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!

@NotDopple

4 жыл бұрын

Sup dawg

@jacklazzaro9820

4 жыл бұрын

2:39-2:57 Where did you get this quote?

@sspotter1978

4 жыл бұрын

Super Mario 3 absolutely blew my mind as a 12 year old. The Wizard was probably the best demo ever for a game or product. Had me drooling for the release.

@nativelatinosfooktrump5348

4 жыл бұрын

Gaming Historian 🎮 I loved Super Mario Bros. 3📺

@DaNoob1485

4 жыл бұрын

Great work on this video!

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

@JasonSmith-vj1de

2 жыл бұрын

That must have been torture to have to wait was was probably close to nine hours.

@rendyazha4315

2 жыл бұрын

I wake up early to play this game

@videoluvr4204

2 жыл бұрын

my mom surpised me with it too i was about 7 years old

@petermozuraitis5219

2 жыл бұрын

Omg that’s like telling a teenager he’s getting laid after school

@jrsek362

2 жыл бұрын

I would wake up to squeaky buttons being pressed and teeth smacking,that was my mom playing this video game learned all tricks from her best times of my life

_"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."_ *~ Shigeru Miyamoto*

@googlecorn1410

4 жыл бұрын

Omg i see you everywhere

@eval_is_evil

4 жыл бұрын

@@googlecorn1410 lol ikr ??

@songoku9348

4 жыл бұрын

Junior Orellana The new Justin Y

@googlecorn1410

4 жыл бұрын

@@songoku9348 LOL

@HunterPBrown

4 жыл бұрын

@@googlecorn1410 same here but he's a good dude.

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. I was wanting to play it so bad. 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. He told me that it was unfortunate, but he got me something that he hoped would make me feel better. He opened his bag and gave me my own copy of SMB3. We played that game all day. That is one of my favorite memories as a kid.

@billblaski9523

Жыл бұрын

Lol the good ol days, Super Mario 3 wad tight! Did you know the game was actually a stage play the while time.

@guileniam

Жыл бұрын

How's your Dad now? I hope you're taking care of him coz that's a cool old man

@PowuhToSeven

Жыл бұрын

That's an amazing memory of the times

@ambrosiaplatypus

10 ай бұрын

Back in 2007 when the Wii first came out and was impossible to find, I came home from school, and my dad, who worked as a dairy delivery driver at the time, told me he brought home some ice cream from work. I looked in the freezer, and there was a Nintendo Wii in there.

@micjamking

10 ай бұрын

Damn, I don’t know why but this choked me up 😅

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

@spittingame4241

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@ThaGreatWhite813

Жыл бұрын

I did, and then watched his video on the history of Tetris. One of the Russian guys migrated to the US and he ended up slaughtering his family and killed himself. It was strange getting emotional reading the first few people then his threw me off lmfao.

@daleanmonster4218

Жыл бұрын

Yes I got tears

@KahlessTheUnforgettable

Жыл бұрын

No.

@tiktok-mc2nq

Жыл бұрын

​@@ThaGreatWhite813 I AM SORRY BUT WHAT 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

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...”

@Brydude87

4 жыл бұрын

Sounded more like a vacation if you ask me. and edit DisneyLand to Disney world please and thank you. (If you edit it I'll edit my comment)

@visualgagging

4 жыл бұрын

Yes that is the joke

@markwalter2900

4 жыл бұрын

The proof is in the puddin

@Chaos89P

4 жыл бұрын

Who says you can't have fun at work, especially when the fun shows dividends?

@itsasecrettoeverybody

4 жыл бұрын

Well, a day of smb3 sells more than paid for his vacation.

And 30+ years later, Mario 3 still holds up to this day.

@Gameprojordan

2 жыл бұрын

Out of the original trilogy it's the only one that holds up the best. SMB2 was a bit too withdrawn from the original concept, and SMB1 felt like a bare bones version of SMB3. The only one that competes with SMB3 in terms of "holding up through the years" is Mario world, Yoshis island aswell though that's more of a yoshi game than a mario game

@gabrieltorres7596

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gameprojordan I can agree with that in certain ways even though technically Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island are like next level but I can totally see what you mean 👌🏾

@damin9913

2 жыл бұрын

It's 2022 and NES Super Mario bros 3 still holds up

@Aurora-qn2dx

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@fredtaylor9792

Жыл бұрын

You're not kidding. I've recently played through all three chronologically, taking my time to explore. Smb3 truly was a masterpiece and I enjoyed every minute of it.

"A game that lived up to its unparalleled hype". That is high praise, and completely true.

I still vividly remember it was in fall SMB3 came out in Japan. quarter of my classmate got it and within a week some defeated Bowser including me. Because there are a bunch of stages to explore, we never got bored. one day one of my friends told me about his discovery related to white platform. It fascinated me so much because of the idea you can go to the background of the game just pushing down on a white platform. felt like a rabbit hole or something but sadly enough you are brought back to the foreground reality eventually. I thought it was a glitch and goofed around with it and somehow out of curiosity tried how far I could go staying in the background and boom! I found out the 2nd whistle.

@kingdoge69

Жыл бұрын

Great memories my friend

@typhoonth8689

Жыл бұрын

Guess it was historical, cause you defeated the King Koopa in Super Mario Bros 3 before the fall of Berlin Wall.

@MapsAndCaps

2 ай бұрын

I always considered the first whistle to be the one from level 3. The 3nd from the small castle in world 1. Theres a third one i used to knownof but i dont recall where it is.

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.

@MrDustpile

4 жыл бұрын

I consider the Mario games and select others like Tetris on the Nintendo consoles as akin to Beatle albums, as they are timeless, addictive, especially these days attractive to young and old as well as being comfortable yet revolutionary and multi-layered.

