I recently played through these levels with GBA Online and World E is easily the best 2D Mario game I’ve ever played. By combining the best aspects of Mario 3 and World, Nintendo gave us some of the most creative and challenging levels in any Mario adventure.
So here's a fun fact not mentioned in the video. Technically speaking the GBA cartridge for SMB3 Advance can't actually hold the data required for all 38 e-reader levels as the level limit is 32 no matter what. A whopping 6 levels would be left inaccessible for anyone who had the necessary cards to access all 38 levels. Someone at Nintendo either did some freaky dark magic or hacked the rom to gives the somewhat full experience. Yeah, there's a part 2 to this not-so little fun fact. You see, it wasn't just levels you could get from packs of e-reader cards for SMB3 Advance, you could also get power ups with some cards giving you multiple power-ups at once, special switches and demos that act like the Hint movies from NSMBWii with different videos showcasing something different be it speedrun strats, infinite 1-UP tricks or even how to access one of the many secrets the game holds.
I love your channel man. Also, when I forst played these on the virtual console for Wii U, IT WAS AN AMAZING FEELING! I was so excited! I 100% completed the e-reader levels (except for beating them all as both Mario & Luigi). Like, it was so fun! Also, YOU ARE TO CLOSE TO 50,000 SUBSCRIBERS! Please continue to post amazing content! I hope that you reach 100,000 subscribers soon!⭐️
It is awesome that the Wii U release of this game (as well as the recent Switch release as part of the GBA line up) has all of the additional levels unlocked, since several of the level cards were exclusive to Japan. I bought it back on Wii U when it came out (and still have it). I just wish that these re-releases of the game had some way of using the function of other (non-level) e-reader cards. I actually got this game for GBA, as well as the e-reader and the two packs of cards for this game (as well as some other e-reader cards separate from this game) back when they were available at retail, and I still have it all. I had both a GBA system as well as the GBA player add-on for the Gamecube. They could be connected together with the link cable, using the e-reader on one and the game on the other. There were many other item cards that could be used with the regular SMB3 game. For the most part, these were item cards with various power-ups, and scanning them would add the item(s) to the inventory on the map screen. While most of them were the standard power-ups from SMB3, there was also a card for the cape feather from Super Mario World. That could be scanned to add the feather to the inventory (just re-scan it to add more), and the cape feather could be used in what is otherwise the regular SMB3 game. There was also a card to add the vegetables from SMB2 into the regular SMB3 levels. So with those cards, those features weren't restricted to only the e-reader levels where they show up by default. It sucks that these features are essentially lost in these re-releases.
This game is sort of like a blue print for SMBX, that fan game is amazing, and the E levels were so fun to play through, especially the ones themed around smb2
@@Demeech people say the blockchain cant be deleted. I'm pretty sure if they got outlawed those servers would be factory reset in a god damn heartbeat. Reddit fucking tricked me into opening a vault because they didnt fucking tell me what it was. Does anyone wanna help me with a class action lawsuit?
As the eshop was closing and I got good grades, my dad actually bought me Mario Advance 4, and for what Ive played of the E reader levels, I can say they're some of the best levels from a mario game I've played. Good review, and I think you should review a Klonoa game
I never knew about this extra content, nor really the e-reader stuff in general. To play this game in the intended manner feels like it would be very cumbersome, happy Nintendo's not letting this hidden treasure be lost in the void. But thank you for enlightening me on this obscure piece of gaming history. 2D Mario isn't my cup of tea, but you can make something I'm not into so well-informed, entertaining, and enjoyable, that I'm consistently engaged. Love this video, can't wait to see you review The Cosmic Shake!
@@Demeech You know something, these e-Reader levels ooze creativity and charm, something that lacks on 2 and U especially. It's kinda nuts how much more creative the older games were.
Yeah, this technically is the origin of New Super Mario Bros., as the NSMB series is technically the continuation of the Super Mario Advance series. From what I've heard, NSMB DS was technically supposed to be Super Mario Advance 5, where after doing re-releases for the previous 4 installments, the 5th one would finally be a new game, but obviously it wasn't _called_ SMA5 because, well, it wasn't on the Gameboy Advance lol (and wasn't a re-release like the other installments). But that means that the new E-reader levels were technically our first teaser of the NSMB series...if they were actually easy to play back in the day, which of course they sadly weren't. It's like, they started toying with making new levels with the 6 new bonus levels they made for Advance 3 (Yoshi's Island), and then went much further with that for these E-reader levels in Advance 4 (Mario 3), and then finally just made a fully new game that was _just_ new levels for New Super Mario Bros. (technically Advance 5). Pretty neat to think about.
I was really surprised to see the GB and GBA return to the Switch (finally!). I remember getting Super Mario World (one of my first GBA games) for the GBA and I was really curious about the old Super Mario Bros. I used to get hooked into that game for as long as I did for Mario Kart Super Circuit, Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, and Super Mario World. Now I can relive my childhood playing these exact games on the Switch. Though I wish I still have my red GBA with the backlight.
@@Demeech oof... I always thought it's a regular red GBA with a clamshell and backlight as a kid before getting the original purple/blue GBA and the Pikachu edition. Yes I liked other games mentioned and I had many more but lost them all sadly. I'm not sure if I want to collect them to replay and take a trip down memory lane due to personal reasons but at least I'll be able to play some of those on the Switch for the time being.
