Card
- This article is about the cards in Super Mario Bros. 3. For the objects in Pinball, see Card (Pinball). For the items in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series also known as "cards", see Mini Mario Card. 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
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
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カード[?] Kādo |
Card | |
| パネル (Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, item)[?] Paneru |
Panel | ||
| 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
- ^ 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.
