Sky Land

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"Sky World" redirects here. For the Kid Icarus stage from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, see Skyworld.
Not to be confused with Sky Island.
Sky Land
The Sky
Map in Super Mario Advance 4
Game Super Mario Bros. 3
Level(s) 13
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Sky Land[1][2] (alternatively The Sky,[3] Cloud Castle,[4] or Sky World[5]) is the fifth world in Super Mario Bros. 3.

History[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Sky Land is unlocked after completing Giant Land in Super Mario Bros. 3. It has nine levels, three Hammer Brothers, two fortresses, three Toad Houses, three Spade Panels, a special tower level, and a castle that has been taken over by an airship. There are two parts to the world, "The Ground" and "The Sky," connected by the tower level. The first three levels, the first fortress, the first Toad House, one Spade Panel, and two of the Hammer Brothers are on the ground, while everything else is in the sky. The world's airship can move between the two. The king of Sky Land is an older man, wearing a crown, and with long white hair, and a long white beard. During the events of the game, the Koopaling Roy Koopa turns him into a bird; the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy Advance versions of Super Mario Bros. 3 see him get turned into an Albatoss.

This is the only world that can be returned to after completion, which is done by using the Warp Whistle in Ice Land and picking the Warp Pipe in the Warp Zone that takes the player back to Sky Land, with all progress reset.

The Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 map shows that the ground area of World 5 was located to the east of World 4 and south of World 8. The ground map has a different layout when seen on the map on "The Sky"; the hills are arranged differently, the lake appears to be missing, the tower is southwest of where it normally is, and an additional path is shown at the northwest of it. This was fixed in the Game Boy Advance version. The map icon for the fortress in the sky portion is also colored blue, which occurs only in this world.

A sped-up version of the sky portion's music is reused as part of Princess Peach's Final Smash in the Super Smash Bros. series, Peach Blossom.

Sky Land has the following levels:

Image Name Description

SMAS SMB3 World 5-1 Screenshot.png World 5-1 The first level is a large hill made up of stone blocks, water pools, and Chain Chomps.
SMAS SMB3 World 5-2 Screenshot.png World 5-2 An underground sewer that starts off with the player falling, then moves on to uneven terrain.
SMAS SMB3 World 5-3 Screenshot.png World 5-3 A level split between two ground sections, and introduces the Goomba's shoe.
SMAS SMB3 World 5-F1 Screenshot.png World 5-Fortress 1 The first fortress level of Sky Land has narrow passageways guarded by Thwomps and Roto-Discs.
SMAS SMB3 World 5-T Screenshot.png World 5-Tower A tall tower that serves as a bridge between the land and the sky. If the player wants to return to the ground portion, they can play a short descending segment, but to return to the sky, they will have to go through the tower again.
SMAS SMB3 World 5-4 Screenshot.png World 5-4 The first level that takes place in the sky portion of Sky Land, this level has many cloud platforms and Rotary Lifts.
SMAS SMB3 World 5-5 Screenshot.png World 5-5 A stage made up almost entirely of Donut Lifts.
SMAS SMB3 World 5-6 Screenshot.png World 5-6 An autoscrolling level where the player must use Para-Beetles as platforms to move forward.
SMAS SMB3 World 5-7 Screenshot.png World 5-7 A stage with many bricks and Starmen.
SMAS SMB3 World 5-F2 Screenshot.png World 5-Fortress 2 The second fortress level has several broken platforms situated between lava both below and above.
SMAS SMB3 World 5-8 Screenshot.png World 5-8 A stage with Lakitu attacking the player as they jump across small platforms.
SMAS SMB3 World 5-9 Screenshot.png World 5-9 A diagonal autoscrolling stage with moving platforms and Fire Chomps.
SMAS SMB3 World 5-A Screenshot.png World 5-Airship Roy Koopa's Airship with many cannon types.
One of the Hammer Brothers battles in The Sky.One of the Hammer Brothers battles in The Sky. World 5-Hammer Bro Two sets of Hammer Brothers will move around the land portion of the map, with one set of Hammer Brothers moving around in the sky. The arenas are similar between them, with two rows of seven bricks, though the area they are fought in differs by location. One of the Hammer Brother pairs on land will reward the player with a P-Wing upon being defeated, while the other will drop a Starman. The Hammer Brothers in the sky will leave behind a Music Box. If the player meets the prerequisites for the Treasure Ship, a Hammer Brother will turn into the ship.

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Sky Land
Sky Land in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.

Sky Land appeared in several episodes of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. The ground portion of Sky Land never made an appearance; Sky Land was implied to exist directly above the Mushroom Kingdom itself, and is connected to the mainland by a stairway made out of floating blocks. Sky Land is ruled by Emperor Ed.

Reign Storm: One of the problems that Mario and Luigi face while trying to run the Mushroom Kingdom during Princess Toadstool's absence is that the stairway to Sky Land is floating off and dropping people in the garbage dump.

A Toadally Magical Adventure: The first episode where this world is shown as the title card. While unstated, the Ace Magic Wand Factory seems to be based in Sky Land. Bowser and several Koopalings have their sights set on obtaining a special wand that is being delivered to the Wizard King of the West; having spotted the Koopas, the Wizard King of the West alerts the Mario Bros. and requests for them to prevent the wand from being stolen.