@jasondashney

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrDustpile Bingo. I just finished SMB3 on an NES my brother in law had, and we played with my 7 yr old nephew and he liked it just the same as the modern games. They hit the sweet spot.

@jovetj

4 жыл бұрын

The game is timeless. That's how well done it was! It truly is a masterpiece.

@edgarbaez516

4 жыл бұрын

This comment made me laugh so hard. Thanks for sharing your story!

@tydish

4 жыл бұрын

I remember renting it from a local convenience store. Would get caught by my parents for talking in my sleep, saying jump jump. Renting that thing for a couple days I was literally glued to it playing. Because I was a kid I automatically caught on. But remember my mom could not catch on and she played it enough. She couldn't learn how to speed run. If you can't learn that the game was pretty much useless

"A game that lived up to it's unparalleled hype." Very well said.

@Daidan0

2 жыл бұрын

and few games since have ever lived up to the hype the devs build up

I come back and watch this from time to time because not only is it incredibly well done and informative, but it somehow completely captures the spirit of being an excited child in the very late 80s/early 90s (which I also was). I can't thank you enough enough for the incredible content, Norman.

@sn1000k

11 ай бұрын

​@@JH-rt2coget bent

@JH-rt2co

11 ай бұрын

@@sn1000k Are you denying that there are 14+ genders?

@misterlexx2721

5 ай бұрын

I am 43. I co sign.

Some of my best childhood memories are going to visit my grandma and watching her absolutely kill at this game. She loved video games and had an NES, SNES, and Genesis. And she was GOOD! She'd always let me play if I wanted, but I just loved watching her go at it. She would talk out the strategies and secrets while she played and I ate it up. She was a living player's guide. This was in the early 90s and she was in her 70s! These consoles had such a universal appeal. The older I get the more the memories mean to me. Love you grandma, you were ahead of your time.

@superpaul968

4 ай бұрын

I had the exact same experience with my aunt. There was one game that she could beat that I could never do. The Hunt for Red October for the Nintendo entertainment system. She died last year, so I’m thinking of picking up the game again and beating it my own for the first time.

@yoshi50agent

4 ай бұрын

Wow gamer grandma

@nevedofficial466

27 күн бұрын

Fuckin badass!

"With the updated hardware, Miyamoto was finally able to let his hero... ride a dinosaur." It was like a dream come true for Shigeru.

@lawrenceledda6573

4 жыл бұрын

I Cried in this part..

@jeancarlosartist

4 жыл бұрын

I bet he did like the nintendo 64 kid when that finally happened. YES! YES! YES! YES!

@meatballmeatwad5730

3 жыл бұрын

But a bunch of Chinese bootleggers made it possible in a super Mario world nes bootleg

@willn8664

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering how it was a hardware issue because I remember the Adventure Island series having a character that rode different animals.

@greenclydefrog

2 жыл бұрын

@@willn8664 it’s probably due to the size of the game and how much the NES cartridge could hold.

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

@bigbassjonz

4 жыл бұрын

I too have this memory.

@leohavoc2183

4 жыл бұрын

I have a very similar memory. Playing this game while my dad listens to music. I can't help but to think about the band White Zombie every time I see this game.

@gcnelite5983

4 жыл бұрын

So your mum just walked randomly around the house listening to music?

@Realunmaker

4 жыл бұрын

GCNElite she used to turn on the radio and walk around tidying up the house, cleaning and stuff while I usually helped a bit and played a bit.

@gcnelite5983

4 жыл бұрын

Realunmaker oh alright

Super Mario Bros 3 was, is and always will be the greatest video game ever! At 48 yrs old I can look back with vivid memories of me and my younger sister sitting on the floor for hours playing this masterpiece. You would have to pause the game to go eat lunch, or even sleep and come back the next day. Kids today can't understand the concept of having to start the game from the beginning every single time. "What do you mean you couldn't save the game?!?" What a great time in history to be a kid! Thank you for a wonderful stroll down memory lane. You did a fantastic job on this documentary. It should be on TV! Also, loved your one on Super MarioKart. Great Job!

@override7486

5 ай бұрын

To be honest, there's nothing memorable about not being able to save game or using non-volatile carts back then. More like just acceptance of the fact and that the games back then were much shorter to complete in the first place. It just wasn't "a thing" back then. I remember myself leaving console powered on, when had to stop for a moment or parents wanted to use TV themselves. But it was more like constant fear and annoyance than fun. And God forbid, someone knocking power cable and loosing game state because of that (which was far too common in my experience, with my NES knock-off).

There’s something so perfect about the North American cover art, it’s just pure confidence. The bright yellow background, the prominent title (with extra emphasis on the 3) and most importantly, that they not only use the original Japanese art, but they isolate it to just Mario himself. Everything about just screams “this is the one”

@DaveFallows

7 ай бұрын

Whenever I think of the early nineties I think of that cover, as well as the T2 cinema poster.

@cadowyn735

2 ай бұрын

@@DaveFallows Still remember being six years old with my dog at the local hotdog restaurant staring in awe at that poster. lol I was six. We went and saw it. Still remember tearing up when he got lowered down into the liquid metal!

I remember getting this game for Christmas in 91. I woke up at 4am. Went to the tree to see my new game laid in all its glory. I played quietly untill my family woke up. What a magical time

@hightolerance8728

2 жыл бұрын

Bru you don’t freakin know how relatable and close to home that statement is. I was 4 years old doing the exact same thing in 1991. I just got chills thinking about that b.c I haven’t recalled that memory in so long. 😂 Meanwhile my older brother had just got this shiny new looking thing called a Sega Genesis(lol) and got Sonic The Hedgehog. 35 years latter still The best Christmas I ever had. Indeed a magical time.

