remake of this classic game (hard to believe it's already been 25 years since SMBD first came out too... God, I'm old)! 🥰 Maybe you'll do future comparison videos between Super Mario Bros. (1985), and its 1999 GBC remake (if there ARE anymore comparisons to do so, that is), or even just show off all the new stuff Deluxe added over its OG counterpart! Either way, another excellent comparison video, Looygi! 👍

[@MusicTherapy41]

I also know Super Mario Bros. Deluxe and I think there are enough differences to make a second video! Since this video got a lot of views, now we just have to wait for Looyig Bros to make another SMB Deluxe video.

[@escopeto7849]

Thank you, Looygi Bros! Always hoped you'd go for SMBDX, and you delivered!❤

[@sometf2player752]

6:10 that moment when the world map has better looking sprites than the levels themselves

[@ErnestoTheCyanRabbit]

1:18, I love those sounds for path castle levels.

[@supreme-ss777]

They were first in Super Mario All-Stars.

[@FB64_Fakebeta]

@@supreme-ss777Sounds more like something from Super Mario Land 2 or the Wario Land games

[@XDevonBueno]

I love how you made this video,taking the time to really show and point out the details and giving them time and space to be seen its really well made

[@meowcat7124]

Version differences are my favourite series on this channel, really loved this video!

[@ArcRay20]

i think what impresses me most is how NES authentic the edited sprite work and new sounds are.

[@koolaid33]

The Game Boy Color was an 8-bit system like the NES, most it's insides were comparable to a portable NES, they didn't need to try to make it authentic because it was quite literally the NES on-the-go. Same as the Game Gear, it was essentially a portable Master System.

[@brrrrune]

SMBD was my first Gameboy Colour game along with Game & Watch Gallery 3. These games deserve more love! 🔥

[@shinyagumon7015]

Those changes are so cool, they feel like something that they would've added to the original game if they had the technology. Although I wish they made the map have the SMB colour palette aswell, a bit weird to have it be 16 bit.

[@kumada84]

Actually, the map is totally authentic - they did it exactly like it would have been done on the NES, with 4 colors for each 16x16 square Edit: I do agree that it would have been cool if they had made the map designs look more like the actual game rather than later games (the tall cylindrical trees with eyes, etc)

[@Retroripe]

The kissing animation for big Mario is sooooo cute. ❤

[@AndrewSouzaGames555]

Yes

[@Patolagos]

I really like Luigi's palette in Deluxe, I wish they went with those in SMM2

[@DJFoxy-TheKitsune]

Same here

[@MrVariant]

7:58 OG toad gripping you off is as funny as mario dying on the cover hitting a fireproof wall 😂

[@apollorock3r244]

2:18 Another difference no one seems to comment on, the Fire Flower in SMBD flickers a lot faster than in the original.

[@alvarochaves1999]

7:52 Toad showing the finger to Mario in the NES version.

[@CapcomFanBoy]

Thanks to you now I can't unsee it.

[@PringoOrSomething]

I grew up with this game as a kid and I honestly prefer it over the original

[@eduardorpg64]

I remember that my brother borrowed SMB Deluxe from a friend when we were in elementary school. This brought back a ton of memories and I started feeling nostalgic. Awesome video!

[@frostboy1263]

I never even knew Super Mario Bros Deluxe had this many differences. I know little about the game as it is, but literally, one of the only things I knew of this game was Luigi having better coloration in normal and fire forms. Even then, I only figured that out through Mario Crossover.

[@skymixel101]

It's cool that they officially gave Mario Deluxe little details! I never noticed them before!

[@EnzeruAnimeFan]

The layouts for some of these facts is really neat! Your rhythm and placement did not go unnoticed!

[@Cains_stuff]

I love how in the artwork, she bends don’t to hold marios hands but not luigi because he’s already tall

[@pablomariobros1202]

Do the Super Mario Advance games next

[@jasminefrazier8624]

Good idea

[@MusicTherapy41]

DO THE MARIO!

[@jasminefrazier8624]

@@MusicTherapy41 swim you arms side to side

[@Madonizzz]

If this game wasn't on such a small screen it would probably be the definitve edition of SMB

[@AlanRedgown]

It's cool to see all these differences all together! Some of these I never noticed!