I can’t believe none of this is new to me, I’m that old!!! However, it’s fascinating to see others taking notice of this masterpiece of a GBA game. I never owned all of the cards, but the levels I did play were really good. ^_^
World-e (The "e" relates to e-Reader. DAMN. SHOCKING RIGHT? 🙃) was truly a treasure that I could finally play because of the Wii U. Oh and Advance Super Mario Bros. 3 and Mario Bros. is there too. That's cool. XD
The E-Reader, along with most of Nintendo's weird experimental devices, are certainly complicated. that incredibly complex way to even use thing really hampered it in the long run, and sent it to card-based console "heaven" with the Hyperscan a few years later. This was a very good Review! I haven't gotten very far in SMB3E due to trying to figure out how to get all E coins in one of the levels (100% Moment), but in the few levels I've seen, I've seen something that's never really been done ever again, in a good way. Also, Nintendo releasing them on the Wii U was a rare good moment in modern Nintendo, as SMB3E was divided between Japan and North America, and some of the Levels were never even released. Preservation of media is always good in my book. I agree with pretty much everything you say in this video. Ultimately, though, I think the E-Reader was destined for Failure. Its complicatedness outweighs it's benefits tenfold, and I think that rings very true for card-based gaming in general (looking at you, Hyperscan). However, I think this was a massive high moment to end out something that could have had potential, but was doomed by complexity. Plus, SMBA4 is just a good game without SMB3 attached to it.
@@Demeech Quite Possibly. I've never thought of it that way before. However, the issue with amiibo Is that other than Smash Brothers, most of the games that use them tend to use them not to their greatest potential or in some cases outright poorly. I think a better iteration of the "toys to life" concept that was wildly successful was Skylanders, and i think that could hold the title as a "successor*" to the E-Reader, albeit as a very spiritual one and one not made by Nintendo itself. (The other caveat is that Skylanders and amiibo are more aimed towards 1 distinct purpose: figurines, while the E-Reader tended to branch out and go crazy with what the cards could hold on them. In this case, the closest analog to amiibo the E-Reader has is the Animal Crossing E Reader Cards. Alternatively, Pikmin 2-E, but that is rather obscure.)
Honestly, this could be a great idea if it was expanded upon more. I'd love to play a full-length mashup like SMBE in an SMB3 style, and there could also be powerups from 3D games as well!
the sma4 E-levels are the exact right direction that 2d mario games should have taken. i agree with your rating, platinum treasure. truly the peak of 2d mario. opa! opa!
Well, *_I_* had the privilege to play some of the _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ e-Reader stages/levels - which were most of the ones that were available in North America [aside from the Walmart-exclusive/Walmart promotional e-Reader Level card that has the Airship's Revenge stage/level on it, which seemed to be available only in the U.S. (I lived in Canada for my entire life, so...)] way back in the early-to-mid 2000's. However, I bought a Nintendo Wii U last spring and bought the digital version of _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ before the Nintendo Wii U eShop (as well as the Nintendo 3DS eShop) stopped allowing you to add funds to your account late last August; and now, _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ has been added to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service - so, now, there are 2 ways in which I can play the Japan-exclusive and U.S.-exclusive _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ e-Reader stages/levels on modern Nintendo video game hardware (though I have yet to subscribe to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service, so I'll have to settle to playing these e-Reader stages/levels on my Nintendo Wii U until I can upgrade from the basic Nintendo Switch Online service to the Nintendo Switch Online *_+ Expansion Pack_* service in August of this year).
Hey great video and content! @ section 17:16 is that the Mushroom Kingdom theme from Mario RPG Legend of The 7 Stars? I love the soundtrack from that game especially 🙂
I actually did this back in the OG days. The intended use case was to use a Gameboy to scan the card or with the link cable specifically while playing it on the GameCube, with full rumble.
Man, in 2021 I found in a game store a 6-7$ Wii U card that allowed to download Super Mario Advance 3, I had a little thought of buying it but I didn't, now I'm freaking regretting 💀
played through these on my 2ds years ago (the yo-ho way), great collection! Also, Mario advance 5 was reworked into nsmb iirc, there's a whole beta64 video that explains it expertly!
6:54 Peach seems kinda bummed out. It's like everyone else gets a fun bonus adventure, but no one kidnapped her this time, so she's kinda just sitting on her hands like "welp..." while Mario and Luigi are all like "k bye." Like why doesn't she get to be included?
Underrated RUclipsr, subscribed! I haven't played that one yet (I'm in the middle of playing all of the 2D Marios) And I've been using the Advance versions of the Mario games that have it since they're way better, once I get to SMB3 I'll play World-e too. It looks really unique, sad that most people just play the All Stars version of SMB3 instead.
I picked up the complete set of North American SMA4 E-reader cards, including the much sought-after Walmart exclusive cards on Ebay about 15 years back, and have never regretted it. I was happy when SMA4 dropped on Wii U, as it allowed me to play the Japan exclusive levels for the first time. I'm glad to see them available again on Switch for more people to finally enjoy. Because it was my first game, I'll always hold World above Bros. 3, but World-e almost tips the scales for me (if they had just crammed Yoshi in there somewhere, there'd be no contest). It's definitely a best-of showcase for sprite-based 2d Mario games.
I had the original SMA4 and got the eReader because of it. Fortunately, I still had my old GBA after getting an SP--I found out AFTER getting the eReader that I would need two systems to use it with a cartridge. I was also fortunately able to track down both sets of cards released in the U.S. I still have my original SMA4 cart with the e-Levels on to it. As soon as I found out the game was released on the WiiU Shop with all the Japan-exclusive levels, I quickly downloaded it! The one thing I miss from the original hardware, however, is the item and switch cards! The e-Levels were a lot easier when I could scan a bunch of P-Wings at will! 😀
Seeing elements and mechanics from Super Mario Bros., _both_ versions of Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros 3., Super Mario World, *and* Yoshi's Island all contained within a single official game is absolutely insane. I had no idea any of this even existed! Seeing turnips and a Chargin' Chuck in the same level is a level of cognitive dissonance I never expected to see. I feel like the Nintendo Direct did an absolutely terrible job at showcasing how much unique content this game had! I think showing just turnips and Bumpties alone would have been enough to turn some heads. Nobody popped off in any of the reaction videos to it being announced for the Switch. Thanks for the video! I seriously might actually look into playing this game now. This is so cool!
