Super Mario Bros. 3 [NES] Playthrough #08, World 8: Dark Land

[@lemonlimedinosaur]

For any person that played SMB3 as a kid, this is their Vietnam flashbacks.

[@xantastic6301]

🤣🤣

[@gengisjon]

Truth!

[@jayskicksnfits9372]

*their* ,not they're (they are). 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@StikbotBoom]

I still haven’t beat the game

[@charliegeraldjr5926]

My flashback was waterworld

[@underappreciatedmedia]

Lol I love how careful you're being with your Hammer suit. You know how precious it is

[@gothyoda]

You made the Koopa Air Force look like a cake walk. That level is beyond brutal, speed scrolling wise.

[@meta04]

For some reason I had a (much) easier time with that level than the other three autoscrollers... probably *because* of how fast it scrolls (so it doesn't take forever to get to BB).

[@Mike14264]

I knew how hard it was beforehand, and it took me 2 or 3 tries, but I managed to do it mostly by luck, narrowly avoiding cannonballs and burners.

[@Dryfloorsign]

Bruh thats pretty easy the dark world levels were harder

[@MrMcCrae28]

Yeah me to sometimes

[@lousanto1054]

Agreed. It took me months, back in the day, to get past the air force. However, World 8-1 and 8-2 courses are VERY HARD if you don't have a racoon suit and get the flight meter just right. To this day, this is, in my opinion, the best video game ever made.

[@namesolonggood1sgone]

If you use a P-wing during the "air force" stage, keep yourself within view of the screen. Flying above it there is some invisible object that if you hit it, it causes instant death.

[@calebdonaldson8770]

I did that but never died. I was able to use it in all 4 vehicle stages, even with the last one having platforms above.

[@DanielReid88]

It happened to me once on the final fortress of world 7 when using a P Wing also. Something out of view hit me at the very top and made me fall in the lava. It wasn’t a ghost either. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@williemakeit2346]

I never experienced instant death using a P Wing on the Air Force stage. In fact I was able to tail thwack the Rocky Wrenches while flying off screen.

[@namesolonggood1sgone]

@@williemakeit2346 I finally beat it in one of the "500 in 1" consoles where they have a bunch of games loaded in their ROM. Mine could have been glitchy? Once I got Bowser to jump through the bricks, the victory music never played and I was just stuck there with a stopped time. I haven't made another attempt to beat the game.

[@samaplex]

@@namesolonggood1sgone man that’s awful. All that and you didn’t get the ending. Damn I’m sorry man

[@anthonyraphael8412]

Completed this game when I was 9 years old! took me ages as a 32 year old imagined it would be easier as an adult not the case

[@arte0021]

So children are more skilled?

[@fourteensouls]

@@arte0021 no its that after a while he kinda lost his skill and had to readjust

[@Borkeman06]

30 years on this game is still a ton of fun and I finally bet the game thanks to this video. Thanks

[@MikeAngelCortez8845]

I never knew that mario can knock out fire balls with throwing hammers.

[@michaelm3033]

born in 1985 here this shaped my childhood brain

[@stacychamness9077]

Born in '77 and SMB3 is one of my favorite games. On May 7, I'll be playing RE8 Village. 😎👍🎮

[@antoinec822]

7:08, was a test of anxiety.

[@clarencebarbour3745]

vidaa82 i actually have my NES pauses on that level right now. I’m terrified. I only have the feather

[@AV3RAG3_J03]

Yeah I played it without taking damage and it took me an hour to beat

[@antor.j.medrano]

my heart kept dropping, my anxiety went thru the roof.

[@davemillet4160]

"Thank you, Mario, but our princess is in another castle... just kidding. Ha ha ha!"😄 Amazing game.

[@megabolt5898]

7 Airships, 2 Tank Divisions, A Navy &, An Air Force. Bowser really was prepared to commit all out war... 😨

[@michaelwave1997]

Man I Wish The Hammer Bro Suit Appeared More Often!

[@smithtime79]

I got it in a Mushroom House in World 7. I’m glad I picked the right box!

[@harambedagorilla6086]

@@smithtime79 so did i was it right before the first tower

[@smithtime79]

Harambe Da Gorilla I can’t remember. There’s a level in World 7 where you can go in a pipe to get the Hammer suit from a power up block, as well as getting it in the Mushroom House.

