The Story of Super Mario Bros. 3

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  @GamingHistorian · 6 years ago · pinned

  Super Mario Bros. 3 is the game that made me fall in love with video games. It was only a matter of time before I talked about it. This video contains rare images, archival footage, and design documents! If you enjoyed it, please share. Happy Holidays!

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  @poweroffriendship2.0 · 6 years ago

  <i>&quot;I think that inside every adult is the heart of the child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act like an adult.&quot;</i><br><br><b>~ Shigeru Miyamoto</b>

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  @antdick · 5 years ago

  My mom thought it was a good idea to surprise me with this at 7am before school. I can confidently say that I remember none of that school day

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  @goathousegaming2308 · 4 years ago

  I remember being on the waiting list to rent this game and asking my mother to call every hour to see if it came in yet. &nbsp;I was wanting to play it so bad. &nbsp;My father came home from the training exercises (military) and I told him that we were waiting for it but I didn’t think we were going to get it that day. &nbsp;He told me that it was unfortunate, but he got me something that he hoped would make me feel better. &nbsp;He opened his bag and gave me my own copy of SMB3. &nbsp;We played that game all day. &nbsp;That is one of my favorite memories as a kid.

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  @UShistorymatters · 1 year ago

  I was very poor as a child. One Christmas, my mother went into debt to make it special due to a rough year. At 8, when I first played Super Mario, I was hooked. I still remember the feeling I got completing a level.

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  @thevinyltruffle · 6 years ago

  I got home from school one day in the 2nd grade and my dad said “Clean your room.” And I, of course said “Why?” He replied “So we can play THIS!” As he brought SMB3 out from behind his back, I shit my pants or fainted. Possibly both. Best day ever.

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  @NightmareSWGOH · 4 years ago

  &quot;A game that lived up to it&apos;s unparalleled hype.&quot;<br><br>Very well said.

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  @AleBanjo · 6 years ago

  Miyamoto in 1987: “Yeah, we need the company to buy me an all expense paid trip to Disneyland! Foooor... research and development... yeah that’s it...”

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  @TheFawse · 2 years ago

  Mario 3 is one of, if not my first memory of playing video games. Being 3 years old and playing it at my grandparents’ house with my brother and cousins, absolutely enraptured the entire time. What an amazing game

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  @Realunmaker · 6 years ago

  The nights spent playing this game while my mom listens to radio and walks around the house.<br>It&apos;s such a mundane memory, yet one that I treasure so dearly.

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  @penguinZ85 · 4 years ago

  My cousin and I spent hours playing this. One time,she wanted to play through the entire game without using the warp whistle and on the last level, I accidentally bumped the game system and it reset the entire game. She got so mad that she unplugged the controller and chased me through the house with the cord yelling that she was going to kill me. About 20 years later, we still laugh about it and she included that in her maid of honor speech at my wedding.

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  @RogueVideo · 3 years ago

  Anyone else get warmly emotional seeing what all the Mario 3 team creators ended up doing later in life at the end?

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