Panel (Super Mario Bros. 3)
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Panels,[1][2][3] also named squares,[4] are objects found on the overworld map in Super Mario Bros. 3. They represent the different areas in each world. There are five types of panels:
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Start Panel | Start Panels mark the starting point on the map of each world. | ||
     
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Action Panel[1] | Action Panels, originally named Action Scene Panels,[2][3] are where Mario and Luigi access the various levels found on the map. They cannot pass an Action Panel unless they have completed its level. Once either character has done so, the Action Panel becomes a Cleared Panel[1] (also spelled Clear Panel[2][4]), which depicts an "M" (for Mario) or an "L" (for Luigi), depending on which character completed the level. Once either Mario or Luigi completes a level, neither of them can revisit it, so they must move on to the next area. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 lets the player revisit worlds and Action Panels after Bowser's Castle is cleared. |
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Spade Panel | Spade Panels are optional areas that, when accessed, allow Mario or Luigi to play a slot machine-like minigame. The player's objective is to line up three pictures to show either a Mushroom, a Flower, or a Star, which reward two, three, and five extra lives, respectively. If any of the pictures are not properly aligned, the player does not earn any extra lives. Regardless of the outcome, a Spade Panel becomes a Clear Panel once the minigame is finished.
Super Mario Advance 4 lets the player revisit Spade Panels once all the levels are cleared. Additionally, clearing a Spade Panel turns all of them into Heart Panels (which replace the Star with a Leaf that gives a 7-Up), clearing those turns them into Club Panels (the Leaf becomes a number "3" that gives a 10-Up), and clearing those turns them into Diamond Panels (which is a certain win). Failing at any of these or clearing a Diamond Panel resets the process. |
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N-Mark Spade Panel | A special type of Spade Panel that appears on the map for every 80,000 points Mario or Luigi earns. Unlike with other panels, the player automatically accesses an N-Mark Spade Panel when they move onto it. Here, they can play a simple card-matching game in which they must flip over two random cards each turn. Each pair that matches earns Mario or Luigi a reward, depending on which item is shown on the paired cards. If the player does not get a match two times or matches all cards, the minigame ends, and they are returned to the world map. |
Gallery
Various panels in Grass Land, most labeled by number
Panels in Desert Land
Panels in Water Land
Panels in Giant Land
Panels in Sky Land
Panels in the Super Mario All-Stars version of Grass Land
Panels in the Super Mario All-Stars version of Sea Side
Panels in the Super Mario All-Stars version of Big Island
Panels in the Super Mario All-Stars version of The Sky
Panels in the Super Mario All-Stars version of Iced Land
Panels in the Super Mario All-Stars version of Pipe Maze
Panels in the Super Mario All-Stars version of Castle of Koopa
Panels in the Super Mario Advance 4 version of the Warp Zone
Panels in World-e
