News Article  Super Mario Bros. Nearly Had a Shoot 'em Up Stage
Posted by James Newton  Before fireballs came bullets
Every cloud has a silver lining.   From the web  Game
Screenshots  User Comments (48)    GamesX99 said:  Lol Bowser
comes breathing fire and Mario just pulls out a gun...I see some
good sells    PSICOffee said:  ha wow that would have totally
made the game as standard as the rest of the games that were gun
shooters on the NES. Mario would have NEVER been as popular as
he is today like that. Throwing fireballs is a key staple that
makes him stand out. Its interesting but I'm glad they did what
they ended up doing. Believe me, I've played games like Platoon
and Rush 'n Attack and having to jump with the dpad up and then
to the side as pressing diagonal upper right is a pain and not
as responsive as you think.  The minus world is the only glitch
I can get to flawlessly work too. Perfecting some other glitches
in SMB and finally finishing Balloon Trip in balloon fight (got
to rank 3 before