Giant Skewer Tower

This article is about Giant Skewer Tower, a level in New Super Mario Bros. U. For its New Super Luigi U counterpart, see Shish-Kebab Tower.

Level
Giant Skewer Tower
Level code	World 3-Tower
World	Sparkling Waters
Game	New Super Mario Bros. U (Deluxe)
Primary power-up	Ice Flower
Time limit	500 seconds
Boss	Boom Boom
Level progression ← Previous Tropical Refresher Next → Haunted Shipwreck New Super Mario Bros. U levels

Giant Skewer Tower (Giant Spike Pillar Tower in the British English version) or Sparkling Waters-Tower, is the Tower course of Sparkling Waters in New Super Mario Bros. U. It is unlocked via Tropical Refresher, and completing the Tower unlocks Haunted Shipwreck, and a cutscene of Peach's Castle being completely shrouded in Magikoopa's tornado. However, the cutscene does not play if Freezing-Rain Tower is completed beforehand.

Layout

The third Boom Boom boss fight

Similarly to World 4-Castle of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, this is a water course filled with Skewers.

The level begins in a area with Note Blocks leading to a Warp Pipe. The next section is filled with water, and there are current-pumping Warp Pipes at the beginning of the area. The area contains multiple Skewers that come out of the walls, and the player must go through sections in the wall to continue. A Red Ring is found to the left of the area. The player then exits the water, with a lift at the surface, as well as Note Blocks. A section with more Note Blocks and lifts follows, with Skewers acting as obstacles. Another Skewer, as well as a Dry Bones and a Big Dry Bones, are found before the Warp Pipe leading to the next section. A red Warp Pipe is hidden in the wall to the left, allowing the player to access a P Switch in the area with the Checkpoint Flag. More Note Blocks, Dry Bones, Skewers, and a Big Dry Bones are found as the player climbs the section. After a section in which Note Blocks are used to reach semi-solid platforms, along with two Skewers, the boss door is found.

Boom Boom is the boss of the tower. Magikoopa flies in and gives him the ability to jump. Unlike in Stoneslide Tower, however, Boom Boom keeps his spin attack, even after getting stomped on.

Star Coins

Image	Location
	When next to the first Skewer, the player must go to the hidden wall on the left for the first Star Coin.
	The player must use the Note Block to reach the second Star Coin in the air.
	The third Star Coin is similar to the second Star Coin, only this one is above a Skewer. The Star Coin can also be obtained via POW Block.

Enemies

Image	Name	Count
	Skewer	11
	Dry Bones	8
	Big Dry Bones	2
	Boom Boom	(boss)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	きけん！ トゲこんぼうのとりで[?] Kiken! Toge Konbō no Toride	Danger! Fortress of Skewers
Chinese	危险！大狼牙棒的堡垒 (Simplified) 危險！大狼牙棒的堡壘 (Traditional)[?] Wēixiǎn! Dà Lángyábàng de Bǎolěi	Danger! Fortress of Skewers
Dutch	Spijkerharde toren[?]	Nail-hard towers
French	Tour barbelée	Barbed Tower
German	Dilemma im Turm der Dornensäulen[?]	Dilemma in the Tower of Spike Pillar
Italian	Torre dei rulli pungenti[?]	Tower of the pungent rollers
Korean	위험! 가시기둥 요새[?] Wiheom! Gasi Gidung Yosae	Danger! Skewer Fortress
Portuguese	Torre de Picos[?]	Spike Tower
Russian	Башня столбов с шипами[?] Bashnya stolbov s shipami	The spiked pole castle
Spanish	Torre Espinosa[?]	Spiky Tower

Level map