Super Mario Bros. 3(1989) is just pure gaming perfection. Its Something that I think both Nintendo and SEGA have only achieved several times, and something Sony has NEVER achieved. Its reaching the pinnacle of Gaming design and Ingenuity. Developing and designing a Game that's not only noteworthy and memorable, its TIMELESS and ages brilliantly. SMB 3 is when Nintendo first achieved it, They did it again with Starfox and the Ocarina of Time. SEGA first achieved it with Sonic CD, did it again with Sonic and Knuckles, then again with Panzer Dragoon Saga.
@@segaunited3855 I won't hesitate to buy it if I ever see it at a yard sale or flea market even though I have all versions of it (SNES, GBA, and NES). I even have digital copies of it on my consoles.
@@catstermarioholoic4092 I brought a used NES from Game Crazy in May 2000. It came with SMB 3., I modded the NES with my Game Genie. I STILL have my NES and SMB 3.
It became one of the best Mario games when it was shown to the world in "The Wizard." It was the most anticipated NES game of all time!!!! I'm pretty sure it needs no reinforcement that it's one of the best.
Amazing, I remember playing this game and getting so frustrated for months until some of these secrets were shared by some of my friends skipping worlds with the flutes. When I finally finished the game which was insanely difficult at that time when I was 8. I decided to play it through and was blown away by the design of each world and the simplicity but difficulty of some levels even the music when I got to world 4 for the first time was catchy and interesting. These secrets are the cherry on top. You did a great job showing these!
One of the things that i remembered and it was revolutionary at its time was that in smb3 was that each level had a theme you could pin...like i dont remember all the theme at 40 but i can recall alot Stage 1: default kingdom(aka mushroom kingdown) Stage 2: desert kingdom(also a part of mushroom later confirmed) Stage 3: aqua land Stage 4: giant land And so on and so forth. Every other game just had st.1,st 2 Smb3 devs actually cared to do more than just stage...they added element and theme..no one else known did this.
When I was a kid I discovered you could warp to level 8 from level one if you got both flutes and played the second flute while on the level select screen
There's just something that gives so much satisfaction about finding all of the secrets in games back in the day. I miss old school gaming so much, it was a much better time!
I found out like half the secrets on my own back in the day, I was like 8 years old and was the happiest kid on the planet. The cool thing about it was that we didn't have internet, so we were on our own, and video games actually became adventures and gave us the element of surprise. Something kids nowadays will never understand.
+DelgadoA This is true. We didn't have the internet or Nintendo Power mags in my household (too poor for NP). Everything was word of mouth at school. Friends sharing with friends. Hand drawn maps. Stuff like that. It was awesome :)
Another cool secret. In world 1 (and maybe other worlds) if you finish a level with double numbered coins, and the tens place in your score matches it, (i.e. 55 coins and 11750 points), AND your timer is an even number, the wandering hammer bros turns into a treasure ship.
@@nicolasfredette8564 it transforms the hammer brother into a flying ship with lots of coins. It may happen in some worlds not all. Another secret in 7.8 I think, a hammer brother suit lies in a pipe.
You can also use the timer to alter how your score ends. Every second left is 50 points. So for example, if you have 55 coins and have a 0 as your next to last digit in your score, you can purposely hit the end card randomized with an odd number in the timer to push the score ahead to end in 50 and not 00.
God I just love tgese old games compared to these new games that are out. I would much rather speed my days playing these than newer games. I literally have every old system ever mad with games I'm going to be hooking up my NES and SNES soon as I get me a new power adapter for both.
o shit I always wondered about that ship. I was startled to see it first time in act 2 coming out of the pyramid icon! I do remember now that it had a lot of coins! Thanks for that awesome memory!
Found this video by chance, brings back sooooooooo many memories... I remember like yesterday back in 1990 when I played this game, and yes, pretty much knew all of those secrets... and yes, I too used the clouds on Fire World.
To answer your question. Yes, Nintendo Power made a guide that was sold side by side with SM3 at release. I had this book and it covers everything you have here and so much more. Like how to determine which match game order you are playing sense they were simi random with about 4 or 5 possible layouts. Or about which of the chests to open for which items. Nintendo Power Strategy Guide (Vol. SG1 / NP 13). You can still find them on Amazon and eBay for about $20 used.
I'm sure you probably know this one as well, but if you run until you hear the sound letting you know that you can fly, when you come to the "flower,star,mushroom," box at the end of the levels and jump right into the bottom left corner of it you will always get a star. Thanks for the video, a lot of tricks I never knew about..... Time to dust off the SNES!
Also on world 8-1 if you jump into the water from the second part of the ship and wait until Mario is under water then gently tap the a button so he doesn't drown then keep gently tapping the a button enough so you don't surface u can make it to the end of the ship swimming under water. Once at the pipe press right and up and hit the a button faster will make you surface again.
+macs power Technically, it's the boat level of World 8 (2nd level) since there is an actual 8-1 and 8-2 :P But yeah, I've been doing this since back in the day. Still do. :)
+desmond harris 29...and i thought i knew this games secrets. never needed the ships to stay still, hardly ever had to try them twice. we were just pro man we didn't need to know that crap lol
Nearly all the levels of this game are torched in my brain in a way I´ll never forget them. I still own my Snes with Super Mario All Stars to play this gem. Great work you put in there documenting all the secrets.