Up, Up, and a Koopa: The second episode where this world is shown as the title card. After abducting Emperor Ed, Bowser uses Kooky's new Kooper-Dooper Raiser-Upper from onboard the Doom Ship to levitate everything in the Mushroom Kingdom up to Sky Land (sometimes called "Sky World" in this episode) in an attempt to force Princess Toadstool into surrendering her kingdom. However, Bowser overloads the Raiser-Upper causing everything that was being levitated to fall back down to the Mushroom Kingdom. In the process, Emeperor Ed falls out of the Doom Ship and lands on Toad. He alerts Princess Toadstool as to what's going on, so Mario and Luigi obtain Raccoon Power to bring Emperor Ed back to Sky Land and fly to the Doom Ship. However, they get caught, prompting Princess Toadstool and Toad to fly up to Sky Land using P-Wings. Bowser then decides to take over Sky Land as well by tormenting its people with the Raiser Upper. However, Princess Toadstool and Toad make it to the Doom Ship, where they rescue Mario and Luigi. The group steals the Raiser Upper and use it to not only restore Sky Land and the Mushroom Kingdom back to normal, but to levitate the Doom Ship back to Dark Land.

Gallery[edit]

Media[edit]

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ワールド5 そらくに[7][8]
Wārudo5 Sora no Kuni
World 5: Sky Land (alternatively "The Sky"[6] in-game)
Croatian Nebeski Zemlja[9] Sky Land
Dutch Hemelland[10] Sky Land
Finnish Taivasmaa[11] Sky Land
French Le ciel[?] The sky
Pays-ciel[?] Sky-land
Pays du Ciel[12] Sky Land The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
German Himmelhausen[?] Combination of the word Himmel ("sky") and the German common town name suffix -hausen
Land des Himmels[?] Land of Sky
Himmelland[13] Sky Land The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Italian Mondo del Cielo[14]/Mondo dei[sic] Cielo[15] Sky World
Cielo[16] Sky Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Il cielo[17] The sky
Regno d'Aria[18] Sky Land The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Norwegian Himmelriket[19] Sky Kingdom
Polish Niebolandię[20] Sky Land
Portuguese (NOA) Terra do Céu[21] Land of the Sky
Romanian Cerurile / Înaltul cerurilor[22] The skies / the sky-high. Replace instances of "Sky World". The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Țara cerurilor[22] Land of the skies. Replaces instances of "Sky Land". The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Russian Скайленд[23]
Skajlend
Sky Land
Spanish El Cielo[?] The Sky
Reino de las Nubes[24] Cloud Land The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Swedish Himmellandet[25] Sky Land

Trivia[edit]

  • There is a glitch in the original version where the Airship can "hide" in an undetermined area between "The Ground" and "The Sky". This means that, if this happens, the player can be permanently stuck and unable to continue, as they cannot reach the Airship to challenge it. The Airship appears to be in the top left corner of Sky Land's screen, where a miniature version of the ground is visible.[26]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1990. Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 32.
  2. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 North American re-release and European ending.
  3. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 North American original, Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 International ending.
  4. ^ March-April 1990. Nintendo Power Volume 11. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 15.
  5. ^ June 1990. Nintendo Power Volume 13. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 3 and 42-52.
  6. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Collection Japanese ending.
  7. ^ 1988. スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 32.
  8. ^ Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario 3 + Mario Bros. Japanese ending (in kana).
  9. ^ Super Mario Bros 3 - Epizoda 7 - Vladavina Oluja
  10. ^ The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Dutch Dub - Bedonder nooit een Koopa DVD (Part 2)
  11. ^ The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 | Episode 01-08 In Finnish [2013 DVD Version]
  12. ^ Les aventures de Super Mario Bros 3 003 Le règne de la tempête
  13. ^ Die Abenteuer von Super Mario Bros. 3 - Regentschaftssturm
  14. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Italian manual. Page 32.
  15. ^ Club Nintendo (Italy) Volume 3 - 1991 Issue 6. Page 18.
  16. ^ (ITA) Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 - Parte 3
  17. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 39.
  18. ^ Le avventure di Super Mario 2x07 - Vacanze hawaiane
  19. ^ Super Mario Bros 3 VHS#1 - Norsk tale
  20. ^ Nowe Przygody Braci Mario Odcinek 07 - Burza nad tronem
  21. ^ November 1991. VideoGame magazine, issue 8A. Editora Sigla (Brazilian Portuguese). Page 13.
  22. ^ a b May 20, 2015. "Up, Up, and a Koopa", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo. Odnoklassniki (OK.ru). Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  23. ^ Приключения братьев Супер Марио 3 (все серии) (6+)
  24. ^ Las Aventuras de los Super hermanos Mario: 05 - Reinado Tormentoso
  25. ^ The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3 - Episode 7 - Swedish
  26. ^ EyeCarumba (May 11, 2013). Super Mario Bros. 3 - World 5 Airship Glitch. YouTube (English). Retrieved June 24, 2024.