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Super Mario Bros. 3: Super Mario Advance 4

Unlock the 1,000,000 Point Stars (Super Mario Brothers)
For every 1,000,000 points you earn, a star will appear above the title Super Mario Bros. 3 (where you select between Super Mario Bros. 3 or Mario Bros.) You can earn up to five stars.

Unlock the 150,000 points Point Stars (Mario Brothers)
For every 150,000 points you earn, a star will appear above the title Super Mario Bros. 3 (where you select between Super Mario Bros. 3 or Mario Bros.) You can earn up to five stars.

Replay All Levels, Fortresses, and Castles
Beat every single level in the game to replay all levels, fortresses, and castles, then defeat Bowser, save the game, and you will be brought to a World Selection screen where you can jump to any of the 8 worlds. All locked doors will have been unlocked and you can freely visit any stage/bonus stage/castle/etc.

Spade House Game Bonuses
Beat a spade house by correctly matching the pieces into any of the 3 forms to unlock additional houses. Different combos will reward you better rewards.

Heart House
Make any matching combination in any Spade house. All existing Spade Houses then become Heart Houses. in Heart House all Stars is replaced with a racoon leaf, and matching it rewards you with 7 lives.

Club House
Make any matching combination in any Heart House and all existing Heart Houses then become Club Houses. In Club Houses all Star/Leaf is replaces with the number ''3'', matching this awards you 9 lives.

Diamond House
Make any matching combination in any Club House. Existing Diamond Houses return to Spade houses and the cycle repeats. In Diamond House all items are replaced with stars..a Guarenteed win!

World-e Unlockable List
Unlockable - How to Unlock
Blue Mushroom House - Get 30 Advance (Ace,A) Coins
Orange Mushroom House - Get 50 Advance (Ace,A) Coins
Red Mushroom House - Get 80 Advance (Ace,A) Coins

White Mushroom Houses
Complete the entire game, then collect the special coins at the beginning of secret levels:1-4, 2-2, 3-8, 4-2, 5-5, 6-7, 7-2
Each level will have a number on the bottom of the screen telling you how many coins in that level you need to get a white mushroom house on the map.
Worlds 1, 3, 5, 7 - You get the P-Wings
Worlds 2, 4, 6 -You get Anchors

Drop Behind-The-Scene In most levels
On most levels there are multi-colored blocks held up by screws. You can drop behind the scene on the White Blocks. Holding down on the d-pad for 5 seconds to drop behind the level. In World 1-3 towards the end of the level, drop behind from on top the white block and run behind the black curtain. You will uncover a hidden mushroom house which contains a warp whistle.

Special World Endings
Defeat the Koopaling at the end of an Airship (Worlds 1-7) while wearing either the Frog, Tanooki, or Hammer Bros. suit and receive a special message from the King.

Many Tanooki Suits
In World 5 (Cloud World), the first available mushroom house has a Tanooki Suit. Get it and beat levels until you get to the cloud part of the world by beating the spiral tower. The game offers to save your game. Save it, then get game over. When you continue, you keep the Tanooki Suit you got at the mushroom house, and the mushroom house will respawn. All level beaten will remain completed except for the spiral tower. Just collect the Tanooki Suit, Beat the Spiral tower, and Save your game again. Then restart the process over again.

Magic Whistles Location List
Whistle 1- On Level 1-3 when you get to the end of the course you will find a white block. Hold down while on top of the white block until you go behind the scenery. From here run to the end of the course and you will be transported to a room with a magic whistle.

Whistle 2- On the World 1 Fortess, when you come across the first Dry-Bones, there will be a [?] block. Hit this to get a leaf. As Racoon Mario, knock out the dry bones and fly up the ledge until you start walking along the top of it. Continue going right whilst on top of the ledge until you stop moving. Press up to be transported to a room with a Whistle

Whistle 3- On World 2 after you have collected the Hammer from the Hammer Brothers go to the top right corner of the world map. Use the Hammer to break a rock leading to a secret passge. In here there is a Firs Brothers, beat them to get the Whistle

Get Unlimited Lives in World 3-5
Attract Lakitu to the pit underneath the Venus Fire Trap. Next, launch a Koopa shell between the two wooden blocks. Now, as Lakitu launches Spiny Eggs, the Koopa shell will instantly destroy them. Accumulate enough points, and soon you will receive infinite lives. (NOTE: The max amount of lives you can get is 999.)

Infinite Lives in World 2 Fortress
You need to be Raccoon Mario to do this. When you enter the World 2 Fortress, don't attack the first Dry Bones (the skeletal turtle) you see. Instead, lure it over to the other two Dry Bones a few screens ahead. Now, jump on the first one, and use the raccoon tail to flutter onto the next one, and then the final one. By then, the first one should be back on its feet. Keep repeating the process for infinite lives.

N-Spade Memory Game Layouts
The N-Spade Memory Game will appear on the world map every 80,000 points you score.

M=Mushroom
F=Fireflower
1=1-Up Chest
T=Ten Coins
2=Twenty Coins
S=Starman

MF2F1S
21MT1F
SMSMFS

FT1F1M
SM2SMT
SF2MFS

FS1F1M
TMFSMT
S22MFS

F2MS1F
1FTM2S
MTSMFS

FS1F2M
TM21MT
SFSMFS

MF2MTS
F1MT12
SFSMFS

1MTMFS
MTS22F
S1FMFS

MF1FSS
2SMT1F
2MTMFS

Treasure Ship
Use the following procedure to turn the Wandering Hammer Bros. into a Treasure Ship. Note that this only works on Worlds 1, 3, 5, and 6. Get an amount of coins that is a mutiple of 11. Make the number in the tens place of your score the same as the number your using for the mutiple of 11. At the end of the stage before you reach the Wandering Hammer Bros., stop the timer on an even number
Example:
33 coins
score: 1,430
timer: 98