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Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Mario Bros. 3 is a 2D platform game created by Nintendo for the NES. It was the first Super Mario game to feature a world map and the Tanooki Suit power-up.

Screenshots and images

Company and staff credits

Publisher
Nintendo logo 1975 / Image credit: Nintendo
Developer
Nintendo logo 1975 / Image credit: Nintendo EAD
Director
Takashi Tezuka E3 2012 Nintendo Press Conference (cropped) / Sorry, we don't have accessible text for this image :( / Image credit: The Conmunity - Pop Culture Geek / This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Takashi Tezuka
Producer
Miyamoto Hints At Pikmin 4 / Shigeru Miyamoto on stage wearing a dark jacket and white T-shirt and holding a red Pikmin plushie. / Image credit: BagoGames / This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Shigeru Miyamoto
Composer
This is a fallback image. No image is available. Koji Kondo

Platform comparison

Platform Released Interfaces Target FPS Video Sound
3DS
Japan, North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand
- 60 - -
Wii - - 60 - -
Wii U - - 60 - -
GBA - - 60 - -
NES
Japan
- 60 - -

Game details

Release dates
  • 23 October 1988:
    • Nintendo Entertainment System (Japan)
  • 12 February 1990:
    • Nintendo Entertainment System (North America)
  • 2014:
    • 3DS (Japan, North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand)
Also known as
  • スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (official, Japanese)
Genres

Gameplay

Was the first Super Mario title to feature a world map that enables the player to choose different routes through the game.

Sales and cultural impact

Spawned a weekly animated spin-off series in 1990, titled The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, which was created by DIC Entertainment and NBC.

Had sold over 17 million copies of the NES version by August 2006. 1

References

  1. Gamasutra (n.d.). A Detailed Cross-Examination of Yesterday and Today's Best-Selling Platform Games. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1851/a_detailed_crossexamination_of_.php?page=2.

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