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In level 1-4 of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, a Mario Easter egg exists on the side of a…

Supper Mario Broth about 3 hours ago

In level 1-4 of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, a Mario Easter egg exists on the side of a plane that is visible on screen only for a few frames and is seen only at an extremely oblique angle, which depicts a P-Wing from Super Mario Bros. 3.Due to th …
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Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition

Australian Retro Gamer about 11 days ago

Nintendo brings home White Knuckle Speedrun Competition with Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition How quickly could you collect a roomful of coins in Super Mario Bros.? Or snag the sword at the start of The Legend of Zelda? Or clear the entire first c …
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In the Super Mario Bros. 3 style of Super Mario Maker 2, if Mario enters a Twister while obtaining a…

Supper Mario Broth about 28 days ago

In the Super Mario Bros. 3 style of Super Mario Maker 2, if Mario enters a Twister while obtaining a Fire Flower and shooting a fireball immediately afterward, he will become stuck in his falling animation until he leaves the room. Note how Mario slides ar …
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Random: Gamers Are Using 3DSen To Play NES Games In Mixed Reality

Time Extension about 1 month ago

The future is now!Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play NES classics like Super Mario Bros. 3 in mixed reality? Well, wonder no more!Recently, on Reddit, a user named VR_Newbie shared a brilliant clip of themselves playing the classic Mario …
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Froggo's Adventure Is An Adorable Platformer That Costs Less Than £1

Time Extension about 2 months ago

A ribbeting good time.An adorable new Frog-themed platformer, which can best be described as a mix between Super Mario Bros. 3, Kirby's Adventure, & Yoshi's Island, has just been released on Steam for less than £1.Froggo's Adventure is the latest game …
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Production artwork for a 1990 Super Mario Bros. 3 manga.

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

Production artwork for a 1990 Super Mario Bros. 3 manga.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source …
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In World 3-3 of Super Mario Bros. 3, if too many objects are on screen at once as shown at the…

Supper Mario Broth about 3 months ago

In World 3-3 of Super Mario Bros. 3, if too many objects are on screen at once as shown at the beginning of the footage, the game will be unable to process all entities and become severely glitched, with the ground briefly disappearing and the top of the l …
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A 1991 commercial for officially licensed Super Mario Bros. 3 fruit snacks contained an extremely…

Supper Mario Broth about 3 months ago

A 1991 commercial for officially licensed Super Mario Bros. 3 fruit snacks contained an extremely brief scene transition that featured an original animation of a dancing palm tree, referencing similarly dancing palm trees on the world map of Desert Land in …
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Concept art for the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoon series, depicting what Toad’s head…

Supper Mario Broth about 4 months ago

Concept art for the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoon series, depicting what Toad’s head looks like when he removes his mushroom cap.In recent years, Nintendo has been very clear on expressing, both within games and in interviews, that this i …
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Concept art for a “King Koopa Fireball Blaster” toy for the 1990 Nintendo/McDonald’s Super Mario…

Supper Mario Broth about 4 months ago

Concept art for a “King Koopa Fireball Blaster” toy for the 1990 Nintendo/McDonald’s Super Mario Bros. 3 Happy Meal cross-promotion.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: twitter.com user “consumertc” …
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Illustration from a 1988 Japanese guide for Super Mario Bros. 3. Note that the king depicted here is…

Supper Mario Broth about 4 months ago

Illustration from a 1988 Japanese guide for Super Mario Bros. 3. Note that the king depicted here is not one of the seven kings rescued during the events of the game, but the king of the Mushroom Kingdom, Peach’s father.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon …
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In Super Mario Bros. 3 (shown here in the Super Mario All-Stars version), Micro-Goombas are minor…

Supper Mario Broth about 4 months ago

In Super Mario Bros. 3 (shown here in the Super Mario All-Stars version), Micro-Goombas are minor nuisances that are dropped by Paragoombas and latch on to Mario, hindering his movement. The intended way to free Mario from the Micro-Goombas is to repeatedl …
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During a Boom Boom battle in Super Mario Bros. 3, a glitch may occur that will make that particular…

Supper Mario Broth about 5 months ago

During a Boom Boom battle in Super Mario Bros. 3, a glitch may occur that will make that particular Boom Boom highly resistant, though not completely immune to, fireballs.Normally, a Boom Boom will die after being hit by 6 fireballs. However, if the fifth …
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An extremely obscure glitch in Super Mario Bros. 3 is “flame cards”. It requires playing in…