[@johnmatthewtomco323]

I think the animation in 7:45 is a reference to SMB1/TLL(All-Stars/SNES)

[@BR-jw7pm]

Now THIS is next level!

[@arthursnyder6935]

I'm surprised that this wasn't added to the Game Boy switch online app

[@gameomer1855]

Super Mario Bros Deluxe more like Super Mario Advance 0 if you know what I mean

[@OpaqueSleet7802]

Also, Super Mario Advance was originally going to be called "Super Mario Bros. 2 Deluxe" or "Super Mario Bros. Deluxe 2" and it's still called that in some unused files. :)

[@gameomer1855]

@@OpaqueSleet7802 The Super Mario Advance series in my eyes: 1. Super Mario Bros (Super Mario Bros Deluxe) 2. Super Mario Bros 2 (Super Mario Advance) 3. Super Mario World (Super Mario Advance 2) 4. Yoshi's Island (Super Mario Advance 3) 5. Super Mario Bros 3 (Super Mario Advance 4) 6. Super Mario 64 (Super Mario 64 DS) No Super Mario Land games unfortunately

[@DAJTheYouTuber_2007]

​@@gameomer1855i see it the same way too

[@Chaosfox04]

Two things I wish Mario Maker had used from Deluxe: small/normal green/brown for Luigi and correct pallette for Fire Luigi. The other being the boo sprite.

[@AwesomeGamer-om4hm]

IIRC, the Boo sprites in this game were NES-ized versions of the Boos seen in SMW.

[@ДаниилШипилин]

Hello Looygi Bros! Please tell me! How did you 0:37 turn off the music and 1:17 jump sound effect?

[@iamcoold2]

вероятно авторское право probably copyright

[@robotdude2206]

I'm on the younger side (only 28), and the GBA was my first console despite the Game Boy Color being quite prominent when I was a kid. As a result, Deluxe was my only experience with the first Super Mario Brothers, but man was it a great experience. I never knew that there were any differences between the two versions, thinking it was just a port of the original game. I had no idea the original didn't have those overworlds similar to SMB3. It makes me happy that there are those who remember this game.

[@SuperJM9]

That was a good time to grow up. It was the last time that Nintendo properly ported the classic Mario games to new hardware as major releases with new features. Mario Bros., SMB1, SMB2j (to a lesser extent), SMB2 USA, SMB3, Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island and Super Mario 64 DS. A Link to the Past and the Donkey Kong Country trilogy got similar treatment. Ever since then it's just been emulation of older versions of the games.

[@BILLSMAFIA-gn3ds]

Nah ur hella old😊

[@robotdude2206]

@@BILLSMAFIA-gn3ds Old is someone who grew up with the NES. I was too young to comprehend the N64.

[@SuperJM9]

The sound effects for Lakitu throwing spinies and the Cheep Cheeps jumping may have been done in part to compensate for the screen crunch. Because you can't see as much of the screen as you could in the original, the sound effects let you know when one of these has occurred in situations where you could see them happening in the original. Lakitu is at least always visible at the top of the screen instead of being cut off. I love Deluxe though. I finished it 100% a number of years ago, getting all the stickers in the album.

[@MrMikander]

I had forgotten this version and I have it for my GBC. :) Nice video as usual.

[@Mallory16]

I can think of another minor difference: in the original game, when Mario gets a star, aside from the invincibility music playing, the power-up sound effect also plays. In Deluxe, the invincibility music obviously still plays, but the power-up sound effect does not play when Mario gets a star.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Yes, the power-up sound was omitted here in this case.

[@TommyViper]

I love these little details, just enough to make SMB:D worth buying for that alone!

[@ssg-eggunner]

The extra sounds effects reminds me of the ones used in mario bros. classic Also holy hell the path SFX is hella useful 5:38 unrelated fact: there was a re-release of super mario collection back in the 90s in japan for the Satellaview BSX, it featured maps just like smb deluxe, but those behaved like smb3's, it's possible that smbdx's took inspiration of BSsmb's 7:47 that animation appeared first in the original version of super mario collection 8:18 that luigi is hella lanky 💀💀💀

[@paxhumana2015]

Do you have any footage of that special SatelliView version of Super Mario Collection, out of curiosity?

[@ssg-eggunner]

@@paxhumana2015 I am pretty sure that there's VHS recordings of BS super mario collection out there in KZbin Along with voice acting during level breaks

[@Vandita3344]

Thanks for uploading this.

