Hey Paisanos! It's the 3rd episode of Mario Month 2026!

This week I am joined by Ty Schalter from the FunFactor podcast and Darren Hupke from Pixels and Polygons to chat about Super Mario Bros. 3! The true (?) sequel to Super Mario Bros.

Mario 3 lives in rarified air as a contender for best Mario game along with Super Mario World (which will be next week's episode!). This debate will be forever ongoing but something that is not up for debate is just how amazing and influential this game was and still is. Ty, Darren and I had so much fun getting to dissect this game and it's mechanics. We also chat about it's visuals, music and some of it's development history!

I don't have a huge personal history with this game in terms of amount of time spent playing it but I do credit this game for being the game that helped me fall in love with video games. The game that made me feel like I was controlling a cartoon on the TV. I don't think I'll ever fully be able to articulate how much this game means to me for that.

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Shout-out Song: Lose-Your-Way Maze Artist: Dj Orange Original Composer: Koji Kondo Album: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01063

End Song: Overworld (From Super Mario Bros. 3) Artist: Qumu Original Composer: Koji Kondo Album: N/A https://smarturl.it/QumuYear4

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