@RAZORRAZE2K

2 жыл бұрын

@@hightolerance8728 that Xmas had to be pure epicness in ya 🏠 that day

@hightolerance8728

2 жыл бұрын

@@RAZORRAZE2K indeed it was indeed. Man

@1stone379

2 жыл бұрын

That was me for Mortal Kombat.. Then I'd wrap the gift up juuust the way I found it before everyone woke up 😂😂😂 Shhhhhh

@isaactorres5908

2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

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.

@drivehardearnhard6574

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Rikorage

2 жыл бұрын

Memories

@fredtaylor9792

Жыл бұрын

Lol awesome.

@guanoApe

Жыл бұрын

It made criminals of all of us. I begged borrowed and stole to rent it so many times I could’ve bought it

@fredtaylor9792

Жыл бұрын

@@guanoApe Not all of us. My dad bought mine with the money he made from arresting thieves. Lol

This video made me so emotional, especially at the end. This was one of the peaks of my childhood and a reason I truly love video games. It was an amazing time to be alive. Thank you Norman for releasing masterpiece after masterpiece of videos

I just realized The Wizard was basically Rain Man for kids

EA said the NES was going to be a fad that would fade out. It's funny seeing that EA is still a terrible company today

@pheeshy5589

4 жыл бұрын

Blob EA got it in the face

@rommix0

4 жыл бұрын

EA was only really good when they made software for the Amiga.

@mariomirabal4288

4 жыл бұрын

well to be fair with EA, at the time it was a nascent art based developer working on some of the greatest software on the ultimately doomed Amiga. to them the micros were the future and they weren't going to go back to the 6502 or closed developer environments, because they had issues with the ten games per year policy since EA was a pump.

@mariomirabal4288

4 жыл бұрын

the nes essentially had all the things they disliked.

@studyzen8836

4 жыл бұрын

In EA’s defense... j/k There’s no defending EA.

My... the ending song... just made me cry. My father danced with us when we finished the game with that beautiful song.

In a century from now, video game historians will look back at these superb artists and engineers and wonder, how did they create such sublime art.

@CazadoresRob

8 ай бұрын

A.I. will be doing most of the programing.

Still one of the greatest games ever made and a joy to play every time.

They did such a good job with this game, it STILL holds up. What an achievement!

@deborahchesser7375

2 жыл бұрын

The best in the series for sure

@Mynostalgicvideos

2 жыл бұрын

So many Nintendo brand games do, I can't believe the original Pokémon Snap graphics everytime I play it. That game looks like it was made this year.

@mjkittredge

2 жыл бұрын

@@deborahchesser7375 some would say Super Mario World is even better

@chrisparnham

2 жыл бұрын

Why did it take them 3 years to get to Europe? I get they need to translate to various languages but that didn't seem to hold up other video game companies. I think this might explain why Nintendo has been left behind the other 2 big video companies.

@ultrairrelevantnobody1862

2 жыл бұрын

@Chris Parnham Two reasons. Nintendo took their time optimising games for the PAL region. Mario 3 in particular was extremely well optimised. Nintendo wasn't nearly as influential in Europe; Sega reigned supreme in many markets like the UK and Spain, so naturally their mentality for releasing games over here was more apathetic than in North America and Japan.

I like how every Koopaling's name had some extensive history and then there was Larry who just looked like a Larry

@chadwilson461

3 жыл бұрын

King koopa

@ZnakerFIN

3 жыл бұрын

@@chadwilson461 King Koopa is not a Koopaling.

@ToonCatTV

3 жыл бұрын

Living like Larry

@hungryowl1559

3 жыл бұрын

LARRY!

@frownieclownie

3 жыл бұрын

@@hungryowl1559 LARRY PRICE CHECK!

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

Honestly just one of the best videogames ever made. I pick it up every few years and best it all over again. It never ever ever gets boring.

The fact that SMB3 was made for the original NES is kind of mind-blowing. They definitely pushed the limits of what that console was capable of.

@captainscentsible1811

3 жыл бұрын

That and zelda.i mean just having a system you could play in your house was insane. 1st time i saw atari.i was blown away

@Shannonbarnesdr1

3 жыл бұрын

it was and still is a masterpiece all of the mario games are , in terms of play-ability, function , movement responsiveness , just great design and programming all around

@islandbee

3 жыл бұрын

@@captainscentsible1811 - You've got to include Crystalis in the mix too.

@cadman10000

3 жыл бұрын

Especially comparing it to very early Famicom games.

@johneygd

3 жыл бұрын

Supermariobros 3 demonstrated for what the mmc3 chip in conjunction with the nes was capable off, including split screen and diagonal scrolling, animated tile updates, dpcm playback etc,,, But ,,, it become only just ,,, the beginning, because later nes games such as bucky o hare, metal storm ,sword master and battle toads showed off some incredible multiple background scrolling, while games such as seesam streets and carnaval 92 necca showed some heavy pcm playback etc,,, Some games such as kirby’s adventure are way more detailed & colorful the mario 3, and seeing mario 3 on the snes just blows my socks off about how much better it looks then the nes ,BUT,, If we would push the nes & the mmc3 chip over it’s limit with all these mentioned nes games in mind , we could even make mario 3 on nes more detailed & colorful along with multi scroling backgrounds ,(trough tile updates) And playing 8 channel adpcm trough a chip wich then could mix & stream it as 1 channel trough the nes pcm channel, this way mario 3 can look & sound more closer to it’s snes counterpart, It’s not wishful thinking and Am not trying to make it up but it’s just true!!!

You deserve to be on Netflix if they ever make a Games that made us series.

@chillbane9074

4 жыл бұрын

I hate how they do that documentary....they keep cutting and going all over the place from topics to person...there is no focus.

@jeremy_cricket

4 жыл бұрын

Games That Made Us should definitely be a thing. Video games, board games, card games, arcades, different generation consoles and PC. There’s an entire season right there.

