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{{distinguish|Super Mario Bros. (Nelsonic Game Watch)|Super Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)}} | {{distinguish|Super Mario Bros. (Nelsonic Game Watch)|Super Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)}} | ||
[[File:Super Mario World McDonalds1990CM.png|thumb|McDonald's Japan commercial on this promotion]] | [[File:Super Mario World McDonalds1990CM.png|thumb|McDonald's Japan commercial on this promotion]] | ||
The '''''Super Mario Bros.'' Watch'''<ref>Warranty sheet featuring return address: [https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/nintendo-super-mario-bros-game-watch-491773215]</ref> is a line of LCD game watches released in 1990. They are {{wp|McDonald's}} promotional items that received limited distribution and were not available for regular retail. As such, the packaging lacks barcodes, MSRP prices, and holes for pegboard hooks. The watches were distributed by Simon Marketing, a defunct firm that received most of its business from McDonald's and handled that restaurant chain's promotions such as [[Happy Meal]] toys. For the upcoming release of ''[[Super Mario World]]'', McDonald's Japan held a promotion that started on September 28, 1990. For every | The '''''Super Mario Bros.'' Watch'''<ref>Warranty sheet featuring return address: [https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/nintendo-super-mario-bros-game-watch-491773215]</ref> is a line of LCD game watches released in 1990. They are {{wp|McDonald's}} promotional items that received limited distribution and were not available for regular retail. As such, the packaging lacks barcodes, MSRP prices, and holes for pegboard hooks. The watches were distributed by Simon Marketing, a defunct firm that received most of its business from McDonald's and handled that restaurant chain's promotions such as [[Happy Meal]] toys. For the upcoming release of ''[[Super Mario World]]'', McDonald's Japan held a promotion that started on September 28, 1990. For every 500 yen spent, customers would receive a scratch card that can win one of these game watches, a Big Mac, [[Family Computer|Famicom]] cartridges of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' or ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', or a copy of ''Super Mario World'' (the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] did not have a {{wp|pack-in game}}).<ref>[https://youtu.be/AdPvStusRDw?t=596 Super Mario commercial collection]</ref>{{dead link}}<ref>黒シバ中隊長 (March 24, 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0aR00fAgqo (90年代CM)マクドナルド マックスーパーマリオゲーム]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 4, 2022.</ref><ref>https://russetburbank.net/products/list?category_id=16</ref> | ||
The watches were manufactured by S.I.U. based in Torrance, California, but actual production occurred in China. They are of cruder construction compared to the [[Nelsonic Game Watch]] and [[Gamewatch Boy]]. Both the Japanese and American packaging show that they were licensed from [[Nintendo]] of America. | The watches were manufactured by S.I.U. based in Torrance, California, but actual production occurred in China. They are of cruder construction compared to the [[Nelsonic Game Watch]] and [[Gamewatch Boy]]. Both the Japanese and American packaging show that they were licensed from [[Nintendo]] of America. | ||
