![]() ![]() SMB3 also introduced a new overhead map system, complete with secret areas. Plus, all of the original gameplay elements that were absent in SMB2 were back. Exotic locales, strange and quirky power ups. Everything that was loved and cherished by Mario fans was cranked up a notch with this title. Upon its release, Mario 3 was the game to have at the time. Of course, I had already encountered the game in the wilds of Japan, but I cannot described how excited I was to know I would finally get my hands on this game at home. When the game was unveiled in that movie, there was an audible gasp heard across the theater. The travesty!Ī few months later, the game was officially unveiled to the western audience thanks two a two-hour long Nintendo commercial – err… motion picture – called The Wizard. But alas, I did not get to spend the time I wanted with the machine before being torn away by my parents. ![]() This time instead of just stomping turtles and mushrooms, Mario could fly! He could throw hammers, swim like a frog, turn to stone… it was glorious to my young eyes. It was Mario as I’d never seen him before. All of the wonder that enchanted me the first time I saw the original SMB came flooding back. I immediately became re-obsessed with Mario (is that even a word?). I was at an open-air shopping mall in Japan when I rounded the corner and came face-to-face with a brand-new Mario 3 arcade machine. How I longed to get my hands on this game as a child! I remember my first encounter with this title. ![]()
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