Thanks for making this. I love how much thought designers put into these oldschool games, and I have a healthy appreciation for those who take time out of their lives to reflect that. :)
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Way way WAY back in the day, there was actually a book just for hidden stuff in this game. It told you how to get the toad houses, warp whistles, anchors, etc. Plus, it had all the solutions for the memory game thing. Man, I feel old now.
The anchor is very useful in world 5 as the airship can move from the clouds to the ground and keeping it in one place means you don't have to constantly replay the tower.
I got a whistle once when I was really little and I couldn't remember where I got it from. I used it and I just remember being blown away. I can't remember what happened though. Holy crap this took me back! I didn't know any of the secrets, cause I was a loner (so no secret trading) and I wasn't allowed near anything that allowed internet access.
If it wasn't for that book they made... I remember my parents especially my mom who loved this game also paid like 50$ for it. But that book told all the secrets!
Not me. I discovered the white block thing myself and i was so proud about that. This game makes you go search for stuff and which i did. No books or whatever i used
To each his own. Although I doubt anyone in school at the time found everything out on their own. Kids talked about this shit all day everyday. That's where most of the crazy secrets were revealed... Never bought a single book but not because we were above it but because we were too cheap...lol.
Loved this game when growing up, so many rumors at lunchtime and bragging about what you were able to find on the NES. Nintendo Power and no internet, great times...great times...thanks for upload.
Still my favorite game ever. Nintendo Power made a specific magazine that was all MARIO 3 tips and walkthroughs. It was something you begged your buddy to borrow
I remember liking this video years ago, and I just stumbled upon it again now. Nice to see people still enjoying this game, and sharing secrets, tips, and tricks.
I knew about all of those but it sure was fun to watch. They sure dont make games like they used to. I loved how there were bonuses for actually taking the time to collect items.
@@StickFiguresMaster What is wrong with you? You just blew up on someone for nothing? You okay man? Let me know if you need someone to talk to. I've suffered from mental illness in the past and you sound like me back then
I remembered some of these secrets from playing it back in the day but some I had no idea about and I really appreciate your help! You did a great job of showing and explaining! My husband and I got this for our younger son for Christmas and he is enjoying it so much and I love playing it with him and reminiscing on this and showing him all the tricks! Thank you!
The best 2D mario game of all time! There was so much secrets in this game. You never end finding them. When I was kid, I never figured out how to find anchors... the item was in the manual, but I never found. lol! That's awesome.
This is how to get the white coin ship. first your number of coins has to be a multiple of eleven ei: 22, 33, 44. Next if you pick 33 the tens digit on your score must be a 3 if 44 a 4 and so on. Ei: 9675832 (u can use the raccoon tail to hit brick blocks to achieve thid) And last hit the block at the end of the level stopping the timer on an even number. As soon as you finish voila!
Man, I remember getting this as a kid once, I thought it was normal but I never really saw it again. Just like the card house, never really understood how it worked regarding when it would appear. Things were so mysterious and fun in the 90’s with video games. I played this game for years on end, and still play it today, and I’ve still never beaten it.
@@Davers84 :One of the great things I liked about the tanooki suit is the statue defense for when you think you might be hit by an enemy or projectile. It negates the damage. You can also transform in the air, and if you are over an enemy(even ones with shells or spikes) you will take them out.😉
Ayman Hawari - Not true. The way to turn one of the hammer bros into one of the coin ships is to finish a level with the next to last digit of your score and both numbers in your coin total need to be the same. Examples: 11 coins and the next to last digit in your score is 1, 22 coins and the next to last digit being 2, etc. I do also believe that this can only be done in levels 1, 3, and 5, but I cannot 100% confirm this.
For a short period of time, a subscription to Nintendo Power in clouded 4 bonus strategy guides. 1 was for SMB 3, 1 was for Ninja Gaiden 2 and I cannot remember what the other 2 covered. Anyway, as for the guide for SMB 3, it told you EVERYTHING about the game. Exactly how and where to gain access to the white mushroom houses, in which worlds you can make the coin ship appear, etc. To put the icing on the cake, the guide included the exact layouts of every variation of the memory card matching game. This guide helped me tremendously and to this day I still remember everything about the game. So, your video provides nothing more than what has now become public knowledge.
This was great. Youre really good at this game. SMB3 is my favorite Mario game. I may be wrong but I think SMB3 and Super Mario World(snes) was the height of the series.
There were hits after. But these were during the height of Marios initial heyday and popularity. After the snes and the deal with sony fell through, the playstation happened and nintendo kind of struggled ever since to compete, and we know what happened to sega lol. IMO the snes was nintendo at its prime(as consoles go).
There were hits after. But these were during the height of Marios initial heyday and popularity. After the snes and the deal with sony fell through, the playstation happened and nintendo kind of struggled ever since to compete, and we know what happened to sega lol. IMO the snes was nintendo at its prime(as consoles go).
Also, on the 8-Bit NES (american) version, after finishing the game and restarting it right away (without turning off or resetting), you start with a complete stack of P-Wings! Every item in your item bar is a P-Wing, totally filled to the end! I felt thrilled when i discovered that years ago, lol.
I'm in my mid-thirties, and Super Mario Bros 3 is one of my favourite Nintendo games over the years, but video games were more fun before the age of the internet, since it made people appreciate the secrets more.
