Super Mario Bros 3

PostSuper Mario Bros 3 by **Christopher** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:41 am

This is the game that rocked 10 year old Suzzopher's life. I don't think I have played a game as much as I have this amazing game.

I remember getting this for Christmas in 1990 and with being 10 not being able to afford games until my birthday etc. It gave me six months of awesome.

Played through it again last year and still remembered all the short cuts(using the warp whistles and clouds).

Speed run video:

:shock:

NickSCFC · PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **NickSCFC** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:54 am

First video game I ever played, also the first one I ever owned when I got a NES, think that was 1992 or something, was only 9.

Suzz, I also had 6 months of this before I got another game (Mario 2 for my bday, what a rubbish game that was!)

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **coldspice** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:24 pm

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NickSCFC · PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **NickSCFC** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:02 pm

I actually had a nightmare about that beast when I was little, stuck on that level for a week :cry:

Edit: This is how I got past it too :mrgreen:

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **Turok** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:10 pm

P wing was a cheap trick.

That said, it took me about 10 years to reach the final boss, and that was on the SNES version where you could save. :oops:

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **SEP** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:06 pm

Absolutely the biggest leap in terms of 2D platform games ever for me. Especially in terms of structure and scale. The defining game for the NES generation, certainly.

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **Agent47** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:42 pm

I still think it's the pinnacle of 2D platforming, yet to be beaten.

That speedrun is just EPIC though. :shock:

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **Herdanos** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:31 pm

suzzopher wrote:Speed run video:

I did not know about that second warp whistle. The first one, sure, but I'd always get my second one from smashing through the block on the map screen of the second world and beating the Hammer Brothers (I think that's what they were, anyway).

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **massimo** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:47 am

Danny Boy wrote:
suzzopher wrote:Speed run video:

Don't get too excited. I'm pretty certain this was done on a emulator and is edited. The guy did it as an experiment rather than to trick people if I remember rightly.

Danny Boy wrote:
suzzopher wrote:Speed run video:

I did not know about that second warp whistle. The first one, sure, but I'd always get my second one from smashing through the block on the map screen of the second world and beating the Hammer Brothers (I think that's what they were, anyway).

I'm not even sure how I found out about the second warp whistle. I knew about it when I was younger, but can't remember who told me.

Anyways I strawberry floating love Mario Bros 3. It was awesome. Oh and the sun really pissed me off back in the day. That giant fish too.

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **TheTurnipKing** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:11 am

Ah, I thought I'd seen that Speed Run video before. It's a tool assisted speedrun, but nonetheless impressive for it.

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **TheTurnipKing** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:12 am

Zenigame wrote:
Danny Boy wrote:
suzzopher wrote:Speed run video:

I did not know about that second warp whistle. The first one, sure, but I'd always get my second one from smashing through the block on the map screen of the second world and beating the Hammer Brothers (I think that's what they were, anyway).

I'm not even sure how I found out about the second warp whistle. I knew about it when I was younger, but can't remember who told me.

Anyways I strawberry floating love Mario Bros 3. It was awesome. Oh and the sun really pissed me off back in the day. That giant fish too.

I remember reading about it in a Club Nintendo mag I got when I sent off the registration card from my original Gameboy

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **~Earl Grey~** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:18 pm

I knew about all 3 whistles, but I didn't know you could continually bounce off stuff without touching the ground to get extra lives!

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **T9Flake** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:35 pm

~Earl Grey~ wrote:I knew about all 3 whistles, but I didn't know you could continually bounce off stuff without touching the ground to get extra lives!

That came from level 3-2 in Super Mario Bros I think.

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **Turok** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:36 pm

You could also do it in Super Mario World. It happens because every time you jump from one enemy to another, the points you get double starting from 100 until you get 8000, after which you get one life each time.

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **BobbyDazzle80** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:17 pm

Something I enjoyed immensely about this game was climbing into the boot on level 5-3... Why oh why wasn't that available in other levels in the game!!! Only played it in the mario all stars pack on snes, and was as seduced by Mario 1 and Lost levels as I was with 3, but my god an incredibly fine game. Never completed it though..Doh!

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **PCCD** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:59 am

Turok wrote:P wing was a cheap trick.

That said, it took me about 10 years to reach the final boss, and that was on the SNES version where you could save.

What planet were Nintendo on when they decided that finishing a game that big was easily doable in a single sitting?

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **SEP** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:06 pm

PCCD wrote:
Turok wrote:P wing was a cheap trick.

That said, it took me about 10 years to reach the final boss, and that was on the SNES version where you could save.

What planet were Nintendo on when they decided that finishing a game that big was easily doable in a single sitting?

It was a strange decision, especially considering Zelda had battery back-up before it.

PostRe: Super Mario Bros 3 by **Turok** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:31 pm

The worst was getting pretty far into the game and the NES console itself deciding it needed a break due to over-heating and switching off.

Did anyone here actually manage to finish the NES version without whistles?

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