Desert Land: Difference between revisions

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|greaterloc=[[Mushroom World]]

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|rule=Unnamed [[kings|king]]

|inhabitants=[[Boomerang Bro]]thers, [[Fire Snake|Firesnake]]s, [[Angry Sun]]

|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]])

'''Desert Land'''<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' English instruction booklet, page 31.</ref><ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' North American re-release and European ending.</ref> (alternatively '''Desert Hill''',<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' North American original, ''Super Mario All-Stars'' and ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' International ending.</ref> the '''Koopahari Desert''',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, pages 3 & 17-24.</ref> or the '''Desert World'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 9.</ref>) is the second world of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. It contains five levels, two [[Boomerang Bro]]thers, one [[Fire Bro]]ther, a [[fortress]], three [[Toad House]]s, two [[Spade Panel]]s, special desert and pyramid stages, and a [[castle]] that has been taken over by an [[airship]]. Most of the levels have quicksand or [[Fire Snake|Firesnake]]s. The last [[Recorder|Whistle]] can be acquired by defeating the hidden Fire Brothers level behind a rock in what appears to be the upper-right corner of the map.

Desert Land is home to some of the rarest enemies in the game, including the Fire Brothers, the [[Angry Sun]], and a [[tornado]] (an obstacle that is exclusive to the desert level). [[Morton Koopa Jr.]] guards this area and is the boss of Desert Land. The [[kings|king of Desert Land]] is an older bald man, with a white beard and a crown. During the events of the game, he was turned into a spider by Morton; the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] versions of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' see him turned into a [[Hoopster]].

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|The desert is an area filled with quicksand pits. A rare enemy called [[Angry Sun]] resides in this level and will follow the player through the whole level.

|One pair of Fire Brothers move around in the hidden oasis area of the map, accessible by destroying a rock near World 2-4 with a Hammer. Their arena is the same as the Boomerang Brothers' one, though with one Fire Brother at ground level. Defeating the two Fire Brothers will reward the player with the third and final [[Recorder|Whistle]] in the game.

'''[[Mind Your Mummy Mommy, Mario]]''': [[Lemmy Koopa|Hip]] and [[Iggy Koopa|Hop]] enter the Mushroomkhamen family tomb to steal the sarcophagus of [[Prince Mushroomkhamen]]. The theft awakens [[Queen Mushroomkhamen]], who chases the Koopa twins through Desert Land, but loses them when they hide in a pipe, and starts wrecking havoc. Mario and his friends travel to Desert Land to stop Queen Mushroomkhamen, but the mummy mistakes Mario for her son and takes him back to her tomb, where she expects him to stay, despite what Mario tells her. Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad buy a map to the pyramids from [[Toad's cousin]], and notice that Mario resembles Princess Mushroomkhamen. This leads to them getting the stolen sarcofagus back from [[Bowser's Castle|Kastle Koopa]], which they return to Queen Mushroomkhamen to prove that Mario is not her son. Despite this, Queen Mushroomkhamen mistakes Luigi for her husband, and proceeds to chase him through Desert Land.

'''[[The Beauty of Kootie]]''': While taking a bath in his palace, the [[Sultan]] of a palace (implied but not stated to be in Desert Land) is startled when oil comes gushing out of the faucet. Mario and Luigi are called in to investigate, and they conclude that the pipes connected to the nearby oasis have gotten crossed with pipes from a nearby oil well. It turns out to be a plot by the Koopas to steal oil for the Doom Ship, with Cheatsy and [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie]] working on the pipes in the basement of the palace. After a long series of events, Mario and Luigi chase the Koopas out of the palace, and finally out of the palace, accidentally destroying the palace in the process. Luigi then uses a [[magic wand|wand]] that one of the Koopalings dropped to restore the palace back to normal.

'''[[The Venice Menace]]''': While walking through Desert Land, Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad are taken by surprise when a [[gondolier]] from [[Venice]] drops out of a pipe. He explains that a sea monster (actually the [[Doom Sub]]) is scaring everyone out of the city. Mario and Luigi then head to Venice to sort out the issue. In the end, Mario gets rid of the Doom Sub by warping it to Desert Land, possibly damaging it in the process.

The desert appears in the live-action ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' film, where it makes up most of the barren alternate [[Earth]].

|Jap=ワールド２ <span class="explain" title="さばく">砂漠</span>の<span class="explain" title="くに">国</span><ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 31.</ref><ref>''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario 3 + Mario Bros.'' Japanese ending (in kana).</ref>

|Fra=Colline déserte<br>Pays-désert (Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet)

|FraM=Desert hill<br>Desert-land

|Ita=Deserto

|ItaM=Desert

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