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This article is about the first world from Super Mario Bros. 3 and its remakes. For the first level from Yoshi's Safari, see Grass Land (level). For the musical composition heard here, see World 1 Map (Grass Land).
Grass Land
Grass Land
Map in Super Mario Advance 4
Game Super Mario Bros. 3
Number of levels 8
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Grass Land (alternatively Grasslands[1] or The Grassland[1]), or World 1, is the first world of Super Mario Bros. 3. It has six regular levels, one Hammer Brother to encounter, one fortress, a Spade Panel, two Toad's Houses, and a castle that has been taken over by an airship. In the third level, and in the fortress, Mario can get two out of the three Magic Whistles in the game. Larry Koopa, one of the seven Koopalings, guards this area and is the boss of Grass Land. The world map's natural terrain includes ground similar to that found in 1-1 and 1-3, several hills, rocks, and a moat surrounding the castle. The king of Grass Land wears a turban and has a large mustache. During the events of the game, he is turned into a dog by the Koopalings; the SNES and Game Boy Advance versions of Super Mario Bros. 3 instead see him turned into a Cobrat. The world map included in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 shows that World 1 is bordered by World 2 to the south and World 7 to the east. Likewise, the opening implies that it is in close proximity to the Mushroom Kingdom.

In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Grass Land does not make an explicit appearance; however, its map shows up as the opening curtain when the Mushroom Kingdom is the episode's main setting, implying them to be one and the same or at least its animated equivalent. The Mushroom Kingdom (also sometimes called Mushroomland) appears in almost every episode at some point, as it was where Mario and his friends live. Mario and Luigi live in Toad's house, while Princess Toadstool lives in the Mushroom Castle. The episodes in which this world is shown as the title card are "Reptiles in the Rose Garden", "Princess Toadstool for President", "Reign Storm", "Toddler Terrors of Time Travel", "Dadzilla", "Tag Team Trouble", "Misadventures in Babysitting", "Mush-Rumors", "7 Continents for 7 Koopas", and "True Colors".

In Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, completing this world is a Legend-difficulty challenge titled World 1 Wizard, and its levels and Enemy Course are settings for eight other challenges.

In The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Mario and Luigi battle Hammer Bros. in Grass Land while they take care of the Mushroom Kingdom in Peach's absence.[2]

Levels[edit]

Image Name Description
World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros. 3) from Super Mario All-Stars World 1-1 The first level of the game. This level introduces the Super Leaf, along with various enemies.
World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros. 3) from Super Mario All-Stars World 1-2 A grassy level featuring pipes, which also introduces sloped terrain and Starmen.
World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3) from Super Mario All-Stars World 1-3 A plain-based level that resembles World 1-1, which introduces Coin Heaven.
World 1-4 (Super Mario Bros. 3) from Super Mario All-Stars World 1-4 An autoscrolling athletic level featuring multiple moving platforms.
World 1-Fortress from Super Mario All-Stars World 1-Fortress The first fortress level of the game. This level introduces Boom Boom, along with various castle aesthetics.
World 1-5 (Super Mario Bros. 3) from Super Mario All-Stars World 1-5 An underground level, featuring pools of water and another Coin Heaven.
World 1-6 (Super Mario Bros. 3) from Super Mario All-Stars World 1-6 Another athletic level, featuring moving platforms on tracks.
World 1-Airship (Super Mario Bros. 3) from Super Mario All-Stars World 1-Airship The first airship level of the game. This level introduces cannons and Bullet Bills, and its boss is Larry Koopa.
The Hammer Brother battle in Grass Land. World 1-Hammer Bro The Hammer Brother will be on a green plain with various hills to the left and right, as well as a row of seven breakable blocks. Depending on where in the map the player meets the Hammer Brother, there will be a small chance of the rightmost block containing a Fire Flower. Successfully defeating the Hammer Brother will reward the player with a chest that contains a Starman. Note that if the player unlocked the conditions for accessing the Treasure Ship, the Hammer Brother will be replaced with the ship on the map.

A bug in NES version will cause the Fire Flower to become black and white colored when the chest appears.

