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It's probably one of the only NES games I can play over and over again, alongside Kirby's Adventure and Super Mario Bros. I would say that NES games in general are not the highest of quality with their library but it's still a great game!

El padre de los plataformas modernos.

It's very easy to say that it's one of the best Mario games to play, no matter what version. NES version has its charm from the aesthetics, and it still holds up 30 years later.
It's the game that expanded what Mario can do with new powerups and the levels being more intricate than what we saw in Mario Bros. 1. The music is all amazing and you can still hear a chunk of them in modern Mario games now, just a testament on how good the music is.
The worlds themselves are unique in their own way with one being a Giant world and a cloud eccentric world. And the secrets here are super cool if you know where to look for them! If Mario World is what got me into gaming then this game cemented that i love completing them!

La jodida cabra del Mario 2D con el Super Mario World


There's something about Super Mario Bros. 3 that resonates with me and I don't exactly know what it is. I feel like the first Mario game gave the idea of what this franchise could do and also saved gaming in America back in the 80s, however Mario 3 fully shows what the franchise is all about and how fun it can be. The game is packed with so much new content that gave this franchise more of an identity and I love it for that alone.

But the game itself is also a great time as well and has aged so well after all of these years. Mario's controls feel identical to how he controls in later 2D games which shows how quickly Nintendo was able to hit it on the head. I love all the power ups. The Raccoon Leaf along with it's better, but rare Tanooki Suit have become some of the most iconic power ups in the franchise, and for good reason. They're the first power ups in Mario to allow you to fly, and to do it, you need momentum which can I just say feels really good to get in this game. I love how if you know the layout and know how to get a running start, you can blitz through some levels. I was able to do one myself in the playthrough and was so shocked with what I just did. With the other power ups though, you have the frog suit which can make traversing through water levels much easier and also pretty fun. There's the goomba shoe that let's you walk on rather unsafe enemies & objects, or what about the hammer suit which lets you throw a hammer out in an arc while also being able to spam it. The fire flower returns and I just love how there is so much variety, but it doesn't feel overwhelming. No, they all feel right at home here and I appreciate that. Along with your own inventory where you can stuff things in from the world map.

Speaking of the world map, I think it's done well here, especially for the first time in 1988. It's nonlinear and you can use things like the whistle to skip worlds, or the music box to make enemies on the world fall asleep, or the cloud to skip a level if it's too hard or you know you can easily progress somewhere else. The levels themselves are a joy and there's something about them that comforts me. I think it's how fast paced they are, along with how well they manage to convey a theme with what the level is about. Autoscrolls are introduced and I didn't dislike any of them, but I do feel that there were a little too many of them. Especially in the last world which is kind of weird. Be warned that there are a lot of maze levels in world 7 and you'll probably end up with a time up or two like I did if it's your first time. Also, the music is way too catchy. Any song feels like it could get stuck in your head.

At the end of the day, I feel like Mario 3 is just one of those games that had all the kids going crazy back then. I could just imagine conversations at a playground about someone finding out about how they found out about the whistles and being able to skip a world with it, or how they're stuck on some random level. The game itself has so much charm, and only strived to be bigger and better than it's predecessor's, and succeeded in doing so. I think it's easy to say that this is definitely one of the best if not the best game from that generation with what it did.

fodastico sou um grade fã desse jogo

fun mario game! don't got much to say except the new powerups are good

I had to dog-sit for a friend today at their place, so I brought my PS4 to pass the time and finally force myself to play through Little Big Planet 3. I wasn't really feelin' LBP3, so I took out the NES Classic that I also brought with me and decided to play through Mario 3 instead. This time I decided to try and do it not just without warp whistles, but without P-wings either! I was actually able to do it a lot more painlessly than I thought it would go. Managed to 1-try both the airship as well as the warship in world 8 which I thought would NEVER happen. I certainly got some lucky moments more than once I suppose. Perhaps it has just been so long since I've played it, but the whole game just seems less crazy hard than I remember it being. Particularly world 6 which I remember being HORRIBLE in the past. Even world 7 wasn't soooo bad.

Verdict: Highly Recommended (duh :P )

its mario for a third time

nie rozumiem kultu wokół tej gry

El mejor Mario de la Nes, no hay discusión.

THE best platformer from the NES generation, good in everything and bad in nothing
This is title that send Mario to fly like a tanuki in popularity

lembro do tanto que joguei esse na locadora com o pessoal, foi tão divertida aquela época. O menino saía pra vender brigadeiro pra mãe dele e ficava na locadora e a mãe dele ia lá buscar ele pela orelha.

It’s surprising how well this game holds up considering most NES games really don’t!

A wide variety of levels and fun power ups that keep things interesting along with pretty solid controls makes it very much worth playing!

I will admit I played this on NSO online and I did take advantage of the rewind feature a few times mainly in Worlds 7 and 8 but when I do revisit this one I’ll try and cut back.

Played on the Wii and 3DS Virtual Consoles, the various releases of the All-Stars version, and eventually, a real NES. Cleared all courses, found all items, and finished the game. My personal favorite game on the platform, Super Mario Bros. 3 is not just a classic, but a game that I believe still holds up enough to be enjoyed today. I will continue to return for more replays.

The pinnacle of 8-bit Super Mario. Excellent level and map design, charming graphics, and a huge step for the series.

Easily the best NES game, holds up so well. Tight controls and great level design outside of the absurdly long autoscrollers (pretty much the entirety of world 8). Cool ass powerups we’ll never see again like the hammer suit and frog suit. It’s also got this extremely distracting artifacting on the right side of the screen due to the NES’s scrolling limitations that I never see anyone mention. seriously how does it bother no one else

A lot of good ideas were hindered by kinda poor execution, and also being on the damn NES. Some manage to slip through, like the bite-sized levels, interesting power-ups, and colorful worlds. A worthy successor to the original.

Mario but he converts to being a furry.
Cons: tanuki suit, old, no cool subheading
Pros: tanuki suit, Mario Jumpman Mario, Better than SM2


Great super mario game, what else can I say

once you get the warp whistle, you start seeing the light.

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