The chain chomps… if you wait around long enough, they eventually break the chain and chase you… I mean, the developers absolutely did not have to add this in, but they did. Or the fact that there’s a “Hammer bro Mario sliding down a hill” sprite, yet to actually do this, you need to perform a certain action on a very specific and obscure point in the game. This is very unlikely, yet the developers added it. Just this alone, you can tell the devs play tested the hell out of this game and number one goal was quality.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Both of those are totally nuts!
@angel_of_rust4 ай бұрын
that's what always seemed to seperate the big titles from the rest: the big titles usually went the extra mile
@guarapo665 ай бұрын
The Amazing thing is that Mario world was made almost immediately or maybe during the development of Mario 3 yet Mario world is so different than Mario 3 and both are so amazing , the imagination of Nintendo developers are on another level
@NYHeeb5 ай бұрын
I still remember day came home and SM3 was there. One of the great memories of life
@Marzimus5 ай бұрын
My brother randomly came home with a new NES and Mario 3. I played through multiple times then he says "pack everything up." Wasn't sure what to make of it but he returned later with a Super Nintendo. 😮
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Whoa, he was on a mission!
@Marzimus5 ай бұрын
@@BigOleWords Darn tootin' - much later on he even finegaled a copy of All Stars for free (customer service was awesome). All we had was World for what seemed like nine months, then Darius Twin, then Stars.
@sboinkthelegday38925 ай бұрын
Spike is actually my favorite Mario character (or design, mainly, but I will favor one for design alone), sharing a spot with Buster Beetle. So imagine my enthusiasm during the time of Mario Party 9, and the notable uptick of the character being featured since then.
@magicwordxyzzy5 ай бұрын
I loved how the munchers that went in and out of pipes would do so even when the game is paused; sometimes a well-timed pause could save you from a poorly executed jump.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Really?! I never noticed that!
@cjjohnson38275 ай бұрын
The funny part about finding all the secret whistles was that I learned that from my mom. That was a great childhood memory lol
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Your mom had skills!
@chrisbg995 ай бұрын
We got SMB3 with our NES in 1990 and I can solidly point to that moment where gaming became my main hobby. Can never hear enough about it.
@Woodmanclassics5 ай бұрын
You know you’ve made a great video when you talk about a game that everyone has covered and still make an entertaining, funny video that was a treat of enjoyment on this fine morning! Great job dude!
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Thanks man! It’s real easy to talk about a game like this!
@nivaldowesley6665 ай бұрын
the secret whistle was the kind of thing we talked about at school during playground time. i remember finding out, through a friend, that there was one more flute hidden if i waited on the white platform. it was mind blowing!
@gert-jandekoning9384 ай бұрын
I still dont understand how i discovered this one as a child, it was so random!
@nivaldowesley6664 ай бұрын
@@gert-jandekoning938 exactly!
@ststriker5 ай бұрын
I always felt the purpose of the warp whistles were to make up for the fact that SMB3 had no saves or even a password system. For a game with this much content if you wanted to see everything without using them would take several hours. Most of us didn't have as much screen time back then as kids today do.
@melchior26785 ай бұрын
Aside from the fact that smart phones and tablets are now commonplace, why do kids today have more screentime than kids in the 90s?
@ststriker5 ай бұрын
@@melchior2678 When I was younger kids maybe had just one console and sometimes it was in the living room. When kids got home from school after they finished their homework they were allowed to play for a little while until the parents were ready to watch tv. If they were lucky enough to have a game console in their room they weren't allowed to play all day on it, the parents would often encourage them to go outside and play. If they wanted to watch their favorite sitcom or cartoon on tv they would have to wait a week or sometimes longer for one 30 minute episode with commercial breaks and sometimes that episode would be a rerun. If you came into the show in the middle of a season you would have to just try to follow along. There was no binge watching an entire season in one sitting. If you wanted to rent out a movie you had to walk or ride your bike to the nearest blockbuster and then walk back a few days later to return. There was no renting movies through the tv. Even in school now students are issued Chromebooks to do their work instead of books paper and pencils. Technology has come a long way I will admit but I believe something has been lost along the way.
@SammEater4 ай бұрын
@@melchior2678 Because the world is a darker place now than ever before, parents are not allowing kids to play as much outside as they did when we were kids. Therefore, they have more screentime with videogames than we did.
@dieinfire9205 ай бұрын
For me the goal was to beat it quick as possible with the whistles, so then replay it with all the PWings you get with the new game after beating it. Then using those p wings to explore freely many of the stages.
