1988
スーパーマリオブラザーズ3
Super Mario Bros. 3 is a landmark 2D platform game that greatly expanded the scale and variety of the Mario series. Its world maps, themed kingdoms, transformation suits, secrets and highly polished stage design created a template followed by many later platform games.
1988
THE RECORD AT A GLANCE
Run and jump through eight kingdoms, collect power-ups, discover secrets, defeat bosses and use the world map to choose routes and revisit stages.
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DEVELOPMENT
Nintendo R&D4 developed the game under Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, with Koji Kondo composing the music. The team built on the controls of the earlier Super Mario games while introducing a broader structure and a much larger range of mechanics.
HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE
The game helped define the design language of console platformers: readable controls, layered secrets, varied power-ups, strong visual themes and replayable world-map progression.
RECEPTION
It was acclaimed for its creativity, controls, presentation and variety and is routinely cited among the greatest video games ever made.
LEGACY
Its overworld maps, airship stages, transformation suits and secret-heavy level design became permanent parts of Mario's identity and influenced generations of 2D platformers.
SALES
More than 17 million copies sold across the original NES/Famicom release and later editions, depending on counting method.
NOTES
Original Japanese Famicom release: 23 October 1988. Original title, development group, creators and composer checked during Editorial Pass 001.
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