two boys, bob and jim jim buys super mario bros. for his nintendo entertainment system and is excited for when his friend bob can watch him play and try to play himself. then bob comes over and jim skims through world 1 without being hit even once! bob, impressed, asks ""can i try world 1 too?"" so jim resets the game and gives bob a go. however, after a while of playing 1-1 bob whines ""there aren't any powerups in this level!"" so jim shows bob that powerups can come from the ? blocks and even shows him where they are. he beats the level, but then he comes to 1-2 and after a while whines ""i can't get past the plants in the pipes!"" so jim shows bob that he can stand by the pipes to make them not come up and that the same thing will happen if he stands on top of the pipes. he beats the level, but then he comes to 1-3 and after a while whines ""i can't get past this pit with the platforms floating around it!"" so jim shows bob that he has to jump on the platforms to get to the other side. he beats the level, but then he comes to 1-4 and after a while whines ""i can't get past these fireballs on blocks!"" jim gets annoyed and says ""bob, i'm starting to get sick of your first world problems""