Bowser's Airship 1

Level
Bowser's Airship 1
Level code	29 (World-e)
Game	Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Music track	Airship Theme
Music sample
Level progression ← Previous Koopaling Confusion Next → Bowser's Airship 2 Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 e-Reader levels

Bowser's Airship 1 is an e-Reader level for Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. The level contains three Advance Coins. This card was released in Series 2 in Japan. Its official difficulty rating is ★★★★☆. It was initially released only in Japan, but it eventually became available internationally starting with the Wii U Virtual Console release of the game and all its e-Reader levels in 2016. The key art features Bowser.

Level synopsis

Map of the level.

This level takes place on airship fleet. The player starts outside the airship before entering via a door. Player must defeat Boom Boom to finish the level. The screen scrolls automatically left from right in the outside part.

Enemies

Name	Count
Cannon	4 (↖) 1 (↗)
Quartet-cannon	1
Diagonal cannon	2 (↘) 1 (↗)
Big gun	1 (→)
Cannonball	Spawned by cannons
Giant cannonball	Spawned by big gun
Rocky Wrench	15
Sledge Brother	2
Boomerang Brother	2
Rocket Engine	1 (↑) 1 (↓)
Boom Boom	1 (boss)

Flavor text

Japanese: Romaji: Translation:

ガハハハ～！　この飛行船（ひこうせん）の凄（すご）さは　デカイだかじゃないぞ！　知（し）りたいなら　まずは中（なか）に入（はい）ってこい！ Gahahaha~! Kono hikōsen no sugosa wa dekai dake ja nai zo! Shiritai nara mazu wa naka ni haitte koi! "Gwa ha ha ha! This airship's size isn't its only amazing quality! If you want to know more, step one is to come inside!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	クッパのひこうせん ぜんぺん[?] Kuppa no Hikōsen Zenpen	Bowser's Airship: Part 1

Notes

• Not counting the Sunken Ghost Ship from Super Mario World, Bowser's Airship 1 and Bowser's Airship 2 are the first airship levels in which the interior of the airship is explored outside of a boss fight.
• The pipe background in the interior of the airship is missing the leaking animation, instead showing a glitched airship tile. This is because the airship tileset overwrites the space in memory normally reserved for the pipe background's animation. The same also happens in the second half of Bombarded by Bob-ombs.