Maps[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3
Animation of the Grass Land map in its default state in Super Mario Bros. 3. The odd tiles to the left are loaded, but are not visible on most screens due to that being the surplus area to allow for smooth horizontal scrolling
Super Mario All-Stars
Grass Land as it appears in the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3

Music[edit]

Main article: World 1 Map (Grass Land)

Grass Land's world map theme has gone on to be arranged and included in melodies in several other games. A rendition is played on the level-up option screen in Paper Mario, the Rec Room in Super Mario 64 DS, and the 100 Mario Challenge and Course World menus in Super Mario Maker. A medley of this theme and the Super Mario Bros. overworld theme is played in Mario's Pad in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Another medley of this music, mixed with Super Mario Bros. 3's overworld theme, can be heard on the stage Yoshi's Island in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and on any Super Mario stage in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. One other medley of this music, mixed with the map music for World 1 from New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the world map theme for World 1 of Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition. Additionally, an arrangement of the theme was used for the Munchlax's Berry Bonanza Flash game, on the now-defunct "Play Games" section of the Pokémon website.[3]

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Gallery[edit]

Map features[edit]

Title cards[edit]

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      This is where Mario starts his journey. Many slopes and new enemies await your every move.
    • Other languages:
      • Japanese:
        マリオが冒険する最初の国。最初ということで、ドキドキハラハラの連続かな。坂道のあるコースも今回初登場。新しい敵も続々登場するのだ。
        (Translation: The first land of Mario's adventure. Being the first, it will probably be a series of thrills and excitement. Courses with slopes make their first appearance here. New enemies will appear one after another.)
      • Italian:
        Mario comincia qui il suo viaggio. Ad ogni mossa lo attendono molte discese e diversi nemici.

Manga Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryakuhon[edit]

ワールド1 草原そうげんくに
マリオの操作そうさほうになれるのが、いちばんの目的もくてきだ。アイテムの「ふえ」は、合計ごうけい入手にゅうしゅできる。

World 1: Grass Land
The main objective is to master Mario's controls. You can obtain a total of two "Magic Whistles".

Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia[edit]

  • World description :
    • English:
      This is where Mario starts his journey. Many slopes and new enemies await your every move.
    • Other languages:
      • Japanese:
        最初に冒険する国。 坂道のあるコースも初登場。
        (Translation: This is the first world you'll explore. It also features courses with slopes for the first time.)
      • Italian:
        È l'inizio dell'avventura. Qui appaiono per la prima volta i livelli in pendenza. (first edition)
        È qui che inizia il viaggio di Mario. Molti pendii e nuovi nemici ti attendono. (second edition)

Nintendo Today![edit]

  • Guide to the world of Super Mario :
    • English:
      The first land you visit in the Mushroom World, the setting of your adventure. There's a course with slopes which you can slide down on by crouching.
    • Other languages:
      • German:
        Das erste Land, das du in der Pilz-Welt, dem Schauplatz deines Abenteuers, besuchst. Es gibt hier einen Level mit Abhängen, die du hinunterrutschen kannst, indem du dich duckst.
      • Italian:
        Il primo luogo che visiti nel Mondo dei Funghi, il punto di partenza della tua avventura. C'è un livello con pendii dai quali puoi scivolare abbassandoti.
  • Tip :
    • English:
      You can obtain a whistle in WORLD 1-3 and 1-Tower that allows you to warp to WORLD 2, 3, and 4.
    • Other languages:
      • German:
        In WELT 1-3 und im 1-Turm kannst du eine Flöte erhalten, die dich zu WELT 2, 3 und 4 bringen kann.
      • Italian:
        Potrai trovare un fischietto nel MONDO 1-3 e nel livello 1-Torre che ti permetterà di teletrasportarti nel MONDO 2, 3 e 4.

Naming[edit]

"Grass Land" is a pun on "grassland", a biome characterized by grass or grasslike vegetation and few trees.

Names in other languages[edit]