It's some real solid bonus content, but not nearly on par with a full-blown original adventure like SMW & NSMBWii. The level design incorporates elements of previous games, but it is filled with fanservice. We've seen better. It's a great treasure, but far from the best 2D Mario game. NewerSMBWii is a phenomenal example.
There’s more to the reason why Luigi feels different in the base game compared to the E-levels. There were various types of cards for levels, power-ups, and game modifications. Luigi’s better jump being under the modification category. Sadly, this release doesn’t include the full package. Things like being able to play SMB3 with plants littered across the stages, halving the P-speed meter, being able to use the cape in SMB3, and yes, Luigi’s better jump in the base game. It’s unfortunate that we don’t have everything, but even playing it as originally designed had limitations like how many levels you could download onto the cartridge at a time. At least what we were given is the more important stuff. I can’t express how happy I am to play this content as it’s what inspired me to become a game designer in the first place.
So it's a "new super mario bros" because there is content for all Mario "Advance" game ? I know that we are at the age of reboots, remix and ports but i would always prefer what new Super Mario Bros DS did by introducing a REAL new 2D Mario with new rules and movement. A "best of" rarely feel like a true new entry from my perspective. But sure ! I'm sure it's fun ! And i'm sure the title was more to attract people anyway.
I love SMA4-SMB3 for its misteriously endless features, that Nintendo covered behind the game, some other E Reader features not just levels, that haven't used for some reason, which is amazing, i didn't had real GBA, but with emulator i can try almost all features and hacks, and the game itself has enemies and power ups from various Mario series, its making this game even cooler If Nintendo had a little more time and idea, they could give players ability to create own levels, some kind of level editor, and we could had official "Mario Maker" from GBA era haha 😆
I got the E-Reader and everything needed for this back in the day. I loved the E-Reader, and was sad when they stopped producing cards. I don't remember needing two GBAs, but even if that was required I had my normal GBA and my add-on for the GameCube.
Now if only Nintendo would be kind enough to have every e-reader track with the next release of F-Zero GP Legend. I played all of them on an emulator in the case Nintendon't. But speaking of these Mario 3 e-reader levels... it's been a while since I played them on Wii U and I'm excited to try them again now.
I bought all the e-reader cards when they were brand new. I was able to transfer them because I had a Gameboy Advance, and a GameCube with a Gameboy Player attached. It was an ordeal. I wish they would give this same treatment to the other Super Mario Advance games.
if Nintendo never releases the E-Reader levels again there is a rom hack that adds them so at least you can play them on a emulator like MGBA on PC and Pizza Boy Advance on Mobile or on a flash cart like the EZ Flash
Thanks to emulation, these levels were never lost media. Though that topic isn't brought to the table in this channel (dunno if it is), preservationism of video games is a wonder for gamers.
20:45 what 4th wall? videos don't have a forth wall unless there's an explicit attempt to separate them from the real world which...kinda defeats the purpose of a review?
*At **7:33** and **20:28** in this RUclips Premiere video:* The "Bombarded by Bomb-ombs" e-Reader stage/level [along with the 2 Bowser's Airship (Battle Cruiser) and 2 regular Airship (Battle Cruiser) e-Reader stages/levels, as well as the 1 battleship e-Reader stage/level] is among my favourite _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ e-Reader stages/levels!
Here's a fun fact: The "Bombarded by Bomb-ombs" _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ e-Reader stage/level is a *_Military Base_* stage/level - *_NOT_* a _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ e-Reader Tank stage/level.
I'm glad nintendo included the world-E levels in the switch release, as I was worried the content would've been lost again after the wii U e-shop shutdown
Well I have a lot to say but first and for most my review gonna be on super mario advence 4 as a whole not just super mario bros E is on the same camp that I am not cover thought on major side modes without the main game. As being on technical levels the 5th time I played super mario bros 3 I won't deny super mario advence 4 feel like mostly enhanced version of super mario bros 3, super mario bros 3 as a whole feel to me as sort a tech demo for what 16 bits games gonna be and deliver it and seeing super mario bros 3 in either all start and advence 4 fufil my vision of the game though I have to say the soundtrack feel pretty comprased I is because is being a GBA game but as a whole it felt as miss and mario feel a bit heavier then in the nes 3 but is more than managable, as for the E levels it took 5 hours to 100% but still I can safetly say 92% of the time I had a blast, the levels felt really great for the most part and the gameplay is really solid but I have to say the cape here feel far worse than in super mario world and the enemies from super mario bros 2 feel kinda jarring existing with the smb3 assests isn't as bad the X challenge from the X legacy collection when is so ugly to look at the SNES mavericks existing with the ps1 ones but I think the SMB2 enemies sould have got a bit of an overhaul for match better, the minigames were pretty solid though the only one I really care a lot honestly is the one with the ball and wish this item will show up in super mario maker 3 as an item that you can throw 3 times diagonolly and after landing become slower, while the toad one is just rng the tanooki one is neat but not enjoyable as the ball one maybe because is more stratigic, but one thing that I am happy that world E give is the ability to replay the level which basically my massive criticism on super mario bros which let me ask myself why super mario advence 4 don't give the option to replay the same level on the same playthrough on the super mario bros 3 mode. The mario bros mode is very straight foward as being basically an amped version of the OG and pretty much the definitive way to play the game even though you can play it on the other super mario advence games and mario luigi super star saga with no issues. My main criticism toward world e is the lack of story I am not expcting from mainline mario games to give me final