

I think this really is a high quality NES speedrun of the moment and that I really took the record to another level…I was planning to hold this record for a while.” He also wishes luck to anyone who attempts to beat his world record winning run. You better good patience if you try to run this game. You also have to play four boring slow-scrolling levels. Then you have to keep playing perfectly and hope that the sun does not up on a bad spot in 8-2. That means more than 90 % of the runs ruined there. I passed the hand level 26 times out of 248 times I reached them. So what does it take to put together a successful speed run in Super Mario Bros 3? Quite a bit of practice and a lot of luck.Ī short note Freddy attached to the world record run: “The game itself is kinda frustrating to run sometimes. He has been speed running Super Mario Bros 3 for over 5 years, holding the world record in 2007, then retook the title in 2009 after his 2007 time was beaten. Freddy has held the world record for speed running Super Mario Bros 3 since 2009 (according to Speed Demos Archive), and with a time of 10 min 48 sec I don’t see myself, or anyone for that matter, getting a better run anytime soon.įreddy’s run was completed on the NES version of the game and used warps for the incredible “any %” run.

Have you ever thought you were a good Mario player? Ever finish the game so fast that you thought you couldn’t possibly complete the levels faster? Well, if you’re Freddy Andersson, Swedish speed runner, that might actually be true. That’s about as far as I’ve ever taken Super Mario Bros 3, playing countless times and considering it a good day when I make it to the giant world. Now an adult, I still love hooking up my NES and trying to run through the levels with a smile on my face. I can recall sitting on the floor, so close to the TV that my mom would tell me my eyes would stick in a cross-eyed position if I didn’t scoot back, playing for hours as a little kid. In my humble opinion, Super Mario Bros 3 is one of the greatest games ever made.