I don't remember if you have to have the running guage thing 100% full, but if you run and hit the bottom left corner of the box, it is supposed to give you the star every time. If you miss the bottom left corner, you get a different card. I guess that's the 1% you're talking about.
yeah also like each amount like even if you weren’t going fast enough to get the star but every exact distance gets you certain results beside just being right under it with no speed that one seems to be completely random
You made a great point about the internet. Back in the 80's as a kid playing NES we had no information to go on for any games other than magazines and TV shows, and local friends. These days the whole world becomes one mind of information with the internet and its so much easier to learn about games and learn about secrets. I had forgotten about Nintendo Power when you said it I had to smile, I had a subscription for years back then.
Wow, I didn't know about any of that except for the whistles. Then again, last time I played mario bros 3 it was on the original nintendo console. I remember it clearly, I finally beat the game and had all those P suits (or whatever you call them), and my mom tripped on the controller cable and made it glitch out, so I had to start all over again. Also, those old controllers were indestructable!
+KitariFox almost indestructible....they were the perfect shape to twist in ur hand when u were mad. lol. eventually u could pop the 2 parts apart........AND IT WOULD STILL WORK!
You forgot a few things. To change the world hammer turtles that move around into a white boat with coins is this. finish a level with an even number on your timer, your coins are divisible by 11 and your tenth score the same number as your coins. breaking blocks makes your score go up by 10 so that is an easy way to get your score to be the same as your coins number. Next thing you forgot was the 99 lives trick on level 2 of world 1. get a tail and go to the second pipe that guys come out of. wait until there are 3 goombas next to the one that has wings. jump and float on them over and over again with more that come out of the pipe, and you can get 60+ lives before the timer runs out. just do the level again and you should have 99 lives the second time you do it. The last thing you didn't mention and maybe you didn't know, is something that works only when you can get a tanookie suit when you hit the block that has a tanookie suit that comes out of it. Start the level with a p-wing and when you get the tanookie suit you get to keep the p-wing, so you have the tanookie-wing... or p-tanookie... either way it is pretty cool to be a flying statue.
michael cole There is a 99 lives trick in 3-9 also. Carry a Koopa shell and use it to break a block that will have it ricochet between two cannons that spit Bullet Bills. Voilà!
My dad showed me the first 2 whistle locations when I was very little. The second one is shown in the movie "The Wizard". That emulation glitch in 3-8 and 4-2 was pretty funny I didn't know about the different messages, that was pretty cool.
That's right, I remember that being in The Wizard now that you mention it. Makes you wonder how he knew it was there for a BRAND NEW NEVER BEFORE SEEN game. lol The message thing I found out by accident one day when I beat a koopaling with the Tanooki suit. I tried the other two suits to see if it also gave me a different message, and lo and behold, it did :)
SMB3 came out after the movie THE WIZARD was released. This game was featured in it. And the Flute in 1-3 was shown in the movie. YOU ARE AN AMZING GENIUS ON DOING A VIDEO ON A GAME PROBABLY OLDER THAN YOU ARE!
There is a level in the Ice World (might have even been the one you did where you have to fly up with the turtle shell but can't remember for sure) where you start off in a small area with a pipe to get to the main level. Well with a P-Wing you can actually skip the entire level by flying over the wall in that very first small area which gets you to the end on the other side!
Ah okay yea I couldn't remember for sure if it was that one or not. I think there is a world 7 level like that as well and maybe a couple of others. I'm usually good at remembering all the little secrets but that one I just couldn't fully remember which level it was.
15:28 The hidden coin block is probably there to keep you from getting stuck in case you removed the frozen blocks on the left, but kept the ones on the right and then lost your fire power to the koopa. The hidden coin block would allow you to jump over the remaining frozen blocks.
Or... in case you came into the room small and went left instead of right, and got stuck behind the frozen blocks that way. This seems more likely, from your video it seems possible to jump over the tower of remaining blocks on the right. But if all of the blocks were frozen, you wouldn't be able to pick up running speed and jump high enough to get over the frozen blocks.
I remember when I was a kid I discovered a boomerang and the music stopped playing. When I picked up the boomerang I got the normal mario suit with a boomerang on his hand. When I threw it, it never came back. Then I just decided to proceed with the level by going through a pipe and the game crashed. I never saw that boomerang again.
Long ago I filled my entire inventory with Hammer Bros. suits ... keep in mind this was on the original NES ... no saves. Good video for novice SMB3 ... I was hoping for a little more based on the title.
I think a memorable mention should be the P-switch on the 2nd stage on the pyramid level. You hit that boy and all of the pyramids transform into coins
I am so fucking OCD about this game that when I first played my cousin shouted "how the fuck did you find that Anchor ,it's a secret weapon item ??" and I was like " there are secrets in here??" .
Awesome Video. I remember some of those secrets. After I watch your video, what surprised me most was how many of these secrets I knew as a kid. I had a cousin that showed me many of them.
Never knew about getting all those coins/certain amount of coins to "open" the mushroom stages, and neither the messages while wearing the specific suits, also I am not sure if I ever found an anchor. The double whistle trick to get to the last stage, and other things mentioned I did. Cool video. Forgot how amazing Super Mario Brothers 3 was, ahem" is. If there ever was a game to represent the first half decade of the 90s, it was this legendary game.