fantasy 7 levels of deep story but really the lack of even a cutscene basically just tell me figure out what is going on and my best thing in mind that basically this world is like sort of an event that happened between super mario bros 3 to super mario world or vice versa depend which came first in the timeline, the no time to dwadle level just don't play well with luigi at all, the E coins felt pretty pointless collectables that even in the castle museum I didn't really enjoy them compare to other optional collectables like the gacha from forgotten land. Overall super mario advence 4 get the rank of low S tier on GBA and the wii u and switch version get the rank of mid high S tier compared to the mid high S tier of all stars and nes's super mario bros 3 mid S tier rank and while the modern versions are short from reaching high S tier and enter my top 5 favorite mainline mario games is still my second favorite 2D mario game only behind snes super mario world and among my favorite mario games. As for your retrospect I think it was phenomenal covering with my only real complain is how you spelled INC in wario ware inc which not too much of a problem I just felt more natrual to here it spelled like monsters INC spelled it. Well that my review please let me know your thought since I put over 25 minutes on it
@@Demeech you welcome and hey what can I say this title was really good and super mario bros 3 is basically alongside kirby's adventure and the og smb the only originally nes titles I return time to time is just easier to me to enjoy snes/genesis title when it come to short retro titles and advence 4 is basically super mario bros 3 definitive edition
There's actually a mario fangame that kinda takes the DNA of the E-reader levels and builds a new game around it. It's called Super Mario Bros X. It has the same theme of having levels with notable elements from all classic 2D mario games. Hell, it even included a level and world maker far before Mario Maker. It would be cool to see you cover it, it's really good.
You can also import custom assets into smbx through, it is a bit complex, One thing that i never managed to do in smbx is that i never could create custom events where you, say, walked throgh an area and suddenly have textboxes appearing, or have sprites appear and disappear, or etc. So i could never make a cutscene in smbx like in those cool smbx custom story-based levels you can find online. Anyways, did you know about a certain zombie mario fangame named "the Shroom project"? You can create levels with it, play as different toads, and such.
@@dylanzlol7293 good to know I wasn't the only one who had troubles with setting up events and the like. Also no, I didn't know about the shroom project, might check that out sometime.
I remember a video in my childhood where the person played a level on the Super Mario Bros 3 e world that references Super Mario Land and has a Sphinx as the boss in the end I think it was a hack but to be fair, I’d like to find the video once again
I recently played through these levels with GBA Online and World E is easily the best 2D Mario game I’ve ever played. By combining the best aspects of Mario 3 and World, Nintendo gave us some of the most creative and challenging levels in any Mario adventure.
Kinda wish they had do the same with each nsmb title tbh
Spittin' facts!
The next 2d Mario game needs to have level's like these one's,they are really creative and unique
Agreed
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wish granted
You called it
So here's a fun fact not mentioned in the video.
Technically speaking the GBA cartridge for SMB3 Advance can't actually hold the data required for all 38 e-reader levels as the level limit is 32 no matter what. A whopping 6 levels would be left inaccessible for anyone who had the necessary cards to access all 38 levels.
Someone at Nintendo either did some freaky dark magic or hacked the rom to gives the somewhat full experience. Yeah, there's a part 2 to this not-so little fun fact. You see, it wasn't just levels you could get from packs of e-reader cards for SMB3 Advance, you could also get power ups with some cards giving you multiple power-ups at once, special switches and demos that act like the Hint movies from NSMBWii with different videos showcasing something different be it speedrun strats, infinite 1-UP tricks or even how to access one of the many secrets the game holds.
I guess the experience was lost until 2016 after all
I love your channel man. Also, when I forst played these on the virtual console for Wii U, IT WAS AN AMAZING FEELING! I was so excited! I 100% completed the e-reader levels (except for beating them all as both Mario & Luigi). Like, it was so fun!
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Glad you enjoy it! We're almost there!
It is awesome that the Wii U release of this game (as well as the recent Switch release as part of the GBA line up) has all of the additional levels unlocked, since several of the level cards were exclusive to Japan. I bought it back on Wii U when it came out (and still have it). I just wish that these re-releases of the game had some way of using the function of other (non-level) e-reader cards.
I actually got this game for GBA, as well as the e-reader and the two packs of cards for this game (as well as some other e-reader cards separate from this game) back when they were available at retail, and I still have it all. I had both a GBA system as well as the GBA player add-on for the Gamecube. They could be connected together with the link cable, using the e-reader on one and the game on the other.
There were many other item cards that could be used with the regular SMB3 game. For the most part, these were item cards with various power-ups, and scanning them would add the item(s) to the inventory on the map screen. While most of them were the standard power-ups from SMB3, there was also a card for the cape feather from Super Mario World. That could be scanned to add the feather to the inventory (just re-scan it to add more), and the cape feather could be used in what is otherwise the regular SMB3 game. There was also a card to add the vegetables from SMB2 into the regular SMB3 levels. So with those cards, those features weren't restricted to only the e-reader levels where they show up by default.
It sucks that these features are essentially lost in these re-releases.
This game is sort of like a blue print for SMBX, that fan game is amazing, and the E levels were so fun to play through, especially the ones themed around smb2
The bright but pastel colourful aesthetic of GBA Mario games is beautiful
not the heavens gate reference 💕😂 great video!!!
