Star World 5

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Level
Star World 5
Star World 5 from Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Screenshot from Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
World Star World
Game Super Mario World
Time limit 300 seconds
Music track Ground BGM"
Music sample
Level progression
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Valley of Bowser 4 (secret)
Star World 4 (secret)
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Star World 1
Gnarly (secret)
Super Mario World levels

Star World 5 is the fifth Star World level in Super Mario World. It takes place in the sky at night and features a rare yellow-colored Baby Yoshi.

It is unlocked taking the Star Road in the Valley of Bowser, unlocked by clearing Valley of Bowser 4's secret exit, or by clearing Star World 4's secret exit. It is the only Star World level whose regular exit unlocks another level (that being Star World 1), and the only one whose secret exit does not unlock another Star World level (as it instead unlocks a path to the Special Zone's first level, Gnarly).

Layout

Star World 5 consists of one long screen, which the Player has 300 seconds on the timer to complete. This level contains no Dragon Coins in the original, but in the remake, it has five. Like all Star World levels, there are two ways to beat this level.

Normal exit

The player will start out next to a bunch of Flimsy Lifts. To get past this obstacle, the player has to jump off of each platform quickly to avoid losing a life. Koopa Paratroopas are encountered flying between some of the platforms.

After the player comes to solid ground again, there is a Switch Block, three Rotating Blocks, and a ? Block followed by a long space. The ? Block contains a Control Coin, which the player needs to control to make it go to the right. The ideal Control Coin would be one that goes up three or four coins, then turns right and stays right for its duration. After this, the player should hit the Switch Block, which turns the coins into Blocks, and run on top of them as far as possible. The player passes more Koopa Paratroopas and Flimsy Lifts before coming to a platform containing a Yellow Yoshi Egg.

A few Spinies are found in between Warp Pipes, and Yoshi can be used to jump on Spinies without taking damage. A quick stairlike formation of Flimsy Lifts comes after a blue pipe, and then more Koopa Troopas and Spinies are mixed between pipes. The Giant Gate is at the end of this section. Beating the level this way will allow easy access to the Donut Plains, and, if the player has unlocked all four secret exits in each of the four preceding Star World levels, complete an orbit of the Star World.

Secret exit

In order to find the secret exit, the player should have already completed the Yellow Switch Palace, Green Switch Palace, Red Switch Palace, and Blue Switch Palace, although it is possible reach the Key and Keyhole with just the Blue Switch Palace completed, or flying to it using Blue Yoshi and a Koopa Troopa, or simply by angling flight just right with a cape.

To get to the Key and Keyhole, the player should get to the platform with the Switch Block and Control Coin with a Cape Feather, and use the same strategy as before to make the Control Coin go right. The player should then take flight off of the Used Blocks that were previously coins going to the right, and land up high on yellow ! Blocks. The player should follow the trail of different colored ! Blocks to the end, which is where the Key and Keyhole are. (Alternatively, players can simply fly up with just a Cape Feather, getting a running start from a platform just ahead.) Beating the level this way will allow access to the Star Road that leads to the Special Zone.

Enemies

Image Name Count
Sprite of a Green Koopa Paratroopa from Super Mario World Koopa Paratroopa (Green) 9
Sprite of a Red Koopa Paratroopa from Super Mario World Koopa Paratroopa (Red) 10
Sprite of a Spiny from Super Mario World Spiny 8
Sprite of a Red Koopa Troopa from Super Mario World Koopa Troopa (Red) 2
Jumping Piranha Plant from Super Mario World Jumping Piranha Plant 2

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ネイティブスター コース5[?]
Neitibu Sutā Kōsu 5
Native Star Course 5
French Monde etoile 5[?] Star world 5
German Sternenwelt 5[?] Star World 5
Italian Via stella. Livello 5[1] Star world. Stage 5
Spanish Camino Estelar 5[?] Star Road 5

References

  1. ^ 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 59.