Editing Super Mario Bros. 3 (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:Super Mario Bros. 3 overworld map.png|thumb|right|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' is credited for introducing the use of [[overworld]] maps in the ''Mario'' series.]]
''Super Mario Bros. 3'' introduced several elements carried over to subsequent ''Mario'' games.<ref name="100-ONM" /> A similar overworld map is used in ''Super Mario World'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. DX]]''  and ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', and Mario's ability to fly has been a feature in games such as ''[[Super Mario World]]'', ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.<ref name="IGN-100" /><ref name="playersguide">{{cite book|year=1996|title=Official Super Mario 64 Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/05/06/new-super-mario-bros| title = New Super Mario Bros.| first = Craig| last = Harris| date = May 6, 2006| website = IGN| access-date = May 3, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090202194503/http://ds.ign.com/articles/705/705537p2.html| archive-date = February 2, 2009| url-status = live| df = mdy-all}}</ref> The game's "Super Leaf" item has returned in more recent ''Mario'' games for the [[Nintendo 3DS]], like ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and  ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Bowser's red hair was introduced in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and has since become a part of his standard appearance.<ref name="IGN-100" />

Through a collaboration between [[NBC]] and Nintendo of America, an animated television series, ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]],'' was created from September to December 1990 by [[DIC Entertainment]]. The show aired weekly on Saturday mornings on NBC alongside the second season of ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'' as part of the hour-long ''Captain N & The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' programming block with 26 episodes and featured numerous characters, enemies, and settings from the video game; the original seven Koopalings are given different names based on their given personalities and are also given a new age order.<ref name="NP-16-TV">{{Cite magazine| magazine = [[Nintendo Power]]| title = On the Air: SMB3| author= Nintendo Power Staff| issue = 16|date=September–October 1990| page = 89| publisher = [[Nintendo]]}}</ref> Other Nintendo products have included various elements of the game as well. Music from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' appears as a track on ''Nintendo Sound Selection Koopa'', a collection of songs from Nintendo games.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://dol.dengeki.com/data/news/2004/12/16/696eec8e065cb4f0abd9d5766171561b.html| title = 「クラブニンテンドー」の交換アイテムに"元気が出る"音楽CD「クッパ」が登場！| publisher = [[ASCII Media Works|Dengeki]]| date = December 16, 2004| access-date = February 5, 2009| language = ja| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090822231844/http://dol.dengeki.com/data/news/2004/12/16/696eec8e065cb4f0abd9d5766171561b.html| archive-date = August 22, 2009| url-status = live| df = mdy-all}}</ref> The game's stages and graphics comprise a background theme in the 2006 [[Nintendo DS]] game ''[[Tetris DS]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20060308/tetris.htm| title = 任天堂、マリオなどが登場する定番パズルゲームDS「テトリスDS」| last = 石田| first = 賀津男| date = August 6, 2008| publisher = Impress Watch| access-date = February 5, 2009| language = ja| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090212234216/http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20060308/tetris.htm| archive-date = February 12, 2009| url-status = live| df = mdy-all}}</ref> The Koopalings are also world bosses in ''Super Mario World'', ''[[Mario Is Missing!]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'', ''[[Hotel Mario]]'' and all ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games except ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''<ref>{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=Lucas M. |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/06/03/e3-2009-return-of-the-koopalings|title= E3 2009: Return of the Koopalings? |website=IGN |date=June 3, 2009 |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612002414/http://wii.ign.com/articles/990/990242p1.html |archive-date=June 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/new-super-mario-bros-wii/videos/new-super-mario-bros-wii-stage-demo-6211673|title=New Super Mario Bros. Wii Stage Demo|date=June 4, 2009|format=Flash|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=December 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612003625/http://www.gamespot.com/new-super-mario-bros-wii/videos/new-super-mario-bros-wii-stage-demo-6211673/|archive-date=June 12, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Boom Boom, another boss from this game, additionally reappears in ''Super Mario 3D Land'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', alongside a boomerang-wielding female counterpart named Pom Pom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/wikis/super-mario-3d-land/Boom_Boom_&_Pom_Pom|title=Boom Boom & Pom Pom|access-date=June 8, 2014|website=IGN|date=November 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614041134/http://www.ign.com/wikis/super-mario-3d-land/Boom_Boom_%26_Pom_Pom|archive-date=June 14, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' is one of the games represented as themes in both ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Super Mario Maker Review|date=September 2, 2015|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/09/02/super-mario-maker-review|work=IGN|access-date=2019-11-21|archive-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105194752/https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/09/02/super-mario-maker-review|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/super-mario-maker-2-the-kotaku-review-1835857984|title=Super Mario Maker 2: The Kotaku Review|website=Kotaku|date=June 28, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>