@BillyReplies5 ай бұрын
Even the greats need love, too. Taking a seminal game like this for granted is unhealthy for the soul. Also, you still managed to point out some things I had overlooked. Well done!
@ryuhoshu33035 ай бұрын
I understand you like to shed a light on the more obscure games but with all he love you have for the NES I'd love to see you tackle more of the popular games
@chadly634 ай бұрын
10:49 My cousin would always say that Toad's zipper was stuck and he needed the wand to get it unstuck. When the king gets transformed back Toad shows you how well his zipper works, and I can never unsee it.
@BigOleWords4 ай бұрын
Hahahahaha that’s too good!
@Smaxx5 ай бұрын
The castle one we indeed discovered trying to go above the top like you could in SMB 1-2! The white block one some friend told me in school, and I only learned about the third one reading the complete/official Mario Guide later on (which would cover all three games). I also loved SMB3 for the variety. It's still the same gameplay, but they somehow managed to cram in so much variety. I remember first being bamboozled by SMB's maps suddenly being in the dark or snowy, then SMB2 having whales (Yeah! Whales! Not just blocks! Woah!), and SMB3 finally having all those thematic worlds and the first time finding the hammer suite, which wasn't mentioned in the manual at all… Super Mario World felt huge, too, but to me it never brought back that magic of SMB3. Only recently Mario Wonder kind of put a bit back with the Wonder Seed variety, but still not 100% the same.
@Marzimus5 ай бұрын
10:50 I can't unhear this now..
@SupaStah015 ай бұрын
If you were forced to spend the rest of your life alone on an island and only had one NES game. This is your game. No doubt
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Yeah probably!
@GuardianAngel..2 ай бұрын
Yeah this and Rollergames
@YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments5 ай бұрын
I'm so glad that when I was born my parents already owned a NES with Legend of Zelda, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, SMB/Duck Hunt, Super Mario Bros 2 and Super Mario Bros 3. Even when I was too young (I guess I mostly messed around in Duck Hunt or SMB2) I would ask my mom to play Super Mario Bros 3. In fact whenever she comes over I load up SMB3 in an emulator for her. She still loves playing the game too. Trying to get her to play Super Mario World though even though I still think 3 is superior to World. I'm still upset my stepdad threw away my copy of SMB3 which still had the original case and manual.
@kylelee35765 ай бұрын
James, just so you know, I am here for NES content. ANY NES content. Good, bad, tribute, rare, stupid, whatever. You may have started by wanting to explore the games nobody played, but I just wanna see NES stuff and hear you talk about it. Totally up for more videos like this!
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Thanks player!
@foxyfoxington26515 ай бұрын
This game as well as the first three Sonic games are in the rare set of games that I can still pick up and play by muscle-memory.
@FireyPaperMario5 ай бұрын
Ah, Super Mario Bros. 3. My #1 favorite classical Super Mario game ever! I had so many fond memories of the NES & GBA versions growing up. Fun fact: I actually did defeat 1 of the World 8 bosses with the frog suit
@JoshuaMiller-ny5uf5 ай бұрын
Oh yeah! That footage around 2:30 was a very well put together tool assisted speedrun. It's a TAS that's still fun to watch. A commonly used tool is frame-by-frame input.
@ratmankey5 ай бұрын
Not only that, I believe it was one of the very first TAS's. It was definitely the one that widely popularized the concept
@GermanPeter5 ай бұрын
11:12 Fun fact: that's the king of the island that's shaped like Japan, with the castle being in the same location where Nintendo's headquarters would be. So yes - he IS meant to be Mario ;)
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Whoa, crazy! That does look like a mini-Japan!
@thedrunkmonkshow5 ай бұрын
The first time I saw this game I was 6 years old in 1990 and my older brothers brought me with them to their friend that lived in our same neighborhood who had just bought the game to show it to us. I kept dying and falling into pits but I was so blown away by the game that when it was time to leave and go home they had to pull me away kicking and crying having a fit. Even though I owned a Master System I bugged the crap out of my parents for the rest of the year until they bought me an NES Christmas of that same year. There's dozens of Super Mario sequels and some that came super close like Super Mario World and recently Mario Wonder, but hands down this is still the perfect Mario game and a certified masterpiece. 😇
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
The Master System ruled but yeah, they didn't have anything close to a Mario 3 in that library.
@toddhouchin32525 ай бұрын
I'd enjoy hearing your take on the oft discussed classics, so keep it up! Your insights are worthy!
