Card
- This article is about the cards in Super Mario Bros. 3. For other kinds of cards, see Category:Cards.
- Not to be confused with Cards.
Cards appear in Super Mario Bros. 3 as collectibles found at a goal. The player acquires one out of a roulette every time a level is cleared; the pictures depicted are Mushrooms, Flowers, and Stars. Once three cards are collected, the player is given a 1-Up prize: one if they do not match, two if they are Mushrooms, three if they are Flowers, and five if they are Stars.
Cards can also be obtained via the 2 Player Game, specifically upon initiating the Mario Bros.-styled battle mode. Hitting the other player from the floor below like an enemy, stomping on them, or using the POW Block while they are on a floor shakes a card out of them, and it proceeds to bounce around until it is reclaimed, stolen, or lost. In the boxes and ladders bonus stage, it is possible to get a fourth type of card, which looks like a flame. This glitched card can award many lives in combination with other cards but can also crash the game.[1][2][3]
Cards also appear with a different function in an N-Mark Spade Panel. They show various items in a card-matching setup, and matching two cards automatically adds that item to the inventory. Flipping two unlike cards twice or getting all 18 correct ends the diversion.
In Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, cards from the ends of levels are renamed panels in-game; however, the ones from the N-Mark Spade Panel minigame are still referred to as cards.
Gallery[edit]
Mushroom card (battle mode)
Flower card (battle mode)
Star card (battle mode)
Mushroom card (battle mode, Super Mario All-Stars)
Flower card (battle mode, Super Mario All-Stars)
Star card (battle mode, Super Mario All-Stars)
The card inventory in the battle mode
Card on the loose (battle mode, Super Mario All-Stars)
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カード[?] Kādo |
Card | |
| パネル[?] Paneru |
Panel | Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, item | |
| French | image[?] | - | |
| German | Karte[?] | Card | |
| Italian | Segno/Simbolo[4] | Symbol | |
| Scheda[5] (battle mode) | Card | ||
| Figura[6] | Figurine | ||
| Figurina (Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3)[?] | |||
| Carta[7][8][9][10] | Card |
References[edit]
- ^ Flame cards. The Mushroom Kingdom (English). Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- ^ Pianist203 (July 20, 2009). Super Mario Bros. 3 - glitch collection (0:11). YouTube (English). Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- ^ Video Game GTBE Man (August 29, 2018). Video Game Glitch 253: Super Mario Bros 3 (NES) Crash!. YouTube (English). Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3, Italian booklet. Page 19-20.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3, Italian booklet. Page 27.
- ^ 1991. Club Nintendo (Italy) Volume 3 - Issue 6. Page 17.
- ^ 2010. Nintendo of EuropeSuper Mario All-Stars Limited Edition manual (Italian). Page 18.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3, Italian e-manual, section 3
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 9, 11, 12.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 42.
