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September 30, 2003
Revised October 2, 2003
Nintendo has announced it will offer customers a Super Mario Advance 4 bundle pack.
Here's what it will offer, directly from the ShopNintendo website.

• Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Game for Game Boy Advance
• Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Official Player's Guide
• Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3-e Cards
• A coupon worth $10 Off a Game Boy Advance SP
• A coupon worth $10 Off an e-Reader
• Plus, a full, 12 issue subscription to Nintendo Power Magazine
  

This is being offered for $59.95, and will begin shipping on October 20 with 2-day air shipping.

August 13, 2003
At G4's first annual G-Phoria gaming awards show, Mario took home the Legends award. Featured was a short documentary of Mario's career and an interview with Mario from Italy, in which he gave thanks to Peach, Bowser, Shigeru Miyamoto and Luigi.

Mario also took home another award for Super Mario Sunshine. SMS was voted most underrated game.

August 1, 2003
After only a couple weeks of shelf time in Japan, Super Mario Advance 4 is already topping the charts. Last week, Super Mario Advance 4 sold more copies than the next game (Kirby's Air Ride, GCN) by nearly 7,000 copies.
Super Mario Advance 4 has currently sold 86,500 copies in Japan.

For the latest additions and news for Super Mario Advance 4, check out SMBFan's Super Mario Advance 4 page.

July 22, 2003
Nintendo has announced that the release of Super Mario Advance 4 has been pushed back by nearly a month to October 21st, 2003.

It is presumed Nintendo is taking more time converting the game to English and making adjustments with the e-Reader features.

May 15, 2003
Coming with this year's E3 Gaming Expo in L.A. was great news for any Mario fan. Here are some games and their slated release dates. (Thanks to TMK)

SMBFan will continue to add information on Super Mario Bros. 3: Super Mario Advance 4. Screenshots are available in the Super Mario Advance 4 page.