Your ultimate guide to Super Mario Bros. 3's World Six (Ice Land)! Learn strategies for levels 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, and the fortress to defeat Boom-Boom and find all the secrets.
Alright, welcome to World Six, also known as Ice Land! It's pretty chilly here, but don't worry, I'll walk you through everything you need to know to get through it without any trouble.
First off, let's look at the map key so you know what all those letters mean:
- S - Start Location
- X - Level Location
- P - Pipe Location
- F - Fortress Location
- R - Rock Location
- H - Spade House Location
- T - Toad House Location
- W - Wandering Hammer Brothers
- L - Locked Door Location
- C - Castle Location
- B - Bridge Location
You'll also find a few special houses and enemies scattered around:
- Mushroom House #1: Offers a random item like a Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, or Raccoon Leaf.
- Mushroom House #2: Guarantees the Hammer Brother Suit.
- Wandering Hammer Brothers: These guys move around! You might encounter them with Hammers, a Jugem's Cloud, or even an Invincible Starman. Keep an eye out!
Level 6-1 Walkthrough
You'll start off heading right. Grab the Power-Up from the first ? Block you see. You'll need to jump over a Ptooie – wait for its spiked ball to be high before you jump. There's another Ptooie coming up, but if you're Raccoon Mario, you can actually skip the power-up and fly right over this one! You'll find a door up in the sky. Go through it, slide under some low walls, and hit a P-Switch. Now, quickly turn around and slide back to collect all the coins that the bricks have turned into. You need to get through the door on the right before they change back, or you might have to use your tail to break the bricks to reach it.
After that, you'll face a Piranha Plant, a Venus Fire Trap, and three Ptooies. If you land in the Bonus Roo, it'll drop you right here. Keep moving right, and watch out for a dark brown Para-Goomba and another Ptooie. You'll need to take a running leap over a gap with a Ptooie and its spiked ball. Make it across, and you'll find the Slot Box to end the level!
Level 6-2 Walkthrough
This level is a bit tricky because it scrolls automatically, so you have to keep moving! Use the first two cloud platforms to get to an ice platform, then drop down to the one below. Grab the Power-Up from the ? Block on the right by using the Ice Block. Next, jump to the platform with the brick wall and use the clouds to climb over it. You'll pass a Red Koopa Troopa and some wooden ledges leading to a big wall.
Keep jumping on the cloud ledges as they appear to go up alongside the wooden wall. Jump across the ledges to the right, and then move some Ice Blocks so you can hit the Coin Block. Continue right past another Red Koopa Troopa. The stage will start scrolling down, so use the cloud platforms to get to an ice platform. Drop down so you're lower than the wooden block wall. Quickly jump to the cloud platform, then the next one, and then jump back left to grab the 1-Up Mushroom from the block on the wooden ledge. Finally, keep leaping right across ledges and platforms until you find a pipe to go down. Run right to the Slot Box to finish!
Level 6-3 Walkthrough
Start by jumping off the Note Blocks to land on the wooden platform to your right. If you're Super Mario or bigger, duck to get through a small opening, then jump up to an ice ledge and stomp the Red Koopa Troopa. Grab its shell and jump right, using it to hit the ? Block for a Power-Up. Run across some small gaps, and then deal with two more Red Koopa Troopas.
You'll see three bricks ahead. You have two options: either jump and hit the left-most brick with your tail, or use a Red Koopa Troopa shell to hit it. Either way, a vine will grow, leading up to a pipe. Go down this pipe, and you'll find a Tanooki Suit inside a giant ? Block! Fly up the left side to grab 30 Coins, then exit through the left pipe.
Jump off the platform to the right, and use your tail to slow your descent as you land on a small ice ledge with a big wall. Jump across the small ledges to the right. You can try to grab a 1-Up Mushroom from a brick down low if you're feeling brave, but be careful! Then, jump over two Red Paratroopa Koopas to reach solid ground. Just run right to the Slot Box to complete the level!
World Six Fortress #1 Walkthrough
Get on the platform to start riding it up the wire. Podoboos will be attacking from below, so make sure to grab the ? Block Power-Up. Ride the wire along the narrow horizontal corridor. When the wire starts going down, and you see a Hot Foot, run off the platform and hold RIGHT to land on the ledge below. Enter the door there.
Inside, you'll face a dual Roto-Disc enemy – jump over it. Grab the Power-Up from the next ? Block, and keep heading right. If you have the Raccoon or Tanooki Suit, you can fly up here to get a 1-Up Mushroom! Look for the ? Blocks inside the next area; the left-most one contains an Invincible Starman. Grab it and run right as fast as you can through the door into Boom-Boom's Chamber!
Run right towards Boo...
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