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Thanks bud!
@sboinkthelegday38925 ай бұрын
Or watch movies nobody has seen, like The Flight of Dragons.
@bmwolgas5 ай бұрын
One trick I've never been able to perform is defeating any of the end bosses with the frog suit - the king will comment about how you've been transformed and then use his wand to change you back to normal.
@goatbone5 ай бұрын
Do hey really change you back? I thought it was just dialogue change.
@bmwolgas5 ай бұрын
@@goatbone Ah, after deeper looking into this, apparently not, he only offers to.
@AyumuNarumi755 ай бұрын
The kings give different comments for all the rare suits. I remember for Tanooki he says "Thank you kind raccoon. Please tell me your name". I don't remember what he says for the Hammer Brother one though.
@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan4 ай бұрын
@@AyumuNarumi75Can I borrow your suit? No dice. Something like that.
@AyumuNarumi754 ай бұрын
@@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan Yeah. That's it. I remember that "no dice" quote.
@user-is4jf8yr4z5 ай бұрын
The best games always deserve a video. So much fun.
@yoshisreal5 ай бұрын
1:55 that fox is actually the mascot of a japanese gaming magazine called famitsu
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Huh, had no idea!
@Djwunmoshen5 ай бұрын
I’m here for the “Check this Shit Ooowee Oweee Oowwwtt!”
@HylianFox35 ай бұрын
One thing that really stands out about Mario 3 is despite the game being huge, there's no save or password feature. You HAVE to play the game from the start every time, and yet it never gets old. In fact, that's part of the charm. Do you attempt to play through every world, or grab the 2 warp whistles and go right to World 8 with limited lives an powerups?
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
That is very true, it never feels like a chore to start from the beginning!
@elmoreoocyte5 ай бұрын
I still remember the first time I played this. I'd had an NES for a while, but we weren't exactly flush with cash, so I didn't have a ton of exposure. I think the SNES may have even been out by then, but my parents just made sure I didn't know about it. Anyway, mom was hanging out with two adult friends and they had an NES they gave to myself and one of their daughter's to play. I was blown away by how different and fun, and yet familiar, SMB3 was compared to my pack in SMB cart. That was also the first day I ever saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
@geraq05 ай бұрын
This is so wholesome and heart-warming, I also liked to get the "mushroom with fangs" in the bonus stage or the "mushroom with a crown", or even the "mushroom with the green mustache". Remember the secret item in world 5-1? That blew my young mind too. So many good memories with this game.
@isabelaeyris6932Ай бұрын
I really regret never playing this game as a child, but in the early 2000s people had the internet, did research and knew that this was the crème de la crème of the NES library, so even on the pirate market this game was so expensive that my parents usually came back from the bazaar with something cheaper :c It's good that I can enjoy it as a completely new experience as an adult ❤
@nesdev5 ай бұрын
12:22 I hope you make more tribute videos pointing out details in SMB3, James! This video was delightful.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Haha this will probably be the only one, but thanks!
@WatchSnatcher5 ай бұрын
I would always let the wand drop and try to run underneath it each bounce without touching. Great video as always
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Oooooh that’s next level wandery!
@robintst5 ай бұрын
"I kidnapped the princess while you were out running around. Also we're out of bagels. And Mom said for you to take out the trash. And Uncle Herb said he can't make the softball game on Satuday. xoxo King of the Koopas" That kind of letter on the fridge. 😆
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@roguerifter97245 ай бұрын
The choice between having Toad King or having a dog... I vote we keep the dog and accidently break that world's wand.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Hahaha
@josevillouta45885 ай бұрын
Special mention to the extra sprites for Mario jumping and rolling with the Star man power-up! Fun fact: Miyamoto delayed the game a little bit just to add this
@HylianFox35 ай бұрын
Yeah, those Super Star somersaults are what pure joy looks like.
@icenine095 ай бұрын
I found all of the warp whistles myself when I was a kid, except the first one. I knew about it pretty early on though, so I must have heard it from a neighborhood kid or someone at school. Stuff like that spread like wildfire on the playground in those days.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Definitely how I heard about it, through the playground underground
@Elucidus5 ай бұрын
You only briefly mentioned the movie. This was really unprecedented, and I don't think there's been anything quite like the hype for SMB3 after it came out. How many of us Nintendokids were anticipating this game so badly in the late 80s?
@goatbone5 ай бұрын
Surprisingly stylish game. So charming. The ultimate NES platformer.
