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Iwata Asks: Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary, Vol. 2, p. 1 (Bringing Video Games Home)

Iwata, Satoru and Nintendo Co., Ltd. 2010. “Iwata Asks: Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary, Vol. 2, p. 1 (Bringing Video Games Home).” Iwata Asks, Wii, Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary, Vol. 2, p. 1. Nintendo Co., Ltd.

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Iwata Asks, SMB 25th, Vol. 2 p. 1
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https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/wii/mario25th/1/0/
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Nintendo Co., Ltd.; interview by Satoru Iwata with Masayuki Uemura and Izuhiko Imanishi.
Notes
The page opens the NES & Mario volume; Iwata dates the 25th anniversary of the release to 13 September and says Super Mario Bros. still holds Japan's record for packaged copies sold.

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Nintendo dates the release of Super Mario Bros. to 13 September 1985.Vol. 2, p. 1, openingInterview
In 2010 Iwata said Super Mario Bros. had sold more packaged copies in Japan than any other game.Vol. 2, p. 1Interview
Imanishi, then Nintendo's head of general affairs, recalled that before the game the Diet had taken up video games' influence on children and newspapers were mostly negative, and that Mario's bright atmosphere cleared away that prejudice against the Famicom.Vol. 2, p. 1Interview