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Huh, I had MBD as a kid, and I'm just now finding out it had the Lost Levels stages lmao
its on switch now
Awesome thanks 😎
You bet!
I’m glad Nintendo was smart enough to archive these on Wii U and even switch.
The only thing that never should be archived is Red Ape Family
@@Demeech nooo I want that “so bad it’s good” treasure to be archived for decades to come
@@Demeech I at least archived my sanity prior to watching it
@@DemeechThat wasn't necessary and you just lost what was potentially a new sub.
@@Demeech people say the blockchain cant be deleted. I'm pretty sure if they got outlawed those servers would be factory reset in a god damn heartbeat.
Reddit fucking tricked me into opening a vault because they didnt fucking tell me what it was. Does anyone wanna help me with a class action lawsuit?
As the eshop was closing and I got good grades, my dad actually bought me Mario Advance 4, and for what Ive played of the E reader levels, I can say they're some of the best levels from a mario game I've played. Good review, and I think you should review a Klonoa game
I never knew about this extra content, nor really the e-reader stuff in general. To play this game in the intended manner feels like it would be very cumbersome, happy Nintendo's not letting this hidden treasure be lost in the void. But thank you for enlightening me on this obscure piece of gaming history. 2D Mario isn't my cup of tea, but you can make something I'm not into so well-informed, entertaining, and enjoyable, that I'm consistently engaged. Love this video, can't wait to see you review The Cosmic Shake!
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you could learn something even if 2D Mario isn't your cup of tea.
@@Demeech You know something, these e-Reader levels ooze creativity and charm, something that lacks on 2 and U especially. It's kinda nuts how much more creative the older games were.
Yeah, this technically is the origin of New Super Mario Bros., as the NSMB series is technically the continuation of the Super Mario Advance series. From what I've heard, NSMB DS was technically supposed to be Super Mario Advance 5, where after doing re-releases for the previous 4 installments, the 5th one would finally be a new game, but obviously it wasn't _called_ SMA5 because, well, it wasn't on the Gameboy Advance lol (and wasn't a re-release like the other installments). But that means that the new E-reader levels were technically our first teaser of the NSMB series...if they were actually easy to play back in the day, which of course they sadly weren't. It's like, they started toying with making new levels with the 6 new bonus levels they made for Advance 3 (Yoshi's Island), and then went much further with that for these E-reader levels in Advance 4 (Mario 3), and then finally just made a fully new game that was _just_ new levels for New Super Mario Bros. (technically Advance 5). Pretty neat to think about.
...I say "technically" way too much.
"Steps in the right direction"
Nintendo unlocking all e-levels on re-releases is one hell of a fat W. Especially most of the GBA re-releases got some content blocked
I was really surprised to see the GB and GBA return to the Switch (finally!). I remember getting Super Mario World (one of my first GBA games) for the GBA and I was really curious about the old Super Mario Bros. I used to get hooked into that game for as long as I did for Mario Kart Super Circuit, Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, and Super Mario World. Now I can relive my childhood playing these exact games on the Switch. Though I wish I still have my red GBA with the backlight.
It was a frontlight on the GBA SP you had but still! How have you been liking the games?
Oh yeah I remember that red GBA SP! I used to have one as well.
@@Demeech oof... I always thought it's a regular red GBA with a clamshell and backlight as a kid before getting the original purple/blue GBA and the Pikachu edition. Yes I liked other games mentioned and I had many more but lost them all sadly. I'm not sure if I want to collect them to replay and take a trip down memory lane due to personal reasons but at least I'll be able to play some of those on the Switch for the time being.
@@miahthorpatrick1013 Lucky!
I can’t believe none of this is new to me, I’m that old!!!
However, it’s fascinating to see others taking notice of this masterpiece of a GBA game. I never owned all of the cards, but the levels I did play were really good. ^_^
Glad you enjoyed it!
World-e (The "e" relates to e-Reader. DAMN. SHOCKING RIGHT? 🙃) was truly a treasure that I could finally play because of the Wii U.
Oh and Advance Super Mario Bros. 3 and Mario Bros. is there too. That's cool. XD
NO WAY
I played them on Wii U and was blown away. Can't believe 2016 is now 7 years ago
For 2d N64 mischief makers
I swear to god if this is either World E or Super Mario Advance 5…
It’s World E
@@KoalaSpace360 God dammit.
The E-Reader, along with most of Nintendo's weird experimental devices, are certainly complicated. that incredibly complex way to even use thing really hampered it in the long run, and sent it to card-based console "heaven" with the Hyperscan a few years later.
This was a very good Review! I haven't gotten very far in SMB3E due to trying to figure out how to get all E coins in one of the levels (100% Moment), but in the few levels I've seen, I've seen something that's never really been done ever again, in a good way. Also, Nintendo releasing them on the Wii U was a rare good moment in modern Nintendo, as SMB3E was divided between Japan and North America, and some of the Levels were never even released. Preservation of media is always good in my book. I agree with pretty much everything you say in this video.
Ultimately, though, I think the E-Reader was destined for Failure. Its complicatedness outweighs it's benefits tenfold, and I think that rings very true for card-based gaming in general (looking at you, Hyperscan). However, I think this was a massive high moment to end out something that could have had potential, but was doomed by complexity.
Plus, SMBA4 is just a good game without SMB3 attached to it.
Do you think amiibo cards are the e-Reader done right?
@@Demeech Quite Possibly. I've never thought of it that way before. However, the issue with amiibo Is that other than Smash Brothers, most of the games that use them tend to use them not to their greatest potential or in some cases outright poorly. I think a better iteration of the "toys to life" concept that was wildly successful was Skylanders, and i think that could hold the title as a "successor*" to the E-Reader, albeit as a very spiritual one and one not made by Nintendo itself.
