Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: jrlibrarian on August 08, 2010, 01:08:50 PM
Title: A Challenge to Mr. Lindemann
Post by: jrlibrarian on August 08, 2010, 01:08:50 PM
Mr. Site Director,
It has once again come to my attention that one of your games of shame is Super Mario Bros. 3. It is the same for me, as I have never played the game. However, I have bought a NES Game Pak of it, and will begin playing it shortly. Therefore, I challenge you to complete the game before me. Neither of us have played it extensively, but hopefully we both will shortly.
Will you accept my challenge?
Title: Re: A Challenge to Mr. Lindemann
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 08, 2010, 01:11:28 PM
I never beat the game on the NES, I could never make it all the way through Bowser's castle. I did beat the Super Mario All-Stars version and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 version though. Maybe it is because I was just a kid when I played the NES version? It's been at least 10 years since I played the NES version.
Title: Re: A Challenge to Mr. Lindemann
Post by: KDR_11k on August 08, 2010, 02:48:40 PM
I beat the SNES and GBA versions, the former only with warps though (was a little kid back then) and I never had a NES (back then we had a C64).
Title: Re: A Challenge to Mr. Lindemann
Post by: Mop it up on August 08, 2010, 04:42:00 PM
The main problem with the NES version is that, for some reason, it doesn't have a save feature. So if you want to play every level, you'll have to use the Warp Whistles to return to the worlds you were playing. It's best to stop after completing a world rather than in the middle, so you won't have to replay stages.
Title: Re: A Challenge to Mr. Lindemann
Post by: BeautifulShy on August 08, 2010, 06:10:01 PM
You could just keep the NES on if you have to go somewhere. Start where you left off when you left.
Title: Re: A Challenge to Mr. Lindemann
Post by: Mop it up on August 08, 2010, 10:11:13 PM
That's dangerous, plus it isn't practical to have a system on for a week straight, it'd likely freeze up at some point in the time. Don't make excuses for a game's flaws.
Title: Re: A Challenge to Mr. Lindemann
Post by: BeautifulShy on August 09, 2010, 01:01:59 AM
I wasn't making excuses I'm just saying what could be done.
Another thing you can do is just set up some time to beat it in one sitting.
Title: Re: A Challenge to Mr. Lindemann
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 09, 2010, 02:00:57 AM
But hasn't Nintendo already addressed that problem with save states for VC games?
Title: Re: A Challenge to Mr. Lindemann
Post by: Dasmos on August 09, 2010, 02:03:39 AM
That's dangerous, plus it isn't practical to have a system on for a week straight, it'd likely freeze up at some point in the time. Don't make excuses for a game's flaws.
I used to leave my NES on for weeks at a time so I didn't delete my Excite Bike tracks.
Title: Re: A Challenge to Mr. Lindemann
Post by: Mop it up on August 09, 2010, 02:04:00 AM
True, that's one advantage of buying the game on the Virtual Console over the original release. But fixing the issue fifteen years later doesn't excuse the original.
I used to leave my NES on for weeks at a time so I didn't delete my Excite Bike tracks.
I used to do things like that too, but saving is by far better. Super Mario Brothers 3 was one of the biggest NES games released, so it's very strange they didn't bother with putting in a save battery, especially when some obscure effort like Wario's Woods has one.
Title: Re: A Challenge to Mr. Lindemann
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 09, 2010, 09:44:31 AM
To be fair, Wario's Woods came out 4 years after Super Mario Bros. 3 (remember that it came out in December 1994). However, other big name games like The Legend of Zelda came out several years before SMB3 and had a save feature and SMB3 was a much bigger game. Even Metroid at least had save codes.
Title: Re: A Challenge to Mr. Lindemann
Post by: Stratos on August 09, 2010, 04:40:40 PM
Yeah, I'd leave on my NES for long periods of time and turn off the TV when my mom forced me to go play outside.