[@calebdonaldson8770]

The power-up reappeared in Newer Super Mario Bros Wii and controls great. Other than that, I don't know another Mario game it is in.

[@darthtroller]

@@calebdonaldson8770 technically in Super Mario Odyssey you can make use of that power by controlling Hammer Bros, it's so satisfying to throw hammers in 3D

[@Joe-zb9ps]

9:47 mind blown

[@Fuziontony123]

Spongebob Sucks No sun mon

[@PhoenixWrightAceAttorney]

I found this first try I freaking risked it the first time

[@MrMcCrae28]

Tonybassist123 I like spongebob

[@Potato436_]

MrMcCrae28 bruh THATS JUST THE COMMENTERS NAME LMAO 😂

[@MrMcCrae28]

Dorito Boi lol

[@ninafinau644]

this is my absolute favorite game ever. I play it all the time. Thanks for the helpful post 😉

[@happytron2856]

World 8 after 2 days for me. Literally left it on last night and leaving it on today to beat tomorrow played all day today and yesterday my brother and I have been hard at work or beat it! It’s original by the way

[@SirAuron777]

Bowser wasn’t fucking around when Mario got to his home land, he let loose his best forces lol

[@Deadchannel22653]

Man, you make this game look easy! This game TOOK ME OVER A DECADE to beat!

[@BrendanMcClelland]

Chad M. Been playing this game for over two decades and still can’t beat it.

[@YourFriendlyTrader]

Brendan McClelland I’m just trying to beat it now😂😂😂

[@yourmother3207]

Super Saiyan not everyone has a life I guess

[@melissaardon2294]

I am stuck in world 3 that world sucks

[@maryuniverse79]

😢I can't beat it...I am still on world 8😣😣

[@mellttabor2134]

Mario games are why I had an awesome adulthood and major anger issues. Lol

[@wotdahail]

The first castle of this world was surprisingly harder than the bowser one

[@j.t.r.5503]

Cho-Cho Productions2010's Animation Land right... figured if that fortress was as hard as it was...koppas castle should have been a bitch..

[@zeaferjones1404]

I think the first Castle in the Dark World is why I like Zelda so much. When I was kid playing the level it was extremely hard and confusing. There is even an area you can get trapped and have to wait for time to run out so you can start over. I don't know if its Nostalgia but I have a certain joy when I play that Castle now. Now I love confusing dungeons in Zelda way more then linear ones like Bowsers Castle is. Although I do think Bowsers Castle in Mario 3 is better then Bowsers Castle in Mario World nothing beats the confusing dark world first Castle in Mario 3

[@hannibalburgers477]

second one was the hardest for me.

[@namesolonggood1sgone]

The two worlds are the hardest. I played through this game after watching this video and world 8-1 especially stop feeling like "fun" and begin feeling like "work."

[@VideoGuy232]

@@namesolonggood1sgone 8-1 isn’t a problem since before you get to the hard part of the level with all the bullet bills, the game hands you a one-up. Same can’t be said for the second level which is a nightmare. Sun and multiple piranha plants on slopes and constant precision noteblocks. At least I preferred using those over going for that horrible p switch between the piranhas

[@lightyagami7734]

World 8 was really scary when I was a kid

[@digimikeh]

9:29. is strange to listen a lovely music in this world.. I missed it..

[@MCarlos15]

This is probably the best final world of any Mario platformer.

[@xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx]

Carlos S. Compared to Mario worlds yeah I agree.

[@stuartdavidalston8944]

Idk if the Darker side in Odyssey counts, but for the 2D games, with ya all the way :)

[@NinjaxShadowXx]

Best final world absolutely agree

[@jamesford8202]

I just made it to world 8 and I’m dreading starting it. I grew up in the 2000s playing NSMB on the DS, and I have to say this game is so so so so so much harder than that. It’s a blast but it’s also such an insane challenge. Amazing game

[@chiefwind100]

Nostalgic is the word for this.... AMAZING!!!

[@mcwooley]

Wow I've never even seen this Bowser get beaten with a fire flower let alone the hammer powerup! Thank you

[@kimberlymontag9333]

I was probably 12 or 13 years old when i finished the whole game and beat the King Koopa dragon. Now I'm almost 36yo yikes. Thanks for this video! So much memories of me and my lil bro trying to finish the final world! I miss my childhood!

