Super Mario Advance 4: SMB3

[Esuohlim]

October 21st, I'll be first in line to get this. It's my all time favorite game ever, and it took them fucking forever to put it out in convenient portable Game Boy format; taking their sweet time while people like me are banging the crap out of their NES and blowing saliva and viruses into their 13-year-old cartridges in vain attempts to try to play through the game again. >:

22 more days. :(

[Rongi]

My friend has the rom. It looks great, in terms of both graphics and gameplay :o

[Drev]

I should get this. I only have Metroid Fusion at the moment. :/

[Soul*Assassin]

I've never played it :( I had a NES but only TMNT2 and some other games for it (it was great). SMB3 looks really good though, i have to admit. Think its worth getting on GBA? (can you get a racoon suit or something in it?)

[Esuohlim]

#1, I hate you for never playing it, and nothing you can do will make me tolerate you ever again. >:

#2, buy it. Don't ask questions. Buy it and fucking play it. This is like one of those times when people say it's the best game ever, only imagine something so orgasmic that every minute spent having that feeling will give to the highest peak of bliss imaginable. Now multiply that by 100, and you've got half of what this game is. >:

[Anonymous]

I still have no idea what the deal was with Tanooki (sp?) Mario.

[Rongi]

Tanooki was some kinda japanese myth doohike. I dunno what the whole story behind it was or what it stood for though.

[Mockery]

I just like the frog suit. I want one for real. :(

[Gurlugon]

A tanuki is some racoon-ish-looking dog found in Japan.

I loved SMB3; I'll try to get off my ass and buy this game. By the way, is any other game getting thrown in? I have Super Mario Advance 2, and it has the classic Mario Bros. along with its main attraction: Super Mario World.

[Esuohlim]

Yeah, this game is throwing in fucking Mario Bros., just like the other three Super Mario Advances.

[Cap'n Crunch]

They should put in a remake of Super Mario Bros. instead. It would be DANDY. >:

[Gurlugon]

Couldn't they at least throw in, like, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels? :/

Will SMB3 have the SNES-y graphics, or the classic crappy NES graphics? I'm too lazy to go and look. Sorry.

[Esuohlim]

I WANTED them to put in the NES ones, but it'll be the nostalgia-free SNES graphics. :(

And SMB: Lost Levels were in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for Gameboy Color.

[James]

OK, just explain this to me.

Sure, they added a couple new things. But is it really worth paying $40-$50 so you can play a 15-year-old game while you're not at home? How often do you play video games when you're out? Because if you're out, doesn't that mean you're probably going to be busy, so you won't have time to play?

Sure, they also added new levels, which are accessable through an eReader and cards. But is THAT worth paying for on top of the game itself?

Re-releasing old games in a new format just seems silly to me, unless you aren't able to play the older incarnations (be it rom or catridge), or unless they revise the game a great deal to make it a whole new experience, and possibly more replayability. Which in turn would probably make the game really suck, because it's just not the same game you loved so long ago.

I bought Super Mario Advance when I got my GBA (which I still hate, thank you very much). They added some very minor things, like finding 5 big coins in each level, and I beat the game in about 3-4 days. Had no reason to go back and play it again. Ever. If I want to play SMB2, which more often than not I don't, I could have just played the rom. Granted, I'd miss the thrilling experience of fighitng big coins, which most of the time were right along the way and easy to get, but that's not worth the money at all.

So, explain, please.

[Gurlugon]

All GBA games are, like, only $30 when they come out.

Right? Bah, maybe I'm that much out of the loop.

But, anyway, yeah, you're paying for nostalgia you could get for free. But I'll be damned if SMB3 isn't a quality game.

[Mockery]

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[whoreable]

You said it yourself James. The game is 15 years old. Think how many kids out there have never played games as great as this one. Lets face it the major target audience of the game boy is too young to have played too much of the nes. but now they will get the chance.

[Esuohlim]

Plus, for people with a worn-out NES and a computer that's so fucking useless that even loading up Microsoft Word is an all-day task, having your all time favorite game in portable Game Boy format is pretty much the only option left.

[James]

Well, I'm not talking about why people in general would buy the games. I'm asking why YOU guys would.

[soundtest]

I think the game is going to be fucking great, and I love having access to SNES classics with GBA. I agree with James though on price - Nintendo is totally cashing in on old intellectual property. I would much prefer to see these old games discounted and part of a 'Classic" series. But you can't really blame them. People gladly pay full price for them, so why should Nintendo do otherwise?

[Mockery]

The prices should be lower, but not crazy low... they are redoing all of the graphics to make them look like SNES games, and that in itself is quite a time consuming task.

I wish I could draw :(

[Krythor]

Yeah, but they already did that for Super Mario All Stars. :(

But yeah, they still deserve to make a decent profit off of it.

[Nerd]

James, I see you're point, but personaly, I can't stand playing ROMS. I don't know what it is about them that makes them so un-enjoyable. I would much rather lay out on my bed and play SMB3 then sit in front of my computer, which I already do for several hours each day. I am, of course, talking about the Gameboy Player and not the GBA itself. I hate playing that, too. Having to sit in a certain position to get light, having to crane my neck all the time...ugh...and it's like not I play any of the games outside my room anyway.

I bought SMBA, and I beat it in a week and never played it again. This is mostly becuase I don't like Mario games that much.

As far as porting SNES game to GBA is concerned, I persoanaly am not going to buy them. All the SNES games I like I own, and my SNES is plugged in and works just fine. I do think that it's pretty cool that Nintedo is re-introducing the golden age of gaming to a new generation of gamers, tho.

The actuale game, SMB3, is good, but not that good. I much rather prefer Kirbys Adventure. Still, it's probably one of, if not the, best Mario game.

