Revisiting NES Classics: SUPER MARIO BROS 3 (Nintendo Entertainment System Review)

[@jiminboo]

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.

[@BigOleWords]

Both of those are totally nuts!

[@angel_of_rust]

that's what always seemed to seperate the big titles from the rest: the big titles usually went the extra mile

[@guarapo66]

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

[@NYHeeb]

I still remember day came home and SM3 was there. One of the great memories of life

[@Marzimus]

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. 😮

[@BigOleWords]

Whoa, he was on a mission!

[@Marzimus]

@@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.

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

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.

[@magicwordxyzzy]

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.

[@BigOleWords]

Really?! I never noticed that!

[@cjjohnson3827]

The funny part about finding all the secret whistles was that I learned that from my mom. That was a great childhood memory lol

[@BigOleWords]

Your mom had skills!

[@chrisbg99]

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.

[@Woodmanclassics]

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!

[@BigOleWords]

Thanks man! It’s real easy to talk about a game like this!

[@nivaldowesley666]

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-jandekoning938]

I still dont understand how i discovered this one as a child, it was so random!

[@nivaldowesley666]

@@gert-jandekoning938 exactly!

[@ststriker]

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.

[@melchior2678]

Aside from the fact that smart phones and tablets are now commonplace, why do kids today have more screentime than kids in the 90s?

[@ststriker]

@@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.

[@SammEater]

@@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.

[@dieinfire920]

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.

[@BillyReplies]

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!

[@ryuhoshu3303]

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

[@chadly63]

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.

[@BigOleWords]

Hahahahaha that’s too good!

[@Smaxx]

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.

[@Marzimus]

10:50 I can't unhear this now..

[@SupaStah01]

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

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah probably!

[@GuardianAngel..]

Yeah this and Rollergames

[@YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments]

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.

[@kylelee3576]

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!

[@BigOleWords]

Thanks player!

[@foxyfoxington2651]

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.

[@FireyPaperMario]

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-ny5uf]

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.

[@ratmankey]

Not only that, I believe it was one of the very first TAS's. It was definitely the one that widely popularized the concept

[@GermanPeter]

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 ;)

[@BigOleWords]

Whoa, crazy! That does look like a mini-Japan!

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

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. 😇

[@BigOleWords]

The Master System ruled but yeah, they didn't have anything close to a Mario 3 in that library.

[@toddhouchin3252]

I'd enjoy hearing your take on the oft discussed classics, so keep it up! Your insights are worthy!

[@BigOleWords]

Thanks bud!

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

Or watch movies nobody has seen, like The Flight of Dragons.

[@bmwolgas]

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.

[@goatbone]

Do hey really change you back? I thought it was just dialogue change.

[@bmwolgas]

@@goatbone Ah, after deeper looking into this, apparently not, he only offers to.

[@AyumuNarumi75]

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.

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

​@@AyumuNarumi75Can I borrow your suit? No dice. Something like that.

[@AyumuNarumi75]

@@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan Yeah. That's it. I remember that "no dice" quote.

[@user-is4jf8yr4z]

The best games always deserve a video. So much fun.

[@yoshisreal]

1:55 that fox is actually the mascot of a japanese gaming magazine called famitsu

[@BigOleWords]

Huh, had no idea!

[@Djwunmoshen]

I’m here for the “Check this Shit Ooowee Oweee Oowwwtt!”

[@HylianFox3]

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?

[@BigOleWords]

That is very true, it never feels like a chore to start from the beginning!

[@elmoreoocyte]

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.

[@geraq0]

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.

[@isabelaeyris6932]

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 ❤

[@nesdev]

12:22 I hope you make more tribute videos pointing out details in SMB3, James! This video was delightful.

[@BigOleWords]

Haha this will probably be the only one, but thanks!

[@WatchSnatcher]

I would always let the wand drop and try to run underneath it each bounce without touching. Great video as always

[@BigOleWords]

Oooooh that’s next level wandery!

[@robintst]

"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. 😆

[@BigOleWords]

Exactly!

[@roguerifter9724]

The choice between having Toad King or having a dog... I vote we keep the dog and accidently break that world's wand.

[@BigOleWords]

Hahaha

[@josevillouta4588]

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

[@HylianFox3]

Yeah, those Super Star somersaults are what pure joy looks like.

[@icenine09]

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.

[@BigOleWords]

Definitely how I heard about it, through the playground underground

[@Elucidus]

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?

[@goatbone]

Surprisingly stylish game. So charming. The ultimate NES platformer.

[@Hank-ip8rl]

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).

[@BigOleWords]

Agreed on the sliding!

[@worldoffood123]

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.

[@BigOleWords]

Definitely agree!

[@ivanb8126]

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.

[@BigOleWords]

Agreed, it was so far ahead of everything else at the time.

[@alexjay7306]

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!

[@BigOleWords]

I think that might be my first Seinfeld reference on here!

[@endthelogin]

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 😎

[@BigOleWords]

Hopefully you still have the documentation!

[@TheWarmotor]

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 :)

[@BigOleWords]

Haha let’s see if you feel that way after my next video when things get weird!

[@CrypticCocktails]

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest Mario!

[@BigOleWords]

It’s a perfectly cromulent word

[@jackbernskoetter7558]

0:40 That's a funny way to say Jekyl and Hyde

[@BigOleWords]

Heyo!

[@maynardwayward12]

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.

[@BigOleWords]

Hmmm interesting. I feel the same way though.

[@ragtimeryan1905]

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.

[@BigOleWords]

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.

[@ragtimeryan1905]

@@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.

