Sky Land: Difference between revisions

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|greaterloc=[[Mushroom World]]

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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1998|1988]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])

The [[kings|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 [[Koopalings|Koopaling]] [[Roy Koopa]] turns him into a vulture; the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] versions of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' see him get turned into an [[Albatoss]].

 

The ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' map shows that the ground area of Sky Land was located to the east of [[Giant Land]] and south of [[Dark Land]]. The ground map on the NES and SNES versions has a different layout when seen on the map on "The Sky"; there are more turns in the path in the actual game, and it shows a path [[Mario]] cannot take going north from the Tower. This was fixed in the GBA 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 Sky Land's music is reused as part of [[Princess Peach]]'s [[Final Smash]] in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]], [[Peach Blossom]].  

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|The first level is a large hill made up of stone blocks and [[Chain Chomp]]s.

|An underground cavern that starts off with the player falling, then moves on to uneven terrain.

|The first [[fortress]] level of Sky Land has narrow passageways guarded by [[Thwomp]]s and [[Roto-disc]]s.

|A stage with Lakitu attack the player as they jump across small platforms.

|A stage that scrolls upward diagonally automatically with moving platforms and [[Flame Chomp|Fire Chomp]]s.

|[[Roy Koopa]]'s [[Airship]] with many [[cannon]]s and [[Bill Blaster|Turtle Cannon]]s.

|rowspan=2|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 [[Brick Block|brick]]s, 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|Magic Wing]] upon being defeated, while the other will drop a [[Super Star|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.

'''[[Reign Storm]]''': One of the problems that Mario and Luigi face while trying to run the Mushroom Kingdom during [[Princess Peach|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]]''': 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]]''': After abducting Emperor Ed, Bowser uses [[Ludwig von Koopa|Kooky]]'s new [[Kooper-Dooper Raiser-Upper]] from onboard the [[Airship#The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3|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 Peach|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 Mario|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-Wing]]s. 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]].

World5SMB3.png|Sky Land, as seen in the NES version

TheSky-SMB3-SNES.png|Sky Land, as seen in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version

|Jap=ワールド５ <span class="explain" title="そら">空</span>の<span class="explain" title="くに">国</span><ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet. Page 32.</ref><ref>''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario 3 + Mario Bros.'' Japanese ending (in kana).</ref>

|Fra=Le ciel<br>Pays-ciel

|FraM=The sky<br>Sky-land

|Ita=Cielo

|ItaM=Sky

|RomM=''The skies'' / ''the sky-high''. Replaces instances of "Sky World".<br>''Land of the skies''. Replaces instances of "Sky Land".

*There is a glitch in the original NES version of the game in which 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. {{ref needed}}

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