[Drev]

I got this Nintendo Power offer in the mail today. Which is a $60 bundle pack which includes SMA4, its player's guide, a pack of e-reader cards for SMA4, a coupon for a GBASP and an E-Reader (both $10 off), and a 12-issue subscription to nintendo power. This does sound like a good idea, though I would have to deal with crappy NP issues in my mail, but I get some good stuff for SMA4.

[Cap'n Crunch]

I got the same thing too. :(
I don't think it is that big of a deal though. Maybe if it came with the actual e-Reader. :(

[Drev]

I got the same thing too. :(
I don't think it is that big of a deal though. Maybe if it came with the actual e-Reader. :(

I agree. SMA4 may be the best reason to get an e-reader now for me, but I'll probably regret it when the e-reader levels are insanly hard or just plain sucky.

[pjalne]

I just like the frog suit. I want one for real. :(

Fuck the frog suit, the big shoe is where it's at.

[Big McLargehuge]

I am, of course, talking about the Gameboy Player and not the GBA itself. I hate playing that, too. Having to sit in a certain position to get light, having to crane my neck all the time...ugh...and it's like not I play any of the games outside my room anyway.


How about you get an SP asshole >:

[Nerd]

I thought about getting an SP. But in the end, I just decided to use my Gameboy Player. Main reason being is that I usually never play games outside my room. Also becuase it can play it on a bigger screen, and plays in stereo. I also don't have to worry about batteries or anything like that.

[Esuohlim]

I got this Nintendo Power offer in the mail today. Which is a $60 bundle pack which includes SMA4, its player's guide...

They're making player's guides for this game? Now that just pisses me off. >:

[Big McLargehuge]

Yesterday I hooked up my NES and put in SMB3 I turned the volume way up, 30 seconds later 7 people were in my room waxing nostalgic. Then I yelled at them to get the fuck out, and they all looked at me all sad and shit.

[timrpgland]

3 was way too easy (well I guess they all are but still). Introduced us to the map style though.

[pjalne]

It may have been easy, but it was fucking huge compared to most other platformers back then.

[soundtest]

3 was way too easy

They should have left powering down the same way as the Japanese version. In the JPN version when you were raccoon, frog, tanooki, whatever and got hit, you went right back to being small Mario. In the NA version, iirc, when you were hit as a raccoon, you were still Super Mario and had to get hit again to get small. I guess like with the original Mario 2, or the Lost Levels, Nintendo thought that it would be too difficult and frustrating for us unskilled NA gamers.

I was a big shot and had the Famicom SMB3 almost a year before the North American release. :picklehat

[Drev]

They should've just done what they did with Mega Man 2 for NA. Have a Normal and Hard difficulty. The hard version was the original difficulty in Japan.

[EverythingWillSuck]

I got this Nintendo Power offer in the mail today. Which is a $60 bundle pack which includes SMA4, its player's guide...

They're making player's guides for this game? Now that just pisses me off. >:

They did it for when the original game came out.

They have players guides for all the big games.

[Kitten McNuggets]

I just like the frog suit. I want one for real. :(

Fuck the frog suit, the big shoe is where it's at.

Hey, don't forget about the Hammer Brother suit. A combo of that and the giant boot kicks major ass...

[Soul*Assassin]

Player's guides are the stupidist thing you can ever buy. Why the fuck would someone buy an ace game and use a god damn guide so that he/she could complete it in a couple of days? crazy

[innervis10n]

I'd like to see Super-Punch-Out!! make it to GBA.

Can I get an amen? Anyone? :(

[Esuohlim]

I picked this up yesterday and played the shit out it.

[Drev]

I picked this up yesterday and played the shit out it.

Do you have an E-Reader, and if so, how are the new levels?

[Nerd]

I started playing through this game with my bro recently. I have forgotten how good this game is. I love the suits. Like in Giant, Sky and Ice world you can get one every other stage. It's so dramatic when I lose one. It sux.

But the best part of the game has to be trying to beat the airships using the suits. I tried that recently with a Tanookie Suit, and got blind sided by a cannon. Both my brother and I yelled out at the top of our lungs in unison: "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

Good times.

[Zbu Manowar]

I could never understand the eReader cards or other legions of neat-now shit Nintendo puts out instead of just putting out a DVD-based console then putting out their whole library of games for that? Shit, then they could charge $50 easily for games and finally regain some respect.

[Shoeless joe]

Is the e-reader really worht it though? It doesn't seem to have much worth to it right now, unless you can't find any old skool nes roms on the net. As for buying the game, well, i'd wait untill it's available as used before i get it. Hell, Mario 3 still got the gameplay and charm that alot of games today are missing. God, there haven't been more original powerups made since, like the boot in world 5, the hammer bros. suit and the frog suit. Gotta have more frog suit, baby!!

[Esuohlim]

eReaders are for fags. >:

Now then, I beat the game this afternoon and here is my review:

THE NOSTALGIA IS GONE :(. Music is improved and graphics are improved. The colors are duller, levels are a bit easier, and the save option takes some replay value away from the game. :(

BUT THE GOOD NOTES: It's Mario Fucking 3 >:.

Also, the spade square that lets you match up the mushroom, flower, or star and gives you 2up, 3up, or 5up respectively turns into a heart square if you win. In the heart square, instead of matching up a star you can match up a leaf, which is 7up. If you win that, it turns into a club square, which replaces a leaf with a "3" and gives you 10up. I've never won that round, but I bet the club squares turn into diamond squares. :hat

ALSO IF YOU OWN THE BUTTFUCK E-READER, YOU CAN PLAY SOME EXTRA FAGGOT LEVELS BUY BUYING SOME CUNTING E-READER CARDS >: >: >:

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