Super Mario Advance 4

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 is a 2003 reissue of Super Mario Bros. 3 for the Game Boy Advance and the fourth and final entry in the Super Mario Advance series. It boasts similar graphics and sound to the Super Mario All-Stars version, and it makes use of the e-Reader to support additional content. It features a remake of Mario Bros. identical to that found in the Super Mario Advance games that came before it.

The game has rumble support if played on a Game Boy Player or Nintendo Switch (but not on a Wii U). To turn rumble on or off, a settings menu appears when pressing  or  on the game selection menu. Examples of situations where rumble is used include when Mario takes damage and in the spike section in World 1-Fortress.

The first release of the game was bundled with two e-Reader cards. Two groups of cards, referred to as series, were also sold as separate products. By scanning these special cards into the e-Reader, players are able to unlock items, videos, and, most significantly, new levels in the game. One notable item is the Cape Feather from Super Mario World, which allows Mario to transform into Caped Mario. There are also Switch Cards that the player can activate and deactivate the effects of by scanning them. The e-Reader feature is still present in the European version, but it is disabled and inaccessible, despite being fully translated. This is due to the e-Reader not releasing in Europe, despite being planned to. The e-Reader's functionality can be forcibly accessed in the European version by corrupting a save file.[4]

The game was rereleased on the Wii U's Virtual Console service in Japan on December 29, 2015,[2] and later in North America on January 21, 2016; in Europe on March 10, 2016; and in Australia on March 11, 2016. All releases on the Wii U automatically include all levels that were accessible via e-Reader cards, including levels that had previously been released only in Japan. The ROM size was also increased from 32 megabits to 64.[5] It was also re-released for the Nintendo Switch's Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online service as one of its launch titles on February 8, 2023, worldwide, which also includes all of the e-Reader levels.

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