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Game entry

Super Mario Bros. 3

1988 · Platformer · NES, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Arcade · Nintendo

GameForever voters place Super Mario Bros. 3 no. 170 in the world ranking, with 1,803 ELO points and 74% of wins across 615 duels settled. Against Portal 2, the opponent it meets most often, the tally stands at 7 wins to 4 losses in 11 duels. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 1 out of 16 (1988).

World rank

no. 170

ELO score

1,803

Wins

74%

Duels played

615

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About Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Mario Bros. 3, the third entry in the Super Mario Bros. series and Super Mario franchise, sees Mario or Luigi navigate a nonlinear world map containing platforming levels and optional minigames and challenges. The game features more diverse movement options and new items alongside more complex level designs and boss battles.

The community says

I keep coming back to this one more than I probably should admit, and honestly the world map alone does more for replayability than half the newer platformers…

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,803 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The standing

Where Super Mario Bros. 3 ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Super Mario Bros. 3 stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 1 out of 16 (1988).

Where Super Mario Bros. 3 ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 170 5,035
Platformer 14 620
1980s 3 155
1988 1 16

The community

The debate

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  1. barton_alaina

    I keep coming back to this one more than I probably should admit, and honestly the world map alone does more for replayability than half the newer platformers I own, the sheer variety of power ups and level gimmicks still feels fresh every single run, so seeing it stuck at 80th just feels off to me, this thing shaped the genre and it still plays great today.

    Lucy_20

    Ces fameux gimmicks de niveaux, ça reste varié mais la maniabilité rame un peu sur certains passages face à des jeux plus récents.

  2. ComboWarden

    80e c'est déjà trop haut pour un jeu de carte monde qu'on refait par nostalgie plus que par plaisir réel.

    LuckyByte9

    a mí me lo prestó un vecino, o mejor dicho su hermano mayor, y no lo solté en semanas, así que discrepo un poco.

    Ghost_Collet

    carte monde. justement c'est ça qui fait qu'on y revient encore, la nostalgie n'a rien à voir là dedans.

  3. ÁngelesSamurai

    El puesto 80 me parece bajo para lo que representa, aunque entiendo que estos duelos son así de raros.

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