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Super Mario Bros. 3

World map, inventory of suits and secret routes turned platformers into structured campaigns.

Released 1988 Developer Nintendo EAD Publisher Nintendo Platform NES Genre Platformer Era 8- and 16-bit

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Super Mario Bros. 3 inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Same-Screen Two-Player 1972Lives and Continues 1978Continuous Scrolling Playfield 1980Momentum-Based Platform Control 1985

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