@Hank-ip8rl5 ай бұрын
So much good stuff added in this one. Sliding down hills was the best mechanic. The themed worlds were great too, but man did they drag on (the numerous autoscroll levels didn't help).
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Agreed on the sliding!
@worldoffood1235 ай бұрын
The reason I like Mario 3 so much more than Mario World or others is because of the amazing variety of environments. Like you said about the Kuribo shoe, but there are so many other examples like that. Enemies that only show up in one stage, extremely rare powerups, each level feels like it brings something new.
@BigOleWords4 ай бұрын
Definitely agree!
@ivanb81265 ай бұрын
This game pushed the state of the art in video game design like 10 years ahead. It was released in 1988... think about that. It was so perfect in every sense that it was difficult to conceive a game like that. A milestone in game design and in the top 5 most important games for Nintendo as a company. So much can be written about this game.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Agreed, it was so far ahead of everything else at the time.
@alexjay73065 ай бұрын
The George Costanza reference at 11:37 made me chuckle out loud. 😌😌😌 Great video! Liked, commented, shared to a friend since I'm already subbed!
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
I think that might be my first Seinfeld reference on here!
@endthelogin5 ай бұрын
Fun review! Getting my first NES with SMB3 on my birthday at the roller rink was the kind of cringe-joy only the best home videos have captured. Bowser’s stylish upgrade should not go unnoticed 😎
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Hopefully you still have the documentation!
@TheWarmotor5 ай бұрын
Cover what you wanna cover, my guy. Your channel grows, you gotta grow too. We're all here for the ride, man - get weird with it, we're not going anywhere :)
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Haha let’s see if you feel that way after my next video when things get weird!
@CrypticCocktails5 ай бұрын
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest Mario!
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
It’s a perfectly cromulent word
@jackbernskoetter75585 ай бұрын
0:40 That's a funny way to say Jekyl and Hyde
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Heyo!
@maynardwayward125 ай бұрын
So many childhood memories playing this one. Also, less than savoury adult ones! I have to say, for me, it seems like video games have embedded themselves in my memory to a greater degree than music or film. I remember the setting and circumstances of where I played the game or why, whereas I may recall a film, but no or few details surrounding its viewing.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Hmmm interesting. I feel the same way though.
@ragtimeryan19055 ай бұрын
I was fortunate enough to have a Japanese friend in 88-89 and he had mario3 for Famicom way before it came out in America.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Whoa really? I played the Famicom version yesterday and was surprised that if you have the leaf and get hit you go all the way down to little Mario instead or regular size like in the NES version.
@ragtimeryan19055 ай бұрын
@@BigOleWords yeah. My brother and I played it with my mom’s friends son and would tell the other kids about it and it was totally mythical. Obviously all the text was Japanese and it made the whole experience otherworldly to us kids at the time. One of my all time favorite games to this day.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
@@ragtimeryan1905 Man that's awesome
@novelezra4 ай бұрын
The art on that bootleg is actually the mascot character for Famitsu magazine, drawn by the incredible Susumu Matsushita. He's one of those artists that has been around for years but not many people know his name, but would probably recognize his style, even if they weren't aware of it For instance, he did the art for MAXIMO on the PS2
@catholiccontriversy5 ай бұрын
7:35 I managed to find the castle whistle because of running atop the stage in SMB1 and just screwing around when I was 7, so definitely possible to find.
@chaseman945 ай бұрын
In that one level with the sun near the end of that stage you can use a koopa shell and knock him into the quicksand and watch him sink into it.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Really, that’s sweet!
@HylianFox35 ай бұрын
I'm glad I'm not the only one who liked the weird mix-ups when failing the picture-match game. Fanged Mushroom was my fave.
@user-ow2yr4nu4z5 ай бұрын
I was s pretty young when Mario 3 was released, i was born in 79. I can first remember the commercials and also the ads for The Wizard, that was more else a extra long commercial in its self. Really was just the most solid video game made up to that point. He got a knew life when they remade it for the snes, i could set there for a few minutes and be mesmerized by the updated graphics and that oo so crisp sounds/music. Honestly tho it kind of lacked something, it just didnt feel as difficult as it should have been but that may be how i feel after playing for well.over 30 years.
@TheDeadTheories5 ай бұрын
But, Yoshi’s Island does have an item select feature. It’s how you get extra lives, stars, eggs, and items.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Wait it does?! I need to go back and play that again...
