Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 is a remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 for the Game Boy Advance. It was originally released in 2003, as the fourth and final installment of the Super Mario Advance series. The game is specifically based on the Super Mario All-Stars version, featuring similar graphics as it. Aside from this, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 featured additional enhancements, some of which includes Mario and Luigi receiving voice acting from Charles Martinet, the ability to scan cards into the e-Reader to unlock certain content, such as levels in the exclusive World-e, a different save feature, and a remake of Mario Bros., which had previously been included on the other Super Mario Advance titles. The Mario Bros. remake supports multiplayer, supporting up to four players. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 features rumble support if played on a Game Boy Player.
In 2015, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 was released for the Wii U's Virtual Console in Japan, then in North America, Europe, and Australia in 2016. The biggest difference with this version is that every level in World-e is available in all releases, unlike the original North American version, in which only a select few were made available, whereas the e-Reader feature was absent from the original European version entirely. In 2023, the Wii U Virtual Console version was added to the line-up of Game Boy Advance games made available on Nintendo Switch Online (through the Expansion Pack).
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Gameplay[]
The gameplay is mostly the same as earlier iterations of Super Mario Bros. 3. The player has the option of playing as either Mario or Luigi as they travel through various levels, most of which are sidescrolling but some are autoscrolling. Certain levels even have to be completed by progressing vertically. In a level, Mario or Luigi can use various basic moves along the way, such as running, jumping, and swimming. At the end of every level (except fortresses, castles, and airships) is a black background with a goal, and hitting it completes the level.
The levels are accessed from exploring various world maps. A level cannot be replayed after it has been completed, unless the player has completed the game. Hammer Bros. can be encountered on the world map, and walking to one forces Mario or Luigi into an Enemy Course where they have to fight one or two Hammer Bros.. The same is also possible for Fire Bros. and Boomerang Bros.
Save feature[]
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 has a different save feature than the Super Mario All-Stars version in that permanent save points are only available from meeting certain objectives, including clearing a fortress level, defeating a Koopaling and therefore clearing a world, or the tank levels of Dark Land. In total, only 26 permanent save points are available during Mario and Luigi's adventure, seven from defeating a Koopaling, fifteen from clearing a fortress level, and four from clearing a tank level in Dark Land.
The player can freely create a temporary save point on the world map. The difference it has from a permanent save is that it is only single-use, so it would be erased if the player turns off the game and reopens the save file with the temporary save. Once the game has been completed, the temporary save feature is removed in favor of being able to permanently save at points where it was previously only possible to do temporary saves.
Power-ups[]
The power-up items are the same as in the original Super Mario Bros. 3.
- Super Mushroom: If Mario or Luigi are in their Small form, the Super Mushroom turns him into his Super form, allowing him to withstand another hit before reverting to Small form.
- Fire Flower: This turns Mario or Luigi into their Fire form, allowing him to shoot fireballs.
- Starman: This turns Mario or Luigi temporarily invincible.
- Super Leaf: This turns Mario or Luigi into their Raccoon form, which gives Mario or Luigi a tail to spin around and allows temporary flight if the P-Meter is full.
- Tanooki Suit: This is similar to the Super Leaf, but it turns either Mario or Luigi into their Tanooki form, which has the added effect of allowing Mario or Luigi to become a statue temporarily.
- Frog Suit: This turns Mario or Luigi into their Frog form, which gives them the ability to perform higher jumps and faster swimming.
- Hammer Suit: This turns Mario or Luigi into their Hammer form, allowing them to throw hammers.
World map items[]
A few items can only be used on the world map, all returning from the original Super Mario Bros. 3. They can only be used once.
- Recorder: Takes Mario or Luigi to the Warp Zone, where they have the choice to warp to either one of a few different worlds.
- Hammer: Can break a rock barrier on the world map.
- Lakitu's Cloud: Allows Mario or Luigi to skip past one level.
