World 3 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)

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World 3 is the third normal world in New Super Mario Bros. 2. This world is both beach and jungle-themed, although the music is similar to that of World 4 of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which is a beach-themed level. This world is unlocked after completing World 2-Castle or World Mushroom-Castle. The first half of the map is located at the seaside while the second half is located inland, where the jungle is, although the levels can take place between any of the two locations regardless of it's position on the world map.

There is a total of 12 levels and 3 Toad Houses in this world. There is one of each kind of Toad Houses in this world. Of the 12 levels, 8 are levels on the main path. Of these levels, 5 are normal levels, one is a Ghost House and the other two are the Tower (or Fortress) and Castle levels. Of the remaining 4 levels, two of them are normal levels (one is a secret level), one is the Cannon level and the last is the Rainbow level. The world's boss is Wendy O. Koopa, who is fought at the Castle level. However, the player can avoid fighting the bosses in this world by taking the world's Cannon, leading to World Flower.

Levels

World 3-Rainbow

To access this level, the timer must end with the two digits '33' (that is, 'x33', where 'x' can be any number) when the player reaches the flagpole of any World 3 level. Once the level is completed, it can be accessed again by satisfying the above condition once more.

Mario begins on an island in front of the pipe. Entering it will shoot Mario to the sky. He will first land on a moving yellow platform, where coins begin to shoot up from below like a fountain. This is followed by a Coin Roulette Block. More coins begin to be shot out where two 10 Gold Coins and one 100 Gold Coin fall from the top right corner of the screen. This is followed by two Coin Roulette Blocks and one large Coin Roulette Block. Finally, more coins will be shot out, marking the end of the level.

World 3-1

Mario begins on an orange platform at a beach. The level is mainly made up of hills of sand. Cheep-Cheeps that jump out of the water first appear here in the game. A ? Block containing a Super Leaf can be found here. Floating Barrels follow, which sinks when Mario is on it for too long. A Gold Ring appears here, which make coins follow behind Cheep-Cheeps. More Cheep-Cheeps follow, along with several more barrels. A row of Brick Blocks can then be found, one of them containing a ? Switch which makes coins to be released from a green Warp Pipe above. Another is a multi-coin block. Another hill of sand follows, along with the checkpoint. Rotating platforms and Piranha Plants begin to appear. Another Gold Ring can be found on several orange platforms, along with more jumping Cheep-Cheeps. After that, two ? Blocks appear, one of them having a Super Leaf. Following that is another set of rotating platforms with a Piranha Plant on one of them. A Coin Roulette Block can be found above a pipe with a Piranha Plant in it. One last Gold Ring appear, with more Cheep-Cheeps along the way. Finally, a green Warp Pipe leads out of the area. In the last area, there are stone platforms and several more Cheep-Cheeps which can help Mario reach the top of the flagpole not far away.

Star Coins

• Star Coin 1: This Star Coin can be seen above three floating Barrels after the first Gold Ring. The player will need to hop off a Cheep-Cheep to reach it.
• Star Coin 2: Immediately after the checkpoint, the player should see a Piranha Plant beside several Brick Blocks and a ? Block with a Fire Flower above the rotating platforms. When the Piranha Plant returns to it's pipe, Mario needs to wall kick off the pipe to find a hidden aclove with the Star Coin.
• Star Coin 3: When Mario reaches the Coin Roulette Block, he should stand on the barrel on the right of the pipe below it. The barrel will drop and reveal the Star Coin.

World 3-2

This is an underwater level. Mario begins in front of a pool of water where there is a small island in the middle of the water being circled by Snake Blocks. A red Warp Pipe takes Mario underwater. A few ? Blocks can first be found occasionally blocked by Snake Blocks above a Whirlpool which will disappear after a short while and then reappear again, like in New Super Mario Bros.. One of the ? Blocks contain a Fire Flower. Then, he will come across more Snake Blocks, Urchins and Cheep-Cheeps. After that, another set of Snake Blocks enclosing a Whirlpool with the first Star Coin can be found. This is followed by a black pipe which changes fireballs into coins enclosed in bubbles. More Snake Blocks and Cheep-Cheeps can be found, along with mini Urchins, followed by the checkpoint. Another Fire Flower can be found in a ? Block after that. This is followed by more Cheep-Cheeps and Snake Blocks. A P-Switch appears on a Warp Pipe on the ceiling, which causes blue coins to appear in an area where blue Cheep-Cheeps which follows Mario are swimming in. Following that are Snake Blocks where several Urchins are found. Not long after, the blue exit Warp Pipe can be found. Back in the overworld, a hidden block containing a 1-Up Mushroom can be found on a cliff to the left of Mario. Several Snake Blocks can be found circling several floating platforms above water, followed by the checkpoint.

