What does a First Grade Teacher do? You always remember the name of your First Grade Teacher. It's not just because they taught you your ABC's, how to read your first sentence, or how to sit at a desk for more than five minutes at a time. First Grade Teachers usher new students into the rest of their academic careers.
While Nintendo of America seems quite happy to give Super Mario Bros. a publication date of October 18, 1985 (as seen on the Virtual Console service, its NES game listing, and in other places), not all gaming historians seem comfortable with that date.
Super Mario Bros. 2's long, strange trip to the top of the charts in 1988 began with a prototype videogame that failed miserably. The 8-bit classic, which became a massive hit for the Nintendo Entertainment System, grew out of a mock-up of a vertically scrolling, two-player, cooperative-action game, Super Mario Bros. 2 director Kensuke Tanabe told Wired.com in an interview at this year's Game Developers Conference.