@dansmith1661

4 жыл бұрын

They would show only gaymers and promote LGBTQP propaganda

@8BitDarkNESsR3v14

4 жыл бұрын

@@dansmith1661 wym

@gcnelite5983

4 жыл бұрын

I would definitely watch Games That Made Us if it was made a thing

I’m 40, I just bought a Nintendo switch and here I am, playing again SM3!!! That is my favorite game of all times!

Growing up in the 80's was truly the best time to be a kid. I fondly remember when I got my NES in 1984. It was a game changer but Mario 3 was on another level. The amount of things you could do with only 2 buttons was unbelievable. Most of the Mario games today have taken elements of this game even now. I still play my original NES Super Mario 3 from time to time. Incredible even today.

The amount of thought and imagination that went into this game is so incredible. The technology might be old but it still hold up as one of the best produced games ever.

“As for Larry Koopa... that name just seemed like a good fit.” That made me smile.

@jeffrowisdabest

4 жыл бұрын

I always thought it was because he looked so goofy, reminded me of the Three Stooges.

@priceandpride

4 жыл бұрын

That dude that made those names was a tard

@raymondjack902

4 жыл бұрын

Not really the names fitted in with life at that times

@jeffrowisdabest

4 жыл бұрын

@@priceandpride If he is a tard, then he's a tard who came up with names that have stuck throughout the series. So he must have done something right.

@rush1er

4 жыл бұрын

My inner teen immediately thought it was probably named after Penthouse Mag founder LARRY FLINT... then I laughed like Beavis & Butthead.

Super Mario brothers three was the absolute best. Just clean play. I still have a VHS of me finishing the game and this was over 20 years before streamers would broadcast their play. I really wanted to record what happens when you reach that final moment. that music was so awesome to my middle school self.

That ending music from super mario 3 and the description of each game developer brought a tear to my eyes. These are the guys that are responsible for the happiest memories of my childhood. Such an incredible documentary.

I remember getting SMB3, holding that yellow box behind my back and then revealing it to my friends. Check out what I GOT!! Then later on for my birthday we all gathered in my basement and held a huge SMB3 tournament with little prizes. It was so great. Then I moved away and never had as much fun again.

@wids

3 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful & sad lol

@frozenfresh6406

3 жыл бұрын

I had a similar experience to this, but with smash brothers for N64. It was a blast to play, and 4 people could play at once. My mom bought pokemon cards for me, and I'd give out packs to the winner.

@fen4554

3 жыл бұрын

Such is the wonder of childhood.

@broomicute

2 жыл бұрын

i feel u bro, played smb3 with my dad alot, loved it.. life was easier back then

@amandapenisten2907

2 жыл бұрын

Do you still have a nes

Whenever I get fed up with social media and youtube drama - I just remember that Gaming Historian exists - and suddenly I feel much better. You are a source of goodness in this world, and don't you forget it!

@Bwianman85

4 жыл бұрын

100% correct!

@khristkannon1172

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Always so much love, care and positivity put into each video. Love it!

@friendlyjunco6836

4 жыл бұрын

FOX News has a KZread channel

@fylosofyk5220

4 жыл бұрын

So true. The Mr. Rogers of video games

@WillowFaded

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

I appreciate being apart of this generation!! The old school generation, the new game system are great but back in the day this was all we had “simple gaming ! No online playing! Friends hanging out playing this was the way to go. Thanks for this!!

@Gameprojordan

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad these old mario games made their way onto the GBC/GBA(also the DS systems that can play gameboy cartridges) They found a new niche in the modern day as perfect play-on-the-go games. They're straight forward and no nonsense fun. They sure as hell are better than 99% of mobile games even to this day

@chadpatrick6795

2 жыл бұрын

Tooooo many games now. A blurr if garbage

@bt3743

Жыл бұрын

@@chadpatrick6795 ok boomer

Mario 3 was such a big part of my childhood….I remember when I was around 9 y/o I finally beat the game and was so excited I woke my dad up from his nap to tell him. He wasn’t as thrilled.

I'm still playing this game in 2019!! My all time favorite!

@TapDat52K

4 жыл бұрын

It was the first game I played on the NES growing up. I feel blessed to have that be my first game I ever played despite it being roughly 8 years old at the time.

@dakotakoerner2284

4 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! My all time favorite game as well!

@josephhuffman2757

4 жыл бұрын

I love that giant world!

@djk8541

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. But I don't have an NES anymore so this was my main motivation for getting a Raspberry Pi for retro gaming.

@pfeiffdog0811

4 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite is super Mario world but this is close second

Im 34.. and still play this game every once in a while. just takes me back in time.. and amazing game!

@yellowlightingbolt

2 жыл бұрын

So do I, I do not really play any other game but Mario Bros 1,2 and 3 from time to time.

@MontviewBlvdBabiez

2 жыл бұрын

Same! Most iconic video game of all time!

@sofakingraw4149

2 жыл бұрын

I’m 34 too

@mindphaserxy

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I'm 41 and as a kid in the early 90s there are 2 game releases that stick out as the biggest ever to that point. Super Mario Bros. 3 in 1990. If you were a boy aged 7-15 during Christmas of that year you absolutely wanted SMB3. It was huge. A mega event. The mainstream media outlets covered it. After that...the next biggest release I can think of, as far as hype and media coverage, was of course Mortal Kombat in 1993. Sure the SNES got some coverage at launch but as a singular game...nothing was bigger than those 2 titles in the early 1990s.

@sofakingraw4149

2 жыл бұрын

@@mindphaserxy man me and my dad and cousin put in work on Mortal Kombat and to this day I have Lui Kang Dragon 🐉 Fatality stuck in my head.