(The other caveat is that Skylanders and amiibo are more aimed towards 1 distinct purpose: figurines, while the E-Reader tended to branch out and go crazy with what the cards could hold on them. In this case, the closest analog to amiibo the E-Reader has is the Animal Crossing E Reader Cards. Alternatively, Pikmin 2-E, but that is rather obscure.)
@@Demeech if they had levels
Honestly, this could be a great idea if it was expanded upon more. I'd love to play a full-length mashup like SMBE in an SMB3 style, and there could also be powerups from 3D games as well!
That Heaven’s Gate reference hit WAY harder than it needed to. Good job, Demeech!
Thank you!
If you showed footage of this game without context, I would have assumed it was a fan-made game!
It's THAT good
the sma4 E-levels are the exact right direction that 2d mario games should have taken.
i agree with your rating, platinum treasure. truly the peak of 2d mario.
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Wahoo! 🇬🇷
10:19 Emi Jones approved lmao
I luckily enough bought Super Mario Advanced 4 on the Wii U. LOL.
Well, *_I_* had the privilege to play some of the _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ e-Reader stages/levels - which were most of the ones that were available in North America [aside from the Walmart-exclusive/Walmart promotional e-Reader Level card that has the Airship's Revenge stage/level on it, which seemed to be available only in the U.S. (I lived in Canada for my entire life, so...)] way back in the early-to-mid 2000's. However, I bought a Nintendo Wii U last spring and bought the digital version of _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ before the Nintendo Wii U eShop (as well as the Nintendo 3DS eShop) stopped allowing you to add funds to your account late last August; and now, _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ has been added to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service - so, now, there are 2 ways in which I can play the Japan-exclusive and U.S.-exclusive _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ e-Reader stages/levels on modern Nintendo video game hardware (though I have yet to subscribe to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service, so I'll have to settle to playing these e-Reader stages/levels on my Nintendo Wii U until I can upgrade from the basic Nintendo Switch Online service to the Nintendo Switch Online *_+ Expansion Pack_* service in August of this year).
Yes! He said Wario Land 4 was as good as it is
I call these the *real* lost levels.
Hey great video and content! @ section 17:16 is that the Mushroom Kingdom theme from Mario RPG Legend of The 7 Stars? I love the soundtrack from that game especially 🙂
I actually did this back in the OG days. The intended use case was to use a Gameboy to scan the card or with the link cable specifically while playing it on the GameCube, with full rumble.
You just discovered the e-reader levels and are reviewing it as new 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Man, Nintendo let Mario steal Sonic's loop-de-loop mechanic with use of those triangle blocks!
0:35 Best N64 Platformer: Treasure's Mischief Makers!
Man, in 2021 I found in a game store a 6-7$ Wii U card that allowed to download Super Mario Advance 3, I had a little thought of buying it but I didn't, now I'm freaking regretting 💀
Weird non descriptive video title and takes way too long to get to the point. Not a fan of this video but you’re getting there.
played through these on my 2ds years ago (the yo-ho way), great collection! Also, Mario advance 5 was reworked into nsmb iirc, there's a whole beta64 video that explains it expertly!
When it was released on Wii U, Nintendo never advertised the fact that all the e levels were there
I hope Nintendo makes a New 2D Mario Based on this game.
I'm hoping Wario Land 1 and 2 get added to the GB/GBC service!
It will likely
@@Demeech when?
You just gave me a great reason to play this on switch online thanks! Vid was amazing!
Hope you enjoy it!
Wario Ware Inc. is pronounced like “Wario Ware Ink”.
Wish the NSMB games were like this!
I’d love for someone to make a rom hack of SMB3 GBA that just turns it entirely into “SMBe”
Game Boy = Nintendo Switch
Game Boy Pocket = Nintendo Switch Lite
Game Boy Light = Nintendo Switch (OLED Model)
Game Boy Color = ??????
6:54 Peach seems kinda bummed out. It's like everyone else gets a fun bonus adventure, but no one kidnapped her this time, so she's kinda just sitting on her hands like "welp..." while Mario and Luigi are all like "k bye." Like why doesn't she get to be included?
Too long didn't watch: Super Mario Bros E, the Super Mario Advance Super Mario Bros. 3 E-reader levels are apparently NSMB 0.
Underrated RUclipsr, subscribed! I haven't played that one yet (I'm in the middle of playing all of the 2D Marios) And I've been using the Advance versions of the Mario games that have it since they're way better, once I get to SMB3 I'll play World-e too. It looks really unique, sad that most people just play the All Stars version of SMB3 instead.
I bought a modded SMA4 cart off Amazon and it had all the E reader levels. Low key best 20$ I’ve spent in a minute
I downloaded a rom with these levels patched in a year or 2 ago. I need to go back and actually fully play it.
I picked up the complete set of North American SMA4 E-reader cards, including the much sought-after Walmart exclusive cards on Ebay about 15 years back, and have never regretted it. I was happy when SMA4 dropped on Wii U, as it allowed me to play the Japan exclusive levels for the first time. I'm glad to see them available again on Switch for more people to finally enjoy. Because it was my first game, I'll always hold World above Bros. 3, but World-e almost tips the scales for me (if they had just crammed Yoshi in there somewhere, there'd be no contest). It's definitely a best-of showcase for sprite-based 2d Mario games.
I had the original SMA4 and got the eReader because of it. Fortunately, I still had my old GBA after getting an SP--I found out AFTER getting the eReader that I would need two systems to use it with a cartridge. I was also fortunately able to track down both sets of cards released in the U.S. I still have my original SMA4 cart with the e-Levels on to it.