[@ortonfanwwe5741]

only world I never beat as a kid trying now

[@heorotlinea]

+OrtonFan WWE Best of luck!

[@ortonfanwwe5741]

on world 6 now I beat a world a day but some levels are annoying world 5-0 I think with the crazy jumps

[@ortonfanwwe5741]

5-9 i mean

[@heorotlinea]

+OrtonFan WWE Yes, that's one I usually P-Wing through.

[@ortonfanwwe5741]

or use that cloud item to skip it there hard to get

[@billnumber3324]

I remember being wowed when a childhood friend of mine showed me that it was possible for Mario to swim underneath the boats in the second stage.

[@antor.j.medrano]

love this game! with world 8 my anxiety goes through the roof.

[@demetrrius3000]

17:02 when the heck did that hack become available lol never knew about that. Gotta try it. I’m sure it won’t work for me tho, he’ll land right on my head lol

[@perkm0]

My man played the entire Mario through and didn’t use whistles dang

[@otfMessi]

After 12 years of trying to beat this, I’ve finally did it!

[@arte0021]

I find this game to be much harder than super mario world, mainly because you cant go back to previous levels for powerups and lives, so if you lose all your powerups, you can not get them back

[@trexor67]

That castle of 11:20 I always pass with cloud item, haha.

[@fl_w6145]

My mom watched this video to see what the level looked like and now she wants to give up playing 😂😂

[@clarencebarbour3745]

Sameeeee

[@onehungrypanda316]

Mario & Luigi after experiencing & surviving these 8 worlds must suffer from severe PTSD by now..lol

[@williemakeit2346]

My favorite levels from Dark Land were the sea ship, the first hand trap (with hammer bros and all their variants), and the fortress. That damn Air Force level was hell.

[@nonamelegend_vapor]

8-1 is a dark World 1-type level, 8-2 is a dark desert level… and that’s it. Sometimes I wonder if there were supposed to be 5 more regular levels in World 8, all themed like 1 of the previous worlds as well (8-3 would be a dark water level, 8-4 would be a dark Big level, etc), but the developers just ran out of room/time. This world could have been so much more legendary than it already is

[@alphagonzalez93]

In my 25 years of age I have only passed world 8 one time.

[@leebrandon3842]

thanks to your video i finally beat this damn game. playing on a keypad on a cpu too. it makes for an insanely hard time. i got all the way to the final castle on stage 8 and i saw how u beat bowser and it made for a nice boss fight. good thing i had a few p wings left. lol. who would of ever knew to duck and u wouldn't take damage from bowser? crazy. that 8th stage is absolutely ridiculous man.

[@DanielReid88]

I never got past level 3 as a kid without the warp whistle. Now I am finally on world 8, and I hope to beat it. I recently bought a SNES Mini. Super Mario World is easy in comparison to this game, but they’re both classics. The nostalgia is insane!

[@ramboghinibalboni1526]

I did beat the game but on the GBA. What I dont understand is the warp whistles. You pay for a full game, why would you skip fucktons of levels. Kind of defeats the purpose of playing a game if you gonna skip it

[@dab316TV]

​@@ramboghinibalboni1526 the game didn't have save files, was more for people to get to the end quickly to save time

[@gav6886]

Wow, well played, you are a pro!!! I'm trying to beat it with the Mini NES but the Air world is a pain in the ass (I had 42 lives and lost most half of them there!), and level 7 is so freaking difficult, I barely arrived to the last world with a few useless items and lives :( I think I'm gonna start again, last levels are insane and I'm going to need the P wings. Thanks for the playthrough, lots of memories, this is my second favourite Mario Game (Mario 2 is the first lol).

[@ashiyyn]

Whoever made the hammer bros gauntlet, I want to have a few words with him

[@Existing_person5]

Thx for he play through. I was very confused and stuck on the dark castle level. Really helpful😄

[@Peter_1986]

My dad always used to struggle with this game back in the early 90s, and he sometimes managed to make it to Desert Land and paused the game during the night - then my little brother would reset it in the morning and start from the beginning, lol.

[@faceoff3315]

Nice trick at the ending

[@cladrianaquez]

Thanks for posting your video. I never really saw how it ends. I really likd it!