Super Mario 3 was my first video game love. I can remember we were at circuit city and I saw it locked inside the video game case, my mom said “maybe Santa will get it for you”. Right then and there my grandma said I’ll get it for him. This game is so special to me. It’s a masterpiece

I was 9 years old in 1990. I had Nintendo Power. I saw the Wizard. I live through the frenzy. This video is not exaggerating how crazy it was. The hype was bigger than anything I've ever experienced. Finally opening that yellow box and playing the game was the most glorious experience ever.

I thought I would watch a few minutes and then click off, but I was glued to this the whole time, you killed this documentary man, great job. Seeing what this group did and continue to do at at Nintendo was eye-opening and inspiring

@thelastdragon5551

4 жыл бұрын

Emmanuel A. Man I can watch Norm make a documentary about the history of folk music. I dig his style of story telling and editing. So this was a no brainer as SMB3 is my 3rd favorite Mario game of all time.

@EmmanuelA1

4 жыл бұрын

@@thelastdragon5551 I agree, he's great at what he does, I'll be checking out more vids now. I experienced this game playing Super Mario All-Stars and always loved it growing up, I had absolutely no idea it was original on the NES though. I thought it was cool to realize different generations love this game, speaking to how great it is.

@soggybaguette8457

4 жыл бұрын

Emmanuel A. Same, wonderful work. If I could buy this on DVD I totally would.

@Dangic23

4 жыл бұрын

I did the same.....let me watch a little while I eat. Finished eating and didn't get up until the video was done.

@humb1s3rvant

4 жыл бұрын

That is how GH do

This documentary was so well-edited and thought out that I was literally in tears by the time it was over. Being part of that time, it really hits home.

@thelastdragon5551

4 жыл бұрын

Awesmic I’d kill for a Super Mario World/SNES and a Super Mario 64/N64 documentary.

@burstthroughtheconcrete

4 жыл бұрын

Ditto on my end. When that ending sequence came in, that felt just like the end of a classic NES game, I almost cried. Felt like the little kid in me was playing all over again, but this time, looking behind the curtain of the game.

@dominicperales9296

4 жыл бұрын

That last song with the ending credits made me shed real tears

@Vereid

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one who had teary eyes by the end. I was thinking 'geez I'm such a baby' lol.

@Tanukey6807

4 жыл бұрын

Happy to see I wasn't alone in my weeping. Incredible.

This game was my childhood. As much as I enjoyed Super Mario World, nothing comes close to this game’s balance of level design, creativity, and overall difficulty.

This is probably the best video I have ever seen on KZread. It's hard to express how much Super Mario 3 means to me, it's my favorite game of all time. This was an incredible documentary, I don't know where you got so much footage and images from the original development. Bravo and thank you for making this, it gave me shivers to think about the creation of something that has achieved such mythical status

I was like "cool I'll watch this for a second" here I am almost an hour later totally feeling content. Thank you so much.

This video actually made me tear up for some reason... You did a good job with this, Norman.

@knowbert

2 жыл бұрын

same.. nostalgia is very powerful stuff.

@tomatotomatoe7253

2 жыл бұрын

Who is this Norman of which u speak

@cinesmiths8977

2 жыл бұрын

same. I miss being a kid so much.

@marcelbey-el1947

2 жыл бұрын

😊💚🎮👍

@dallaselgin2636

2 жыл бұрын

Lol gay

Found my old nintendo and hooked it up the other day. Blew and blew and blew and finally games started to work. My 7 year old sat and played this game for quite a while. Was surprised as he plays a lot of fortnite, forza 5 etc etc.

Holding back the tears at 46:00 🥺 This music is so nostalgic. If ever anyone asks me what is happiness, I would direct them to this music ❤️🎶

I was one of those kids that didn’t have a baseball bat aka Nintendo and resorted to renting the console. One of those rentals accidentally came with Super Mario Bro’s 3 cartridge inside. I knew the rental place had no idea and for some reason I put it back in hoping the next kid without a baseball bat would be as surprised as I was to find one of the best games ever inside. I kinda wish I would have kept it but still hopeful that someone else got to tell the same story. With love respect appreciation thank you.

@montruo000000007

4 жыл бұрын

The Box Breakers You did good, spreading the love instead of keeping it to yourself!

@TheWaynelds

4 жыл бұрын

The Box Breakers Baseball bat?

@montruo000000007

4 жыл бұрын

TheWaynelds watch the video :P

@lucianothewindowsfan

4 жыл бұрын

If you have a Baseball Bat, you will become Ness from EarthBound.

@2_572

4 жыл бұрын

Nice❤

I remember the desert sun scaring the crap out of me as a kid.

@milesaway1980

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@DR.ELEKTRIK

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@jagged6373

4 жыл бұрын

I just found out you could defeat it. Or I had somehow forgotten. I just ran like hell

@IsaiahAmos017

4 жыл бұрын

I never scared me but I did give it a voice i’m going to get you I’m gonna get you I’m going to get you

@stephanierando3477

4 жыл бұрын

I live in Texas. Sometimes in the middle of summer it feels like you are in that sequence of SMB3

Super Mario Bros 3 and Mega Man 2 are forever engraved into my adolescent heart.

I’m only 24 but I usually play this game at least twice a year. It really is a gem in video game history and definitely my favorite game ever!

Hard not to feel like this is a holiday present from the Gaming Historian. And a great present at that!

14:40min After 27 years I get to know that Hammer Mario can protect himself with the shell?!? wtf!

@kelcieharrison5678

4 жыл бұрын

hurtig heinz I was today years old.

@scottydukes5987

4 жыл бұрын

Same here!! Wtf is right!

@jovetj

4 жыл бұрын

LOL! I didn't know that either. Not that I've ever considered myself a SMB3 expert, but just goes to show there's ALWAYS more to learn about that game. I scoffed at the part where they talked about the Strategy Guide published showing ALL the secrets-NOT POSSIBLE! haha!

@jimmypchacko

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder If that's only the Japanese version?