[@BigOleWords]

@@ragtimeryan1905 Man that's awesome

[@novelezra]

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

[@catholiccontriversy]

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.

[@chaseman94]

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.

[@BigOleWords]

Really, that’s sweet!

[@HylianFox3]

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-ow2yr4nu4z]

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.

[@TheDeadTheories]

But, Yoshi’s Island does have an item select feature. It’s how you get extra lives, stars, eggs, and items.

[@BigOleWords]

Wait it does?! I need to go back and play that again...

[@keithseratt5926]

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 👋

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah that’s probably where I saw it! Definitely pre-KZbin

[@richfutrell753]

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.

[@BigOleWords]

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.

[@richfutrell753]

@@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

[@LeinaDZiur]

Now that is a deep cut

[@GCSoundArtifacts]

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.

[@BigOleWords]

Mega Man 2 is pretty consistently in every top 5 I’ve ever seen so it’s up there for sure!

[@ErickC]

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).

[@BigOleWords]

Haha those are perfect names!

[@christianhunt7382]

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!

[@christianhunt7382]

Or "revisiting NES classics" 😅 lol

[@BigOleWords]

Yep that’s it exactly!

[@christianhunt7382]

@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.

[@RetroCheats]

The castle warp whistle was known for anyone who seen the movie "The Wizard", so I always knew this secret.

[@NOISEONOMICON]

1:59 wait! I have that cartridge but contains those 109 in 1 multi games! Mostly famicon only games. I love it!

[@BigOleWords]

That’s what I thought mine was but nope, just Mario 3!

[@ajmaietta]

I'm sure someone's mentioned it but I love the Jeepers Creepers/Mr. Show opening on your vids 🤘

[@BigOleWords]

I love whenever people catch it, helps me find all the Mr. Show homies out there!

[@brianjl7477]

"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.

[@BigOleWords]

You got a Nintendo Power at the theater?! No way!

[@brianjl7477]

@@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.

[@BigOleWords]

@@brianjl7477 damn, now i want one!

[@pattrell5257]

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)...

[@BigOleWords]

I don’t think I ever realized there was. P-Wing prize for beating the game!

[@pattrell5257]

@@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...

[@funisinfinite6171]

It was awesome of Nintendo to give us all of the extra levels in the GBA version of Mario 3 on the Switch Online

[@BigOleWords]

Wait, extra levels?! No way!

[@funisinfinite6171]

@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.

[@doordashdriver]

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.

[@QuestionBlockGaming]

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!

[@CarletonTorpin]

Love all the insights in this video, AND in the comments section.

[@throwbackswiththetechnodrome]

A++ for the video and especially for the Seinfeld shrinkage reference

[@BigOleWords]

You know it!

[@rexxxx1984]

@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.

[@BigOleWords]

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.

[@jefflindquist6138]

Nes Mario 3 is an Awesome game. 🙂 Thank you for sharing James.

[@marcgoesblindgaming2076]

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

[@BigOleWords]

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.

[@tkdpharmboy]

“Who let your tiny @$$ in here? Security!” 😂😂😂

[@BigOleWords]

Thank you thank you ;)

[@zeliardforty-two4692]

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

[@TheFLOMAN76]

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 😊

[@Tommi1981]

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.

[@Tommi1981]

Wonderful picture of Mario! 😊

[@dalemuir1105]

Mario's sprite looks like Mr. Wilson from Dennis the Menace

[@BigOleWords]

Hahaha yeah, he does! Should've been Walter Matthau that played Mario in the movie.

[@matus126p]

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 .

[@BigOleWords]

That whole world of Famicom clones is fascinating to me!

[@tylerd4884]

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.

[@maskon1724]

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.

[@mattsweeney3790]

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!!!

[@BigOleWords]

I mean if the world were perfect Heavy Shreddin' would've brought everyone here ;)

[@ServJesus7]

lol Love the Seinfeild reference!!

[@-SunGod-]

Still a fun game to this day

[@julianf147]

The year was 1988 I was 6……and I was hooked

[@bemasaberwyn55]

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)

[@toddburgess5056]

Cool video, sweet tribute to one of my favorite video games of all time. 🕹️📺🍄

[@HylianFox3]

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.

[@AyumuNarumi75]

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.

[@rogueprince1341]

Best NES game AND Mario game of all time.

[@BigOleWords]

Gotta agree!

[@tylerd4884]

and I believe the first warp whistle Was in Nintendo power

[@korbandallas8931]

Good times!

[@BigOleWords]

Multi pass!

[@thommccarthy1139]

Game is still my GOAT

[@ringo8410]

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.

[@HylianFox3]

If SMB3 had Yoshi, it'd trounce World hands-down.

[@kromanaut]

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!

[@BigOleWords]

Ok wizard! Check you out ;)

[@kromanaut]

@@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_rust]

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

[@BigOleWords]

No idea! Definitely sounds like a Famicom game if anything

[@catholiccontriversy]

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.

[@BigOleWords]

I think I realized that it's better to just take turns in 1-player than the 2-player share system.

[@AyumuNarumi75]

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?

[@catholiccontriversy]

@@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.

[@AyumuNarumi75]

@@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.

[@catholiccontriversy]

@@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."

[@DerekVasconi]

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!

[@BigOleWords]

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!

[@DerekVasconi]

I look forward to it!@@BigOleWords

[@ggbetz]

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).😊

[@simonroden2920]

I love this game and smw as the best jump n runs ever created. Even today and far into the future 🕹🕹🕹👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@BigOleWords]

Never heard it referred to as a jump n run. I like it!

[@simonroden2920]

@@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🤣

[@simonroden2920]

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

[@simonroden2920]

Perhaps a European thing😮