In the early 1990s, the American game developers [[John Carmack]] and [[Tom Hall]] developed an [[IBM PC]] clone of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' based on their innovative [[adaptive tile refresh]] software, which performed smooth side-scrolling graphics on [[Enhanced Graphics Adapter|EGA]] cards. They demonstrated it to Nintendo leaders, who were impressed but rejected cloning in favor of exclusivity.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.polygon.com/2015/12/14/10123754/john-romero-super-mario-bros-3-pc-demo | title = Doom dev shares rare Super Mario Bros. 3 PC demo | first = Allegra | last = Frank | date = December 14, 2015 | access-date = July 13, 2021 | work = [[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] | archive-date = July 13, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210713212017/https://www.polygon.com/2015/12/14/10123754/john-romero-super-mario-bros-3-pc-demo | url-status = live }}</ref> Carmack and Hall went on to found [[id Software]] and develop ''[[Commander Keen]]'', a series of platform games inspired by ''Super Mario Bros. 3.''<ref name="Masters of Doom">{{Cite book|title=Masters of Doom: how two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture|url=https://archive.org/details/mastersofdoom00kush|url-access=limited|last=Kushner|first=David|publisher=Random House, Inc|year=2004|isbn=978-0-375-50524-9|location=New York, NY|page=[https://archive.org/details/mastersofdoom00kush/page/n49 50], 57|oclc=50129329|orig-year=2003}}</ref><ref name="SMB3 demo at Ars">{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/12/heres-what-id-softwares-pc-port-of-mario-3-could-have-looked-like/|title=Here's what id Software's PC port of Mario 3 could have looked like|last=Orland|first=Kyle|date=December 14, 2015|website=Ars Technica|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310162034/http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/12/heres-what-id-softwares-pc-port-of-mario-3-could-have-looked-like/|archive-date=March 10, 2016|access-date=December 15, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://planetromero.com/games/dangerous-dave-in-copyright-infringement/|title=''Dangerous Dave in Copyright Infringement'' on John Romero's Site|publisher=[[John Romero]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713175911/http://planetromero.com/games/dangerous-dave-in-copyright-infringement|archive-date=July 13, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Keen">{{cite news|url=http://legacy.3drealms.com/keenhistory/index.html|title=A Look Back at Commander Keen|date=October 18, 2014|access-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110132009/http://legacy.3drealms.com/keenhistory/index.html|archive-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name="SMB3 demo at IFD">{{cite AV media|title=Super Mario Bros. 3 Demo (1990)|date=1990|publisher=[[John Romero]]|url=https://vimeo.com/148909578|access-date=December 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215031136/https://vimeo.com/148909578|archive-date=December 15, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' demo had not been readily shared, but a working copy was discovered and preserved in the [[Museum of Play]] in July 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.gamespot.com/articles/id-softwares-super-mario-bros-3-pc-port-found-in-the-wild/1100-6493889/ | title = Id Software's Super Mario Bros. 3 PC Port Found In The Wild | first = Gabe | last = Gurwin | date = July 13, 2021 | access-date = July 13, 2021 | work = [[GameSpot]] | archive-date = July 13, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210713200251/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/id-softwares-super-mario-bros-3-pc-port-found-in-the-wild/1100-6493889/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

In April 1993, ''[[Famicom Tsūshin]]'' (''Famitsu'') awarded ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' a world record for having the most [[strategy guide]] books published, with 20 strategy books published for the game up until then.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Bravo World Record! |magazine=[[Famicom Tsūshin]] |date=16 April 1993 |issue=226 |page=81 |lang=ja |url=https://archive.org/details/famitsu-issue-226-apr-1993/page/81}}</ref> At the 2007 [[Game Developers Conference]], [[Stanford University]] curator Henry Lowood, along with game designers [[Warren Spector]] and [[Steve Meretzky]], academic researcher Matteo Bittanti and game journalist [[Christopher Grant (editor)|Christopher Grant]] named ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' one of the 10 most important video games of all time, being a member of a "[[game canon]]" whose inductees were submitted to the [[Library of Congress]] for having "cultural significance or a historical significance".<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/arts/design/12vide.html|title=Video Games – Report|last=Chaplin|first=Heather|date=2007-03-12|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-21|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619050204/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/arts/design/12vide.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/canon-2-0|title=Canon 2.0|website=Game Developer|date=November 12, 2010|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503220623/https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/canon-2-0|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported Grant said its inclusion was due to the game's [[Nonlinear gameplay|nonlinear play]] being a "mainstay of contemporary games", and how it allows the player to move backward and forward in levels.<ref name=":1" /> On November 20, 2020, a sealed copy with rare alternate cover art featuring "Bros." on the left instead of the center was sold for $156,000, the most money ever paid for a video game at the time.<ref name="most expensive">{{cite news | title=A different Super Mario Bros. game now holds the title for most expensive ever sold | date=November 23, 2020 | first=Jon | last=Porter | work=[[The Verge]] | url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/23/21591120/super-mario-bros-3-record-breaking-auction-price-condition-sealed | access-date=November 23, 2020 | archive-date=January 12, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112230332/https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/23/21591120/super-mario-bros-3-record-breaking-auction-price-condition-sealed | url-status=live }}</ref>