Super Mario Bros. 3

Synopsis

Fight monsters and mini-bosses, avoid ghosts and the burning sun. Make your way through water and quicksand. Dodge cannon balls and bullets and rescue the King's wand! In Super Mario Bros. 3 there are more warps, more chances at extra lives, and new special suits! The raccoon suit lets you fly and knock out blocks. The frog suit helps you out-swim deadly fish. There are suits for every occasion! Store up flowers and mushrooms to use later on. Play game-show type bonus rounds! Go back to that last screen and get a mushroom! Pause to take a break, then continue where you left off! Super Mario Bros. 3 is fun to play alone, or team up with a buddy to prolong the adventure!

In Other Languages

Language	Title
Japanese	スーパーマリオブラザーズ3
Korean	슈퍼 마리오 브라더스/형제들 3

Release timeline

Console	Country of origin	Date
NES	Japan	October 23, 1988
NES	USA	February 12, 1990
NES	South Korea	1990
NES	UK	August 29, 1991
Wii	USA	November 5, 2007
Wii	UK	November 9, 2007
Wii	Japan	December 11, 2007
Wii	South Korea	May 26, 2008
Nintendo 3DS	Japan	January 1, 2013
Wii U	Japan	December 25, 2013
Nintendo 3DS/Wii U	UK	December 26, 2013
Nintendo 3DS/Wii U	USA	April 17, 2014

As an .NES ROM file

April 3, 1997	U.S. version (V1.1)
March 18, 1999	Spanish version
December 10, 1999	European (PAL) version
December 10, 1999	Original Japanese version
December 10, 1999	U.S. version (V1.0)
April 5, 2000	Portuguese version
January 24, 2001	French version

Music

	Sequence Title	Original MIDI Release Date
1	World 1: Grass Land	November 11, 1996
2	World 2: Desert Hill	November 11, 1996
3	World 3: Ocean Side	November 11, 1996
4	World 4: Big Island	November 11, 1996
5	World 5: The Sky	July 17, 1998
6	World 6: Iced Land	July 17, 1998
7	World 7: Pipe Maze	November 11, 1996
8	World 8: Castle of Koopa	November 11, 1996
9	Overworld	February 14, 1997
10	Overworld 2	January 27, 1997
11	Underwater	December 23, 1998
12	Underworld	January 27, 1997
13	Coin Heaven/Warp Zone	November 11, 1996
14	Music Box	1997
15	N-Spade Game	1998
16	Toad's House	July 2, 1998
17	Fortress	March 6, 1999
18	Hammer Bros. Battle	November 11, 1996
19	King's Castle	August 15, 1999
20	Airship	June 27, 1999
21	Mini-Boss	December 23, 1998
22	Victory Fanfare	August 15, 1999
23	King Restored	August 15, 1999
24	Course Clear	March 17, 2002
25	Game Over	March 17, 2002
26	Bowser	August 15, 1999
27	Ending	December 23, 1998

The Star Invincibility and death music are not listed here, as they sound a lot similar to in the first Super Mario Bros. game.

Regional differences

The following only apply to the original Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 3:

As soon as you start a level by pressing A, the screen will fade in for 1 1/2 seconds. Confirmed on July 22, 2000.
If Super/Fiery/Raccoon/Frog/Tanooki/Hammer Mario gets hit by any enemy, he will revert to regular Mario. Confirmed on July 22, 2000.
You don't have to wait until Toad is done to select an item in the Mushroom House. Confirmed on January 29, 2007.
The second room in the Grass Land Fortress has its end door moved a little. Confirmed on March 15, 2001.
When we find out that the king has been transformed, Mario is several more steps away from the throne. In addition, it is colored blue instead of gold. Confirmed on September 26, 2000.
If Frog/Tanooki/Hammer Mario gets hit by an enemy, the suit that he is wearing will fly off. Confirmed on September 26, 2000.
An additional pipe exit is added in Sky 1. With this, the Card Roulette is enabled on the darkness of the bonus room's end. Confirmed on September 26, 2000.
If Mario is wearing Goomba's shoe, and suddenly bumps into an enemy, it'll turn red and fly off, and Mario will come out small from any form. Confirmed on September 26, 2000.
In Koopa Tank 2, one block is added, therefore Mario cannot climb back up. Confirmed on July 1, 2003.
In the Japanese version, the Princess says, "Thank you! Finally, peace returns to the Mushroom World. The end!" After that, the credits play in the levels' true names. In the English version, they were all "____ Land". Confirmed on July 22, 2000.

And of course, the end of the World 3 map shows an island shaped like the country of Japan, and the King's castle is where Nintendo's headquarters would be located. This was discovered by many Mario fans since May 23, 2003.