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Characters | Protagonists | Mario • Luigi |
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Other characters | Kings • Princess Toadstool | |
Bosses | Boom Boom • Bowser • Koopalings (Larry Koopa • Iggy Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Morton Koopa • Roy Koopa • Wendy Koopa) | |
Enemies | Enemies | Angry Sun • Baby Cheep • Big Bertha • Blooper • Baby Blooper • Blooper Nanny • Bob-omb • Boo Buddy • Boomerang Bro • Boss Bass • Bullet Bill • Buster Beetle • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Colossal Koopa Paratroopa • Dry Bones • Fiery Walking Piranha • Fire Bro • Fire Chomp • Fire Snake • Gargantuan Koopa Troopa • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Hammer Bro • Hanging Piranha Plant • Hot Foot • Jelectro • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Kuribo's Goomba • Lakitu • Lava Lotus • Micro-Goomba • Missile Bill • Muncher • Nipper Plant • Para-Beetle • Para-Goomba • Pile Driver Micro-Goomba • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Ptooie • Rocky Wrench • Scattering Blooper • Sledge Brother • Spike • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Thwomp • Venus Fire Trap |
Items | Power-ups | Fire Flower • Frog Suit • Hammer Suit • Kuribo Shoe • Mushroom Coin* • Starman • Super Mushroom • Super Leaf • Tanooki Suit |
Map | Anchor • Hammer • Lakitu's Cloud • Music Box • P-Wing • Warp Whistle | |
Level | 1-Up Mushroom • Coin • Magic Ball • Magic Wand • Silver Coin | |
Worlds | World 1 | World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3 • World 1-4 • World 1- • World 1-5 • World 1-6 • World 1- |
World 2 | World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2- • World 2-3 • World 2- • World 2-4 • World 2-5 • World 2- • World 2- | |
World 3 | World 3-1 • World 3-2 • World 3-3 • World 3- • World 3-4 • World 3-5 • World 3-6 • World 3-7 • World 3- • World 3-8 • World 3-9 • World 3- | |
World 4 | World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3 • World 4- • World 4-4 • World 4-5 • World 4-6 • World 4- • World 4- | |
World 5 | World 5-1 • World 5-2 • World 5-3 • World 5- • World 5- • World 5-4 • World 5-5 • World 5-6 • World 5-7 • World 5- • World 5-8 • World 5-9 • World 5- | |
World 6 | World 6-1 • World 6-2 • World 6-3 • World 6- • World 6-4 • World 6-5 • World 6-6 • World 6-7 • World 6- • World 6-8 • World 6-9 • World 6-10 • World 6- • World 6- | |
World 7 | World 7-1 • World 7-2 • World 7-3 • World 7-4 • World 7-5 • World 7- • World 7- • World 7-6 • World 7-7 • World 7-8 • World 7-9 • World 7- • World 7- • World 7- | |
World 8 | World 8- • World 8- • World 8- • World 8- • World 8-1 • World 8-2 • World 8- • World 8- • World 8- | |
Other locations | Other locations | Enemy Course • Panel (N-Mark Spade Panel · Spade Panel · Start Panel) • Toad House • Treasure Ship |
Forms | Forms | Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Raccoon Mario • Frog Mario • Tanooki Mario (Statue Mario) • Hammer Mario • Invincible Mario |
Objects | Regular | ? Block • Big Block • Bolt Lift • Brick Block • Buzzy Beetle Shell • Card • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Coin Block • Coral • Directional Lift • Donut Lift • Empty Block • Flimsy Lift • Frozen Coin • Giant Green Shell • Giant Red Shell • Goal • Green Shell • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Jump Block • Lift • Magic Ball • Magic Door • Magic Note Block • Mega ? Block • P Warp Door • Quicksand • Red Shell • Rotary Lift • Semisolid Platform • Spiny Shell • Switch Block • Tank • Track • Treasure box • Vine • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • Wood Block |
Obstacles | Bowser Statue • Candy Ring • Cannon • Cannonball • Giant Cannonball • Lava • Pit • Rocket Engine • Roto-Disc • Spike • Tornado • Turtle Cannon | |
World-e-exclusive | Levels | 01: Classic World 1-1 • 02: Classic World 1-2 • 03: Classic World 1-3 • 04: Classic World 1-4 • 05: Classic World 2-2 • 01: Wild Ride in the Sky • 02: Slidin' the Slopes • 03: Vegetable Volley • 04: Doors o' Plenty • 05: Bombarded by Bob-ombs • 06: Magical Note Blocks • 07: The ol' Switcheroo • 08: Piped Full of Plants • 09: Swinging Bars of Doom • 10: Para Beetle Challenge • 11: A Musical Trek • 12: Armored Airship • 13: Ice Dungeon • 14: A Sky-High Adventure • 15: Sea to Sky • 16: It's a Shoe-In • 17: Slip Slidin' Away • 18: Ice Cubed • 19: Puzzling Pipe Maze • 20: A Towering Tour • 21: Castle Dash • 22: Rich with Ropes • 23: Vexing Doors • 24: Caped Escape • 25: Ground Work • 26: An Aqueous Adventure • 27: Bowser's Last Stand • 28: Koopaling Confusion • 29: Bowser's Airship 1 • 30: Bowser's Airship 2 • Airship's Revenge • No Time to Dawdle • Treacherous Halls |
Enemies and obstacles | Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Big Boo • Bony Beetle • Bowser Statue (Super Mario World) • Bumpty • Chargin' Chuck • Fake Bowser (boss) • Falling spike • Fire-Bar • Flurry • Goomba (Super Mario World) • Hoopster • Hothead • Jumping Piranha Plant • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Monty Mole • Para-Goomba (Super Mario World) • Porcupo • Rip Van Fish • Spike Top • Thwimp • Wiggler | |
Items | 3-Up Moon • Advance Coin • Boomerang • Cape Feather • e-Coin • Poisonous Mushroom | |
Objects | ! Switch • Axe • Balance Lift • Bubble • Control Coin • Dotted-Line Block • Flagpole • Flipper • Giant Gate • Grass • Gray Brick Block • Key • Key Door • Power Meter Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Seesaw • Snake Block • Soft sand • Springboard • Stretch Block • Triangular Block • Vanishing Block • Vegetable | |
Switch Cards | 1UP Kinoko ga 3UP Moon ni kawaru! • Blue Green Switch • Luigi Power Up! • Orange Switch • Sugu ni mantan! Power Meter!! • Teki Power Up! Tokuten x2!! • Timer yukkuri! | |
Minigames | Blue Mushroom House • Orange Mushroom House • Red Mushroom House | |
Other | Caped Mario • e-Coin Castle | |
Terms | Terms | Completion • Game Over • Extra life • P-Meter • Time limit • Unwinnable state |
Other | Other | Gallery (Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3) • Matching Game |