This video just makes me reinforce my opinion on this game as being one of the best Mario games ever made.
Super Mario Bros. 3(1989) is just pure gaming perfection. Its Something that I think both Nintendo and SEGA have only achieved several times, and something Sony has NEVER achieved. Its reaching the pinnacle of Gaming design and Ingenuity. Developing and designing a Game that's not only noteworthy and memorable, its TIMELESS and ages brilliantly.
SMB 3 is when Nintendo first achieved it, They did it again with Starfox and the Ocarina of Time.
SEGA first achieved it with Sonic CD, did it again with Sonic and Knuckles, then again with Panzer Dragoon Saga.
@@segaunited3855 I won't hesitate to buy it if I ever see it at a yard sale or flea market even though I have all versions of it (SNES, GBA, and NES). I even have digital copies of it on my consoles.
@@catstermarioholoic4092 I brought a used NES from Game Crazy in May 2000. It came with SMB 3., I modded the NES with my Game Genie. I STILL have my NES and SMB 3.
It is not only one of the best Mario games ever made... it is *_one of the best video games ever made._*
It became one of the best Mario games when it was shown to the world in "The Wizard." It was the most anticipated NES game of all time!!!! I'm pretty sure it needs no reinforcement that it's one of the best.
Amazing, I remember playing this game and getting so frustrated for months until some of these secrets were shared by some of my friends skipping worlds with the flutes. When I finally finished the game which was insanely difficult at that time when I was 8. I decided to play it through and was blown away by the design of each world and the simplicity but difficulty of some levels even the music when I got to world 4 for the first time was catchy and interesting. These secrets are the cherry on top. You did a great job showing these!
One of the things that i remembered and it was revolutionary at its time was that in smb3 was that each level had a theme you could pin...like i dont remember all the theme at 40 but i can recall alot
Stage 1: default kingdom(aka mushroom kingdown)
Stage 2: desert kingdom(also a part of mushroom later confirmed)
Stage 3: aqua land
Stage 4: giant land
And so on and so forth.
Every other game just had st.1,st 2
Smb3 devs actually cared to do more than just stage...they added element and theme..no one else known did this.
When I was a kid I discovered you could warp to level 8 from level one if you got both flutes and played the second flute while on the level select screen
Me too.
I found the whistles by accident although I never use them. I enjoy playing the whole game.
I can’t believe I just spent 23 minutes watching this. I would definitely do it again.
How bout them Knicks
This and super mario world were way ahead of it's time back in the day, damn so much work put into both
"Lee Harvey Oswald was a hologram" - Dale Gribble on the KOTH PC game
There's just something that gives so much satisfaction about finding all of the secrets in games back in the day. I miss old school gaming so much, it was a much better time!
Running with his arms extended and hitting the sguare in the bottom left corner will result in a star card every time
Figured that out quick in 1993. Lol damn I'm old
A lot of people didn’t know that.
U had to jump at a 45 degree angle to get the star card every time.
Yep
*And you have to have the power meter full before it's in the screen.
"These hammer bros actually spit out fireballs." That's because they're FIRE Bros.
I found out like half the secrets on my own back in the day, I was like 8 years old and was the happiest kid on the planet. The cool thing about it was that we didn't have internet, so we were on our own, and video games actually became adventures and gave us the element of surprise. Something kids nowadays will never understand.
+DelgadoA This is true. We didn't have the internet or Nintendo Power mags in my household (too poor for NP). Everything was word of mouth at school. Friends sharing with friends. Hand drawn maps. Stuff like that. It was awesome :)
true
+DelgadoA yeah lol i remember i used to go into shops and try and sneak a look at the games magazines to find out cool things about my games lol
hahahah THOSE were the days ;)
+DelgadoA yeah
Another cool secret. In world 1 (and maybe other worlds) if you finish a level with double numbered coins, and the tens place in your score matches it, (i.e. 55 coins and 11750 points), AND your timer is an even number, the wandering hammer bros turns into a treasure ship.
What's happens then ?
@@nicolasfredette8564 it transforms the hammer brother into a flying ship with lots of coins. It may happen in some worlds not all.
Another secret in 7.8 I think, a hammer brother suit lies in a pipe.
You can also use the timer to alter how your score ends. Every second left is 50 points. So for example, if you have 55 coins and have a 0 as your next to last digit in your score, you can purposely hit the end card randomized with an odd number in the timer to push the score ahead to end in 50 and not 00.
God I just love tgese old games compared to these new games that are out. I would much rather speed my days playing these than newer games. I literally have every old system ever mad with games I'm going to be hooking up my NES and SNES soon as I get me a new power adapter for both.
o shit I always wondered about that ship. I was startled
to see it first time in act 2 coming out of the pyramid icon! I do remember now that it had a lot of coins! Thanks for that awesome memory!
Found this video by chance, brings back sooooooooo many memories... I remember like yesterday back in 1990 when I played this game, and yes, pretty much knew all of those secrets... and yes, I too used the clouds on Fire World.
That is so awesome I'm 41yrs old and watching you play this game has taken me back to the 6th grade awesome thank you for that double thumbs up buddy.
Always something to learn about this game. Love the way Nintendo stacked these tough challenges into the game.
