man
I love super mario bros 3! ohh damn i wish i still had my NES. i too have beated without whistles and its soo fun. i never thought it was that hard though. mario 1 was hard and i didnt play 2 but 3 was the best.
i know with whistles i can beat it in under an hour (one whistle in world 1 and one hidden in the dessert wordl (the second world). if i remember with two whistles u can warp to 8 and from there its pretty easy. its hidden in the top right corner of the map, you have to use a hammer to break the rocks and beat some guards that u can now fight.
the two moving armies (tank and boat) are so fun. but all u have to do on the boot is dive into the water and let yourself fall below the water without drowning. the boat will then pass over u and if u keep trying to swim up you can stay underneath it and live. so that beats the boat easy.
the flying barge level is hard. but thats when you use one of your P Wings (unlimited racoon).
the first castle (not the final one) is the hardest level but if u beat that the rest its easy.
the final castle was dissapointanly easy after the first time u beat it. first you run straight as fast as u can and hte lasers wont shoot u. the let the rising platform take u to the top. then u fall into a big open room with 4 vertical entrances at different heights. fly to the second from the top (am i right?) and go in. dodge the spiked block and fall down the falling brick. the just jump over some lava brick part and youre home free. and bowser is easy, just go over the middle of the bridge let him jump in the air and move out of the way. repeat until all the blocks are gone.
its been about 4 years since i played that but damn that was my favortite game. i wish i could find it