[@riggles]

How I wish there was a SMB on NES hack with these changes.

[@elecmagpulse7385]

I’ve never played SMB Deluxe, so these were completely unknown to me. It’s really cool how much they went in and polished this game up! If it weren’t for the screen crunch, this could easily be the definitive version of the original game.

[@yabukiman4273]

If only the screen wasn't (understandably) cropped, Deluxe would be the definitive way to play this classic. Those little touches are so sweet.

[@paxhumana2015]

3:21, the same changes to this version of the game also applies to the Super Mario All-Stars/Super Mario World/Super Mario Collection versions of the game as well. Also, the music in the Coin Heaven and Bonus Rooms areas are completely different in the previously mentioned games.

[@paxhumana2015]

Though the tones are different, the right and wrong tones also exist in Super Mario Brothers and Super Mario Brothers 2 (Japan)/The Lost Levels/For Super Players in Super Mario All-Stars/Super Mario World/Super Mario Collection for the SNES/NSFC, Wii, Wii U, 3DS/2DS, and Switch. The moving water and lava also exists in the aforementioned versions of the game as well, though they look completely different from the versions that are in this video, and the unofficial Commodore 64 port of the game has them as well, albeit looking different than all of the previous versions of the game.

[@valeriaefrancescoranieri1796]

If you get this special reward you are also rewarded with the Bowser award. Right?

[@MechaGod]

It truly is the Deluxe version of the game

[@Certified_Marvin_M0ment]

1:03 this fact is kind of weong since Mario already had a sound effect when turning but the sound effects is quite different

[@GuchewPurito]

In the original smb1 it wasn’t in there. You’re probably thinking of Mario 2 the lost levels

[@MineZack2]

@@GuchewPuritoOr super Mario maker

[@Krakenburgvortex79]

SMB Deluxe is the version I grew up with, so it's cool to see the differences that I never knew were there!

[@Envy_May]

i didn't know/remember most of that things but omg that map screen brought back memories of playing this on the PLANE LOL

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

8:29 -- Mario may have a short enemy bounce rate, but it changes when he does the turtle-tipping trick for infinite 1-UPs, because like in Super Mario All-Stars he doesn't fall off the Koopa. In both remakes, the lives counter has a limit built in to prevent a potential early Game Over.

[@Superzym2013]

8:22 what is this music

[@runnersdialzero1244]

7:52 i dont see the difference

[@evanhernandez2071]

They should make it so that Toad jumps up and down

[@thrillhouse_vanhouten]

SMB Deluxe was the first way I ever completed SMB1! Its music sounds way better to me than the original

[@LITTLE1994]

Nice extra stuff, for sure.

[@rashidisw]

Fire Luigi in Deluxe are more inline with the old cartoon when he got the Fire Flower.

[@thevisha6571]

2:48 Esa emotiza que me hizo 👻

[@CARLOS387-sk6qf]

XD

[@AgdaFingers]

I had this game. Even though it was crunched down, I liked it - especially for the fun extras - such as the boo races, Lost Levels, and the collection mode - not to mention the photo album!

[@ShortMiao]

God I freaking love this remake. So much love poured into it.

[@EdvinDraw]

And that is why I like the Deluxe version over the original, but the original is still a classic!

[@matheuslisboa836]

It's quite strange to launch a game with graphics from the early 1980s in 1999, at a time that was in the N64 era, and the beginning of the GCN/GBA era was just around the corner. People at that time might think it was very old. Either way, it's one of the best "Deluxe" games there has ever been. Even though the screen resolution is much lower compared to the original, it is still an incredible and fantastic remake. And many details of this remake, I didn't even notice.

[@fernando98322]

I need this on my Switch already, it's my childhood game. This video just goes through the main game differences, but the game has a ton of extra content, and Lost Levels is also included!

[@SorcererLance]

I think if i recall, Luigi was also more slippery and MAYBE can jump slightly higher? Keeping consistent with how he played in Mario 2 JP onward

[@DenkyManner]

Mario winking in the ending artwork. "oh yeh, I'm-a get some tonight! Wahoo!"

