History Trivia / SuperMarioBros3

** This also applies to Miyamoto's inspiration for Chain Chomps, coming from a fearful childhood memory of a dog chasing him but being held back by its chain.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Shigeru Miyamoto based the Boos' famous "shy when you're looking, mean when you're not" quirk on the wife of fellow developer Takashi Tezuka. Specifically, her frustration at him working long hours.

* FanNickname: Even though ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'' has been dead for over two decades, many fans still use "Doom Ship" to describe not just the airship levels, but the ships present in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' and other future ''Mario'' games.
* IKnewIt: Fans guessed that the game was all a play performed by the characters, going by the curtain screen intro and the bolted in platforms. [[WordOfGod Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2DnTd3dEo that this was indeed true 27 years later]].

** Creator/IdSoftware [[https://vimeo.com/148909578 created a demo]] as proof-of concept for their proposed DOS port of the game. Nintendo rejected their proposal, and id instead used the technology to create ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen''.

* IKnewIt: Fans guessed that the game was all a play performed by the characters, going by the curtain screen intro and the bolted in platforms. [[WordOfGod Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2DnTd3dEo that this was true 27 years later]].

* IKnewIt: Fans guessed that the game was all a play performed by the characters, going by the curtain screen intro and the bolted in platforms. Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2DnTd3dEo that this was true 27 years later]].

* NoExportForYou: Europe and Australia didn't receive ''any'' of the ''Super Mario Advance 4'' e-Reader features until its Wii U Virtual Console release.

** According to Magazine/Nintendo Power Volume 10, a power-up where Mario transformed into a centaur was planned.

* Super Mario Bros. 3 is the first PlatformGame to be able to scroll in every direction, including diagonally. Previous {{Platform Game}}s were limited to straight up-and-down or straight left-to-right.

* BadExportForYou: Because the e-Reader flopped in America, half of the ''Super Mario Advance 4'' cards never made it out of Japan, which left "World-e" incomplete with only one of the mini-game houses open and a rather empty e-Coin castle. All missing levels are available for the Wii U release of the remake, though.
* FanNickname: Even though the DIC cartoon of this game has been dead for over two decades, many fans still use "Doomship" to describe not just the airship levels, but the ships present in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' and other future Mario games.

* NoExportForYou: For the PAL release, [=SMA4=] didn't have the e-Reader features at all until its Wii U Virtual Console release.

** The dolphins that ended up in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' were originally planned for this game, but never implemented for whatever reason. This probably explains the abundance of "rising water" levels as well.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: The Boos' famous "shy when you're looking, mean when you're not" quirk was apparently based on the wife of one of the developers. Specifically, her frustration at him working long hours.

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The Boos' famous "shy when you're looking, mean when you're not" quirk was apparently based on the wife of one of the developers. Specifically, her frustration at him working long hours.

** In addition to the extra World-e content in the Japanese version of ''Super Mario Advance 4'', a lot more had seemingly been planned, as evidenced by the large amounts of unused content on the ROM and the fact that the world's castle, which displays the e-coins located in each of the World-e levels, was originally planned to have three floors, each with a full length e-coin gallery.

* NoExportForYou: For the PAL release, [=SMA4=] doesn't have the e-Reader features at all.

* BadExportForYou: Because the e-Reader flopped in America, half of the ''Super Mario Advance 4'' cards never made it out of Japan, which left "World-e" incomplete with only one of the mini-game houses open and a rather empty e-Coin castle. Thankfully, fans have come up with a way to print out the dot codes for the remaining levels to be playable in the US version, though it's very hard to get them to work.'
** Fortunately, all e-Reader levels are open to play in the Wii U port of ''Super Mario Advance 4''.

* BadExportForYou: Because the e-Reader flopped in America, half of the ''Super Mario Advance 4'' cards never made it out of Japan, which left "World-e" incomplete with only one of the mini-game houses open and a rather empty e-Coin castle. Thankfully, fans have come up with a way to print out the dot codes for the remaining levels to be playable in the US version, though it's very hard to get them to work.

* IKnewIt: Fans guessed that the game was all a play performed by the characters, going by the curtain screen intro and the bolted in platforms. Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that this was true 27 years later.

** NoExportForYou: Nintendo didn't even bother with the e-Reader features for the game's PAL release.

* NoExportForYou: For the PAL release, [=SMA4=] doesn't have the e-Reader features at all.

* BadExportForYou: For the PAL release, [=SMA4=] doesn't have the e-Reader features at all.

* NoExportForYou: Because the e-Reader flopped in America, half of the ''Super Mario Advance 4'' cards never made it out of Japan, which left "World-e" incomplete with only one of the mini-game houses open and a rather empty e-Coin castle. Thankfully, fans have come up with a way to print out the dot codes for the remaining levels to be playable in the US version, though it's very hard to get them to work.

* AuthorPhobia: Chain Chomps came from an experience Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto had as a child, when a dog chased after him as he approached but stopped just inches from him because the dog was tied to a stake.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The dolphins that ended up in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' were originally planned for this game, but never implemented for whatever reason. This probably explains the abundance of "rising water" levels as well.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The dolphins that ended up in ''SuperMarioWorld'' were originally planned for this game, but never implemented for whatever reason. This probably explains the abundance of "rising water" levels as well.

* AuthorPhobia: Chain Chomps came from an experience Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto had as a child, when a dog chased after him as he approached but stopped just inches from him because the dog was tied to a stake.

* AuthorPhobia: Chain Chomps came from an experience ShigeruMiyamoto had as a child, when a dog chased after him as he approached but stopped just inches from him because the dog was tied to a stake.

* AuthorPhobia: Chain Chomps came from an experience Shigeru Miyamoto had as a child, when a dog chased after him as he approached but stopped just inches from him because the dog was tied to a stake.