Reception ĭespite being labeled by Next Generation as 'perhaps the most promising title' for the Virtual Boy before its release, it received mixed reception upon launch. The game was originally developed as a straight remake of the original Mario Bros., and was titled Mario Bros. Like all other Virtual Boy games, Mario Clash uses a red-and-black color scheme and uses parallax, an optical trick that is used to simulate a 3D effect. Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the Mario series' creators, contributed to the game's design.

Mario Clash was developed by Nintendo R&D1, with director Gunpei Yokoi, the same team that was responsible for the development of the Virtual Boy itself. This allows Mario to defeat enemies regardless of their defenses. Players can utilize a mushroom item which, when touched, initiates Fever Time. Defeating more enemies with a Koopa Troopa shell in a row results in more points earned. The game utilizes a scoring system, and a level has to be completed in a certain length of time. The game is over if Mario runs out of lives. If an enemy walks into Mario, or Mario jumps on an enemy he cannot jump on, he will lose a life. Certain enemies can only be defeated if Mario throws a shell from one plane into another, and certain other enemies may have defenses up that prevent them from being damaged. At this point, Mario has to grab this shell in order to defeat enemies that cannot be jumped on safely by throwing it at them, either to his right or left or into the background or foreground. Ĭertain enemies, such as the Koopa Troopas, can be jumped on, causing them to withdraw into their shell. However, the game does not allow for the saving of progress through the games, or high scores, once the game is turned off. It has 99 levels, although the player can only choose to begin from one of the first forty of them. Each level has a different arrangement of pipes, platforms, and enemies. Meanwhile, these enemies can travel between these two planes through different pipes.

Players control Mario to complete this objective, who can travel in and out of the background by jumping forward or backward. The objective is to knock all the enemies off ledges.

Mario Clash is a 3D reimagining of the original Mario Bros.

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