[@Kristhebear856]

World 8 fortress is killing me man definitely the hardest level I get get stuck at . It's a good spot to get stuck in though because the pay off will be so sweet. I had so many power ups and this stage took em all idk what to do haha

[@Pablo04666]

Wood tanks, when I played this 30 years ago I didn't realize it has no sense

[@prii7829]

Me and my brother dug up this game and we just reached world 8. This helped so much omg

[@xiveee2840]

Best part is the fight against bowser, then the end music starts playing. Then you start thinking, "hmm... so that's it then.. sad :("

[@Peter_1986]

I usually play Mario games as a marathon, so if I get done with this game then I usually just continue with Super Mario World. =D

[@geeman8151]

World 8 always gave me anxiety

[@sjcobra84]

Your hammer skills sure packs a wallop. 🔨

[@sabihco6867]

you made it look so easy!

[@_The_Worst_]

That was a great run, both of them...💯✔️

[@raitguy]

This is just sadistic level design. Good to know I never had a chance to beat this game. 😂

[@Mike14264]

The only time I was just stumped was in 8-2. I had a feeling there was a passage under the first patch of quicksand, but when I reached the bottom I thought it was a bottomless pit. So I went back up. Turns out, making precise platforming atop bouncy note blocks, with an Angry Sun trying to kiil me, was just a bit too much for me to handle it. P-Wing time, then. And I'm not sorry.

[@ezrawyvern6795]

To me, the NES version's color palette makes the levels look much more bleak and much more ominous, especially with the music not having as many instruments as in the remakes.

[@gohandbz640]

I love you bro I couldn't have beaten the game 20 minutes ago with out you your fucking awesome

[@MikeAngelCortez8845]

Looks like armagedon here. I like the war tanks

[@Yoshimaniac]

so hard

[@SunBurntfishvrgt]

E

[@calebdonaldson8770]

It was definitely the hardest World 8 for a long time. It used to be my hardest, but then NSMBWii came along, and I think that one is harder. Each level having a trick to speed though makes the Dark Land seem a lot easier in hindsight. Still a good challenge.

[@realchrisgunter]

Never would have guessed you could hammer King Koopa to death lol.

[@JDOTVegas]

I first beat this game at age 13 in 1993. Now, at 41, I cannot get past world 2 anymore lol. I guess my reflexes are GONE! Using the warp flutes and a couple of P-wings, I used to beat this game in under an hour. I can't believe how long it has been. World 8 really, as someone else put it in these comments, took me back to my Vietnam🇻🇳 lol

[@ViraRiva]

the only way i ever beat this was by using the flutes. world 6 and 7 ive never fully complete

[@namesolonggood1sgone]

I usually warp past the latter half of 5 and then past the very end of 7. It depends on how much of a bloodbath 6 becomes if I tough it out or not.

[@MrMcCrae28]

I have beat worlds 6 and 7 without using the flutes

[@Spookyn.]

Such a weird world, i love it

[@smithtime79]

It took me forever to get past the first Air Force level. I have a dim memory of getting to Bowser decades ago, but I’m not there yet now.

[@DREAMSQU33ZE]

World 7 was the hardest for me

[@duckplayerfilthybaboon8]

The actual 1 and 2 levels are by far the hardest in my opinion

[@demetrrius3000]

Oh man I forgot about going under the ship and skipping the whole map. Sonic would never, once that timer starts it’s over with. Better find you an air bubble lol

[@yazziknight]

Absolutely fantastic!! Thanks for the help!

[@orange0666]

I like how bowser has a modern army

[@digimikeh]

7:19 .. you saved..

[@afrakory]

I played this game when iwas 6 -7 years old in 1992-1993, Wow!!

[@collins1580]

This game took me 2 days to beat without any warps and I'm surprised I did it that fast

[@meandmusics]

20:18 *Your Last Sacrifice/Winning! Common Mario! Good Luck!*

[@ducksoup80]

Got this game for my 10th birthday. when I made it to level 8 I thought I was a goner when I fell off the ship and was unable to get back on the other ship that's when I realized I could swim under the battleships..

[@cylyriioldaccount8772]

This was the video that got me into mario...

[@ThatGuyThomas]

you just helped me beat the game

[@heorotlinea]

Congrats on beating the game!

