Part 74

Navigate the challenging Beat Platforms and Special 3-Airship course in Super Mario 3D Land. Find Star Coins and reach the Goal Pole with this detailed walkthrough.

This section covers two distinct areas: the Beat Platforms and Special 3-Airship.

Beat Platforms Walkthrough:

1. Return to the main platform by aiming for the yellow block as it appears, timing your jump to avoid the swinging Spikebar.
2. Continue to the red platform, then to the wooden platform at the end.
3. Move north up the stairs and defeat the Prongo by luring it into a dive, dodging, and stomping it.
4. Continue right to a set of Beat Platforms. Time your jump onto the yellow platform as it appears, with the Pole 'n' Chain swinging towards you.
5. Immediately jump to the red platform, dodging the Pole 'n' Chain, then to the wooden platform.
6. Defeat the Prongo here.
7. Ahead are more Beat Platforms. Jump from blue to yellow to red as the Pole 'n' Chain moves away.
8. As you run from the red to the wooden platform, move underneath the Pole 'n' Chain.
9. For the final Beat Platforms, jump from blue to yellow to red. Take a running jump off the right edge to grab the top of the Goal Pole for a 1-Up.

Special 3-Airship Walkthrough:

This Airship course requires 140 Star Coins to unlock and features a screen that zooms to the right.

1. Run right and wait for the jet engines to stop, then proceed through.
2. Jump onto the tight rope. Jump over the two Bullet Bills that appear from the right, then continue jumping along the tight rope, dodging Bullet Bills from the north.
3. Star Coin #1: On the other side, jump onto the platform where Bullet Bills are firing from. Collect the Star Coin and jump back to the main part of the ship on the right side, bypassing the Bills.
4. Jump onto the roof and then the next ship. Hit the ? Block for a Statue Leaf, watching out for Bullet Bills from the north.
5. Star Coin #2: The Star Coin is floating above the ground with a wall behind it. Wall jump off the back wall into the Star Coin. Be quick to avoid falling behind. Continue right, skipping the Rocky Wrench.
6. Star Coin #3: Before the Tanooki Bill cannons firing left, find a small gap between ships. Ensure you aren't about to be hit by Tanooki Bills or Bullet Bills from the north, then drop through the gap to a platform below. Collect the Star Coin to your right. Jump onto the first step before the Jet Engines fire.
7. At the end of the ship, you can hit a brick block for a coin, but it's not recommended due to time loss. Instead, jump to the next ship.
8. Grab the first two coins, then jump over each Jet Engine without waiting for them to stop.
9. Jump past the first two, then north onto the large blue platform, avoiding the Jet Engine.
10. Move right and wait for the last Jet Engine to stop, then take a running jump onto the plank extending from the next ship, collecting coins. It's recommended to be Statue Tanooki Mario for this jump and to have 3D enabled.
11. Run down the steps to grab extra coins. Bump into the three Statue Tanooki Toads to get coins.
12. Run back up the steps and take a running jump from the last step onto the top of the Goal Pole for a 1-Up.