@hurtigheinz3790

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimmypchacko Well that could be. I had the European version (in English). You also didn't shrink to mini Mario once hit as flower or leaf Mario.

Another fantastic retrospective, really well informed and presented as always. I have stupidly fond memories of SMB3 and saving for what felt like an age to have the money when it was released in the UK. My dad used to pick up my games for me on his way home from work and release day was painstaking waiting for him to get home. The other kids on my little cul-de-sac didn't believe me when I told them I had a copy, one wouldn't until I showed him the box and still refused until I showed him the cartridge. Good times.

Somehow this documentary gave me goosebumps on several occasions. So many memories! What a great film you made! I remembered my cousin had a pirated cartridge with Super Mario bros 3 long before it came to Europe. My friends didn't believe me when i told them a third SMB game existed and that my cousin had it.

Everything you produce is pure gold. My father, rest in peace, would play this game with me up into the wee hours of the morning. I have so many fond memories with this game, and still have my original cartridge. I'm so glad I found this wonderful channel, thank you Gaming Historian!

@campinatorxbox1610

4 жыл бұрын

Great story and I'm sorry for the loss of your father.

@badnewsbruner

4 жыл бұрын

@@campinatorxbox1610 Thank you so much :)

@eartheternal3565

4 жыл бұрын

@@badnewsbruner I'm currently creating gaming memories with my 4 year old. He keeps me up all night playing Mega Man 1-6 and it drives me crazy sometimes because I'm trying to be cool playing these difficult games that I never even played back in the day. I was always more of a Mario/Street Fighter guy. I hope my son writes about me as you have about your dad someday.

@badnewsbruner

4 жыл бұрын

@@eartheternal3565 :) I'm glad that you're making these wonderful memories with your son. Also, yes the Mega Man games are absolutely BRUTAL! lol xD I'm sure he will remember his gaming with you fondly!

@LUCKO2022

4 жыл бұрын

No one gives a slight fuck about you or your father.

Yeah the hype was definitely real! I remember my eyes nearly fell out of my head when the host in The Wizard announced Super Mario Bros 3. My parents wouldn't let me have a Nintendo but my friends had one and managed to get a copy of the game and another got the strategy guide. All 3 of us stayed up literally all night playing that game; memorizing every secret the game had to offer. It was the first time I ever stayed up over 24 hours straight; we loved the game that much. A couple years later we had some people move in next door and they had the game. They were all pretty new at it and were blown away when I was able to beat the game in under a half hour and had the inventory completely full of p-wings. Man I got so many memories with this game!

@Chessbox09

3 жыл бұрын

I remember sleeping over at a friends house, and his the next morning his girlfriend came downstairs and said, "Have you been playing that all night?" lol. Yup, game was so addictive. I played it so many times already but everytime you play it felt new .

@Hijynx87

3 жыл бұрын

That's how I was when my friends had the ps1 and SNES, now that I look back on it I kind of feel like a user hahah. I guess that was pretty normal back in the 80s/90s though.

@taniamanik2012

3 жыл бұрын

My sister and I had a friend who was really nice and lent us his game boy. No joke, we would think of strategies before sleeping at night on how to complete levels that we were stuck in. We would also let each other know if we were going to use one of the level ups and special abilities (frog suit, leaf etc) 😂

@louieDsypo

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hijynx87 my friend used to let me take his ps1 home cause he had a bed time and it was in 1997 so it was expensive to buy one .. i was surprised the mom was cool with it we were 12 yrs old and i would go home and play duke nuke em til 2am . I had no bed time lol

This was so well-produced. Downloaded it and watched it on a plane instead of the other in flight entertainment. Well done!

This was amazing! I REALLY enjoyed it. Thank you so much for creating it and sharing. 😊

This game is so closely tied to many of our childhood memories, it's so fascinating to hear about the story behind something that brought millions of people so much joy. Thanks for making this!

@AngeloXification

2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I struggled for nearly 2 days trying to get past the first castle, the ghost kept killing me. I eventually managed to beat the stage, I jumped up in excitement but accidentally pulled the entire console and power adapter ripping out of the wall. I have never since experienced an extreme low immediately after an extreme high...

@manueltapia1859

2 жыл бұрын

@@DamageJackyl same I am from 82, me and sisters used to play in one of our cousins House. Now as an adult recently bought SNES and play with my nephew Súper Mario World and Mario Kart.

@SuperArt7

2 жыл бұрын

Devs don't have passion like this anymore

@SuperArt7

2 жыл бұрын

@@DamageJackyl same also 37 ...so many great memories with this system

@keselekbakiak

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. This game is part of our childhood

"Nintendo was ordered to send out rebates to customers." "The rebate took the form of a $5 coupon that could only be used to buy Nintendo games." gottem

@teamspirits732

4 жыл бұрын

That's a win/win on their part. You know they're not just going to simply give any money back.

@kildaver

4 жыл бұрын

"All according to keikaku*."

@gregmelts

4 жыл бұрын

They did the same thing with the 3ds after the price drop. People (like myself) got angry because they paid nearly double for it like a week before, so they gave a credit in the online game store 😑

@Woodenspade

4 жыл бұрын

@@gregmelts no? Lol. They gave you 10 NES games and 10 GBA games

@pokeio2

4 жыл бұрын

@@Woodenspade which were never released outside of that promotion

I got my NES for my 10th birthday, it came bundled with SMB3. On that morning I was more excited by the thought of playing SMB2 which I'd borrowed from a friend. But when I started playing 3, I was hooked. It was so addictive and fun!

@BluePhoenix559

Жыл бұрын

What year was it

to this day, my favourite videogame. i occasionally still play it on an emulator on pc. a timeless masterpiece.

@MitchClement-il6iq

10 ай бұрын

I play it on nes mini :)

I started hallucinating while trying to play this without any sleep as a kid. I couldn't tell if I was playing or dreaming. It didn't matter both were SMB3.