Star Coins

• Star Coin 1: The first Star Coin is early in the level. The player may want to wait for the Whirlpool to disappear before grabbing it.
• Star Coin 2: After the checkpoint, the player should enter the first yellow Warp Pipe which is enclosed in Snake Blocks and in between water currents. In the next area, the player should navigate around the Snake Blocks to reach the Star Coin located in the middle, where a blue Cheep-Cheep which follows Mario will be guarding it.
• Star Coin 3: The last Star Coin is located in an area enclosed with Snake Blocks above an Urchin near the exit pipe.

World 3-3

This short level takes place in a jungle. Mario begins in front of two spider webs where a ? Block containing a Super Leaf can be found. This is followed by a Goomba and a Scuttle Bug above purple toxic waters. Another Goomba and more spider webs can be found, where a ! Switch can be seen (see Star Coin 1). This is followed by more Scuttle Bugs, along with the checkpoint. More Scuttle Bugs and spider webs follow. After that, more spider webs can be found along with the third Star Coin. Climbing up the rest of the spider webs will then take Mario to the flagpole.

Star Coins

• Star Coin 1: When the player sees the first ! Switch, Mario needs to activate it by climbing the spider webs, being careful not to fall into the toxic waters. Red blocks will then appear over the pool of toxic water, allowing access to a yellow Warp Pipe on the left which takes Mario underground. Another ! Switch can be found in a Brick Block, which makes more red blocks appear. Mario will need to go towards the left to find a Scuttle Bug and the Star Coin. Mario will then have to bounce off the Scuttle Bug at the right time to obtain the Star Coin and avoid falling into the toxic water before the timer runs out.
• Star Coin 2: After the checkpoint, Mario needs to bounce off the second Scuttle Bug to reach a yellow Warp Pipe. Warping through it will take Mario to a secret area. Mario will then need to activate a ! Switch on the ground to make several red blocks appear. He will them have to quickly climb up the blocks and bounce of the lone Scuttle Bug to obtain the Star Coin.
• Star Coin 3: The last Star Coin is located below an orange platform in between two spider webs just before the flagpole. Mario needs to climb the spider webs to reach the Star Coin while avoiding falling into the toxic water.

World 3-A

A payment of 5 Star Coins is required to unlock this level.

This is an underwater level. Mario begins on an orange platform in front of a pool of water where there is a strong water current and Cheep-Cheeps. A ? Block containing a Fire Flower can be found, followed by the Warp Pipe going underwater. When Mario first enter the water, the player could see strong water currents coming from yellow pipes on the left side of the screen. Mario will immediately move with the current. A P-Switch can be found on the ground just to the right of the pipe, which will make blue coins appear. Cheep-Cheeps and Mega Cheep-Cheeps are the enemies Mario has to avoid. After that, there will be a fork in the path, where he could change paths through a hole if he took the wrong one. After the fork, Mario will then reach a red pipe which takes him to the next room, where there are no currents. Inside, there are Cheep-Cheeps moving in circles. Going forward there are currents in a small maze with mini Urchins. After that is the checkpoint. A red pipe will then warp Mario to another area with current. Here, Mario needs to avoid the Urchins and mini Urchins. There is also a Roulette Block where the current changes direction. The player has to navigate through the area while avoiding the Urchins to reach the exit pipe. Back in the overworld, MArio will then cross calm waters using the orange platforms. This is followed by the flagpole.

Completing this level unlocks World 3-Fortress, skipping World 3-2 and World 3-3.

Star Coins

• Star Coin 1: When Mario reches a fork in the path in the first water area, he should take the upper path to immediately swim into the Star Coin.
• Star Coin 2: In the second water area, Mario will need to locate a hole on the floor below the Cheep-Cheep ring on the left of Mario whenhe first enter the room. Going down the hole and moving to the right takes Mario to an area with the Star Coin, where there are strong water current. Mario will have to activate a ? Switch on the ceiling to turn off the current and quickly swim to the Star Coin.
• Star Coin 3: When Mario reaches the third area where he has to avoid Urchins, he should keep up while avoiding the Urchins to swim into the Star Coin.

