Game Debate #150: Super Mario Bros. 3 (super cereal this time)

[Reed Rothchild | 9,548]

[a3quit4s | 4,103]

10/10

Bow before the GOAT

[Link | 2,714]

Okay, everybody who was serious in the April Fool's thread, bring it over here.

[CodysGameRoom | 2,008]

one of the best games ever. period. i play it at least twice a year to this day. I've got the cover art tattooed on me. Yea, a 10/10.

[Tanooki | 4,937]

There are those rare moments in gaming, that one in a generation, and I mean living not console, where something is so well designed, so well executed, everything about the play groomed to the very point.

That's Super Mario Bros. 3.

To find fault in this, you basically would be grasping at straws and/or just hate Nintendo and Mario and let that get in the way.  Everything in this game just comes together.  You could remove Mario and put some generic 90s mascot in there otherwise, reskin out any previous Mario assets (like some reverse Doki Doki Panic inception moment) and it still would be just that good yet someone else would have got the acclaim.

[Hammerfestus | 3,860]

This is a duh.

[RH | 4,920]

37 minutes ago, Tanooki said:

There are those rare moments in gaming, that one in a generation, and I mean living not console, where something is so well designed, so well executed, everything about the play groomed to the very point.

That's Super Mario Bros. 3.

To find fault in this, you basically would be grasping at straws and/or just hate Nintendo and Mario and let that get in the way.  Everything in this game just comes together.  You could remove Mario and put some generic 90s mascot in there otherwise, reskin out any previous Mario assets (like some reverse Doki Doki Panic inception moment) and it still would be just that good yet someone else would have got the acclaim.

I now want a copy of this game reskinned and branded Doki Doki Panic 2!

[RH | 4,920]

So, yes, this was an easy 10 for me.  I mentioned in my Xenogears message for that game that I felt it was a 10.  It has flaws but what that game did well, and right, you can completely ignore the bad parts.  In fact, play just disk 1 of that game.  It's still a 10.

With SMB3, this game has been played so many times by so many people and dissected, yes, it's easy to find that this isn't a perfect game.  You can occasionally bump into odd bugs but in spite of those issues, what this game gets right it gets perfect.  It's truly a masterpiece for a piece of 6502 work and probably the best example of the best that could come out of any system built on top of that CPU architecture.

 

[mbd39 | 2,025]

8/10

Two points off for no battery save.

 

[Gentlegamer | 174]

SMB 3 9/10 (SMW 10/10)

[RegularGuyGamer | 2,013]

Just now, Gentlegamer said:

SMB 3 9/10 (SMW 10/10)

 

[MegaMan52 | 2,450]

10/10 - Super Mario Bros. 3 is my favorite Mario game. Also really like both the American and Japanese versions of the cover.

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by MegaMan52

[Reed Rothchild | 9,548]

9/10

I think it's in my top 50, but I have this vague idea of my top 25 being the 10s.  I wonder if that would hold up to scrutiny.

[Brickman | 3,994]

10/10 

After that reskinned Doki Doki Panic game it was a breath of fresh air to get back to a real Mario game and it was a fantastic return.

As much as I do love SMW I like Mario Bros 3 just that little bit more.

[cartman | 195]

It's a legendary game that almost everyone with a NES or at their friends played.

Yet these days i just don't have much fun playing it. The levels are easy, the coins don't hold significance, the secret rooms and pipes feel more like a chore to reach rather than something fun. It's the type of game where experiencing itself largely contributes to the enjoyment but ones that has been seen & done there's just not a ton of fun left in the actual gameplay. As things stand today i'd give it a 4.

[Sumez | 2,967]

Meh

[TDIRunner | 2,744]

9/10

Almost as fun as Super Mario Bros. 2.  

[Dr. Morbis | 2,090]

6 hours ago, Tanooki said:

To find fault in this, you basically would be grasping at straws and/or just hate Nintendo and Mario and let that get in the way. 

I would say no save battery is a flaw, but it's still a 10 without it...

[Nintegageo | 582]

9. The no save is this game's only real issue.

[Tanooki | 4,937]

@Dr. Morbis I imagine it was a bit by design even if the game dated back to when SMB2(ours) dropped in the US.  But as you said, it's still a 10, the battery is subjective and well with how time is NOW for me vs 30 years ago I'm more inclined to use my one off MMC5 super-hack Super Mario All-Stars hack cart which has save by stage (not even by castle) in SMB3.

[phart010 | 1,707]

23 minutes ago, Nintegageo said:

9. The no save is this game's only real issue.

To overcome the no save, they gave you Links flute 

[phart010 | 1,707]

Apparently it’s 100% impossible to 100% this game:

 

[JamesRobot | 5,806]

Big FAT 10.

All 3 Super Marios Bros are 10s for that matter.  Sure, battery save woulda been nice, but you don't need it.  Just leave the Nintendo on.

[Nintegageo | 582]

@phart010 why would I want to jump past levels? I want to play them and use use the lives and items that I earned exploring.

[Tulpa | 3,516]

13 minutes ago, JamesRobot said:

Just leave the Nintendo on.

Tulpa's Dad: Why is this Nintender box on? That's a waste of electricity.

*unplug*

 

Tulpa next day: BIG SAD