Super Mario Bros. 3, the third entry in the Super Mario Bros. series and Super Mario franchise, sees Mario or Luigi navigate a nonlinear world map containing platforming levels and optional minigames and challenges. The game features more diverse movement options and new items alongside more complex level designs and boss battles.
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Focussing on keeping my thoughts based on the hardware at the time, and what a game this must’ve been.
Much more variety in the worlds, levels, platforming and enemies. Thank god we are back to jumping on enemies heads to kill them, I hated that you couldn’t do that in SMB2. Talking of SMB 2, this is a massive step up in every way. Colour, sound, mechanics, everything.
I found it very difficult at the end, but really enjoyed the challenge.
My one gripe is the boss variety. I tired of defeating the exact same bowser minion 96 times.
Much more variety in the worlds, levels, platforming and enemies. Thank god we are back to jumping on enemies heads to kill them, I hated that you couldn’t do that in SMB2. Talking of SMB 2, this is a massive step up in every way. Colour, sound, mechanics, everything.
I found it very difficult at the end, but really enjoyed the challenge.
My one gripe is the boss variety. I tired of defeating the exact same bowser minion 96 times.
While I find SMB1 to be pretty good and Lost Levels/USA to be the standard messy sequel, SMB3 feels like the proper upgrade to the original SMB1 in everything possible.
More upgrades for Mario, tighter level design, one of the most beautiful soundtracks for a game of this time, a bunch of minigames and a ton of freedom for the player to do whatever they want to do.
Maybe my only grasp with this one is the obscene amount of scrollers in this bad boy.... doesn't help that every final stage in the world is pretty much one, too.
The difficulty in some spots can be borderline trial and error, too. Which is fine, the game hands you extra lives like a madman, but I'm not too fond of it. Possibly these two things are what push this game a bit back for me at least.
Still, this game was my absolute childhood, alongside SMW! It's definitely a gold standard when it comes to difficult platform games.
More upgrades for Mario, tighter level design, one of the most beautiful soundtracks for a game of this time, a bunch of minigames and a ton of freedom for the player to do whatever they want to do.
Maybe my only grasp with this one is the obscene amount of scrollers in this bad boy.... doesn't help that every final stage in the world is pretty much one, too.
The difficulty in some spots can be borderline trial and error, too. Which is fine, the game hands you extra lives like a madman, but I'm not too fond of it. Possibly these two things are what push this game a bit back for me at least.
Still, this game was my absolute childhood, alongside SMW! It's definitely a gold standard when it comes to difficult platform games.
Super Mario Bros. 3 is one of the greatest platformers ever made! It's got colorful worlds, tons of secrets, amazing power-ups, and it's challenging but super fun. The music is iconic, the bosses are memorable, and honestly, it still holds up ridiculously well today. While the graphics might feel a little dated for some, this is an absolute must-play if you love platformers and classic Nintendo games – it's pure platforming perfection!
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Felt much better to play and it's good casual fun until some fucking sick bastard hellspawn bitch decided to make some maniacally evil levels but, I still think it's very good.
I played this game so much with my father, the goat really