Super Mario Bros. 3

[son_ov_hades]

I can't imagine being one of those that saw The Wizard when it came out and drooled over SMB3. The wait would have killed me.

Ohhh god, it DESTROYED me.

This was me in school, and I was like 10:

Me: OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG SUPER MARIO BROS. 3 OMGOMGOMG

My friends: OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG SUPER MARIO BROS. 3 OMGOMGOMG

Hahaha I was only 2 years old when it came out, so I missed out on the agony.

[L___E___T]

Well, don't forgot the SMB games were never packaged in bundles in Japan as far as I know, so despite it being a small country a shed load were sold there.

I remember this being in the guiness book of records as still the single best selling game of all time, remakes aside even.  Technically the first pokemon games sold more (discounting packaging bundles), but I would personally count those as seperate games, it depends.

http://www.gunslot.com/blog/top-twenty-five-25-best-selling-video-games-all-time

[MarioMania]

they misspelled Pokemon


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[nensondubois]

Some of those games don't deserve that number of copies like Dalmations and a few others. I'm surprised the Super Gameboy wasn't on there.


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[Trium Shockwave]

I think I was the only person I knew who had a Super GameBoy. Or even cared to have one. I don't think it was that popular, besides it's a hardware accessory not a game.

The Pokemons and Nintendogs count together if it's just a variant of the same game. Pokemon Red/Blue is really the same game. I'm not sure if Yellow is different enough to count as a separate game, but then would Crystal or Emerald be separate games? I dunno. Whatever. The point is Pokemon is friggin huge.

I do find it amazing, that as much as people bag on Nintendo nowadays, that they dominate that list. Most of that list is Mario and Pokemon, with Donkey Kong thrown in there. It's incredible that even WoW is so far down the list, when it seems everyone plays that. And Halo, which is the poster child for "hardcore" gamers barely makes the list.

[nensondubois]

The Super Gameboy, yes
http://board.gscentral.org/showthread.php?t=13695

[MarioMania]

The Super Gameboy, yes
http://board.gscentral.org/showthread.php?t=13695

Do you have any pics of it....

I'm not a member there

[nensondubois]

You could register.

[L___E___T]

I've never seen a games forum that requires you to register just to view..  that's a bit of a shame.

[nensondubois]

It's only because we don't want our competitors stealing our codes. A bit asinine and primitive. It does more harm than good because people can't see my database.

[133MHz]

Does anyone know how the items in the chests at Toad's House are randomized? Is it defined when you enter it or when you actually choose a particular chest?



Also, at least to me it seems that some Toad's Houses have fixed item placement, like the one in World 2 (where you get the third Warp Whistle) which always gives you a Frog Suit.

[nintendodork]

I used the rewind feature on Nestopia, and it seems that the items are determined as soon as you enter Toad's House.

[UglyJoe]

Yeah, it looks like the three possible items are determined when you walk in.  However, the chests themselves don't correspond to a particular item.  You can open a chest, rewind, and open it again and you'll likely get a different item.

[nensondubois]

They are determined the same way as the cards but with more than 8 combinations possible.

[Protoman]

Isn't this a great game ? 

My favorite game of all time.

When I got a Twin Famicom, I got Super Mario Bros 3 for Famicom afterwards. I found 2 differences to the european version I've played
over 20 years.

1. When entering a stage, the screen does a quick fade from black in US/EU version but in JP it has the same animation out as in,
    I don't know what to call it but I think you know what I mean.
2. When you get hit as Raccoon/Tanooki/Fire/Frog/Hammer Mario, you become small/normal Mario in JP instead of big/Super Mario as in EU/US.
    I'd say that also makes the JP version harder than the EU/US one.
Of course there's also japanese text in Toad Houses, king's speeches and Peach letters, but that's to be expected.