@keithseratt59265 ай бұрын
Hello James great video man, as always. When you brought up the old TAS video from the early 2000s my mind exploded because I remember watching that with like 420p video in a tiny window on newgrounds or ebaumesworld (can't remember which) hahaha man so long ago. Anyway thanks again for the work you put into this Channel it's all very entertaining. See ya next time... byyyyyyye 👋
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Yeah that’s probably where I saw it! Definitely pre-KZbin
@richfutrell7535 ай бұрын
As mighty as SMB3 is, there is one NES game that gives you, the player, much more control and that is Kirby's Adventure. You can choose to fly over the harder levels, use your enemies' corpses as weapons, absorb their abilities Mega Man style, or any combination of these...you have so much control...best 8-bit platformer of all time.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
That game does have good controls, I think I just don't notice it as much because you never really run and jump with Kirby.
@richfutrell7535 ай бұрын
@@BigOleWords They really should have thought of that...double tap the right arrow...I actually always felt like that game would be more challenging if it were a bit faster...I wonder if the PAL version plays super fast on a US NES like PAL Ghosts n Goblins haha
@LeinaDZiur5 ай бұрын
Now that is a deep cut
@GCSoundArtifacts5 ай бұрын
You've put that cartridge that I've mistaken with the 52-games one that I had in my childhood just for me to watch it rollin'... CONFESS!!! 😂😂😂 Great episode, by the way. Every time I see SMB 3 topping anybody's list of best NES games I keep myself wondering why and trying to escape. Of course, I've played it in the past...! But, either my brother or his friends were better than me... Or I always tended to be the Luigi in the gang! 😅 So, not much tender memories, I got impatient with the fact that anybody could be better than me in this game. But, yeah, I've always acknowledged how GREAT this game is as an accomplishment. A high-level achievement of imagination and creative game design. One of Shigeru Miyamoto's demonstrations of genius. And the innovative soundtrack by Koji Kondo made a true statement of inventiveness. Not my big favorite, though. The one that always brings me great memories is Mega Man 2, specially due to its fabulous soundtrack... I'm a composer, and, so... The gameplay only isn't enough to bring me smiles.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Mega Man 2 is pretty consistently in every top 5 I’ve ever seen so it’s up there for sure!
@ErickC5 ай бұрын
Super Mario World's big failing is definitely the lackluster powerups - the one thing I really liked about the All-Stars version of Super Mario 3 was that I could keep a couple hammer suits in my inventory! My favourite mixups on the match game are Texas Mushroom (my interpretation of Walrus Lad) and Colonel Star (mushroom, star, star).
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Haha those are perfect names!
@christianhunt73825 ай бұрын
Great video!! I know there's some reluctance in covering something so popular as SMB3, but it's a game we all love, and love to hear your take on. Do more popular covers! Like a "games we love" series!
@christianhunt73825 ай бұрын
Or "revisiting NES classics" 😅 lol
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Yep that’s it exactly!
@christianhunt73825 ай бұрын
@BigOleWords idk how much Dragon Warrior material you got, but I'd be remiss if I didn't formally request! Lol it's my personal favorite.
@RetroCheats5 ай бұрын
The castle warp whistle was known for anyone who seen the movie "The Wizard", so I always knew this secret.
@NOISEONOMICON4 ай бұрын
1:59 wait! I have that cartridge but contains those 109 in 1 multi games! Mostly famicon only games. I love it!
@BigOleWords4 ай бұрын
That’s what I thought mine was but nope, just Mario 3!
@ajmaietta4 ай бұрын
I'm sure someone's mentioned it but I love the Jeepers Creepers/Mr. Show opening on your vids 🤘
@BigOleWords4 ай бұрын
I love whenever people catch it, helps me find all the Mr. Show homies out there!
@brianjl74775 ай бұрын
"How would you know about acquiring these?" Somebody needed to "Get the power...Nintendo Power!" That's how I knew! In fact, I think I learned about it from the mini Nintendo Power issue they gave out when you went to see The Wizard. Which I did, of course! I still have that little, well worn, mag.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
You got a Nintendo Power at the theater?! No way!
@brianjl74775 ай бұрын
@@BigOleWords Yeah, it was a little mini-version. It is called "Pocket Power" and has The Wizard logo on the front. They handed them out at the box-office and it had some stuff about the movie and the NES World Championships, plus SMB3 in it. If you search, you can find pics.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
@@brianjl7477 damn, now i want one!