[@TheWorldDBZ]

The full resolution version of this game is seriously needed

[@ricardopratt5190]

I feel like if yoshi was in the SMB he would just add the extra base to the songs when you jump on him

[@regalternative]

Even though I played both versions I'm way more nostalgic for deluxe. I played it so much as a kid

[@milesfernando]

Is there a romhack for the NES game that backports the Deluxe stuff? Would be a great way to get the best of both worlds.

[@IvanFranco120]

At this point, i haven't investigated how SMBDX Challenge mode was... But some curious changes. Also, how come they have animated lava-water here, but not on SMM1/2???

[@michaelmann7816]

Prolly because SMM is using the classic style. And because, like a different comment here pointed out, people tend to forget SMBDX exists...

[@nthgth]

One of the very few portable games I've owned and played more than once. Wish they'd incorporate all the additions to a full-res version of SMB, I think that would be my favorite version of the game then.

[@Novum228]

Okay but I’m confused on why the spring sounds aren’t in the Super Mario Maker games Actually, why are NONE of these sounds in the SMM games?

[@GamingGardevoir]

Nintendo forgot this game existed

[@iwasanMBTInerd]

I grew up on this game thinking it was just the original and all of these were original

[@LukasPeace]

If i remember right they did the toad thing in All Stars, and each castle had more and more toads

[@angrymariocraft8228]

These differences are very cool!

[@ShiitakeWarrior]

1:03 - Wasn't there also a screeching sound effect in the original SMB2 on FDS?

[@GamingGardevoir]

Yup, that’s probably what this was based on (fds used an fm channel for it though, I think. This one is pcm)

[@shadowscribe]

I liked every change except the added sound effects

[@cassowary1817]

This was the first main series Mario game I ever played and beat so the fact other versions weren't like this, especially that the castles didn't have a right/wrong buzzer originally is wild to me.

[@elianewinter2638]

ooh the memories..! SMBDX on gbc was my very first video game ever :')

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

#1 -- same thing for the water waves in the water levels; amazing, when you consider the Game Boy Color's own limitations as a handheld unit.

[@Triumph._.]

I love that beyond the motion which is easily noticeable, her eye and mouth sprite subtly changes when she kisses him, which i believe conveys her closing her eye and pursing her lips.

[@ikagura]

"Chromatically indistinguishable" sounds really cool.

[@wariolandgoldpiramid]

3:46 that's just Challenge Mode. If you play the "Original 1985" mode, then the Warp Zones are still there.

[@DE23]

Yes... The video says this... Do you lack basic reading comprehension?

[@weedandwater]

I remember when I was a kid I begged my mom to buy me this game. I thought Mario and Luigi looked so cool on the cover of the Deluxe version. . Then I was so disappointed that they looked nothing like the cover. I was like “wait a minute, this is the NES version of Super Mario Bros. for game boy!” I still played the shit out of it. I was obsessed with finding the princess.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Beated it on my first try. If you beat it they give you special Levels.

[@petrie911]

So that's where all my Mandela effect stuff for SMB1 came from. SMBDX was the first version I played of it.

[@MiguelHero2768]

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe is better Who's love SMBD

[@stevensgamingtube2329]

2:42 Mamma mia! This vine a tickles!

[@toast_busters]

I played the deluxe version non-stop when it came out. I'm always shocked that people have either never heard of it or that it just never gets brought up because it's definitely me a fantastic version of the original game

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

It would be so cool if someone had the technical know-how to convert Game Boy Color games into NES games, just like how people in the Sega Master System community converted Game Gear games into Master System games...

[@RetroT-Bones]

Those notable differences are great. I still love Super Mario Bros. Deluxe though, and those improvements and fantastic features are Deluxe fantastic.

[@PhilipMurphy8Extra]

Great concept of a video, didn't know there was any differences

[@RaposaCadela]

I always wanted to have this version's features with the original's resolution. Hackers get on it!!

[@Thehauntedbubos-so3zo]

Why don't the Mario maker trampoline make that sound but instead just make the block hit sound

[@supreme-ss777]

That’s because it’s based on the NES version.

[@Thehauntedbubos-so3zo]

That does make sense but the nes version doesn't make any noise in the first place plus it has a different design in smm and also the beta of Mario maker has a similar design to the smb1 trampoline but still small like the final as a fun fact

[@brandonperkins176]

Both versions were awesome and I would binge play Super Mario Bros. Deluxe when I owned a Gameboy Color! Ooohhh, I love the nostalgia