Home > Video Games > Game Boy Advance  $29.99   MPN: agb p ax4e UPC: 045496733384 Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3 Features : Bowser and his troublemaking kids have brought trouble to the land, and turned the local kings into animals. Only Mario & Luigi can stop them! Jump over bottomless pits, stomp your foes and collect awesome new power-ups like the Warp Whistle and the Tanooki Suit Open up new levels by scanning special cards through your e-Reader Dash, swim, and take to the air -- complete difficult platform levels while you fight your way to Bowser Multiplayer Mario madness with 4-person link-ups (Separate games required) Platforms : Game Boy Advance Release Date:  21 October, 2003 Manufacturer:  Nintendo Availability:  Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:  $29.99   Accessories: Electronic Gaming Monthly Play Newtype USA Tips & Tricks Magazine Action Replay for Nintendo Game Boy Advance Similar Products: Game Boy Advance SP Pearl Blue Super Mario Advance Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance Mario Kart: Super Circuit Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3     Customer Reviews   Super Mario bro.s 3 Rating: 5 I purchased this gaem for my 8 yr. old daughters birthday. She loves it! She and my 12 yr. old fight over whose turn it is to play the game. This classic NES game definitely stands the test of time Rating: 5 Considering the Super Mario Brothers series is widely regarded as one of the best video game franchises ever, the fact that many long time Mario fans call this their favorite Super Mario game should be enough to convince you to try this game. Super Mario Brothers 3 took the fantastic gameplay elements of the original Super Mario Brothers and improved upon them in many ways. Several new powerups were added to compliment the mushroom, flower, and star. These come in the form of 'suits,' and give Mario an array of abilities and forms. The Raccoon suit, for example, allows Mario to fly, the Tanooki suit lets him turn to stone for a few seconds, and the Hammer Brothers suit allows him to, well, throw hammers. This is one of the reasons this game remains so popular today--most of the suits are unique to this game, and they're all a lot of fun. This game also features an overworld map with several stages per "world." Instead of being simply linear like the original Super Mario Bros, players have some choices in the order they play the stages. There are also bonus squares on the map, which have little mini games that offer powerups (which you can store and use later). The game allows you to save after passing an airship or a fortress, but this version of it also allows you to save at any point (though you can only continue once from that location) if you have to interrupt play in between save points. The Game Boy Advance version of Super Mario 3 (which they call Super Mario Advance 4) is a pretty faithful port of the original game. The graphics and gameplay are essentially the same, which causes fans of the original (like me) to breathe a sigh of relief. The original soundtrack to the game, which was excellent, remains intact, although Mario's voice (the one that started popping up around the time of Mario 64) pops up from time to time. Apparently this bothers some people, but I don't find it intrusive or something that hinders the experience. The game also includes a version of classic Mario Brothers which can be played by up to 4 people. While I would have preferred to get this on my Wii's virtual console, the idea that I now have a portable version of Super Mario 3 to take with me on the go is pretty exciting. The price tag may seem a little steep to some, but I consider it worth every penny (even though I have the original NES version). I'd definitely recommend this title, regardless of if you're a fan of retro video games or if you're a relative newcomer to the Mario series of games. This game is every bit as fun as it was when it first appeared many years ago. Mario Rating: 4 Great game. Will alwys be a fan of Super Mario. I enjoy it just as much as the kids.