Super Mario Bros. 3

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Super Mario Bros. 3
Developer(s)	Nintendo
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	November 29, 1988 January 1, 1990 December 31, 1989
Genre(s)	Platformer
Mode(s)	Single and Multi player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone
Platform(s)	NES, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Console
Preceded by	Super Mario Bros. 2
Followed by	Super Mario World
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Super Mario Bros. 3 (スーパーマリオブラザーズ3, Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī, sometimes referred to as Mario 3, SMB3, or Super Mario 3) is the thrid game in the Super Mario Bros. series. It was released in 1989, and was developed and published by Nintendo. It was the official Masterpiece game and is the second best selling video game, right after Super Mario Bros. and also the second most popular NES game also after Super Mario Bros. It is a return to traditions after the very different Super Mario Bros. 2. It was the first game in the series to give Mario the ability to fly. It is one of the most popular games on the Wii's Virtual Console. It is available for 500 Wii points.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 2.1 Playable 2.2 Nonplayable 2.3 The Kings 3 Enemies 3.1 Goombas 3.2 Troopas 3.3 Buzzies 3.4 Piranha Plants 3.5 Lakitu 3.6 Koopa Brothers 3.7 Fortress 3.8 Water 3.9 Artillery 3.10 Bosses 3.11 Other 4 Worlds 5 Items 6 Remakes/Re-releases 7 Easter Egg 8 Featured in 9 TV 10 Trivia 11 External links

[edit] Plot

Bowser is back and he's sent out his seven children to terrorize and take over seven kingdoms of the Mushroom World. The kings of each kingdom are then transformed into helpless animals. Each koopaling has stolen a magic wand from a king, and now wield them to destroy Mario and Luigi. Peach is safe and sound in the Mushroom Kingdom, and she wishes Mario and Luigi luck as they go off to save the day.

Each world is littered with enemy outposts, hammer brothers, fortresses and various traps. The duo travels through a grassy land, a desert, an island archipelago, an island of giants, a realm in the clouds, a frozen wasteland, and a maze of pipes. Mario, upon freeing the seventh king, discovers that Bowser and his army have kidnapped Princess Toadstool(Peach) and retreated to Bowser's underworld hideout. Mario and Luigi encounter tanks, warships and airships and hordes of baddies before reaching the Castle of Koopa.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Playable

The two playable characters, Mario and Luigi, are almost identical other than the change in color palates.

• Mario - The main hero of the game.
• Luigi - Mario's slightly younger brother.

[edit] Nonplayable

• Peach - The princess who gets kidnapped by the evil Bowser.
• Bowser - The Koopa King who kidnaps Peach and tries to defeat Mario and Luigi. At the end of the game, Mario and Luigi will defeat the Koopa army and send Bowser through an endless pit, where the two will then save Peach.

[edit] The Kings

The following is a list of the King's transformations that they take over once a Koopa Kid curses him.

King of:	Original Version:	All Stars/SMB3 Advance:
Grass Land	Dog	Cobrat
Desert Hill	Spider	Hoopster
Ocean Side	Spike	Dino Rhino
Big Island	Dinosaur	Donkey Kong Jr.
The Sky	Albatoss	Albatoss
Iced land	Seal	Monty Mole
Pipe Maze	Piranha Plant	Yoshi

[edit] Enemies

[edit] Goombas

• Goomba
• Microgoomba
• Paragoomba
• Pile Driver Micro-Goomba

[edit] Troopas

• Koopa Troopa
• Koopa Paratroopa
• Rocky Wrench
• Spike

[edit] Buzzies

• Buster Beetle
• Buzzy Beetle
• Parabeetle

[edit] Piranha Plants

• Muncher
• Nipper Plants
• Piranha Plant
• Ptooie
• Venus Fire Trap

[edit] Lakitu

• Lakitu
• Spiny

[edit] Koopa Brothers

• Boomerang Bros.
• Hammer Bros.
• Fire Bros.
• Sledge Bros.

[edit] Fortress

• Boo
• Dry Bones
• Hot Foot
• Podoboo
• Roto-Disc
• Stretch
• Thwomp

[edit] Water

• Cheep Cheep
• Baby Cheep
• Big Bertha
• Blooper
• Blooper Nanny
• Boss Bass
• Jelectro
• Lava Lotus
• Spiny Cheep-Cheep

[edit] Artillery

• Bob-omb
• Bullet Bill
• Missile Bill
• Chain Chomp
• Fire Chomp

[edit] Bosses

• Boom Boom
• Bowser
• Koopalings

[edit] Other

• Angry Sun
• Fire Snake

[edit] Worlds

In the game, there are a total of eight worlds, and one Warp Zone world. Some of the world's names were changed with the release of various versions and remakes. Also listed, are some nicknames of the these worlds as published in the early days of Nintendo Power.