Grass Land[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese 草原そうげんくに
Sōgen no Kuni
Grassland Land (alternatively "Grass Land"[4] in-game) [5][6]
Dutch Grasland Grass Land [7]
Finnish Ruohomaa Grass Land [8]
French (Canadian) Pays Vert Green Land [9]
French (European) Pays Vert Green Land [10]
Pays-vert Super Mario Bros. 3 [11]
Pays riche Lush land Club Nintendo [12]
German Buschland Scrubland [13][14]
Land der Steppe Steppe Land Super Mario Bros. 3 [15]
Steppenland Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power [16]
Hungarian Grass Land - [17]
Italian Prateria Prairie [18][19]
Mondo dei Prati Grass World Super Mario Bros. 3 [20]
Grass Land - Club Nintendo [21]
La prateria The prairie Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia [22]
Korean 잔디의 나라
Jandi-ui Nara
Grass Land [23]
Norwegian Gressverdenen Grass World [24]
Portuguese (Brazilian) Terra da Grama Grass Land [25]
Portuguese (European) Terra do Gramado Grass Land [26]
Spanish Tierra Verde Green Land [27]
Zona de Hierba Grass Land Super Mario Bros. 3 [28]
País de Hierba Club Nintendo [29]
Swedish Gräsvärlden Grass World [30]
Gräsriket Grass Kingdom Nintendobiblioteket 1: Super Mario Bros. 3 [31]

World 1[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ワールド1
Wārudo 1
World 1 [5][6]
Danish Verden 1 World 1 [32]
Dutch Wereld 1 World 1 [7]
Wereld één World one Club Nintendo [33]
Finnish Maailma 1 World 1 [8]
French Monde 1 World 1 [11]
Monde un World one Club Nintendo [34]
German Welt 1 World 1 [15]
Hungarian World 1 - [17]
Italian Mondo 1 World 1 [20]
Korean 세계 1
Segye 1
World 1 [23]
Norwegian Verden 1 World 1 [24]
Portuguese Mundo 1 World 1 [26]
Spanish Mundo 1 World 1 [28]
Mundo Uno World One Club Nintendo [35]
Swedish Värld 1 World 1 [30]
World 1 - Nintendobiblioteket 1: Super Mario Bros. 3 [31]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b June 1990. Nintendo Power Volume 13. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 16.
  2. ^ Monopoly: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Edition board
  3. ^ pokemonfanac (July 8, 2010). Munchlax's Berry Bonanza (Pokemon.com). YouTube (English). Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  4. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Collection Japanese ending.
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  6. ^ a b Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario 3 + Mario Bros. Japanese ending (in kana).
  7. ^ a b Super Mario Bros 3 — NL
  8. ^ a b Nintendo-lehti (1990-1994, Finnish)
  9. ^ 2026. Monopoly: Super Mario Galaxy Le Film. Hasbro (Canadian French).
  10. ^ Nintendo Today!
  11. ^ a b https://notipix.fr/nintendo/nes/super-mario-bros-3/
  12. ^ Club Nintendo Edition 1991 - 3, Numéro 6 (French)
  13. ^ 🍄 Let's Play Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo Switch) [#7] Welt 8
  14. ^ Nintendo Today!
  15. ^ a b Super Mario Bros 3 - NES - Spielanleitung
  16. ^ Super Mario Power - Offizieller Nintendo Spieleberater
  17. ^ a b Fletcher, John, editor (1995). "Super Mario Bros 3" in Club Nintendo (no. 1). Hungarian. Page 24, 25. (Archived via Google Drive.)
  18. ^ (ITA) Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 - Parte 3
  19. ^ «MONDO 1 (PRATERIA)» – March 26, 2025. Una guida al mondo di Super Mario. Nintendo Today! (Italian).
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  21. ^ Fletcher, John, editor in chief (1991). "Super Mario Bros. 3" in Club Nintendo, vol. 6. Linea Gig S.p.a., Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Italian). Page 16.
  22. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 38.
  23. ^ a b 「슈퍼 마리오 브라더즈 3」 한국판 사용설명서
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  27. ^ Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 | Mundo 8 | Castillo De Bowser
  28. ^ a b 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Manual de Instrucciones. Madrid: Nintendo (European Spanish). Page 30.
  29. ^ Club Nintendo Número 6 (1991)
  30. ^ a b Nintendo Magasinet Nr 6-7 1991
  31. ^ a b Lindberg, Gunnar, Nikolaj Lindberg, Lena Persson, and Mirielle Robert, editors (1991). Nintendobiblioteket 1: Super Mario Bros. 3. Stockholm: Atlantic Förlags AB (Swedish). Page 11.
  32. ^ August 1991. Nintendo-Magasinet NR. 1 1991. Copenhagen, Denmark: Interpresse A/S (Danish). Page 10.
  33. ^ Club Nintendo Magazines (Dutch
  34. ^ Club Nintendo Edition 1991 - 3, Numéro 5 (French)
  35. ^ Club Nintendo Número 5 (1991)