When I was a kid, I thought the cloud item you could get was a tooth 😂
I always thought the p wing was a glove pointing up. ޓކހރ-ލއއބޚ
@@SeanFoxxx Me too lol
Lol me 2
@@SeanFoxxx so did I lol.
Omg same here 😂😂
To answer your question. Yes, Nintendo Power made a guide that was sold side by side with SM3 at release. I had this book and it covers everything you have here and so much more. Like how to determine which match game order you are playing sense they were simi random with about 4 or 5 possible layouts. Or about which of the chests to open for which items.
Nintendo Power Strategy Guide (Vol. SG1 / NP 13). You can still find them on Amazon and eBay for about $20 used.
One of my favorite special NP issues. Right up there with the NES Atlas.
I'm sure you probably know this one as well, but if you run until you hear the sound letting you know that you can fly, when you come to the "flower,star,mushroom," box at the end of the levels and jump right into the bottom left corner of it you will always get a star. Thanks for the video, a lot of tricks I never knew about..... Time to dust off the SNES!
Thanks for the extra p-wings, dude! They are my favorite power up in the game, so this definitely rocks! :)
the first flute is known because of the movie the wizard
martin garcia A.K.A. The 90-minute Super Mario 3 ad
Don't you mean second whistle?
Yes, I found the second one watching that movie.
martin garcia yea that movie came out before Mario 3
your known because of the movie the wizard
Also on world 8-1 if you jump into the water from the second part of the ship and wait until Mario is under water then gently tap the a button so he doesn't drown then keep gently tapping the a button enough so you don't surface u can make it to the end of the ship swimming under water. Once at the pipe press right and up and hit the a button faster will make you surface again.
I always do it that way
So do I, I saw it once when I was like 7 and been doing it ever since
+macs power Technically, it's the boat level of World 8 (2nd level) since there is an actual 8-1 and 8-2 :P But yeah, I've been doing this since back in the day. Still do. :)
this game is all kinds of skill!
Who you grew up hearing all sorts of crazy unfounded rumors at school about games like this before the intranet 😂
Like taping a coin to your SNES Mortal Kombat cartridge to trick the machine into unlocking the blood.
A B A C A B B for Blood on Genesis. SNES censored it out.
Yes
iam 27 years old I have never known about the blue toad houses
+desmond harris 29...and i thought i knew this games secrets. never needed the ships to stay still, hardly ever had to try them twice. we were just pro man we didn't need to know that crap lol
fr3aky0u lol I know
+desmond harris blue toad houses are only in the remake i think
+beyond burntsn0w hmmm
+beyond burntsn0w they were white in NES version
Nearly all the levels of this game are torched in my brain in a way I´ll never forget them. I still own my Snes with Super Mario All Stars to play this gem.
Great work you put in there documenting all the secrets.
I've played all my life this game and i didn't know a couple of secrets that you showed, thx bro!
I hated Big Bertha (That Fish)!
Enigma Inc. Big Boss Bass
love big bertha pof plenty of fish in the sea you will love one
Big Bertha is the one that has tiny fish come out of its mouth. Boss Bass is the one that tries to swallow you.
its boss bass
Same
Thanks for making this. I love how much thought designers put into these oldschool games, and I have a healthy appreciation for those who take time out of their lives to reflect that. :)
Great video. 22 years on after first playing it and you taught me something new.
This is great!
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Way way WAY back in the day, there was actually a book just for hidden stuff in this game. It told you how to get the toad houses, warp whistles, anchors, etc. Plus, it had all the solutions for the memory game thing. Man, I feel old now.
Never knew about that anchor... plugging up my Nintendo now
Lol plugging up my system now....
@Mike Driggs p wings are in odd number worlds
I think that big fish looks like Donald Trump.
The anchor is very useful in world 5 as the airship can move from the clouds to the ground and keeping it in one place means you don't have to constantly replay the tower.
I got a whistle once when I was really little and I couldn't remember where I got it from. I used it and I just remember being blown away. I can't remember what happened though. Holy crap this took me back! I didn't know any of the secrets, cause I was a loner (so no secret trading) and I wasn't allowed near anything that allowed internet access.
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If it wasn't for that book they made... I remember my parents especially my mom who loved this game also paid like 50$ for it. But that book told all the secrets!
Not me. I discovered the white block thing myself and i was so proud about that. This game makes you go search for stuff and which i did. No books or whatever i used
To each his own. Although I doubt anyone in school at the time found everything out on their own. Kids talked about this shit all day everyday. That's where most of the crazy secrets were revealed...
Never bought a single book but not because we were above it but because we were too cheap...lol.
charging each other for the sercrets but didnt tell you thats this is life
Nintendo Power
Yea u fine
Loved this game when growing up, so many rumors at lunchtime and bragging about what you were able to find on the NES. Nintendo Power and no internet, great times...great times...thanks for upload.
I just enjoy the nostalgia of watching this makes me like a kid again I'm 34 now
I'm playing this for the first time for the last 2 weeks, and I had zero idea that any of this stuff was even in it, thanks!
We all found the whistle back in the day thanks to The Wizard. If you haven't seen that movie you're missing out.
OG!
Still my favorite game ever. Nintendo Power made a specific magazine that was all MARIO 3 tips and walkthroughs. It was something you begged your buddy to borrow
The only game I ever felt the compulsion to complete. It was the perfect game.
