SMB3: Un-Warped World Tour...

Completing Super Mario Bros 3 - Without using Warp Zone.

The "traditional" way to complete Super Mario Bros 3 is to stock up on powerups, get a couple warp whistles and jump to the end. This allows the player to skip past the hellish worlds 6 & 7 which can be quite unforgiving.




Taking the most direct route, a seasoned player can beat the game in about 15 minutes...
But battling through every single world and making it to the end is something that most players haven't done...

Sure, most true Mario fans have beaten every world at one time or another...
But completing each consecutive world, back to back, all the way to the end is kinda ludicrous...
Especially considering the amount of time, and the fact that progress could not be saved on the oldschool game.







After taking on this challenge, I decided that such a quest could only be played on the original, unedited Nintendo Entertainment System classic version. (I can still load and play the original game on my NES, but my old system isn't stable enough to play for hours on end, I had to compromise by playing an emulator with the original game on my Nintendo Wii)

Playing through the game's 8 worlds (averaging 2 worlds per day), my Wii stayed powered on during the four days.

  Bowser's castle! Still creepy, but definitely not as intimidating as it was 25 years ago...












 Almost got chills as I first entered the rooms of creepy Bowser statues... OK, they're not that creepy anymore. But reaching the Holy Grail of Super Mario Bros 3 after conquering all the other worlds was a fun and challenging adventure.