Notes

In Version 1.0 (PRG0) of the game from early 1990, the N-Spade matching game message concluded with "Miss twice and you're out!", instead of "You can only miss twice!" from Version 1.1 (PRG1). This was revealed at TMK on September 5, 2001.
The Princess's second letter had the words "Kuribo's shoe" instead of "Goomba's shoe". This was revealed at TMK on July 23, 2003.
The back of the box art has the original's second screenshot and two more "unused" ones -- one is the World 1 map screen and the other is a screenshot that looks different to any level. This was revealed at TMK on May 22, 2004.
This game is featured in the motion picture "The Wizard". Since the film was released in 1989, it is pretty likely that the kids were playing the Japanese version.
On July 10, 1997, an MS-DOS version of the N-Spade game was made available for download at The Mushroom Kingdom fansite.

Weblinks

Gallery

Screenshots

These screenshots were uploaded to TMK on September 17, 1999. More screenshots from there were uploaded on August 28, 2003.

Videos

Nintendo eShop - Super Mario Bros. 3 on the Wii U Virtual Console

Video Games
Arcade		Donkey Kong (1981) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1982) • Mario Bros. (1983) • Donkey Kong 3 (1984)
NES	Mario	Super Mario Bros. (1985) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
NES	Kirby	Kirby's Adventure (1993)
Game Boy/Color	Mario	Super Mario Land (1989) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999)
	Kirby	Kirby's Dream Land (1992) • Kirby's Pinball Land (1993) • Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995) • Kirby's Block Ball (1996) • Kirby's Star Stacker (1997) • Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (2001)
	Wario	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) • Wario Land II (1998) • Wario Land 3 (2000)
	Pokémon	Red, Green and Blue (1996) • Yellow (1998) • Gold and Silver (1999) • Crystal (2000)
Sega Master System/Genesis		Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) • Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) • Sonic & Knuckles (1994)
Sega Game Gear		Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) • Sonic Chaos (1993) • Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble (1994) • Sonic Drift 2 (1995) • Sonic Blast (1996)
Super NES	Mario	Super Mario World (1991) • Super Mario Kart (1992) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
	Kirby	Kirby's Dream Course (1994) • Kirby Super Star (1996) • Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997)
	Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong Country (1994) • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble (1996)
Nintendo 64	Mario	Super Mario 64 (1996) • Mario Kart 64 (1996/1997) • Yoshi's Story (1997/1998) • Mario Party (1998/1999) • Mario Party 2 (1999/2000) • Paper Mario (2000/2001) • Mario Party 3 (2001)
	Donkey Kong	Diddy Kong Racing (1997) • Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
	Kirby	Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000)
	Other	Super Smash Bros. (1999)
Sega Saturn		Sonic Jam (1997) • Sonic R (1997)
Dreamcast		Sonic Adventure (1998/1999) • Sonic Shuffle (2000) • Sonic Adventure 2 (2001)
Game Boy Advance	Mario	Super Mario Advance (2001) • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001/2002) • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002) • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003) • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003) • Mario Party Advance (2005)
	Wario	Wario Land 4 (2001)
	Sonic	Sonic Advance (2001/2002) • Sonic Advance 2 (2002/2003) • Sonic Battle (2003) • Sonic Advance 3 (2004)
	Kirby	Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (2002) • Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (2004)
GameCube	Mario	Luigi's Mansion (2001) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002) • Mario Party 4 (2002) • Mario Party 5 (2003) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) • Mario Party 6 (2004) • Mario Party 7 (2005)
	Sonic	Sonic Mega Collection (2002) • Sonic Heroes (2003/2004) • Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) • Sonic Riders (2006)
	Kirby	Kirby Air Ride (2003)
	Other	Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
Nintendo DS	Mario	Super Mario 64 DS (2004) • Mario Kart DS (2005) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005) • Super Princess Peach (2005/2006) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006) • Mario Party DS (2007) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
	Kirby	Kirby Canvas Curse (2005) • Kirby Squeak Squad (2006/2007) • Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008) • Kirby Mass Attack (2011)
	Sonic	Sonic Rush (2005) • Sonic Rush Adventure (2007) • Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (2008)
Wii	Mario	Super Paper Mario (2007) • Mario Party 8 (2007) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007) • Mario Kart Wii (2008) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) • Mario Party 9 (2012)
	Sonic	Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007) • Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008) • Sonic Unleashed (2008) • Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) • Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing (2010)
	Mario & Sonic	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007/2008) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011)
	Kirby	Kirby's Epic Yarn (2010) • Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011) • Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition (2012)
Nintendo 3DS	Mario	Super Mario 3D Land (2011) • Mario Kart 7 (2011) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013) • Mario Party: Island Tour (2013) • Super Mario Maker (2016)
Nintendo 3DS	Sonic	Sonic Lost World (2013) • Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (2014)
Wii U	Mario	New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) • New Super Luigi U (2013) • Super Mario 3D World (2013) • Mario Kart 8 (2014) • Mario Party 10 (2015) • Super Mario Maker (2015) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016)
	Sonic	Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012) • Sonic Lost World (2013) • Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014)
	Mario & Sonic	Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016)
Nintendo Switch		Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) • Super Mario Odyssey (2017) • Super Mario Party (2018) • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019)
Other consoles		Xbox 360: Sonic the Hedgehog 360 (2006) • Sonic Free Riders (2010) • Sonic Generations (2011)

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