As soon as I found out the game was released on the WiiU Shop with all the Japan-exclusive levels, I quickly downloaded it! The one thing I miss from the original hardware, however, is the item and switch cards! The e-Levels were a lot easier when I could scan a bunch of P-Wings at will! 😀
Seeing elements and mechanics from Super Mario Bros., _both_ versions of Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros 3., Super Mario World, *and* Yoshi's Island all contained within a single official game is absolutely insane. I had no idea any of this even existed! Seeing turnips and a Chargin' Chuck in the same level is a level of cognitive dissonance I never expected to see.
I feel like the Nintendo Direct did an absolutely terrible job at showcasing how much unique content this game had! I think showing just turnips and Bumpties alone would have been enough to turn some heads. Nobody popped off in any of the reaction videos to it being announced for the Switch.
Thanks for the video! I seriously might actually look into playing this game now. This is so cool!
It's some real solid bonus content, but not nearly on par with a full-blown original adventure like SMW & NSMBWii. The level design incorporates elements of previous games, but it is filled with fanservice. We've seen better. It's a great treasure, but far from the best 2D Mario game. NewerSMBWii is a phenomenal example.
There’s more to the reason why Luigi feels different in the base game compared to the E-levels. There were various types of cards for levels, power-ups, and game modifications. Luigi’s better jump being under the modification category. Sadly, this release doesn’t include the full package. Things like being able to play SMB3 with plants littered across the stages, halving the P-speed meter, being able to use the cape in SMB3, and yes, Luigi’s better jump in the base game.
It’s unfortunate that we don’t have everything, but even playing it as originally designed had limitations like how many levels you could download onto the cartridge at a time. At least what we were given is the more important stuff. I can’t express how happy I am to play this content as it’s what inspired me to become a game designer in the first place.
So it's a "new super mario bros" because there is content for all Mario "Advance" game ?
I know that we are at the age of reboots, remix and ports but i would always prefer what new Super Mario Bros DS did by introducing a REAL new 2D Mario with new rules and movement. A "best of" rarely feel like a true new entry from my perspective. But sure ! I'm sure it's fun !
And i'm sure the title was more to attract people anyway.
I love SMA4-SMB3 for its misteriously endless features, that Nintendo covered behind the game, some other E Reader features not just levels, that haven't used for some reason, which is amazing, i didn't had real GBA, but with emulator i can try almost all features and hacks, and the game itself has enemies and power ups from various Mario series, its making this game even cooler
If Nintendo had a little more time and idea, they could give players ability to create own levels, some kind of level editor, and we could had official "Mario Maker" from GBA era haha 😆
I got the E-Reader and everything needed for this back in the day. I loved the E-Reader, and was sad when they stopped producing cards. I don't remember needing two GBAs, but even if that was required I had my normal GBA and my add-on for the GameCube.
Now if only Nintendo would be kind enough to have every e-reader track with the next release of F-Zero GP Legend. I played all of them on an emulator in the case Nintendon't.
But speaking of these Mario 3 e-reader levels... it's been a while since I played them on Wii U and I'm excited to try them again now.
0:35 -- Mischief Makers would prolly like to have a word with you....
Super mario brothers 𝗘
I bought all the e-reader cards when they were brand new. I was able to transfer them because I had a Gameboy Advance, and a GameCube with a Gameboy Player attached. It was an ordeal. I wish they would give this same treatment to the other Super Mario Advance games.
"To be fair the GBA is nintendos most insane system out there"
Wii, Virtual Boy, GB, GGN, N64 DD: "AM I a joke to you?!"
Lore of The LOST Origin Of New Super Mario Bros. How Nintendo LOCKED Away Their BEST 2D Mario momentum 100
3:09 My first exposure to Mario was through New Super Mario Bros Wii at 3 years old and Super Mario 64 DS as a birthday present at 6.
This is already the best version of Super Mario Bros. 3 ever!
If I had known about this when it came out I would have probably bought all the junk just to play it. SMB3 is my all-time No. 1!
if Nintendo never releases the E-Reader levels again there is a rom hack that adds them so at least you can play them on a emulator like MGBA on PC and Pizza Boy Advance on Mobile or on a flash cart like the EZ Flash
Me watching this video already knowing exactly what he’s talking about: ._.
Thanks to emulation, these levels were never lost media. Though that topic isn't brought to the table in this channel (dunno if it is), preservationism of video games is a wonder for gamers.
Good news now the super Mario 3 e-reader game is available on the Nintendo switch for free with online service
1:41 SMBDX is my favorite way to play Super Mario Bros. and You vs. Boo is a great mode.
Could someone help me
I have a Wario Land 4 copy that has an old save battery. Does GameStop repair GBA games?
The Gameboy Pocket is just the Switch OLED from 1996
Is anyone willing to share any resources that document/archive e-reader content?
(Super great video btw)
20:45 what 4th wall? videos don't have a forth wall unless there's an explicit attempt to separate them from the real world which...kinda defeats the purpose of a review?
*At **7:33** and **20:28** in this RUclips Premiere video:*
The "Bombarded by Bomb-ombs" e-Reader stage/level [along with the 2 Bowser's Airship (Battle Cruiser) and 2 regular Airship (Battle Cruiser) e-Reader stages/levels, as well as the 1 battleship e-Reader stage/level] is among my favourite _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ e-Reader stages/levels!
Here's a fun fact: The "Bombarded by Bomb-ombs" _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ e-Reader stage/level is a *_Military Base_* stage/level - *_NOT_* a _Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3_ e-Reader Tank stage/level.
@@StevenVillman What's the difference?