@pattrell52575 ай бұрын
It's my favorite NES Mario, but it's only game weaknesses are the undeveloped W8 and it's easiness due to being able to collect 28 items! With INCREDIBLE SUITS! If you beat the game, you'll get 28 P-Wings...Each Mario up to SMW got better and SMW got the difficulty right(IF YOU FINISH EVERYTHING WITHIN IT)...
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
I don’t think I ever realized there was. P-Wing prize for beating the game!
@pattrell52575 ай бұрын
@@BigOleWords Try it and start playing again. You don't have to actually play it over again. Just beat it and begin again. Then, notice your item "safe". It'll be automatically full of P-wings; plus, when you begin to deplete those P-wings you'll add the normal items as if in a normal game, as well; that's a lot of special items that you have access to...So, SMB3 is super fun, but also easy or very, very easy depending on which of the 2 versions you play. BUT, ONE OTHER THING, YOU CAN REMEMBER WHERE ALL OF THE SPECIAL ITEMS ARE(like Tanooki and Hammer suit) AND PICK THEM. SO, WHERE THE ITEMS EXACTLY ARE ISN'T RANDOM...
@funisinfinite61715 ай бұрын
It was awesome of Nintendo to give us all of the extra levels in the GBA version of Mario 3 on the Switch Online
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Wait, extra levels?! No way!
@funisinfinite61715 ай бұрын
@BigOleWords Yeah, back when Mario 3 was released for the GBA it could connect to the eReader accessory and cards could be swiped that would add new levels to the game.
@doordashdriver5 ай бұрын
yeah I agree, SMB3 is one of the best of the best of the best. It's fun to play it 100% and no warp zones.
@QuestionBlockGaming4 ай бұрын
Fantastic video! I love seeing nostalgic takes on even super common games- we all had 'em growing up, and the stories you tell around them are just as important as the games themselves! Also: the locks on the maps are meant to be shortcuts! if you have to continue from running out of lives, they don't come back, even if the rest of the levels do! So you can skip some levels if you've opened the locks!
@CarletonTorpin5 ай бұрын
Love all the insights in this video, AND in the comments section.
@throwbackswiththetechnodrome19 күн бұрын
A++ for the video and especially for the Seinfeld shrinkage reference
@BigOleWords19 күн бұрын
You know it!
@rexxxx19845 ай бұрын
@Big Ole Words When you talked about the items, you forgot one to talk about, the anchor. I had that game in the past as a Child and the anchor was mentioned in the manual but no where found in the during my play through as a child. But one day I stumbled about it, it's only available in a blue toad's hut. I found 2 stages where you can summon it. - World one Level four, the auto scroller level. Here you have to collect all coins, and it will appear but i really men all, also in the few coin blogs, you need them all. - World two Level Two, that one where you ride at the end with that hovering platform above that little pond. Also collect here all coins including the coin boxes and you get the anchor. The tricky part here is not to destroy the blogs that can get coins. Hope I could give you some new secret to find. The usage of the Anchor is pretty limited, I think it's the most useless Item in the game.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
I did totally leave out the coin ship and the white toad houses as I was too lazy to try and make them manifest. But you’re right that the anchor is super weird (and useless) and as such definitely worth discussing.
@jefflindquist61385 ай бұрын
Nes Mario 3 is an Awesome game. 🙂 Thank you for sharing James.
@marcgoesblindgaming20765 ай бұрын
Glad to see you make this video Order this absolute classic, This most definitely is the best game on the NES And my second favourite Mario game of all time after Super Mario world, I never had a NES as a kid snd didn't discover this gem Until I got Super Mario all stars For the SNES, The game has a huge place in my heart because it's the only Video game my partner will play And the first time we ever finished it was together. I just wanted to say there's nothing wrong with you covering a popular game That's been talked about a million times by a million other people Because it's a great game and I can tell you have A whole lot of love for it
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Nice. While not really a co-op game since you take turns, it is the best version of that style of 2-player. I also love playing this with friends, so fun.
