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Relive the adventure

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 57 / 67
Date: November 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Though Nintendo had been the preeminent leader in video game systems since its debut in 1985, it was 1989's release of "Super Mario Brothers 3", the last of the original Super Mario Trilogy for the NES that sent Nintendo's popularity soaring into the stratosphere. A truly complex and challenging game, "...3" re-invented the side-scroller genre. Like so many longtime Nintendo loyalists, I have fond memories playing "Super Mario 3" for hours on end as I tried to defeat the bosses in the new and varied worlds like the Ice World, the Desert World, and the Sky World, to name a few. It took 14 years, but Nintendo has giving this seminal game a spectacular rebirth on the handheld Gameboy Advance System. While it is actually the fourth in the "Super Mario Advance" series for the GBA (preceded by Super Mario 2 [SMA1], Super Mario World [SMA2], Yoshi's Island [SMA3]), it is a complete port of "Super Mario Brothers 3". It is exactly as I remembered the original game, save for the ability to play as Luigi (in addition to Mario) and some spruced up graphics. The gameplay is a seamless re-creation of the original and it's simply amazing to be playing this marvelous game in a handheld format. The only port more astounding for GBA was "Super Mario World [SMA2]", and that was simply because it was from a more advance system. In addition to the wonderful nostalgia of playing "Super Mario 3", "SMA 4" also gives the gamer the original "Mario Bros" game to play individually or in multiplayer mode (all the "Super Mario Advance" games do this). While Nintendo has made some missteps in understanding its core fan base with its handling of its last two platform systems, the "Super Mario Advance" series, especially "Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3" shows that Nintendo still has an intimate understanding of what its fans want in a portable gaming system. BRING ON THE NINTENDO DS.

The best NES game of all time on the GBA

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 24
Date: May 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Regarded by many as the best game to ever grace the original NES, Super Mario Bros. 3 gets shrunk down for the GBA, and it is all the more glorious all these years later, even on the small screen. Featuring re-vamped graphics and sound effects with the tried but true side-scrolling Mario fun, Super Mario 3 is every bit as fun as it was years ago. Fans who remember the classic game will remember the innovative power ups introduced here: the raccoon leaf, the frog suit, and plenty more as you take on Bowser's children and the Hammer Bros. as well as the usual cast of Mario villains. The level design has yet to be beat, and despite a few frustrations that are common place in the Mario series, the game is still a blast to play. All in all, Super Mario Bros. 3 is a must own for GBA owners and DS owners alike, and it's still one of the best platformers ever made.

Oh man!What a game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 24
Date: November 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Mario Bros. are back!And with more revenge.It certainly beats all other Super Mario Games by Nintendo.The story goes that the Kaopalings have stolen the magical wand from each world and have turned them into animals.The game is a pure thrill.I can guarintee u that u will enjoy it a lot.The levels are not so easy,not so tough.It's the perfect combination of skill and strategy.The Racoon and Tanooki Mario are super cool.I always enjoy throwing off the turtule shells into enemies.Thogh Mario is the main character,I prefer playing with Luigi too.This game goes to to The parent"s choice awards!

It's about time.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 53 / 86
Date: August 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Obviously as this review is written the game isn't out yet but who the hell didn't play Super Mario Bros. 3 in its older days? In 1990 this was THE game to get! It had the biggest selling release of all time until 1999 when the more than disappointing FFVIII came around.

I'm not reviewing the NES one but rather the SNES one since that's the one we're going to get obviously! This is the best Mario game ever made! The only one that could possibly be better than this is probably Super Mario RPG on the SNES.

I'll admit I was disappointed when Nintendo re-released Super Mario Brothers 2 and then they SKIPPED THE BEST MARIO GAME and came out with a re-release of Super Mario World and then Super Mario World 2. I couldn't believe my eyes when I heard thatt they skipped this one!

The reason why this is the greatest Mario game is because this focuses on EXACTLY what a game should focus on (Back 13 years ago especially) and that is gameplay! These days gameplay is what games tend to lack. They get tediously long (making you never want to go through it all again) and are much too focused on storyline that they forget what keeps people coming back to the game and that's gameplay.

Graphically this was by far the best looking NES game in those days and on the SNES it was just so much better looking. However, I can't say the same for the music. I LOVED the music on the NES version but in the SNES version the music got worse. Sadly because of the GBA it WILL be worse on the GBA (Super Mario Brothers 2 had worse music as well in it's re-releases).

The controls scheme of course is top notch and easy to do as it is in most Mario games. If you're like me you were without a doubt a little displeased with Super Mario Sunshine. But this game will make up for that.

However, I still don't like that once again we're getting a RE-release of a classic game for the GBA. When are we going to get a NEW Mario game on the gameboy advance? We've been waiting FOREVER!

Still, when this game is released remember the old NES days and the SNES days and you'll KNOW why this is the best Mario game of all time.

Great port, but I was expecting more

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 15 / 17
Date: March 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First, the original Super Mario Bros. 3 was a great game, and the original Legend of Zelda is the only competition for the greatest NES game of all time. This greatness is carried over well.