I remember liking this video years ago, and I just stumbled upon it again now. Nice to see people still enjoying this game, and sharing secrets, tips, and tricks.
My dad said that I got the white houses, not from coins, but from, I quote, "kicking ass."
I get a good laugh every time i read this hahaha
**kicking coins into your pocket like a badass**
he's not wrong
Your dad is awesome.
loving as
I knew about all of those but it sure was fun to watch. They sure dont make games like they used to. I loved how there were bonuses for actually taking the time to collect items.
You don't have to play the first fortress of the world 4, just save one hammer and break the rock after level 3. Another secret
Well then I just learned something new
@@StickFiguresMaster What is wrong with you? You just blew up on someone for nothing? You okay man? Let me know if you need someone to talk to. I've suffered from mental illness in the past and you sound like me back then
@@StickFiguresMaster You have a lot to say, but your channel is garbage. Maybe you should take your own advice.
StickFiguresMaster damn relax
I remembered some of these secrets from playing it back in the day but some I had no idea about and I really appreciate your help! You did a great job of showing and explaining! My husband and I got this for our younger son for Christmas and he is enjoying it so much and I love playing it with him and reminiscing on this and showing him all the tricks! Thank you!
I been playing this game for nearly 30 years and you showed me some things I never knew existed in the game.
The best 2D mario game of all time! There was so much secrets in this game. You never end finding them. When I was kid, I never figured out how to find anchors... the item was in the manual, but I never found. lol! That's awesome.
This is how to get the white coin ship. first your number of coins has to be a multiple of eleven ei: 22, 33, 44. Next if you pick 33 the tens digit on your score must be a 3 if 44 a 4 and so on. Ei: 9675832 (u can use the raccoon tail to hit brick blocks to achieve thid) And last hit the block at the end of the level stopping the timer on an even number. As soon as you finish voila!
There's a link in the description to another video explaining how to do it as well.
You forgot the most important detail. You can only make the coin ships appear in worlds 1, 3, 5 & 6.
Thank you...I was wondering why he doesn't include...What I always called the "pirate ghost ship" lol
Man, I remember getting this as a kid once, I thought it was normal but I never really saw it again. Just like the card house, never really understood how it worked regarding when it would appear. Things were so mysterious and fun in the 90’s with video games. I played this game for years on end, and still play it today, and I’ve still never beaten it.
@@Davers84 :One of the great things I liked about the tanooki suit is the statue defense for when you think you might be hit by an enemy or projectile. It negates the damage. You can also transform in the air, and if you are over an enemy(even ones with shells or spikes) you will take them out.😉
Great video!! SMB3 is the best Mario yet.
What about the Golden Airships? You know, those ships FULL of coins ...
every didgit needs to end in 7
Ayman Hawari - Not true. The way to turn one of the hammer bros into one of the coin ships is to finish a level with the next to last digit of your score and both numbers in your coin total need to be the same. Examples: 11 coins and the next to last digit in your score is 1, 22 coins and the next to last digit being 2, etc.
I do also believe that this can only be done in levels 1, 3, and 5, but I cannot 100% confirm this.
@@lmj2k friggin awesome. thx. always had those ships and never knew why they appeared!
I thought it had to also be a multiple of 11
Average Joe Yeah it is multiple of 11
The question mark box being misaligned on your left screen border is driving me crazy
I noticed that too, right off!
Oh good im not the only OCD mario fan😌
The memories this game brings back :)
For a short period of time, a subscription to Nintendo Power in clouded 4 bonus strategy guides. 1 was for SMB 3, 1 was for Ninja Gaiden 2 and I cannot remember what the other 2 covered. Anyway, as for the guide for SMB 3, it told you EVERYTHING about the game. Exactly how and where to gain access to the white mushroom houses, in which worlds you can make the coin ship appear, etc. To put the icing on the cake, the guide included the exact layouts of every variation of the memory card matching game. This guide helped me tremendously and to this day I still remember everything about the game. So, your video provides nothing more than what has now become public knowledge.
This was great. Youre really good at this game. SMB3 is my favorite Mario game. I may be wrong but I think SMB3 and Super Mario World(snes) was the height of the series.
There were hits after. But these were during the height of Marios initial heyday and popularity. After the snes and the deal with sony fell through, the playstation happened and nintendo kind of struggled ever since to compete, and we know what happened to sega lol. IMO the snes was nintendo at its prime(as consoles go).
There were hits after. But these were during the height of Marios initial heyday and popularity. After the snes and the deal with sony fell through, the playstation happened and nintendo kind of struggled ever since to compete, and we know what happened to sega lol. IMO the snes was nintendo at its prime(as consoles go).
I loved Super Mario RPG more than any.
nitrous36 that frylock 😂
grgak sucks its matthew Yes its the fryman. One if my favorite cartoon characters as a kid. Wish I could shoot shit with my eyes lol.
Also, on the 8-Bit NES (american) version, after finishing the game and restarting it right away (without turning off or resetting), you start with a complete stack of P-Wings! Every item in your item bar is a P-Wing, totally filled to the end! I felt thrilled when i discovered that years ago, lol.
I'm in my mid-thirties, and Super Mario Bros 3 is one of my favourite Nintendo games over the years, but video games were more fun before the age of the internet, since it made people appreciate the secrets more.
They found it back in the day for the whistle from the movie “The Wizard”
Awesome video! The first two whistles were revealed in the movie The Wizard in 1989.