World 3-Fortress

This is an autoscrolling underwater level. Mario begins on a blue platform above the water with a single Fishbone. A ? Block containing a Fire Flower can first be found, followed by a Warp Pipe in the water leading to the next area, which will begin autoscrolling upwards as soon as Mario enters the area. Two Fishbones can first be found, followed by moving walls, which will move after a set period of time. Some of these walls are spiked. More Fishbones will then appear. After all the moving walls, there are spiked pillars coming from the left and right. In between these is a safe zone where the checkpoint and a ? Block containing a Fire Flower is. After that, a Red Ring will then appear. More Fishbones and spiked pillars will then appear, followed by a green pipe. Warping through will lead Mario to a small area with a ? Block containing a Fire Flower and the boss door. Here the player needs to defeat four Reznors on a single wheel with four rectangular ? Blocks to clear the level.

Star Coins

• Star Coin 1: At the beginning of the level, there is a hole on the left side wall in the water. Mario needs to swim into the hole and being careful not to swim too low, swim to the left to find the Star Coin above two ? Blocks above the water with a Fishbone.
• Star Coin 2: In the second room, the player will navigate through several moving walls. The Star Coin is located above the second spiked wall on the right, guarded by two Fishbones.
• Star Coin 3: After the checkpoint, there is a Red Ring which has 4 pipes in between. One of them is green, which is of different colours of the rest of the pipes. Entering it will take Mario to another area with the Star Coin. The player has to avoid the strong water currents to reach it.

Secret Exit

Mini Mario is required to access this secret exit. Just before the checkpoint and the area with the spiked pillars, there are two small blocks which will move away to make way for Mario to pass through. Following the block on the right will bring Mario to a mini Warp Pipe. Following the path will lead Mario to the flagpole.

This exit unlocks a green Toad House and World 3-Cannon.

World 3-Cannon

To unlock this level, the player needs to complete World 3-Fortress via the secret exit.

Mario begins on jungle grounds in front of the cannon. Entering the cannon will initiate a countdown, then Mario is blasted off. Mario will not be able to stop running throughout the level. First, Mario will come across a Scuttle Bug, followed by a Wiggler. Then a Red Ring can be found in between a Scuttle Bug and a Wiggler. The level continues with more Scuttle Bugs and Wigglers. After a few of them, the level ends.

Completing this level unlocks World Flower.

World 3-4

Mario begins in front of a Wiggler. This is followed by several ? Blocks and Brick Blocks, of which one of them have a Super Leaf. This is followed by a floating crate on toxic water, a rectangular ? Block containing another Super Leaf above a Wiggler, a Koopa Troopa, more crates and a Red Ring. More Wigglers can be found on crates, along with the first Star Coin. This is followed by more Koopas, more crates and a Wiggler, where a ? Switch can be found on the ceiling, making coins to fall out from a green pipe nearby. A red pipe leads Mario to the next area, where the checkpoint can be found. Here, the toxic water will occasionally rise and drop, which can either help or obstruct Mario. More crates can be found here, along with another Super Leaf. Here the player have to jump from crate to crate when the tide is low. This is followed by several Koopas and more crates. After that, the green exit pipe should be in sight. Continuing on will lead to the flagpole.

Star Coins

• Star Coin 1: This Star Coin is locateed above the second Wiggler on crates. Mario needs to bounce of the Wiggler to reach it.
• Star Coin 2: Located after the checkpoint. After Mario crosses the area where he has to jump from crate to crate when the tide is low, the player can notice a small area with the Star Coin below Mario after reaching land. During low tide, the player will have to dash to the coin and dash back before high tide returns.
• Star Coin 3: The last Star Coin is right after the second Star Coin. Similarly, the player has to wait for low tide before wall kicking to the Star Coin from the crate.