While is is more or less a direct port, the graphics have been improved (taken from the SNES re-release of the NES Mario games, Super Mario All-Stars), as well as the sound and music. Unfortunately, they also added in voices for the brothers. While novel at first, you'll start to get annoyed the hundredth time Mario exclaims "Oh, just what I needed!" when he picks up a mushroom.

My main disappointment lies with lack of extras. When a favorite movie is re-released on DVD, I've come to expect commentaries of some sort, deleted scenes, and a few other extras. I guess that doesn't hold true for videogames. Want to know what the great reward is at the end? Level select. That's it. You can warp back and re-play any previously beaten level. Somewhat of a let-down if you've just spent the last two days powering through to beat them all.

There are some extras, yes, but they're only available through the e-Reader add-on, and it also requires a friend with a GBA so you can link. Or if you're going it solo, you'll have to pick up an extra gameboy yourself just for this purpose. I haven't yet dropped the near-$100 to get these accessories, and I don't think a few extra levels are worth this great expense.

It's Finally Here!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: October 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Mario 3 was my favorite video game growing up. But these days, my NES only works when it feels like it, and I never bought Super Mario All-Stars for SNES. Game Boy Advance is an awesome invention, and when they came out with Mario Bros. 2, I couldn't wait for Mario Bros. 3 to come out, because it's the best one. They just don't make games like this anymore!

First of all, the newer Mario games seem to forget about Luigi altogether. How much more fun would Mario 64 have been if we could play as Luigi?

Second, Bowser's children were a great addition to this game, and were what made this game and Mario World great games. For some reason, we never saw those 7 kids again. I'd love to see them again with the new graphics that gamecube has. To make an incredible new Mario Bros. game, all they have to do is basically take this game and make it 3D. People would buy it.

Super Mario Bros. 3 is also unique because it allows the player to keep items that they can use anytime during the game, so you can have the racoon suit or the fire flower anytime you need it. The racoon suit and the super leaf were the best items that Nintendo came up with for Mario. They should have kept that instead of the winged hat in Mario 64, or that jetpack thing from Sunshine. It just looks better.

Gameboy should really have another Mario game that keeps these elements and only changes the levels. Let's hope that Gamecube has a Mario game like this too.

Super Mario- Super Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: May 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just bought this for my 6 year old and she loves it. It is worth every bit of your money. There are 8 worlds in total and she's on World 3 right now so she still has more than half to go. The good part is you can save your progress as you go along and each world is different than the last so you don't get bored and it is quite innovative at the same time. I'm very pleased with this purchase since I don't have to shell out money as often and my kid is having a great time!

They don't call them "Super" for nothing.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: November 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Finally, the game that defined the early 90s has been re-released.

Super Mario Bros. 3 is by far the most fun Mario game I have ever played (with the exception of the Mario Party Series). It's awesome playablitiy set the standard for all the Mario games to come. It was so successful that it even stretched Mario into other media. For instance, the old cartoon series was based on Super Mario Bros. 3. For those of you who haven't accuainted yourself with this masterpiece, I'll explain...

You play as Mario or Luigi. Your job is to recover the magic wands from the Koopa Kids and return them to their rightful owners. Along the way, you'll use items such as the Fire Flower, the Super Mushroom, the Super Leaf (which gives you the ability to fly), and the Flute (which can warp you to distant lands). Players of the NES version will tell you that this game is no cakewalk. The only way I got to the final level was by using the Flute. But the difficulty was part of the reason why it was so much fun. It was hard enough to keep you coming back, but easy enough that you didn't give up in frustration.

Super Mario Bros. 3 is THE game to own if you own only one Mario game. Even today, over a decade after it first came out, it still is fun to play.

Absolutely brilliant platformer!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 16
Date: August 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Super Mario Bros. is certainly an impressive game for 1988 standards and holds up as an innovative platformer even today. The graphics, level design and gameplay make for a truly great playing experience.

I never did finish the first Super Mario Bros. (as of yet) and I've never even played Super Mario Bros. 2 but now, after liking this so much, I will seriously have to consider it.

In terms of originality you won't find anything particularly amazing about the jumping of one platform to the next and collecting power-ups but it's how it all comes together and works so well that makes SMB3 stand out from the rest of the competition.

Some levels are tough, but stick at them and you'll memorise and master the tricky bits pretty quickly. However, that didn't stop me from crying out loud in sheer, hopeless frustration every now and again.

The GBA version adds a save function (a godsend for those who hate having to spend 86 hours finishing a game in one go), slightly tweaked levels and compatibility with the Nintendo E-Reader that offers bonus levels.

Considering how good this game is it's no wonder Sonic had such tough competition from a short, fat Italian plumber. Definitely one to hunt down.

Graphics A
Sound B (only because the famous Super Mario music is not featured)
Gameplay A
Lasting Appeal A

Great for my six year old

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: October 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have a six year old son and he has been playing his Super Mario Bros. 3 for several months now. He doesnt get frustrated or ask for help like some of the others we have bought (Tarzan). I definitely recommend it!!!

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