World	First Release	Second Release	All Stars/SMB3 Advance	Nintendo Power #4	Nintendo Power #13
World 1	Grass Land	Grass Land	Grass Land	World of Grasslands	Grass Land
World 2	Desert Hill	Desert Land	Desert Hill	The Koopahari Desert	Koopahari Desert
World 3	Ocean Side	Water Land	Sea Side	Island World	Island World
World 4	Big Island	Giant Land	Big Island	Land of the Giants	Land of the Giants
World 5	The Sky	Sky Land	The Sky	Cloud Castle	Sky World
World 6	Iced Land	Ice Land	Iced Land	Winter Wonderland	Winter Wonderland
World 7	Pipe Maze	Pipe Land	Pipe Maze	Tube City	Pipe Maze
World 8	Castle of Koopa	Dark Land	Bowser's Castle	Underworld Hideout	Castle of Koopa
World 9	Warp Zone	Warp Zone	Warp Zone	Special Place	Warp Zone

[edit] Items

• 1 Up Mushroom - Once you find one of these green mushrooms, you will have one extra life.
• 10 Coin Block - These blocks have 10 coins inside of them, though they may ware out before you are able to get all 10. Also, you can just have 1 coin blocks
• Anchor - The anchor will stop an airship from moving around the world you're on in case you fail to defeat the level.
• Continuous Starman - Once you get a continuous starman, you may be able to keep finding starmen in ? blocks.
• Fire Flower - Once your Super Mario, you will be able to find a Fire Flower in some blocks. Once you do find one, you will be able to shoot fire balls from your hand.
• Frog Suit - Once you have a frog suit on, you will be able to swim much faster than any other type of Mario. You will also be able to jump much higher on land, though it will slow your speed down.
• Hammer - You will be able to use a hammer on the map to break blocks that are blocking you from other parts of the map.
• Hammer Suit - Hammer Suits will be able to defeat enemies that can't be defeated any other way such as a Boo and Fire Balls.
• Invisible Block - These blocks are invisible, and will suddenly appear sometimes just when you jump. They will also sometimes help you get to higher areas as well.
• Jump Block - Jump Blocks are blocks with music notes on them. Once you jump on one, you will be able to go much higher.
• Lakitu's Cloud - On the map, you will be able to use Lakitu's Cloud to get past hard stages.
• Magic Whistle - Once you find one of the three magic whistles, you will be able to go to other worlds.
• Music Box - Once you use the Music Box, it will put the Hammer Brothers to sleep, making them easy to kill.
• P Wing - P Wings will allow Mario or Luigi to fly through an enitre stage.
• Starman - Once you find a rare starman, you will be invincible for a short time, being able to crash and defeat virtully every enemy.
• Standard Block - Standard blocks are blocks of shiny brown bricks that can be destroyed by super mario and koopa shells. They are common like ? blocks and can contain items too. Any blocks that aren't shiny are blockhoppers, mini-goombas in disguise who try to jump on you.
• Super Leaf - Once you find a Super Leaf, you will be able to use the Raccoon Suit, which will let you fly if you are running fast enough.
• Super Mushroom - Once your regular Mario, you will be able to use a Super Mushroom which will make you bigger and stronger, letting you crash through blocks. You will also have more heath than before.
• Switch Block - Once you hit a switch block, it will turn all the blocks in the stage into coins.
• Tanooki Suit - Once you find a Tanooki Suit, you will be able to do what raccoon mario can do, as well as being able to turn into stone for a short time.
• Vine - Once you find a vine, you will be able to go to higher places in the sky.

[edit] Remakes/Re-releases

• Super Mario All-Stars (1993) (VG)
• Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003) (VG)
• Virtual Console
• e-Reader

[edit] Easter Egg

In multiplayer, if both players are standing on the START square, if player one presses the A button, both players will enter a randomly-selected minigame. One of the minigames is based on the bonus stage from Mario Bros.

[edit] Featured in

• Beethoven (1992)
• Wizard (1989)

[edit] TV

The show would be adapted in cartoon form for The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3

[edit] Trivia

• The warp whistle plays the same music as the one in The Legend of Zelda.
• In an underworld area, there are coins in the shape of 3, representing the 3rd game in the Super Mario Bros. series.

[edit] External links

• Super Mario Bros. 3 at Nintendo.com
• Super Mario Bros. 3 at Virtual Console Reviews