Alright! Someone at Nintendo finally figured it all out by releasing an original Super Mario game with new features! That’s right ladies and gentlemen, the newest addition to the Game Boy Advance Super Mario remakes is none other than the all-time number one selling Mario game, “Super Mario Bros. 3″:http://www.gameboy.com/supermarioadvance4/ (named Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 for the GBA – say that ten times fast).
I love this game. My wife and I use to play this game a lot on the original NES when we first starting dating and that continued through our first few years of marriage. Later on, newer games came out that I had to try (unlike new women… haha!), so poor Mario got lost in the shuffle.
What is great about this remake is not only did they recreate the original in all it’s glorious detail, but finally Nintendo decided to add some new features into the mix (besides the over used Mario Bros. multiplayer game). By using your E-Reader device (you don’t have one of these yet?) and a second Game Boy Advance or Game Boy Player (you don’t have on of those either?) you can scan new items, levels, or game play demos directly into the cartridge. How genius! The game pak will hold 64 items/levels scanned from cards so you can take them with you instead of lugging around extra Game Boys and funky E-Reader devices. Oh yes, Nintendo has finally given the love to the little plumber and my beloved “Game Boy Advance SP”:http://www.snapturtle.com/gallery/album04.
To top it all off Nintendo included the original two player feature which allows someone to play as Mario and the other as Luigi, alternating turns when someone clears a level or dies. No other GBA ported Super Mario game supports two player within the original game (again, just the crap happy Mario Bros. Classic game).
Plugging this game into my Game Boy Player I can finally relive the games glory days while my wife and I reminisce about the simple times in life.