Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (GBA)

I grew up playing games on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), most of my favourite games when I was younger included my favourite plumbers Mario and Luigi and their dinosaur friend Yoshi, and of course Princess Peach, who always seems to be running into bad luck and getting captured by the villain in this game King Bowser. I honestly spent hours trying to rescue the Princess in games such as Super Mario Bros 1, 2 and 3, Super Mario World 1 and 2, The Lost Levels and of course Mario 64 when Mario became for ‘advanced’ on the Nintendo 64 console. The Mario Franchise has brought ... more

Super Mario 3 was originally on the NES, then SNES with updated graphics, it is now on the Gameboy Advance. This is great for all Mario fans, I loved the game when I was little and it was a must buy when I bought my Nintendo handheld console. The game is made up of "worlds", each of these include around 8 levels, as well as 2 or more bonus games. The levels are quite short, but can also be difficult. You move through fighting enemies, picking up items (for example a feather to give you the ability to fly, or a mushroom to make you bigger). At the end of each level there is a 'panel', you hit ... more

Super Mario Bros. 3 for the NES (and then later for the SNES nestled within ''Super Mario All-Stars'') was an instant hit. People simply loved playing it. The only problem was that it came out in 1990--and people like me who started gaming late and owned only a Nintendo 64 and later consoles were left out of the fun. Enter Super Mario Advance 4, the SMB3 port to the Game Boy Advance. It seems to be almost entirely true to the original versions, at least as far as I can tell, and the added E-Reader functions only enhance gameplay. And once again, it's a hit. The game has jumped up to #6 on the ... more