@tkdpharmboy5 ай бұрын
“Who let your tiny @$$ in here? Security!” 😂😂😂
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Thank you thank you ;)
@zeliardforty-two46925 ай бұрын
I remember when this just came out. Very few games had me wishing for a copy as much as this one did! It was so frustrating seeing all those copies at the rental store and none were available to rent. Eventually I managed to find one and it was probably my favourite game to rent … until my Aunt gifted me my very first copy for Christmas! Suddenly I had all the time in the world to discover secrets and get through to the end! I thought I was so clever when I learned of the whistles and planned out how to make it to the last level with a hand full of P-wings. This let me by-pass some of the hardest parts and make it to Bowser’s Castle. Eventually I actually got really good and didn’t need them. In fact it wasn’t until later I actually went through every level just to see how good I was! Probably one of the few games from that time I make look easy. Hey, it may seem easy if you’re a long time player but let someone who hasn’t try it. I have had both kids and adults tell me I make it look easy! I’ve even managed to find all the secret white mushroom house in each map. I do still find turning the hammer bros on the map into coin ships a bit tricky 😅 Anyways, like any super fan I could rant about this game forever 🍄 so I’ll leave it there with a thank you! From one super fan to another
@TheFLOMAN765 ай бұрын
I was 13 in 1989. Fuck ..... 😐 BUT!!! I loved this game when it came out! Still do !! Life was rough back then, but mom somehow gifted it to me... Love ya Ma 😊
@Tommi19815 ай бұрын
Same here. Mine was imported from Japan. Got it early so it was special. I always wanted to know what they said. There are some differences in the game.
@Tommi19815 ай бұрын
Wonderful picture of Mario! 😊
@dalemuir11055 ай бұрын
Mario's sprite looks like Mr. Wilson from Dennis the Menace
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Hahaha yeah, he does! Should've been Walter Matthau that played Mario in the movie.
@matus126p2 ай бұрын
Some games such as Tiny Toon 1, MC Kids or Armadillo were copied from Mario 3, probably because pirates hacked them as sequels for Famiclones. I have a game called Super Mario World 9. For many years I thought it was Mario, but it was actually Adventure Island 2 .
@BigOleWords2 ай бұрын
That whole world of Famicom clones is fascinating to me!
@tylerd48845 ай бұрын
they gave away the 2nd warp Whistle secret in the movie the Wizard before the game even came out. I knew about it long before I had the game.
@maskon17245 ай бұрын
The Wizard released in America before Super Mario Bros 3. That secret was sold to us when we bought that ticket or rented that vhs.
@mattsweeney37905 ай бұрын
A+ stuff right here, Bames. We only knew about the whistle from the movie....that kids name was Jimmy too......california. talking Bout the greats every now and then can only help your cause. Heavy shreddin brought me here, remember. Now more Hide n Speak!!!
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
I mean if the world were perfect Heavy Shreddin' would've brought everyone here ;)
@ServJesus73 ай бұрын
lol Love the Seinfeild reference!!
@-SunGod-5 ай бұрын
Still a fun game to this day
@julianf147Күн бұрын
The year was 1988 I was 6……and I was hooked
@bemasaberwyn5524 күн бұрын
I surprised tf out of a friend yesterday during my 100% run. Finishing with 1.3 million points, 99 lives and mercing Koopa with the hammer suit. I also got all white mushroom houses and airships(by 7-2 I had all 10 of the game's p-wings)
@toddburgess50565 ай бұрын
Cool video, sweet tribute to one of my favorite video games of all time. 🕹️📺🍄
@HylianFox35 ай бұрын
Of all this game's secrets the white Toad houses were what got me the most. Having to get a certain amount of coins in very specific stages in order for them to appear, only to get a lousy anchor that does nothing remotely useful.
@AyumuNarumi755 ай бұрын
The white houses also give P-wings. I think if you find the house on worlds1,3,5, or 7you get a P-wings. For 2,4 or 6 you get the anchor.
@rogueprince13415 ай бұрын
Best NES game AND Mario game of all time.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Gotta agree!
@tylerd48845 ай бұрын
and I believe the first warp whistle Was in Nintendo power
@korbandallas89313 ай бұрын
Good times!
@BigOleWords3 ай бұрын
Multi pass!
@thommccarthy11395 ай бұрын
Game is still my GOAT
@ringo84105 ай бұрын
I honestly think SMB3 is better than Super Mario World, but that might be my age. My family didn't have the money to get me an SNES as a kid, so I played my NES Super Mario games until they wore out; deeply loved all three but the original and 3 were my favorites. SMW, as good as it is, just never scratched the same itch.
@HylianFox35 ай бұрын
If SMB3 had Yoshi, it'd trounce World hands-down.
@kromanaut5 ай бұрын
So glad you made this video, even though its not about a hidden gem or whatever. Everything you said is spot on. But gotta say, and I don't mean this as a humble brag, just stating a fact, I figured out 2nd and 3rd warp whistle pretty easily on my own when I first got the game as a kid, and that was before I subcribed to Nintendo Power (and WAAAAY before the internet, of course,) and I honestly dont think I was that good at that game back then compared to some of my peers. I had to ask one of my friends on the playground about the other warp whistle, which actually is the very first one you can get. I hadn't figured out that you could fall behind the white rectangles until he told me about it. So that was the one I couldn't figure out on my own, but the other two werent hard. Anyway thanks for making this video, I love all things SM3!