Secret Exit

Before warping through the green pipe near the end of the level, the player should be able to see a red pipe underneath Mario for which the path is blocked by Brick Blocks when the purple toxic water lowers. The player will need to use a Shell from a nearby Koopa to break the Brick Block when the toxic water lowers. Then Mario should wait again and when the water lowers, dash and crouch through the path to access the red pipe before the water rises again. This pipe will take Mario to an area with more toxic water, a floating crate, some blocks used as platforms and the flagpole.

This exit unlocks World 3-Castle, skipping World 3-5.

World 3-Ghost House

Star Coins

• Star Coin 1: In the second room, the player should ride the first platform to the first Star Coin.
• Star Coin 2: In the fourth room, the player should stand on either the left or center Peepa lift to reach the Star Coin.
• Star Coin 3: In the fourth room, the player should stand on the right Peepa lift and enter the far-right door. Inside, the player must ride the platform up to reach the third Star Coin.

Secret Exit

The player need to be Raccoon Mario in order to get the Secret Exit. The player should enter the door to the right of the second Star Coin. Inside, the player should wait for the left to rearrange itself, then ride on the center one. The player will be taken to a door that is blocked by some Brick Blocks. The player should use Raccoon Mario to break the Brick Blocks blocking the door. This will take Mario to the Secret Exit, which unlocks World 3-Casltle, allowing the player to skip World 3-5.

World 3-5

Star Coins

• Star Coin 1: The first Star Coin can be seen, however it cannot be obtained, because of the Solid Blocks blocking it. To break the blocks, the player should just keep swimming until they see a Giant Boulder. The player should guide the boulder back to the first Star Coin.
• Star Coin 2: After the first Star Coin, the player must enter the gold Warp Pipe. Inside, the second Star Coin can be seen. However, if the player gets close to it, the Star Coin will run away from the player. The player should follow the Star Coin in order to grab it.
• Star Coin 3: The third Star Coin is also blocked off by some Solid Blocks. To break these blocks, the player should just keep swimming until they see a Mega Boulder. The player must guide the Mega Boulder back to the Star Coin. Then, the player can grab it.

World 3-B

To unlock this level, the player needs to complete World 3-4 via the secret exit.

Mario begins in front of two ? Blocks in a forest, one of them containing a Mini Mushroom, which is the main power-up of the level. Then, Mario have to swim past the wall through a small pool of water. There will then be a fork in the path. The player can choose to take either the yellow pipe or red pipe. Either way, warping through any will take Mario to an autoscrolling beach area.

This level is a unique level as it has two checkpoints, one on each pipe. The other two levels with two checkpoints are World 6-Bowser's Castle and World Star-Castle, as they are Bowser fights.

• Yellow Pipe (easier, but no Star Coins): The screen scrolls slower in this area. Mario begins in front of a Gold Block . Mario will need to dash on the water continuously until the end of the level. There are spiky objects in the air and Cheep-Cheeps and Mega Cheep-Cheeps in the water. Also present are Koopa Troopas and [[Koopa Paratroopas. An area in the sky also has Bullet Bills. In the second area, in addition to all these, there are also many Brick Blocks which obstructs the playerpath.
• Red Pipe (more difficult): The screen scrolls faster in this area. This is basically the same as that in the yellow pipe, only with more spiky objects, more Koopas and Paratroopas, the presence of Star Coins (detailed below), more Brick Blocks and the absence of the P-Switch in the second beach area.

Both pipes lead to the same area, a jungle area with a small pool of water and the flagpole. If Mario took the red pipe earlier, he will come out from the pipe on an elevated orange platform, allowing Mario to easily touch the top of the flagpole.

Completing this level unlocks World 3-Castle, skipping World 3-Ghost House and World 3-5.

Star Coins

To find Star Coins in this level, Mario must take the red pipe path.

• Star Coin 1: Mario needs to bounce off the first Paratroopa to reach this Star Coin while avoiding the spiky objects.
• Star Coin 2: Still in the first area, from the second piece of land which Mario comes across, he will need to bounce off a Koopa Troopa to reach an orange platform above and quickly enter the mini pipe. Then, Mario will need to continuously bounce on the Bullet Bills until he gets the Star Coin on the far right.
• Star Coin 3: In the second beach area, Mario will need to wall kick off a Brick Block wall to reach the Star Coin. It may take several tries before Mario can obtain it.

World 3-Castle

Star Coins

• Star Coin 1:
• Star Coin 2:
• Star Coin 3: