12/14/2001

Overview

System: NES Developer: Nintendo: EAD Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Platformer Number of Players: 1-2 Peripherals: None Cartridge Size: 2 megabits ESRB: NR

Bowser is back and he is trying to invade the Mushroom Kingdom. The Mushroom World forms an entrance to the Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser has dispatched his 7 children the "Koopa Kids" to each country in The Mushroom World. The royal magic wands of the Seven Kings have been stolen and the kings have been turned into stone. Mario and Luigi have been sent to the Mushroom World to overthrow Bowser and the Koopa Kids and restore the Seven Kings back to their original form.

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Tidbits

• Super Mario Bros. 3 is considered one of the greatest video games of all time.
• The names of the seven Koopa Kids are: Larry Koopa, Montron Koopa Jr., Wendy O. Koopa, Iggy Koopa, Ludwig Von Koopa, Lemmy Koopa and Roy Koopa.
• Super Mario Bros. 3 was showcased in the motion picture The Wisard, three months before the game was released.
• Super Mario Bros. 3 is one of the best-selling games of all time. The 1990 Guiness Book of World Records states that Super Mario Bros. 3 sold 15 million copies around the world.
• The whistle in Super Mario Bros. 3 plays the exact same tune as the Recorder in The Legend of Zelda. The Legend of Zelda was released 3 years before Super Mario Bros. 3.
• This game's two player battle mode is the classic NES game Mario Bros.

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