Editing Panel (Super Mario Bros. 3)

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'''Panels''',<ref name="sma4manual">''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet, page 22.</ref><ref name="smb3pg17">''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet, page 17.</ref> also named '''squares''',<ref name="smb3pg16">''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> are objects found on the overworld map in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They represent the different areas in each world. There are five types of panels:

 

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|[[File:Start Space.png]]

|style="text-align:left"|These mark the starting point on the map of each world.

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|{{anchor|Action Panel}} '''Action Panel'''<ref name="sma4manual"/>

|style="text-align:left"|Action Panels, alternatively named '''Action Scene Panels''',<ref name="smb3pg17"/> are where [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] access the various levels found on the map. They cannot pass an Action Panel unless they have completed its level. Once either character has done so, the Action Panel becomes a '''Cleared Panel'''<ref name="sma4manual"/> (also named '''Clear Panel'''<ref name="smb3pg16"/>), and these depict an "M" (for Mario) or an "L" (for Luigi), depending on which character completed the level. Once either Mario or Luigi complete a level, neither of them can revisit it, so they must move on to the next area.

|[[File:SMB3 Spade Panel.png]]

|style="text-align:left"|These are optional areas that, when accessed, allow Mario or Luigi to play a slot machine-like minigame. The player's objective is to line up three pictures to show either a [[Super Mushroom|Mushroom]], a [[Fire Flower|Flower]], or a [[Super Star|Star]], which reward two, three, and five [[extra life|extra lives]] respectively. If any of the pictures are not properly aligned, Mario or Luigi do not earn any extra lives. Regardless of the outcome, the Spade Panel becomes a Clear Panel once the minigame is finished.

|[[File:SMB3 N-Mark Spade Panel.png]]

|style="text-align:left"|A special type of Spade Panel that occasionally appears on the map. Unlike other panels, Mario or Luigi automatically access an N-Mark Spade Panel when they move onto it. Here, they can play a simple card-matching game in which they must flip over two random cards each turn. Each pair matches earns Mario or Luigi a reward, depending on which item is shown on the paired cards. If Mario or Luigi do not get a match two turns in a row, the minigame ends, and they are returned to the world map.