Super Mario 3D Land - New Details & Screens

World 1-2
- Borrows familiar inspirations from the original Super Mario Bros
- Starts off in the brick-lined depths of the Mushroom Kingdom
- Variation of the SMB underground theme plays
World 1-3
- Takes place high above ground
- Tanooki suit is in this level
- Stand on a special green tile near the beginning to transition to a first-person view
- Manipulate this view with the gyro controls or analog slider
- Zoom in and out with the shoulder buttons to find special items and scan challenges ahead
World 1-4
- Side-scrolling stage
- You have full control in this level
- Platform you stand on controls the progression and direction
- Set on one button to go back, step on the other to go forward
- Super Mario Bros 3 Athletic theme is the music that plays
First castle stage
- Lava, spinning columns of fire, and enemies to avoid
- Fight Bowser at the end of the level
- Hit a switch to defeat him
General
- Only one way to go
- Secrets to find
- Three hidden coins in each stage
- Fire Flowers are not timed power-ups like in Galaxy
- music features remixes of classic tunes and sound-alike tunes
- 'coin heaven' segments return
- use the binoculars to zoom in on Toad, and he'll reward you with coins
- Goombas, Koopas, Tanoombas and Piranha Plants return
- Piranha Plants spit black goo at teh screen
- new enemies like insects and tiny dragons
- the first Bowser you come across is actually an impostor Bowser using a leaf power-up
- multiple secrets hidden by perspective and optical illusions
- some levels are top-down
- Warp Zone in World 1-2 now leads directly to World 2
- first world is completely linear and contains four main stages, Bowser's castle, and a Mushroom House
- unlock stages by collecting medals
- no mention on what's in the Mushroom House yet

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