Not the game you expected to hear about next, is it?
We'll get to Wonder soon, but this is a very important game to talk about.
Today marks the thirty fifth anniversary of one of Nintendo's most popular, important and most cherished titles. Super Mario Bros. 3 is where the Mario series established it's core formula, so to speak. Numerous famous power ups, the world map, minigames in order to said earn power ups, the brothers wearing blue overalls, all of that originated here.
It's also an absolutely incredible game. It's controls, physics, level design and soundtrack are just fuckin' immaculate. This game hasn't aged a single day since it released, and I'll fight just about anyone on that.
The fact that this game released just a mere three years after the original Super Mario Bros. game in Japan is absolutely astounding. Mario 3 feels like it could just be on a different console. The jump in quality was freaking absurd and not something you see very much now at all.
Obviously, it's no surprise to anyone, but I absolutely love this game with all of my heart. This was my first real Mario as a kid, I got an NES as a hand-me-down, and I obsessively played this game, day in and day out. It's insane how well crafted the game was, or still is. There's obviously always been this debate of Mario 3 vs. Mario World. I've always, always been a World kid, but man, 3 has been starting to change my mind the more I play.
Guys, I think SMB3 is THE ONE.
Can't believe I'm even saying that.
Also, I know what you're here for, don't worry. A tiny scoop, since it's the anniversary and all.
Internally, Nintendo has apparently been having, and to directly quote the sources here, "Serious discussions" about a brand new remake of Super Mario Bros. 3. The game was famously remade thirty years ago in the masterwork that is Super Mario All-Stars. It also got an array of new levels in the GBA version that released in 2003. This is just a game Nintendo can't leave alone, and it's hard to not blame them. I'm hoping they decide to say "yes" on this one.
I'm all for remaking timeless classics as long as the developers in question understand the task at hand.
Not just that, but you can expect to see a plethora of remakes of Nintendo games featured on their next console, some will be remakes of some of their biggest titles, and some will be obscure titles you haven't seen in a very long time. Expect to see some of those in the first year of the system's life.
Regardless of all of that, today is a day to celebrate. I highly recommend watching The Gaming Historian's video on the history of Super Mario Bros. 3. It's an absolutely incredibly well done video and I've watched it at least a dozen times at this point and I'm gonna watch it again, tonight.
I'm playing some Mario 3 today. I hope you are too.
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