@Brind-amour

2 жыл бұрын

😄

@oakstrong1

2 жыл бұрын

Game consoles went past me (too costly, too busy etc) but get that with some other games.

@RardTangler

2 жыл бұрын

Dude is it weird that I remember doing that as well? It wasn’t due to a lack of sleep, just playing for many hours uninterrupted. It was when I first got the Nintendo, and it was Mario 1 not Mario 3.

@xtscarfacem8255

2 жыл бұрын

True, this game and specially when you had a hard time advancing or just had a great run made you feel it like you lived it.

I remember overhearing other kids talk about Racooon Mario, and I was in awe just listening, until I finally saw it myself, I was in amazement.

@sylastial

4 жыл бұрын

Right , racoon Mario = favorite Mario of all time.

@da9nerdy

4 жыл бұрын

Simpler times.. where most of our knowledge came from school yards word of mouth.

@briangrossett3381

4 жыл бұрын

@@sylastial .Definitely

@Ur2ez4me81

4 жыл бұрын

Brian Grossett Game was awesome for it’s time...

@pharumnelson7108

4 жыл бұрын

Tanooki

Dude. This is gonna sound silly lol. But this vid literally brought me to tears. I played this game with my family growing up. All of us in the same house loving life. How times have changed. Great video man. Keep it up

I was 6 years old and I went to visit My grandfather to his workshop (was a Taylor) and I remember he was playing this amazing game on world 1 stage 2 ; the music, the colors and how you can control the character blew my mind. Since that day everything change and still remember that exact day

It's rare to have such emotions caused by a documentary.

@vnblack7460

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. It's brilliant

@magemega4262

3 жыл бұрын

I mean.... Some of the most gut wrenching films ever made were documentaries... But the fact that it's a videogame documentary totally proves your point.

@aztecwhistle9122

3 жыл бұрын

There's nothing quite like SMB3, even after considering all of the other Mario games.

@raymondharnack4160

3 жыл бұрын

Those member berries be hittin just right.

@KronosTheDeejay

2 жыл бұрын

Same... I wondered why I got teary-eyed at the intro, and am glad I am not alone! 😂

This game is one of the best games of all time.

@Gonejackalgaming

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed! It is a flawless gem of a game.

@ryangurnett568

4 жыл бұрын

I replay it every few years. It never gets old.

@jameswatsonatheistgamer

4 жыл бұрын

I still play it on.my Wii.

@SoulDevoured

4 жыл бұрын

I still occasionally fire it up. One day I'm gonna beat it without warps.

@elephant35e

4 жыл бұрын

I should replay it sometime. I loved the game when I was little but haven't played it since 2006 or so.

Great video! I felt like I was a part of history watching this, even though I only played SMB3 on the Gameboy. Please make another video game documentary about another game you care about. Any labor of love is great!

Great job, thus brought back so many memories and some great insites. Was one of the only games I got brand new upon release, and it did not disappoint.

I cannot exaggerate just how hyped up this game was back in the day

"Westerners who have made the pilgrimage to Kyoto to meet him have included Paul McCartney, who said he wanted to see Miyamoto, not Mount Fuji" ~ Rolling Stone Article from 1992

@CHlEFFIN

4 жыл бұрын

Tremendous quote from Sir Paul THE BEATLE McCartney.❤️👌🏽✌🏽

@CHlEFFIN

4 жыл бұрын

Atkins Paints The World! Great! Thanks! Goodbye.

@antoniasalinas513

4 жыл бұрын

200th like, but... Yeah, who knew Nintendo got so big so fast?

This is such an underrated channel, there's just so much effort put into it! If you take requests, it would be cool to have videos on the original Super Mario Bros and Mario World like the ones on Mario 2 and 3.

"In the previous mario game, he added eyeballs to many objects. He did the same thing in super mario brothers 3. He wanted to add eyes to just about everything."

This is the only christmas gift I'll need this year.

@jc.1191

4 жыл бұрын

2d systems were the most fun!

19:28 That theme song holds alot of happy memories, thanks Koji

@koreyjeffers6963

4 жыл бұрын

In my eyes Kondo is perhaps the best of all time. Him and Yasunori Mitsuda worked on some of the most iconic games of all time. Most people don't even know there names which is a shame but you can bet that if you remember and hum the tune of nes and snes games, they were most likely composed by one of these 2 men

@amielmalay1681

4 жыл бұрын

Is that guitar rendition on Spotify?

@annehobson2481

4 жыл бұрын

Me to but I started on the og which is iconic

@timj3788

4 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe he played so much of it. Hope our dude doesn’t get a strike.

@LuigiLaker

3 жыл бұрын

They're all beautiful, but the game's ending theme is what really got me emotional..about childhood gaming years gone by..

Greetings from Germany: I was born in May of 1990 and my Cousins were 10 years older than me, earning an NES. By the time I was 4 they had a huge amount of games for it and it introduced me to video games until later, in 1997, I got my own first console: The N64. Thank you very much for the nostalgia you gave me with this documentary.

This was BY FAR the best game released in the franchise IMO. I still love playing this game 32 years after its American release.

This is the best game of all time...and this video is AMAZING.

@thelastdragon5551

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe so. But my heart lies with Super Mario World. Maybe because I was just old enough to really fall for the hype. I mean how could you not when it’s being released with Nintendo’s next gen 16bit console?

@georgemckeehan9317

3 жыл бұрын

The Last Dragon same i love super mario world. I actually bought a gameboy micro for that game.

@straightlead8

3 жыл бұрын

I thought number 2 was better

@ace-lo1nq

3 жыл бұрын

Mario is a mega icon so there is a very strong argument and countless other mario games

@straightlead8

3 жыл бұрын

@Yvonne Exell I didn't like the way Mario 3 looked...its presentation...like it was hand drawn on a piece of paper or something. Mario 2 looked better. And I liked how in Mario 2, you could choose to play 4 different character...each with strengths and weaknesses.

