Look out for the lava balls that it will release. They are invincible!Īn artificial flower that grows and blooms deep in the sea. This electric jellyfish may sit still anywhere in the sea to get in Mario's way. Swimming in the sea, this thorny fish will try to block Mario's path. It has a relative, the Scattering Bloober, whose children scatter in all directions. Only invincible Mario is able to defeat him.īloober swims underwater with its children. Look out! They can explode!Īlthough tied to a block by a chain, Chain Chomp is quite a tough enemy. Mario can ride on top of these flying beetles.Ī moving chain of fireballs that can pass through many things to get to Mario.Ī black ball followed by a chain of fire that shoots fireballs at Mario. Pressing the A Button rapidly is the only way to get them off of Mario. These are Para-Goomba's children that will cling to Mario. 3 instruction bookletĪ new flying version of an old familiar enemy. Information from the NES Super Mario Bros. borrowing the clothes of a sweaty Italian plumber. Racoon" is what the Tanooki got, and the Hammer suit takes the cake with a phrase that's something like, "Hey, nice clothes. He'd express concern for the frog, and ask if you'd like be changed back. Okay, the best part about these suits was that if you could manage to beat a world with one of them on, the king of the castle would give you a different ' thank you' message. By far, my favorite suit, you get to throw hammers, you can reflect fire off your shiny, ducking backside, and you look a lot different than any other incarnation of Mario (except for the Tanooki's special power of, 'turn into a stone statue of an old cylindrical guy'). The best part was beating a level with it, because Mario bounces off at super high speed, like he's on some controlled substance or something.īe a hammer brother. Walking on land made you into a total goon, although you could jump really high. This suit allowed you to swim in the water very well.
Turning to stone for up to five seconds.
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Mario now has a full racoon looking suit on, the only real benefits of which are: Turns Mario into a tanuki (spelling of tanuki fixed by asterphage), which is some crazy mythical character. Wholesome goodness is what I liken it to. Personally, runner up number 1 is the fourth "giant" world. Well, maybe people liked the different bosses, and the wands, and the inventory system. Super Mario 3's main attraction was in the special suits you could get.
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*you should probably hear The Truth Behind the Super Mario Series in America The Super Nintendo versions, although good, seemed to expand laterally upon the concepts introduced in SMB3, instead of the massive jump from SMB2 to 3.Īnd besides, Yoshi had nothing on the Koopa Clan that never saw light of day in its unabridged format again. Game (from before they were ' super' ) for the two-player option. The game control was superb, and as is Miyamoto's hallmark, replay value was high with both incredible amounts of secrets per level, and an inclusion of the original Mario Bros. With the best level design in the series, with a then-innovative map-screen interface that allowed for inventory, to the range of colorful and iconic power-ups that so trapped the minds of many at the end of the 80's, SMB3 had it all. Produced by game design mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto, SMB3 melded the lessons of the two true previous games* in the series, and added upon them. Super Mario Brothers 3, alternately known as Mario 3 or SMB3, is arguably the best Game in the series.