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Ok wizard! Check you out ;)
@kromanaut5 ай бұрын
@@BigOleWords Haha, I guess that was a bit of a brag. To be fair, I was pretty obsessed with that game when it came out and played it a ton back in the day. So maybe it took me a little longer to figure out than how I remember it :)
@angel_of_rust4 ай бұрын
have you heard of this one NES/Famicom game where you're in a mall that's flooded by rising lava, and you have to climb escalators to get to higher floors? i think i've asked this on a different video but this specific game keeps budging into my mind yet i never remembered its name. it's one of those games I've played on those hundred-in-1 GBA cartridges edit: you dont have to know this, but man i finally found it! The KZbin video with the URL JH1DNAjOSjw was showcasing 100 Famicom exclusives, and it showed at 17:50 pretty much what I was trying to describe and was what I remembered from memory. I don't remember if the game itself is great though. Urusei Yatsura: Lum no Wedding Bell
@BigOleWords4 ай бұрын
No idea! Definitely sounds like a Famicom game if anything
@catholiccontriversy5 ай бұрын
It's a great game, if you're playing 1 player. Every time my brother and I played he would die immediately leaving me to clear the map, then when it'd come time for a bonus like a toad house or memory he'd steal the play because it was now accessible and "it was his turn." He'd also burn through his lives and continues really quick, and because "he wasn't getting turns anymore" we'd have to reset or stop playing before I could get halfway through world 2.
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
I think I realized that it's better to just take turns in 1-player than the 2-player share system.
@AyumuNarumi755 ай бұрын
I remember if a player got a game over they could continue. All levels, match games and toad houses they cleared would open up again. Or maybe that was only on Super Mario Allstars version?
@catholiccontriversy5 ай бұрын
@@AyumuNarumi75 there were 3 continues for a return with 9 more lives, but after that no more. That's why I could get halfway through world 2 and not have to quit before finishing world 1.
@AyumuNarumi755 ай бұрын
@@catholiccontriversy I didn't remember that there were only 3 continues. I guess they should have an option to share your extra lives. I think Super Mario World did that.
@catholiccontriversy5 ай бұрын
@@AyumuNarumi75 you probably didn't know that because you didn't have a little brother who died at the first obstacle of every level, lol. The sharing of lives might have worked, at least we would have game overed together instead of "I have 14 because I got the extra lives and have all my continues, and you used all of yours."
@DerekVasconi5 ай бұрын
This was fantastic. I loved your personal feelings being discussed about this game. Somehow, this was way more rewarding to watch than the usual docs youtubers make here on SMB3. Thanks for this. Also, any chance I can ask you to do a similar video for Ultima: Exodus for the NES? That game cahnged my life (First game I got for the NES), and it's a really terrible game that nobody plays I think. But it's really wonderful in its own sort of quirky way. Hope you'll consider it!
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Y'know I've never played any of the NES Ultimas. I had one on my PC years ago but never got too far. Maybe one day!
@DerekVasconi5 ай бұрын
I look forward to it!@@BigOleWords
@ggbetz5 ай бұрын
Probably my fav NES game! I prefer it to the all-stars version. I did like on GBA, with the E-Reader cards (which I sadly no longer have), you can get extra levels and can pack your options list with pwings, frogs, hammer bros, and tanuki suits and try all the levels with them! Its funny how after mario 1, mario 2 is a dream, and mario 3 is a play. Also, did you know the whistle is straight from Zelda? I'm glad they used the special mapper to give us dancing scenery, a lot of games dropped that on their way out of japan (like contra and zelda, but no way mario 3 was after spicing up mario 2).😊
@simonroden29205 ай бұрын
I love this game and smw as the best jump n runs ever created. Even today and far into the future 🕹🕹🕹👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@BigOleWords5 ай бұрын
Never heard it referred to as a jump n run. I like it!
@simonroden29205 ай бұрын
@@BigOleWords www.google.com/search?q=smb3+jump+n+run&oq=smb3+jump+n+run&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigAdIBCTE2MjEzajBqN6gCGbACAQ&client=ms-android-samsung-ga-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8 Perhaps a European Thing. PAL-POWER🤣