Super Mario Brothers 3
Super Mario Brothers 3
Nintendo





Tips & Hints
 

Complete the game once to get 28 P-wings for each character.

Coins frozen in blocks can be melted if you hit them with fireballs.

Pay attention to coins - often an 'arrow' of coins will point to something.

The first warp whistle can be found in World 1-3. About 2/3 of the way through the level, there is a white platform with a turtle and a coin on it. Kill or move the turtle, then stand on the platform and hold the DOWN button. After a short while, you will fall through the platform, and behind the scenery (but not behind the enemies, unfortunately). Now go to the end of the level and get the card. You will be awarded a warp whistle for your efforts:

The first warp whistle

The second warp whistle can be found in the World 1 Fortress. You need to be able to fly for this to work. At the end of the first area of the fortress, there is a door. Jump on the skeleton by the door, then run quickly back to the left, where a wall extends above the screen. Fly up the wall and go right, above the screen. You'll find a warp whistle up there:

The second warp whistle

The third warp whistle can be found in World 2, on the map screen. Before you enter the airship, defeat both the 'walking' Hammer Bros. levels. The second one will give you a hammer. Use that hammer on the pile of rock at the top right hand corner of the world to reveal a hidden area. In this area you must defeat two Fire Bros. to get the final warp whistle:

The third warp whistle

Complete any airship as Tanooki (statue), Frog, or Hammer Mario to get a different thank-you from the King.

If you use a warp whistle in the warp zone, you will warp to World 8.
 

Matching Games:

There are 8 different matching games to be found:

F = Fire Flower
S = Star
1 = 1UP
M = Mushroom
10 = 10 Coins
20 = 20 Coins

 F   S   1   F  20   M
10   M  20   1   M  10
 S   F   S   M   F   S

 F  10   1   F   1   M
 S   M  20   S   M  10
 S   F  20   M   F   S

 F  20   M   S   1   F
 1   F  10   M  20   S
 M  10   S   M   F   S

 M   F  20   M  10   S
 F   1   M  10   1  20
 S   F   S   M   F   S

 1   M  10   M   F   S
 M  10   S  20  20   F
 S   1   F   M   F   S

 M   F  20   F  10   S
20   1   M  10   1   F
 S   M   S   M   F   S

 F   S   1   F   1   M
10   M   F   S   M  10
 S  20  20   M   F   S

 M   F   1   F   S   S
20   S   M  10   1   F
20   M  10   M   F   S
 

Locations of Toad's Shop (white mushroom house):

In World ?? get ?? coins:

World 1-4, 44 coins
World 2-2, 30 coins
World 3-8, 44 coins
World 4-2, 22 coins
World 5-5, 28 coins
World 6-7, 78 coins
World 7-2, 46 coins
 

Read the manual.
 

Cheat Codes

None
 

Game Genie Codes

All codes (except as noted) work for Luigi as well as Mario.

Infinite lives for Mario and Luigi:
SLXPLOVS

1 life for Mario and Luigi after continue:
AEKPTZGA

9 lives for Mario and Luigi after continue:
AEKPTZGE

Power Jumps:
ELKZYVEK

Super Power Jumps:
EZKZYVEK

Mega Power Jumps:
EAKZYVEK

Multi-Jumps:
GZUXNGEI

Skywalker:
SXEZSKOZ

Super speed running:
OXKZELSX

Turbocharged running:
XVUXNUEE

You must be Raccoon Mario for the next code to work:

Can raise power meter while standing still so that you can fly from a standing start:
AANZKLLA

Start on World 2:
PEUZUGAA

Start on World 3:
ZEUZUGAA

Start on World 4:
LEUZUGAA

Start on World 5:
GEUZUGAA

Start on World 6:
IEUZUGAA

Start on World 7:
TEUZUGAA

Start on World 8:
YEUZUGAA

Mario (not Luigi) can re-use items again and again:
YPXXLVGE

Restore powers when returning to map:
SZUEXNSO

Start the game as Fire Mario:
ZEUXKGAA

Start the game as Raccoon Mario:
LEUXKGAA

Start the game as Frog Mario:
GEUXKGAA

Start the game as Tanooki Mario:
IEUXKGAA

Start the game as 'Sledgehammer' Mario!
TEUXKGAA

If you use any of the next five codes to defeat Bowser, stand in front of the door and hold UP. as soon as the door opens, you will pass through into the chamber where the Princess is held. If you don't do this, you may get caught in Bowser's time trap and the game will pause forever!

Start and stay as Super Mario:
XUKXGLIE

Start and stay as Fire Mario:
UXKXGLIA

Start and stay as Raccoon Mario:
NXKXGLIE

Start and stay as Frog Mario:
OUKXGLIE

Start and stay as Sledgehammer Mario:
XNKXGLIE

Invincibility after changing up from Super Mario (e.g. to Raccoon, Frog, etc.):
SZKIKXSE

With all of the following codes, you will find that you change into Super Mario if you die again:

Change to Super Mario if you fall off screen and die:
AEOSSZPA + PAOZTGAA

Change to Fire Mario if you fall off screen and die:
AEOSSZPA + ZAOZTGAA

Change to Raccoon Mario if you fall off screen and die:
AEOSSZPA + LAOZTGAA

Change to Frog Mario if you fall off screen and die:
AEOSSZPA + GAOZTGAA

Change to Tanooki Mario if you fall off screen and die:
AEOSSZPA + IAOZTGAA

Change to Sledgehammer Mario if you fall off screen and die:
AEOSSZPA + TAOZTGAA
 

Easter Eggs

The number three is repeated several times throughout the game.

First, in World 1-1, there is a '3' made of coins in a chamber inside a pipe hidden high in the clouds:

The first '3'

Then, in World 2, in the hidden area where you find the warp whistle, there is a lake in the shape of a Roman numeral three ('III').

The second '3'

In World 5-1, after finding the P-Wing, two '3''s are revealed beneath it, made out of blue coins.

The third '3'The fourth '3'
 
 

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