The airship theme IS THE BEST 8BIT SONG EVER!!! It's so ominous like "We coming to take over!!!"

@stevendudley5687

4 жыл бұрын

You can hear it in New Super Mario Bros Wii, and yes, it sounds like a "we are marching off to war" song.

@SumeaBizarro

4 жыл бұрын

I was gonna comment and Steven put it nicely enough - very march like, very war like song, invoking something from a war or large scale fight scene in a movie.

@MrCalverino

4 жыл бұрын

@@SumeaBizarro the crescendo just gives me goosebumps

@MrCalverino

4 жыл бұрын

Yea that New Super Mario on the Wii has nice music, I love the castle themes on there

@pinkywinky911

4 жыл бұрын

I still play SMB3 on my 3ds from time to time and I still get chills everytime I hear the airship theme 😬

Saw this right as it came out, caught it on tv for years early on and it vanished, for far too long. When that blu ray dropped I went right out and got it. I've seen your special here a couple times or more, and still now, when I got the disc, no different than when I was a kid, that chill hits and a grin as that panel unfolds. I remember getting that Pocket Power and reading it over and over until the lights dimmed before the show began. This was a real moment in time for kids, a franchise, a company with some real staying power. You can blow all the hype you want these days even now with far more penetration, yet still this one here was truly the largest hype machine of all time and had by far the most impact.

Love that LGR does voice work for you guys. Really interesting stuff, especially from someone who grew up during the late N64/GameCube era

I'm 36 and I remember having this game as a kid and I remember how excited I was when I beat it by saving the princess at the end I believe. I was very young, maybe like only 7. I still remember the day I beat it. I was in my room playing it, and my parents and their friends were in the living room and when I beat the game, I ran into the living room telling them I beat the game.

@dec2

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 39 and I remember the feels.

@davidgramling4136

2 жыл бұрын

35 and my uncle bought it for me out of the blue, still love that moment to this day

@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113

2 жыл бұрын

For how long did they Lock you in the Basement?

@bigtoblerone8446

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and parents back then could never understand what an achievement that was XD

@RichardWolfe79

2 жыл бұрын

I was 10 when it came out. We got it that summer because I’m thinking it was always sold out.

"A team of over 10 people" - funny to think that was a big team just a few years ago.

@Heymrk

4 жыл бұрын

@Lassi Kinnunen Umm, this is crap.

@Brinta3

4 жыл бұрын

Lassi Kinnunen What are you trying to say?? Modern games are so much more complicated than 8-bit games, so they have huge teams working on them, sometimes for years. That’s why they cost millions to make. One team can easily have a hundred people working on it.

@tixontoxin6429

4 жыл бұрын

Compare that to Mario Odyssey, which has hundreds of names listed in the credits. The industry certainly has grown a lot, and we have Shiggy and his portly little plumber dude to thank for it.

@GankiaSFM

4 жыл бұрын

@@Brinta3 "8 bit" game is very hard to make on NES because you need to code in 6502 Assembly.There's also the sounds and sprites are very long to make if you make everything from scratch

@Valentine82

4 жыл бұрын

A few years ago? Don’t you mean 30 years ago?!? 😂

God this video is soo good! Massive respect for writing, recording and editing this.

When I saw The Wizard when I was a kid and saw SM3, it blew my mind. One of the greatest games ever made.

This could have aired on Netflix I kid you not. Such high production values.

@rulebrad333

4 жыл бұрын

Love watching videos like this

@jacobscarberry4799

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe Norm could be less flat sounding

@FranTheMan78

4 жыл бұрын

This dude is nice with it!

@AverageSynth

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobscarberry4799 isn't the whole point of a documentary to have a calm quiet voice so you're easily understood

@jacobscarberry4799

3 жыл бұрын

@@AverageSynth Calm, yes. Downright downtrodden to the point of roboticism? No

I remember rumors that mario could fly in the new game. When i saw my buddy actually had the game and it was true i couldnt believe it. It felt like a dream of wonder and amazement lol. One of the best games of all time...agreed

@hagamapama

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's the amazing thing. SMB3 is STILL fun to play. Not very many games have that timeless quality to them that transcends technological limits. Miyamoto seems to be involved in far more than his share of the ones that do.

well made documentary, very inspiring, good to see what happens when one pays attention to the small details

Great history and thank you for taking the time to make this video.

I’m glad we live in a world with Nintendo.

@knightx630

4 жыл бұрын

The world should be nintendo

@thuongbuianhhedgefishsuppo7550

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, without Nintendo, gaming would not have a future, we are very grateful that Nintendo exists to save us from the video game crash of 1983.

@hightidekraken

3 жыл бұрын

Mr LaFours but yet I have more fun playing PS4 then Switch lol

@hightidekraken

3 жыл бұрын

Mr LaFours considering the Joycons were designed for people with elf hands I beg to different

@phormacyx4010

3 жыл бұрын

@Mrck Ree Gon he's refering to console gaming.

this was the reason why nintendo still number one in japan, they make fun games and memorable

@SunGodNikaJoyBoy

2 жыл бұрын

100% agreed

@ObviousTrollFrom2007

2 жыл бұрын

While I think their corporate decisions are absolute dogshit, their developers are a completely different story.

@jonathanwilson7949

2 жыл бұрын

@@ObviousTrollFrom2007 I can respect that

@magillageurilla

2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese are a very loyal people. I've always had a lot of respect for that. I have always held my loyalty very high. Whether it be brands, stores, or people. If they are loyal to me, I will always be loyal to them.

My mom introduced me to Mario Bros on her Nintendo. I fell in love with that game. I remember finding Mario Bros 3 at a garage sale some time during the mid 90s.