I'm glad nintendo included the world-E levels in the switch release, as I was worried the content would've been lost again after the wii U e-shop shutdown
They'd be daft not to when it's right there.
Locked away? E-reader levels have been included with every single re-release.
Well I have a lot to say but first and for most my review gonna be on super mario advence 4 as a whole not just super mario bros E is on the same camp that I am not cover thought on major side modes without the main game.
As being on technical levels the 5th time I played super mario bros 3 I won't deny super mario advence 4 feel like mostly enhanced version of super mario bros 3, super mario bros 3 as a whole feel to me as sort a tech demo for what 16 bits games gonna be and deliver it and seeing super mario bros 3 in either all start and advence 4 fufil my vision of the game though I have to say the soundtrack feel pretty comprased I is because is being a GBA game but as a whole it felt as miss and mario feel a bit heavier then in the nes 3 but is more than managable, as for the E levels it took 5 hours to 100% but still I can safetly say 92% of the time I had a blast, the levels felt really great for the most part and the gameplay is really solid but I have to say the cape here feel far worse than in super mario world and the enemies from super mario bros 2 feel kinda jarring existing with the smb3 assests isn't as bad the X challenge from the X legacy collection when is so ugly to look at the SNES mavericks existing with the ps1 ones but I think the SMB2 enemies sould have got a bit of an overhaul for match better, the minigames were pretty solid though the only one I really care a lot honestly is the one with the ball and wish this item will show up in super mario maker 3 as an item that you can throw 3 times diagonolly and after landing become slower, while the toad one is just rng the tanooki one is neat but not enjoyable as the ball one maybe because is more stratigic, but one thing that I am happy that world E give is the ability to replay the level which basically my massive criticism on super mario bros which let me ask myself why super mario advence 4 don't give the option to replay the same level on the same playthrough on the super mario bros 3 mode.
The mario bros mode is very straight foward as being basically an amped version of the OG and pretty much the definitive way to play the game even though you can play it on the other super mario advence games and mario luigi super star saga with no issues.
My main criticism toward world e is the lack of story I am not expcting from mainline mario games to give me final fantasy 7 levels of deep story but really the lack of even a cutscene basically just tell me figure out what is going on and my best thing in mind that basically this world is like sort of an event that happened between super mario bros 3 to super mario world or vice versa depend which came first in the timeline, the no time to dwadle level just don't play well with luigi at all, the E coins felt pretty pointless collectables that even in the castle museum I didn't really enjoy them compare to other optional collectables like the gacha from forgotten land.
Overall super mario advence 4 get the rank of low S tier on GBA and the wii u and switch version get the rank of mid high S tier compared to the mid high S tier of all stars and nes's super mario bros 3 mid S tier rank and while the modern versions are short from reaching high S tier and enter my top 5 favorite mainline mario games is still my second favorite 2D mario game only behind snes super mario world and among my favorite mario games.
As for your retrospect I think it was phenomenal covering with my only real complain is how you spelled INC in wario ware inc which not too much of a problem I just felt more natrual to here it spelled like monsters INC spelled it.
Well that my review please let me know your thought since I put over 25 minutes on it
Thanks for the review! I will say that Advance 4 is my favorite way to play 3 as well. Glad to see you put a lot of work into your reviews as well.
@@Demeech you welcome and hey what can I say this title was really good and super mario bros 3 is basically alongside kirby's adventure and the og smb the only originally nes titles I return time to time is just easier to me to enjoy snes/genesis title when it come to short retro titles and advence 4 is basically super mario bros 3 definitive edition
I thought you were going to talk about an early prototype for NSMB, I already knew about this
Damn I would have thought this game was forever lost to me but I can still get this now on my WiiU?
They should have added Luigi in a dress as a powerup, i would have loved that
is this video about e-reader card bonus content? i was expecting some lost game.
There's actually a mario fangame that kinda takes the DNA of the E-reader levels and builds a new game around it. It's called Super Mario Bros X. It has the same theme of having levels with notable elements from all classic 2D mario games. Hell, it even included a level and world maker far before Mario Maker. It would be cool to see you cover it, it's really good.
You can also import custom assets into smbx through, it is a bit complex, One thing that i never managed to do in smbx is that i never could create custom events where you, say, walked throgh an area and suddenly have textboxes appearing, or have sprites appear and disappear, or etc. So i could never make a cutscene in smbx like in those cool smbx custom story-based levels you can find online.
Anyways, did you know about a certain zombie mario fangame named "the Shroom project"? You can create levels with it, play as different toads, and such.
@@dylanzlol7293 good to know I wasn't the only one who had troubles with setting up events and the like.
Also no, I didn't know about the shroom project, might check that out sometime.
@@thefollower2933 yeah, events are hard to make.
Also the shroom project is poggio, to create or edit custom levels youll need the "shroom editor"
Well well get ready for a very long review on the game once your retrospect is out
Yep
You know I don't think I'd mind a powerup with Luigi in a dress. I mean he kind of suits it ngl
These levels give me vibes of Mario Maker levels and I love it.
I guess this is where the E memes came from
5:54
this has to be the most accurate greek citizen at a party
Just add a map and a few more levels and release as a separate cart
super mario advance 4 was my first gba game, I've never played any of the e reader levels because the e reader cards are expensive.
Fair enough!
I wish nintendo took chances and made games like this more.
It's glad to see sonic in a Mario game I'm a huge fan of sonic
Awesome
I remember a video in my childhood where the person played a level on the Super Mario Bros 3 e world that references Super Mario Land and has a Sphinx as the boss in the end
I think it was a hack but to be fair, I’d like to find the video once again
actually the switch pro never realeased sadly
0:38 that’s exactly what I was about to say