![]() “I would venture to guess that not many people have done a lot of analysis regarding why is their best game of all time, and they probably may not have played it since they were ten years old and still maintained that opinion,” Necrosoft Games Director Brandon Sheffield told me over Skype. 3: Brick by Brick, which offers a level-by-level playthrough, no other books focus entirely on this game-on its history, its legacy, and what makes it a masterpiece. But besides Bob Chipman’s Super Mario Bros. It’s one of the most beloved games ever, and much has already been written about what Mario means to gaming and to the world. When I decided to write about SMB3, a game that’s had a significant impact on my own life, I knew I was 1 taking on a challenge. Today’s game developers and scholars grew up on SMB3-the title where Mario proved he was here to stay. For me, there is no time before SMB3.” SMB3 is a touchstone of shared cultural nostalgia, an artifact from a key moment in Nintendo history, a symbol of the golden age of Mario, and one of the most intensely hyped video games of all time. A game designer friend of mine sums it up best: “Honestly, I can’t remember a time without SMB3. It’s the game whose early gameplay footage compelled us to sit through The Wizard the game we spray-painted onto walls, crocheted into quilts, or even tattooed onto our bodies and the game whose music we’ve had stuck in our heads for 25 years. For an entire generation, SMB3 is the game we played in the orthodontist’s office, the game we talked about incessantly on the playground, and the game we stayed up all night to beat at a sleepover. 3 touched millions of lives-more than 18 million, to be exact. ISBN 13: 978-1-94 First Printing: 2016 Series Editor: Gabe Durham Book Design by Ken Baumann Page Design by Christopher Moyer for Dad CONTENTS 1 3 26 46 67 79 103 117 141 Press Start Leave Luck to Heaven Enter Hero Masters of Play Mario’s Melodies All the World’s a Stage Topophilia Mario the Conqueror Ever Onward 155 164 Notes Acknowledgements P R E S S S TA RT SUPER MARIO BROS. ![]() ![]() 3 Alyse Knorr Boss Fight Books Los Angeles, CA Copyright © 2016 Alyse Knorr All rights reserved. ![]() Table of contents : Press luck - Leave luck to heaven - Enter hero - Masters of play - Mario's melodies - All the world's a stage - Topophilia - Mario the conqueror - Ever onward. ![]()
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