Super Mario 3D Land

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* Appearances

North American boxart.

## Chronology

Wahoo. You thought, since it had "Land" in the title, that there's some connection to the previous "Super Mario Land" titles?

(groaky voice) noo.

## Overview

We're checking out the 5-star file run of the game. That means: get all Star Medals, beat every level as Mario and Luigi, reach the top of each flagpoles.

### World 1

1-3 has 5 Biddybuds surround the Goal Post. Playing this twice earns you 10 kills.

1-Castle ends with a Bowser disguised as a Goomba. 12 kills.

### World 2

2-1 has a Piranha Plant guard a pipe leading to a Star Medal. There are also 3 Piranha Plants around the Goal Post. 19 kills.

2-2 has 3 Paragoombas surround the goal Post. 25 kills.

2-Airship has Boom Boom. 27 kills.

### World 3

3-1 is a curious case. Who knows if the Wallop close to the Goal Post died off-screen or not? Since every enemy, if killed, pops out a coin, and the Wallop didn't give a coin when touching the pole, we can maybe say he didn't die.

3-Airship has Boom Boom. 29 kills.

### World 4

4-1 has 5 Para-Biddybuds surround the Goal Post. 39 kills.

4-Airship introduces Pom Pom. 41 kills.

### World 5

If timed right, 5-4 doesn't end with a Monty Mole dying due to being close to the Goal Post.

5-5 needs you to kill a Para-Biddybud to get the top of the Goal Post. This is only necessary for one playable character. 42 kills.

5-Castle has a Magikoopa disguised as Bowser. 44 kills.

### World 6

6-Airship has Pom Pom. Yeah not much in the way of "required kills" in this world. 46 kills.

### World 7

7-1 has 1 Piranha Plant needed to be killed to progress further; I think you can pull of a neat little trick to reach the highest pipe without the need to go through the middle plant that holds a Piranha Plant. Yes, you can skip this entire level, throwing away the requirable first Piranha Plant kill, but you need to go through this level normally first to get all the Star Medals. 47 kills.

7-4 has a tunnel filled with Morty Moles. You can skip that entire section. Anyway, 2 active Tail Bob-Ombs can spawn. But at least you didn't cause their deaths. Ha.

7-Airship has both Boom Boom and Pom Pom. 51 kills.

### World 8

You think you killed Bowser, but he appears alive and well in the credits. But then he's Dry Bowser in the Special Worlds, so what the heck. Maybe that Dry Bowser's the "close family friend" mentioned in Mario Party: Island Tour. Ha ha.

### Special World 1

Special1-2 introduces the Cosmic Clones. If you reach a checkpoint, it disappears. I can say it doesn't die though; using a Super Star on it causes it to give 3 coins. Soooo, no, reaching a checkpoint and the Cosmic Clone poofing away *doesn't* cause its death. Still though, it dies at the end of the level. 53 kills.

A whole lot of nothing happens until

### Special World 4

Special4-2 has a Cosmic Clone. Yeah you know what this entails. 55 kills.

Special4-4 begins with the player stomping on a Goomba to explain "kill goomba for time" because this level's on a short time limit. As the current speed run of this game's 100% run shows, that one single goomba is enough time to get everything and reach the end. 57 kills.

Special4-Airship actually has regular enemies required to kill to continue; 2 Boomerang Bros and a Hammer Bro. After that, Boom Boom and Pom Pom. 67 kills.

### Special World 5

Special5-2 has 3 Cosmic Clones. 73 kills.

Special5-5 has 3 Star Medals inside 3 Goombas. 76 kills.

Special5-Castle, also on a time limit and the same "kill goomba" in Special4-4. Unlike that level, though, this needs 5 Goombas to reach the end. 86 kills.

### Special World 6

Special6-2 is a... *special* case. While, yes, you hafta kill 6 Goombas to get all Star Medals, 5 Goombas need to die if you just want to finish the level as fast as possible. 97 kills.

Special6-3 has 3 Paragoombas surrounding the Goal Post. 103 kills.

Special6-4 has a Cosmic Clone. 105 kills.

Special6-Airship has Boom Boom. 107 kills.

### Special World 7

Special7-1 needs 4 Boomerang Bros killed to get all the Star Medals, but only 1 Boomerang Bro to finish the level normally. 112 kills.

Special7-2 has a Cosmic Clone. 114 kills.

Special7-4 has a Big Cosmic Clone. Oh wow. 116 kills.

Special 7-Castle has another Big Cosmic Clone that just disappears. :(

### Special World 8

Special8-1 has a Cosmic Clone, same goes for Special8-3 and Special8-5. 122 kills.

Special8-Bowser needs you to kill Hammer Bros for time. If everything's correct, 4 Hammer Bros need to die to get all Star Medals but somewhere around 3 can die if it's a normal playthrough. 129 kills.

Finally, Special8-Crown has a Boom Boom and Pom Pom appear. Afterwards, 10 Tail Bob-Ombs rain from the sky, it then ends with a Big Cosmic Clone that also just disappears close to the end. 133 kills.

Counting the Bob-Ombs, 145 things die, 133 of which the player kills.

**Featured characters:**

* Mario
* Luigi

**Supporting characters:**

* Princess Peach

**Antagonists:**

* Bowser

**Other characters:**

* UFO
* Unknown ghostly figure

**Races and species:**

* Humans
* Toads
* Goombas
	+ Tail Goombas ***(First appearance)***
		- Big Tail Goombas ***(First appearance)***
	+ Paragoombas
* Cheep Cheeps
* Piranha Plants
	+ Inky Piranha Plants ***(First appearance)***
	+ Fire Piranha Plants
* Koopas
	+ Koopa Troopas
		- Dry Bones
	+ Hammer Bros.
	+ Boom Booms
	+ Boomerang Bros.
	+ Pom Poms
	+ Spinies
	+ Magikoopas
* Biddybuds ***(First appearance)***
	+ Para-Biddybuds ***(First appearance)***
* Birds
* Butterflies
* Draglets
* Lava Bubbles
* Thwomps
	+ Tail Thwomps
* Coin Coffers
* Stingbies ***(First appearance)***
* Bullet Bills
	+ Tail Bullet Bills ***(First appearance)***
	+ Banzai Bills
* Rocky Wrenches
* Sandmaarghs ***(First appearance)***
* Pokeys
* Fake Blocks ***(First appearance)***
* Wallops ***(First appearance)***
* Blokkabloks ***(First appearance)***
* Porcupuffers
* Spike Eels ***(First appearance)***
* Bloopers
* Chain Chomps
* Fuzzies
* Bob-Ombs
	+ Tail Bob-Ombs ***(First appearance)***
* Boos
	+ Tail Boos ***(First appearance)***
	+ Big Boos
* Peepas ***(First appearance)***
* Flophoppers ***(First appearance)***
* Monty Moles
	+ Morty Moles ***(First appearance)***
* Prongos ***(First appearance)***
* Magmaarghs
* Spine Coasters
* Cosmic Clones
	+ Big Cosmic Clones ***(First appearance)***

**Locations:**

* Mushroom Kingdom
	+ Peach’s Castle
	+ Tail Tree
* World 1
* World 2
* World 3
* World 4
* World 5
* World 6
* World 7
* World 8
* Special World 1
* Special World 2
* Special World 3
* Special World 4
* Special World 5
* Special World 6
* Special World 7
* Special World 8