Super Mario Brothers is a platform video game released 1985. This is the first game to be set in Mushroom Kingdom, marking the first appearances of Bowser, Princess Toadstool, and Toad, as well as Koopa Troopas, Goombas and many other Mario series enemies, allies, items and power-ups. Super Mario Bros. was the best selling video game of all time, having sold more than 40.23 million copies worldwide as of 2003. It is also the best-selling game of the Wii's Virtual Console. The game was largely responsible for the initial success of the Nintendo Entertainment System and the revival of the gaming industry after the 1983 video game crash.