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Super Mario Bros. 3

TitleSuper Mario Bros. 3
First release1988
DeveloperNintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
PublisherNintendo
PlatformsNES / Famicom, SNES / Super Famicom
Genre2D platform game
Also known asSūpā Mario Burazāzu 3 · smb3 · Super Mario Bros. 3 [Left] Variant
Players1–2 players
Co-opYes
ESRB ratingE Everyone
Releases
NES / Famicom: 1988-10-23 (NTSC-J), 1990-02-12 (NTSC), 1990-12-02 (NTSC-U), 1991-08-29 (PAL)
Wikidata IDQ639619

Fight monsters and mini-bosses, avoid ghosts and the burning sun. Make your way through water and quicksand. Dodge cannonballs and bullets and rescue the King’s wand! In Super Mario Bros. 3 there are more warps, more chances at extra lives, and new special suits! The raccoon suit lets you fly and knock out blocks. The frog suit helps you out-swim the deadly fish. There are suits for every occasion! Store up flowers and mushrooms to use later on. Play game-show type bonus rounds! Go back to that last screen and get a mushroom! Pause to take a break, then continue where you left off! Super Mario Bros. 3 is fun to play alone, or team up with a buddy to prolong the adventure! This version of the game is from the original run where the word "Bros." is near the right hand of Mario instead of the center of the boxart/label Note: Turn based Co-op as players work in turn to clear individual levels in a world. There is also a vs. mini-game where players try to steal items from each other.

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q639619) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (112,75889,85968,110510,116619,117180,117181,126700) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Sprites (2): fan rips from sprite sites, credited per sheet (ripper, site, rights) in Sprites below; internal use only.
Logo: Nintendo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Super Mario Bros. 3 text logo.svg”)
Sprites
NES / Famicom version · 2 sheets · Super Mario Bros. 3 on The Spriters Resource ↗ (49 sheets on the site; 2 stored here)
Mario & Luigi sprite sheet (NES / Famicom)
Mario & Luigi
Characters NES / Famicom · 522×1878
Rip by Jermungandr
#4230 · fetched 2026-09-29 17:07 UTC
Enemies sprite sheet (NES / Famicom)
Enemies
Enemies NES / Famicom · 735×1731
#25685 · fetched 2026-09-29 17:07 UTC
Sprite sheets are fan rips of copyrighted game graphics (© Nintendo), credited to the ripper and linked to their page on the source site; internal use only. “Rip by” is the uploader credit shown on the site. Click a sheet to view it at full size (pixel-exact zoom). More: The Spriters Resource ↗ /
Videos
NES Longplay [081] Super Mario Bros. 3 (US)
World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 2:17:40auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) Playthrough
NintendoComplete · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 2:44:11auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC
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