I never really found SMB3 to be all that difficult. Even though I've professed before my favoritism towards SMW as the better all-around game, it was still pretty difficult to get 100% completion in it. Actually getting to Bowser's castle was no easy feat either, but I actually got there by stroke of luck (and some help from Star Road exit 4) and got to "completing" the game within about 2 years. By contrast, I went around zig-zagging and beating the baddies in each SMB3 level within a week's time, and I just didn't get as amped up by the various power suits like every one else. Both games were a testament to how good Nintendo's games were back in the mid-80s to late-90s, but each game might have gone after a different niche of player, I thought.

But... to aid in your argument, I recently found this article by accident that details a list of the top games that shouldbe ported and redone in order to be playable on the new (I'm not sure how new this system is) Nintendo 3DS.

The Top 50 Games That Belong On the 3DS - UGO.com

[Visual Architectonics]

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“It’s on like Holiday Kong” by Carlos Leituga.

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(click-thru, for a better VIEW)


Brawl in the Family, by Matthew Taranto

Funny, but you've got to save the old Frog Suit for the right time. Just like the Tanooki Suit and Hammer Bros. Suit.

One has to play the game through a couple of times to know when to deploy the special outfits.

/pointless comment

Frog requires some serious thought about it's deployment but Tanooki is just a better Raccoon Suit, you've got the same flight and tail abilities but you can also go invincible to kill things that'd hurt on contact like those spinning lightballs in fortresses and castles. Hammer bros I never actually got to use that much though, bouncy fireballs always seemed more useful.

I can't believe I'm engaging in this line of conversation, but it's kinda fun to recall my lonely, misspent youth. Anyway, the utility of the Hammer Bros. suit was two fold: rapid fire overhead arc weapon (versus the fireball's waist level bounce) and the crouch turned you into an armored beetle with a big Italian schnoz. I must admit that I didn't enjoy the Hammer Bros. Suit nearly as much (it's really rare) until I purchased the gold foil covered "Game Genie" device and put in the eight-digit alphanumeric code to get it at the beginning of the game. You can have a lot of fun with SMB3 by "hacking" it.

Well, it is a Friday. Thanks for contributing, span2 (tho I do wonder if the aboe image will be visible indefinitely here, or if it will fade away?)


I can chip in as well:

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Pin-up Peach by ~pluckylump on deviantART

A visual, to aid in the previous spontaneous discussion: (never achieved the 'boot', nor the 'p-wing' power-ups. ought to be rare ones.)

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Mario PowerUp by Hoshiboshi

You get the P-wing in a letter from the princess when you defeat world 1, and Kuribo's Shoe is only in 5-3.

Filled with the pertinent knowledge, shadowex3. I need to find a working copy of this game; it's been far too long. (I'd rather not experience via a keyboard, I'll say to add.)


A quick one: for those that might have a bit of difficulty exactly remebering what that one goomba was called, or where you'd find another boss offspring/distant cousin to King Koopa, here's your resource... (and quite expansive, too!)

Mario Monsters (had I already shared this?)

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“I just wanted to fix the pipes”, illustrated by Drunken-Novice.

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PEACH, as visualized by conceptual artist, robotpencil (also seen as the cover to Sweden's LEVEL.)

author's comments: (Anthony Jones)
Peach - She is a successful actress/model and is working her way to the top!
unfortunately most of her fame has been due to the help of mob boss Bowser,
which leads her into some trouble later on down the road.

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"Princess Peach", illustrated by ~DashMartin.

This can fit into any number of cool categories, but thought to first share it here:

quick synopsis: If you have an old NES console in the attic you might be
able to create something similar to Waterloo Labs who have modded a
NES to allow Mario to be controlled by the players eyes. Electrodes have
been placed around the eyes to track the movement of a players eyeballs,
they were able to jury rig a Nintendo to accept eye movement as controller input.

But as you can imagine it isn’t the easiest thing to do considering you need to
keep your eyes on Mario to make sure he doesn’t fall foul of any nasties or falls.


[geeky-gadgets.]

I see what they did there...

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what are we eating this evening? by Franck Graetz (Frenchman, in Belgium)

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Friday 4Koma 第37話


*relevant context ("punchline")

It's a real wonder why I haven't posted this comic (& why it took me 30 min to do so)
 

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Better Than Plumbing by H. Caldwell Tanner.

[NSFW] --(to note: yes, she is nude, and the photography is not cheeky-clean either, like SI's Swimsuit issue)

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Onward to the Galaxy by =TheBourgyman on deviantART

author's comments: (Yves B.)
I'm probably not alone when I say I'm really looking forward to the release of Super Mario Galaxy 2. The first one is already a classic.

Total time from sketch to final export: 6 hours.

Any chance you could link or spoilertag that one or something Jetee?

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Mario | Savage Chickens - Cartoons on Sticky Notes by Doug Savage

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Super Mario Galaxy, by Nicole Gustafsson.

M is for Malevolent
 

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Това́рищ Марио by Doğan Kılınç

+ bonus

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M de Mario by ~clvago (Christopher)

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(M is for...) Majin. illustrated by TheGreyNinja (kevin)

"Spec Ops Mario keeps Scientist Peach safe while taking down Koopa terrorists."
 

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Super Mario Warfare, illustrated by agentscarlet (aka, Agent Melon).

What happens when Mario falls into the open void?
 

“God Save The Princess”
 

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design by Kuwahara.

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"The New Decree to Instate Peach of Mushroom as Princess of the Kingdom" - art by Elizabeth Sherry (Canadia).

author's comments:
An official royal-style portrait of Princess Peach, painted for this year's [2010] Fan Expo in Toronto.

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“The Mario Brothers” - illustrated by Luigi Lucarelli. [* -]

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Torn Daisy, illustrated by Jay Phoenix (Colombia)

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"Live-Action Cutscene" by Aled Lewis (London).

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(* -) ... [* -]

Heh, that was worth a chuckle.

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25 Years Of Dying, illustrated by Yves "The Bourgyman" Bourgelas (Canadia)

When did Mario ever die of Drowning or Long Falls? I've played most of the sidescrollers and it never happened in those that I can recall, was that one of the 3d games?

Without looking it up, and just relying on my twenty-five-year-history of playing the titles, a drowning death could be achieved in the original Super Mario Bros., I believe, in one of the two(?) water stages within the game. As you begin the level, you notice that there is a sea portion of the screen, with also, a little bit of sky available at the top. I'm not exactly sure how long Mario could hold his breath, but I always tried to manage 20 seconds under, but no more than 30 before sprinting toward the surface.

A "Long Fall" death - I was just about to describe a Super Mario Land stage, but that correlates to the Tornado death directly above the one in which you are describing. I don't really know about that one - do you think anyone else has a guess?

I don't think you can drown in the original super mario brothers, at least I never surfaced in them. I think drowning was n64.

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damn now I've got the water stage theme stuck in my head...

I should get this tattoo'd on me so I can quit saying it over and over: "I'm a little late with this, but... here you go"

as a part of... a play listing.

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Did Somebody Call A Plumber? - by Aled Lewis (London)