Super Mario Bros. 3 is the game that made me fall in love with video games. It was only a matter of time before I talked about it. This video contains rare images, archival footage, and design documents! If you enjoyed it, please share. Happy Holidays!

I remember being on the waiting list to rent this game and asking my mother to call every hour to see if it came in yet.  I was wanting to play it so bad.  My father came home from the training exercises (military) and I told him that we were waiting for it but I didn’t think we were going to get it that day.  He told me that it was unfortunate, but he got me something that he hoped would make me feel better.  He opened his bag and gave me my own copy of SMB3.  We played that game all day.  That is one of my favorite memories as a kid.

I was very poor as a child. One Christmas, my mother went into debt to make it special due to a rough year. At 8, when I first played Super Mario, I was hooked. I still remember the feeling I got completing a level.

Time to rewatch his videos after hes leaveing ❤

"A game that lived up to it's unparalleled hype."

Very well said.

The nights spent playing this game while my mom listens to radio and walks around the house.
It's such a mundane memory, yet one that I treasure so dearly.

Miyamoto in 1987: “Yeah, we need the company to buy me an all expense paid trip to Disneyland! Foooor... research and development... yeah that’s it...”

I always come back to this video. It's comfy like an old, warm blanket.

My cousin and I spent hours playing this. One time,she wanted to play through the entire game without using the warp whistle and on the last level, I accidentally bumped the game system and it reset the entire game. She got so mad that she unplugged the controller and chased me through the house with the cord yelling that she was going to kill me. About 20 years later, we still laugh about it and she included that in her maid of honor speech at my wedding.

Anyone else get warmly emotional seeing what all the Mario 3 team creators ended up doing later in life at the end?

I got home from school one day in the 2nd grade and my dad said “Clean your room.” And I, of course said “Why?” He replied “So we can play THIS!” As he brought SMB3 out from behind his back, I shit my pants or fainted. Possibly both. Best day ever.

Mario 3 is one of, if not my first memory of playing video games. Being 3 years old and playing it at my grandparents’ house with my brother and cousins, absolutely enraptured the entire time. What an amazing game

"With the updated hardware, Miyamoto was finally able to let his hero... ride a dinosaur."

It was like a dream come true for Shigeru.

"A game that lived up to its unparalleled hype".
That is high praise, and completely true.

I remember getting this game for Christmas in 91. I woke up at 4am. Went to the tree to see my new game laid in all its glory.  I played quietly untill my family woke up. What a magical time

There’s something so perfect about the North American cover art, it’s just pure confidence. The bright yellow background, the prominent title (with extra emphasis on the 3) and most importantly, that they not only use the original Japanese art, but they isolate it to just Mario himself. Everything about just screams “this is the one”

"Nintendo was ordered to send out rebates to customers."
"The rebate took the form of a $5 coupon that could only be used to buy Nintendo games."

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"Westerners who have made the pilgrimage to Kyoto to meet him have included Paul McCartney, who said he wanted to see Miyamoto, not Mount Fuji" ~ Rolling Stone Article from 1992

The amount of thought and imagination that went into this game is so incredible. The technology might be old but it still hold up as one of the best produced games ever.