version, the door was moved one block to the right to be underneath the higher ceiling, and the wall on the right was extended two blocks to the left, deleting the spikes. The rising-and-falling spiked ceiling originally had a few more spikes at the very end. version, you would be able to move right after the second line of text finished. If they didn't change the wait time in the U.S. version makes you wait until all the text has appeared. The Japanese version lets you move before Toad is done talking, but the U.S. version is more lenient, allowing a damaged Fiery/Raccoon/Frog/Tanooki/Hammer Mario to regress only one step to Super Mario. In the Japanese SMB3, Super/Fiery/Raccoon/Frog/Tanooki/Hammer Mario all will revert to small Mario after taking damage. version, reducing the wait time by about 1½ seconds. Below is an animation for your viewing convenience. It is no different in the Japanese version, except that it has an iris-in effect before the level starts. 3 has an iris-out effect when you start a level from the map screen. The trademark symbol was moved down to the '3' in the title logo.

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