Like other 80's kids, my first taste of Super Mario Bros. 3 was in the 1989 movie  The Wizard . Due to the lag between its 1988 Japanese release and 1990 American port, Nintendo of America was able to unveil the highly-anticipated third installment in the most popular video-game series via a movie. In The Wizard , starring The Wonder Years ' Fred Savage, a boy goes on an unsupervised, underage road trip in California so his mentally-disturbed little brother can play in a video-game tournament. The final competition requires the contestants to compete in the yet-to-be-released-stateside SMB3. Though a critical failure, the movie made a big impression on me.  Super Mario Bros. 3 is on the shortlist for the title of Best Video Game Ever. It vastly expands, improves, and refines everything that made Super Mario Bros. great, with more levels, secrets, items, enemies, and bosses. Many levels scroll both vertically and horizontally, and Mario and Luigi can backtrack. Although SMB2 ...