Super Mario Bros. 3 [Virtual Console] Unlockable: Secret Whistles
At the end of level 1-3 before you go to the black screen you'll find a bunch of blocks in the air. Find the white one and hold DOWN. When you fall through, run to the end and press UP. Hurry! If you do this correctly you will be in a secret room. Open the chest to get a whistle with special powers!
In the miniature castle of world 1 get the P-Wing and keep flying. At the top you should go over a wall and stop moving. Press UP to reveal another whistle!
You can also get this whistle by using a racoon suit. First take out the bone turtle, then go to the far right, start to speed up using the b button. When you reach the left end (your flying power should be full)start flying upward until you enter the secret room containing the whistle.
The 3rd Secret Whistle is in World 2. Beat a Wandering Hammer Brother and you'll get a music box or a hammer. Use the hammer in the Top right area in the Desert (not the level) by the Pyramid it is all the way North of it. Use the hammer there. You'll find a Wandering Fire Brother with the whistle along with a Toad's House with a Frog Suit in it.
Super Mario Bros. 3 [Virtual Console] Hint: Extra Lives
Go to the first T shaped pipes in world 1-2. You need to have a tail so you can float in the air. There will be little goombas coming out of the right end of the pipe. Go on to the ground near where all the goombas are coming out. Let three or four come out before you do anyhting. Then jump on one of them so you bounce up into the air. When you are coming down from that jump land on another one, and after you hit that land on another one. Keep doing this so you never touch the ground. Once you hit one goomba, you will want to flap your tail so that you will provide more time for more goombas to come from the pipe. Once you have stomped on eight in a row, you will get a one-up for every kill on after that.
Super Mario Bros. 3 [Virtual Console] Hint: World One to World Eight
Here's the most seamless way to get from the first world to the eighth (final) world of the game.
1.) Play until you get to Level 1-3. Here, you should dash to the end of the level until you get to a white platform near the end. Stand atop it, hold down until you "fall behind it", and run to the end of the level. You'll acquire a Warp Whistle.
2.) Play from there until you reach the World One Fortress. Make sure you're Raccoon Mario as you traverse the stage (ignoring the Fire Flower you are offered). At the end, you can go through a door, or you can fly high above and over the door. When you do, run to the right (you won't see your character) and press Up to enter a secret room. Within is another Warp Whistle.
3.) Now, select one of the Warp Whistles from your menu and use it. But don't select a destination world! Instead, use a Warp Whistle, your second, right after you use the first. This will allow you to access the eighth and final world of the game.
Super Mario Bros. 3 [Virtual Console] Hint: Level 8 Shortcut
To beat the second board of level 8 easily, just swim under the boats until you reach the end.
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