A S only the first one. the main char is behind and uses wapr whiz to get to world four and blast past the competitor s
Ive been playing this since 91 and never knew about a hammer bro suit! Best shit ive seen this year.
"Thank you kind raccoon. Please tell me your name" lol
I have never, even as an adult, been able to finish that level 6-5 so it was cool to watch you do it. :)
if you run into the "p" zone while jumping to collect cards at the end of each level, you will draw the same card every time
jesseowenastin While I agree this is about 99% of the time, there is still that 1% chance it isn't a Star. It's pretty rare though it seems.
Def works 99% of the time. It's that 1% that don't have the extra running room. I racked up those extra lives getting stars every time...
I don't remember if you have to have the running guage thing 100% full, but if you run and hit the bottom left corner of the box, it is supposed to give you the star every time.
If you miss the bottom left corner, you get a different card. I guess that's the 1% you're talking about.
yeah also like each amount like even if you weren’t going fast enough to get the star but every exact distance gets you certain results beside just being right under it with no speed that one seems to be completely random
Wayne Shaffer I agree. Bottom left corner every time
You made a great point about the internet. Back in the 80's as a kid playing NES we had no information to go on for any games other than magazines and TV shows, and local friends. These days the whole world becomes one mind of information with the internet and its so much easier to learn about games and learn about secrets. I had forgotten about Nintendo Power when you said it I had to smile, I had a subscription for years back then.
Wow, I didn't know about any of that except for the whistles. Then again, last time I played mario bros 3 it was on the original nintendo console. I remember it clearly, I finally beat the game and had all those P suits (or whatever you call them), and my mom tripped on the controller cable and made it glitch out, so I had to start all over again. Also, those old controllers were indestructable!
I would have been pissed
+KitariFox almost indestructible....they were the perfect shape to twist in ur hand when u were mad. lol. eventually u could pop the 2 parts apart........AND IT WOULD STILL WORK!
KitariFox **flutes**
KitariFox 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@fr3aky0uyou just unlocked one of my memories😂😂 twisting thm fuckers when i would get pissed 😂
I feel like this game has not only been lying to me but begging to be rediscovered with all that you’ve shown me!
You forgot a few things. To change the world hammer turtles that move around into a white boat with coins is this. finish a level with an even number on your timer, your coins are divisible by 11 and your tenth score the same number as your coins. breaking blocks makes your score go up by 10 so that is an easy way to get your score to be the same as your coins number. Next thing you forgot was the 99 lives trick on level 2 of world 1. get a tail and go to the second pipe that guys come out of. wait until there are 3 goombas next to the one that has wings. jump and float on them over and over again with more that come out of the pipe, and you can get 60+ lives before the timer runs out. just do the level again and you should have 99 lives the second time you do it. The last thing you didn't mention and maybe you didn't know, is something that works only when you can get a tanookie suit when you hit the block that has a tanookie suit that comes out of it. Start the level with a p-wing and when you get the tanookie suit you get to keep the p-wing, so you have the tanookie-wing... or p-tanookie... either way it is pretty cool to be a flying statue.
michael cole There is a 99 lives trick in 3-9 also. Carry a Koopa shell and use it to break a block that will have it ricochet between two cannons that spit Bullet Bills. Voilà!
Was going to mention the same thing. Always got to get the coin ship from 1-1.
Never knew how to get the N card match game consistently
when i was a kid I'd spend alot of time retrying levels and i someone got the coin ship, always wondered how, thanks
Nice video! I’m always happy to see someone play my favourite Mario game! It remind me a lot in the past.
that question mark box on the left is setting my OCD off so damn bad
Same is there a cape feather rrrrrrrrr!!!!!!
Cool video! I've had Super Mario Allstars since 1997 and I didn't know about several of these hidden secrets :)
I had no idea about the anchors, I got to play this game and find them xD
So many obscure hidden things put in this game. It's crazy.
My dad showed me the first 2 whistle locations when I was very little. The second one is shown in the movie "The Wizard".
That emulation glitch in 3-8 and 4-2 was pretty funny
I didn't know about the different messages, that was pretty cool.
That's right, I remember that being in The Wizard now that you mention it. Makes you wonder how he knew it was there for a BRAND NEW NEVER BEFORE SEEN game. lol The message thing I found out by accident one day when I beat a koopaling with the Tanooki suit. I tried the other two suits to see if it also gave me a different message, and lo and behold, it did :)
Davers
Hey that was a terrific tutorial buddy, thank you!
Patrick Fischer
These games just keep on giving.
Even thought its been 4 years since you uploaded this video it still helpful. Thank You!
The game isnt changing anything so this video will always be relevant :)
What a great trip down memory lane. Cheers dude! And here I was thinking I knew most of the secrets in the game.
Actually pwings and anchor were explained in Nintendo power issue 21 on page 36 in 1991
TCGCards sayer Actually you know no one gives a fat frogs ass!
Roddrick Carter then why'd you waste your time :) 😂lol
I GOT A BONER
TCGCards sayer you got way too much nintendo power knowledge!!
thanks for the info
You rock! Love your break downs- short and sweet but very thorough. Subscribing ❤
Wow you can actually see Mario’s butt crack I never knew that
So cool to see a game this old stump people still to this day with it's secrets.
