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The first Mario Bros. game was simply, Mario Bros. A two player arcade game.
1983, arcade Was when the game Mario Bros. came out (if you mean Super Mario Bros. 1985 nes/famicom).
Mario first appeared in the arcade Mario Bros where he cleaned pipes from crabs, koopas, and other goons. This was also a mini-game in Super Mario Bros 3. Although he is featured in Donkey Kong for NES, in the original Donkey Kong arcade cabinet the hero was named Jump Man. The change to Mario on the NES version was made to sell units based on recognition. Super Mario Bros uses a very similar design and physics to the original Mario Bros so that may be why Nintendo stuck with pipe/plumber theme.
In the arcade game "Donkey Kong" in 1981, but he was known as Jumpman at the time. He was first called Mario in "Mario Bros." in 1983.
There are 4, Super Mario Bros. 1, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3, there is also Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels which is the original Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan. They have also made a remake of Super Mario All-Stars for Nintendo Wii.