Supper Mario Broth about 6 months ago

An extremely obscure glitch in Super Mario Bros. 3 is “flame cards”. It requires playing in two-player mode. After playing 11 battles by selecting each other on the map screen, the 12th battle will occur in the special stage shown in the footag …
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In Super Mario Bros. 3, Bull’s-Eye Bills (known as Missile Bills at the time of the game’s release)…

Supper Mario Broth about 6 months ago

In Super Mario Bros. 3, Bull’s-Eye Bills (known as Missile Bills at the time of the game’s release) appear in only one level, 4-5. They quickly flash between black and red; however, an obscure detail about them is that the red color during the …
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Pop-up store information brochure for Super Mario Bros. 3.

Supper Mario Broth about 7 months ago

Pop-up store information brochure for Super Mario Bros. 3.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: twitter.com user “martinliddell” …
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Splash page from an officially licensed 1988 guide/activity book for Super Mario Bros. 3, from…

Supper Mario Broth about 7 months ago

Splash page from an officially licensed 1988 guide/activity book for Super Mario Bros. 3, from Japan. Interestingly, the drawings include an illustration of Mario plucking a turnip from the international version of Super Mario Bros. 2, which did not releas …
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Anniversary: Super Mario Bros. 3 Is Now 35 Years Old

Time Extension about 7 months ago

Mamma mia!The NES classic Super Mario Bros. 3 is now 35 years old. Eek.Released in Japan on October 23rd 1988, the game was hailed as an instant smash hit. Amazingly, it didn't come to North America until February 12th, 1990. It was even worse for European …
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Random: The Super Marios Bros. 3 Roulette Game Was Rigged After All

Time Extension about 7 months ago

New Retro Game Mechanics video explores SMB 3's bonus games.If you've ever played Super Mario Bros. 3, you may remember its frustrating sliding puzzle, where you are tasked with matching three moving tiles in order to create a Star, Mushroom, or Fire Flowe …
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Random: The Super Mario Bros. 3 Roulette Game Was Rigged After All

Time Extension about 7 months ago

New Retro Game Mechanics video explores SMB 3's bonus games.If you've ever played Super Mario Bros. 3, you may remember its frustrating sliding puzzle, where you are tasked with matching three moving tiles in order to create a Star, Mushroom, or Fire Flowe …
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The NES system features 2048 bytes of RAM. As an art project, software engineer Michael Fogleman…

Supper Mario Broth about 8 months ago

The NES system features 2048 bytes of RAM. As an art project, software engineer Michael Fogleman recorded the state of every byte in the NES’s memory that changed during 5 continuous seconds of Super Mario Bros. gameplay and created a graph showing t …
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Super Mario Bros. 3 contains a debug mode in its data that gives Mario the ability to summon a…

Supper Mario Broth about 9 months ago

Super Mario Bros. 3 contains a debug mode in its data that gives Mario the ability to summon a Goomba’s Shoe (known as Kuribo’s Shoe at the time of the game’s release) at any time by pressing a button combination.However, due to the graph …
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The animated sprite for the Angry Sun in the New Super Mario Bros. U game style of Super Mario Maker…

Supper Mario Broth about 9 months ago

The animated sprite for the Angry Sun in the New Super Mario Bros. U game style of Super Mario Maker 2, extracted from the game’s files.Since the game’s release, international players have expressed confusion at the fact that despite being call …

Super Mario Bros. 3+ ROM Hack Brings Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool with Their Unique SMB2 Mechanics to SMB3

Digital Press about 9 months ago

Enhancements: Quote: ... has the same stats as in the original SMB3. Luigi can jump higher than anyone else. Toad (with mushroom) can kick objects with the B button. Princess Toadstool (small, super, fire, raccoon) has the abilit …
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The 21st Bonus mission of NES Remix 2, the second-to-last mission in the game, consists of a “thank…

Supper Mario Broth about 9 months ago

The 21st Bonus mission of NES Remix 2, the second-to-last mission in the game, consists of a “thank you” message. The mission starts like a regular version of Level 1-1 from Super Mario Bros. 3, but after a few screens, Mario finds a P-Switch t …