That big fish is called Big Berta
It's actually Boss Bass. Big Bertha is the one in the underwater levels with a small fish darting in and out of its mouth. Same sprite, though.
This vid is blazing hot. Really liked this backstage pass to one of my favourite games.
If you w8 10 secs and fly in sky bonus areas there is an extra life
there's an extra life up there when you get to the sky area...like the moving one in world 1...
SMB3 came out after the movie THE WIZARD was released. This game was featured in it. And the Flute in 1-3 was shown in the movie.
YOU ARE AN AMZING GENIUS ON DOING A VIDEO ON A GAME PROBABLY OLDER THAN YOU ARE!
The "Hammer Bros." in the Desert Land secret area that spit fire are actually called Fireball Bros.
metaltom2003, No really?
meltaltom2003 They are called just:
Fire Bros.
Sandra Woodward they're just called balls bros
Coach McGuirk bro, it's fireballs 😂
The all stars remake improved an already great game. Especially the " ALPINE " background on World 6. I love that background.
fun videos here on your channel! Nice content, we'll be checking out more. Keep up the awesome work!
Didnt expect to see you here deeter
Well narrated video. It's concise and it has the perfect pace.
There is a level in the Ice World (might have even been the one you did where you have to fly up with the turtle shell but can't remember for sure) where you start off in a small area with a pipe to get to the main level. Well with a P-Wing you can actually skip the entire level by flying over the wall in that very first small area which gets you to the end on the other side!
Yeah, there are a few levels like that. Unfortunately, that particular ice level is not :(
Ah okay yea I couldn't remember for sure if it was that one or not. I think there is a world 7 level like that as well and maybe a couple of others. I'm usually good at remembering all the little secrets but that one I just couldn't fully remember which level it was.
That's 6-6 ;)
It also works with the pyramid in world 2
if you're small you can actually bounce off the wall in a funny way and get up there without a p-wing
That works in 7-6 too 😉
15:28 The hidden coin block is probably there to keep you from getting stuck in case you removed the frozen blocks on the left, but kept the ones on the right and then lost your fire power to the koopa. The hidden coin block would allow you to jump over the remaining frozen blocks.
Or... in case you came into the room small and went left instead of right, and got stuck behind the frozen blocks that way. This seems more likely, from your video it seems possible to jump over the tower of remaining blocks on the right. But if all of the blocks were frozen, you wouldn't be able to pick up running speed and jump high enough to get over the frozen blocks.
I remember when I was a kid I discovered a boomerang and the music stopped playing. When I picked up the boomerang I got the normal mario suit with a boomerang on his hand. When I threw it, it never came back. Then I just decided to proceed with the level by going through a pipe and the game crashed. I never saw that boomerang again.
Well, you technically could get a boomerang from an e-reader card or from them blue boomerang bros, buts that's only on the GBA version
that is creepy pasta material right there
***** Yep
wow i didnt know that
Why does that sound familiar? I think I've done that a long time ago. I just thought it was a normal item and I only saw it once.
Nostalgia, one of my all time favorite super Mario game. Cool tips.
In world 3-7 you mention the coins in the clouds my brother and I referred to these hidden cloud bonus areas coin heaven.
wow im 36 and just got my wii modded to revisit my childhood thanks bro great vid
YOU SKIPPED A CARD MINIGAME ON WORLD 7! AND YOU COULD OF GOTTEN EVEN MORE ITEMS! HELLO!
You can get the mini game multiple times in any world.
Wow Sean. You're at a 7 yourself. I'm gonna need you to dial it down to a 0.
@Moogle Midgar lol your very childish what adult says noon?
@Moogle Midgar lol i was typing fast
Long ago I filled my entire inventory with Hammer Bros. suits ... keep in mind this was on the original NES ... no saves. Good video for novice SMB3 ... I was hoping for a little more based on the title.
Dope video bro
Awesome video, thanks for sharing, cheers! Getting extra lives is also a cool thing to do as well. Have a great day!
back when i was a kid they had this info in the nintendo power magazine , i would walk to the store and wright the secrets down .
DV8 That's what I did to go straight to Mike Tyson in that game!
I think a memorable mention should be the P-switch on the 2nd stage on the pyramid level. You hit that boy and all of the pyramids transform into coins
I am so fucking OCD about this game that when I first played my cousin shouted "how the fuck did you find that Anchor ,it's a secret weapon item ??" and I was like " there are secrets in here??" .
Sammy Lane how is that ocd?
Maybe she's referring to her need to get all the coins??
Awesome Video. I remember some of those secrets. After I watch your video, what surprised me most was how many of these secrets I knew as a kid. I had a cousin that showed me many of them.
why does nobody ever show the secret level where mario turns blue
Because it's probably a glitch and not a real secret
Neal Drummond uiiii
Neal, what are you talking about? I've never heard of that glitch and I'm pretty interested. I can't find it online.
Prove it. a color that is not supposed to be there you assume its a glitch
It is a glitch.
Never knew about getting all those coins/certain amount of coins to "open" the mushroom stages, and neither the messages while wearing the specific suits, also I am not sure if I ever found an anchor. The double whistle trick to get to the last stage, and other things mentioned I did. Cool video. Forgot how amazing Super Mario Brothers 3 was, ahem" is. If there ever was a game to represent the first half decade of the 90s, it was this legendary game.