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Super Mario Bros 3 Never Happened

Super Mario Bros 3 Stage Play — Click for full-size

According to this diagram, one of the most popular Mario and Nintendo games of all time never happened.

Written by

Humberto Saabedra

Journalist since 2006, initially covering the retail wireless sector before pivoting to anime and manga trade reporting in 2008. Founder and publisher of AnimeNews.biz (2008–2017), followed by a 13-year tenure at Crunchyroll News (2011–2024) and launching K-Comics Beat with Comics Beat in 2024. Now stripping away consumer noise to build independent, data-backed intelligence desks focused on cross-border licensing telemetry, production committee balance sheets, and industrial supply-chain forensics.

Date January 28, 2010 Updated June 4, 2026 Category Anime

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