[@ThatGuyThomas]

@@heorotlinea thanks!! you helped a lot

[@emptyspotlight]

I'd always do world 8 navy using a frog suit, made the level so much easier

[@ivanstevic4418]

Did that dry bones just... gone through the door...

[@playa1877]

Yes...it did

[@Floxit]

Oh man... I used my 12 last lifes in the Bowser castle. When I arrived to my last life, I was hopeless. Bowser hit me, I lost my raccoon tail and tiny... but, luckily, Bowser hit the same range of bricks... Last move or game over... Win ! Damn it, I was making the retro archievement, I made each level, I'm happy to beat the game finally. I was blocked in the first part of world 8 when I was kid... But I think I hit the first castle... that horrible castle haha. The Browser castle is "piece of cake", but no extra life (I think) and no coin... mmh ! Okay, I cheated, I found your video, but I finally explored all the castles after several failures (I'm expert for this hehe). So, thanks !

[@jaycoleman6552]

Floxit *lives

[@cupbros5224]

Really I made myself almost thrown the controller at the TV ugh at least I beat it one day.

[@orangejuicegaming9746]

ITS BOWSER NOT BROWSER FROM INTERNERT

[@amyfrazier3318]

The thing about the ending... If you continue to play it starts you over but with all P-Wings as power-ups. I am doing it now but I can beat the game now but never got close to it as a kid.

[@ivanstevic4418]

CMON JUST 1 LEVEL THEN TO BOWSER'S CASTLE!!!!! CMON

[@lordakiasantiago7562]

Man!! That world is a kick in the nuts!!! :V jajaja i never beat em when i was kid.. :'c

[@SoulHypnotic]

Wow all that firepower for just one guy!! Lol

[@leebrandon3842]

u can swim in the lava under the battle ship?? wtf? how the hell is anyone gonna know that?? lol. that makes it a lot easier. holy ish. also u beat boom boom with fire balls?? they have no effect when i try it.

[@gdzen4302]

LEE BRANDON because it isnt lava... its Water

[@gdzen4302]

vidaa82 eh, it was just the way the game looked i guess

[@rabidlice7769]

It's blood

[@emptyspotlight]

It takes longer to kill boom boom with fireballs

[@jolexander29]

I had no clue you could beat Koopa with the hammer brother suit. I always let him fall after he crushes through the bricks.

[@eeeee77787]

I love tanks and war weaponry because of this game

[@xxCrunchY]

I decided to do an any% speedrun on this, so this was really helpful!

[@Iloveyou-dz7mq]

Looks like miyamoto had a deal with the devil with this one

[@Humble-iq5ue]

Yup. You even can see the masonic checker board floor in the castle levels

[@tumbletunes3101]

Seeing this makes me want to get my 2DS XL and play some Virtual Console

[@TheInkPitOx]

Wario Time You can't play VC on a 2DS

[@korsptemplanza1710]

Watching thiw in 2019 and tives me the feels :')

[@markheying2830]

As far as I remember, if you go to Bowser on the Top Path instead of the Bottom Path, Bowser could destroy all the Bricks.

[@MrsBryant1024]

All those P wings went to waste lol & I swear my ship moves so much faster than his. He makes it look too easy. Lol

[@frankb2659]

I'm stuck on world six for the 3DS version

[@MrsBryant1024]

Frank B keep at it buddy. 👍you'll get it

[@frankb2659]

Blaq Diamond I use way too many restore points.

[@frankb2659]

Blaq Diamond I have like 24 lives and I go back to the restore points if I lose one

[@MoNstEr-gp4jp]

Me and my dad were in world 8 and my dad beat Bowser in world 8 finally then he jumped and falled down .-.

[@edwardoutlawjr8154]

I did that too by mistake, assuming the game was over lol 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Crypto_prod35]

MoNstEr same

[@klee5760]

If I were a movie producer of 1989 wizard, I would make Jimmy go up to Tank Division 1 and defeat the boomerang bros, instead of finishing at World 4-1.

[@ivanstevic4418]

I WISH WORLD 9 AND WORLD 10 EXISTED

[@poppabear3730]

I grew up playing this in the 80

[@andrewdyke5561]

I think this is one of the hardest world i still stuck on level one in the tunnel part.

[@user-pp5ri9dq4y]

how do you come out with the pwing meter still maxed @9:15??

[@mcwooley]

If you loved this world, imagine how much Beavis would