It really is a breath of fresh air to not hear those stupid corny jokes. I know, DIC actually fixed a crappy thing from their format that doesn’t assume a certain ethnic group acts the way it does. The biggest improvement comes from the Plumbers not using gags of any kind within their dialogue.

I'm sorry but this cartoon insults our intelligence and makes the series in general look stupid. DIC and Nintendo of America were really selling that narrative despite the fact the games never mentioned Earth. However, that same back story of the Mario Brothers being from Earth is still used to explain where they came from. Instead, their true goal is stopping Koopa and his new Koopalings from their usual trouble. For once Mario and friends don’t hop to different lands, and you won’t find anything from other series existing. Those same personalities for Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool return with slight tweaks. The characters were a little more defined as they had a goal rather than being all over the place like in Super Show. There were many things wrong again with the universe of Mario as usual. I wonder if the same has been done for the arcade version.DIC like most third party companies wanting to make a quick buck on license titles however they continue to not get it. Has anyone tried sniffing out unused sprites and music from the arcade version? I think the NES version has been sniffed and nothing really found. You can see that in the video above, as well. The music was basically a play on the main overworld level (i.e., World 1-1), but it was indeed a different song. There is one piece of music that, to my knowledge, was not in the NES version: the music that played when you were at the 'enter your initials' screen. Here is a comparison between the two endings:Īs you can see, there was actually quite a difference between the two endings. The ending (after Bowser in World 8 has been defeated) was different. The biggest difference seemed to be the locations of power-up blocks, coin blocks, etc. Some levels had slightly different layouts between the two version. The arcade version had three digits for the coin tally, whereas the NES version had only two digits. It's the exact font from Super Mario Bros. The arcade version is slightly smaller because the developers added a shadow behind the font, which helps contract the font from the background.

The NES version used the standard 'NES/arcade font,' whereas this version uses something similar but still different. The arcade version used a different font. Here's what I have found to be different: Glitches and overall programming seemed 100% identical Music seemed 99% identical (with one caveat, listed below) I always assumed that the arcade version and NES version of Super Mario Bros. Note: this will mean jack-shit to anyone who is not a hardcore Super Mario Bros.

Super mario bros 3 arcade machine