Editing World 8-Hand Traps

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|code=World 8-Hand Traps<ref>''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Player's Guide, pages 115 & 118</ref>
|world=[[Dark Land]]
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[[File:Hand Trap.png|frame|[[Mario]] caught in one of the '''Hand Traps'''.]]
The '''Hand Traps''' are three levels of [[Dark Land]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. On the map, there appear to be five traps, though only the ones on the left, center, and right are levels. They can be accessed after clearing {{world-link|8|navy|World 8-Battleships}} and beyond them is {{world-link|8|airforce|World 8-Airship (Super Mario Bros. 3)}}. When a player moves over them, Mario will either be dragged down by a hand or be allowed to pass, with a 50% chance of being dragged in for each Hand Trap.<ref>https://smb3.bf0.org/smb3mechanics/2018-11-05-no-hands/</ref> The player also has the option of playing the level on their own. Clearing any of the levels will reward the player with a [[Super Leaf]] at the end.

Unlike most castle-themed levels in the game, the [[Underground Theme]] plays in these levels.

==Layout==
===First Hand Trap===
The first Hand Trap (on the right) starts off with the player facing against a [[Fire Bro]]ther, the only other one in the game since [[Desert Land]]. Afterward are some [[Brick Block]] formations with [[Hammer Bro]]thers on them, and a power-up can be found in one of the blocks on the bottom row. Using the blocks to get over a ledge, the player will then encounter a [[Boomerang Bro]]ther followed by a [[Sledge Bro]]ther before the [[Warp Pipe]] to the end of the level.

===Second Hand Trap===
The second Hand Trap (in the center) has the player jumping over a pool of [[lava]] by using the seven small platforms spread across it. Several [[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]]s will jump out of the lava between the gaps, and there are many [[coin]]s above the platforms. After crossing the lava, the player will come across the Warp Pipe to the end of the level.

===Third Hand Trap===
The third Hand Trap (on the left) is the longest of the three. It has the player run along a long bridge while [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]]s jump out of the lava below. The bridge is broken up in several places and there are a couple of [[Hard Block|Wood Block]] pillars, both of which the player needs to [[jump]] over. Over the sixth platform is a [[? Block]] containing a power-up, and directly afterward is a low pillar the player can either slide under or use the ? Block as a platform to jump over. At the end of the long bridge is the Warp Pipe to the end of the level.

==Enemies==
*[[Fire Bro]]ther
*[[Hammer Bro]]thers
*[[Boomerang Bro]]ther
*[[Sledge Bro]]ther
*[[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]]s
*[[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]]s

==Level statistics==
*[[List of power-ups|Power-ups]]: 5 ([[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]], gained at the end of the levels, a [[Super Mushroom]] or a Super Leaf in a Brick Block in the first trap, and a Super Mushroom or a [[Fire Flower]] in the third trap)
*[[1-Up Mushroom]]s: 0
*Secret areas: 0

==Trivia==
*A similar set-up appears in the [[e-Reader]] level [[Bowser's Last Stand]], except they were in doors, and the areas are longer and more difficult (such as the fact that the Hammer Brothers room has a different arrangement of Hammer Brothers and blocks).
**In addition, the level select area for [[World-e]] featured a similar design to the panels for the Hand Traps, with the only difference being that the Hand Traps were black with orange decreasing squares and the level select area was white with blue decreasing squares and that, obviously, the player isn't grabbed by a hand.
*Because each Hand Trap has a 50% chance of pulling the player down, there is a 12.5% chance the player won't have to play any of the Hand Traps.

==References==
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