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The Making of Super Mario Bros. 3

Posted by Zonk on from the it'sa-me! dept.

Via Press the Buttons, a Nintendo Power feature on Super Mario Bros. 3, and the making of the game. From the post: "It's an interesting little article that has largely been forgotten over the years, as I've never seen any of the little tidbits and factoids in the piece resurface in other places (such as the existence of a centaur power-up instead of the raccoon leaf)."

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  1. Mario as a centaur? by game+kid · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I couldn't imagine him galloping on Goombas either. I'd reject it too.

    I speak for every Slashdotter when I say the Tanookie Suit kicks ass, and huge portions thereof.

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    1. Re:Mario as a centaur? by IthnkImParanoid · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't forget THE SHOE. You will bow before the awesome power of THE SHOE. THE SHOE is unstoppable, THE SHOE is untoppable, THE SHOE makes you irresistible to FAT PEOPLE. Okay, okay, that last thing could certainly be better, but THE SHOE excels in all other areas.

      Man, no government would overstep its bounds if we all had THE SHOE. We'd stomp em good.

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  2. impossible! by MasterDirk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it just me, or has the guy in the middle picture down on the third page got some impossibly long arms? Are Japanese programmers extremely well-armed?

    Linkage:

    http://nintendope.iodized.net/smb3/smb3article3.ph p
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  3. 404 by cyberkreiger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Their 404 page is more interesting. :)

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  4. Random Question for Game Designers by Prien715 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So I'm a programmer on PC. As such, I don't like changing dozens of lines of code before testing.

    So my here's my silly/ignorant question: how do traditional console programmers test/debug code? Did the SMB3 crew do it the same way it's done today, and if not, how did they do it differently?

    I see lots of pens and paper and a couple computers in the photos and a bit about how the graphics are explained but a lot of "how it's done" isn't really explained.

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  5. Amazing Staff by TheoB · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the Article: "The team that produced Super Mario 3 consisted of over TEN PEOPLE..." My God. I mean, can you imagine ordering take out for TEN PEOPLE? Must have been a management nightmare.

  6. New game in the works... by rlbond86 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm still waiting for this "Super Mario Brothers 4" they talked about.