World 5-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)

Level
World 5-3
Screenshot from Super Mario Bros. 2
Level code	World 5-3
World	World 5
Game	Super Mario Bros. 2
Boss	Red Birdo Mouser (Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic) Clawgrip (Super Mario Bros. 2)
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World 5-3 (Chapter 5-3 in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic; titled Bob-Ombs! Flying Carpet! Clawgrip!) is the third level of World 5 in Super Mario Bros. 2.

Layout

Screenshot from Super Mario Advance

This level has a hidden Subspace Warp to World 7 that can be reached with any of the playable characters. Near the start of the level, right after climbing up the ladder, there will be a platform on top. Luigi can Power Squat Jump up on top of it and find the Magical Potion. After entering Subspace, the player needs to enter the jar and will be warped to World 7. If played as a different character (Mario, Toad, and Princess Toadstool), they can ride an Albatoss to the platform. In Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, there are additional ground blocks placed to the same length of the overhead platform, in which the player can use any character to preform Power Squat Jump off the edge to reach it.

Throughout the level, Albatosses continuously drop Bob-Ombs; once the player reaches the underground cavern, various brick walls must be destroyed, and there are a few Pansers and Ostros. Unlike the other worlds in the game, the player does not enter a castle, but the player encounters a room resembling the inside of a tree and containing Sparks, Bob-Ombs and walking Pansers. Since the level lacks a locked door, the key is absent. Once outside again, the player must ride a Pidgit to cross a large gap. After the four pink Shyguys, the player fights and defeats a Red Birdo and then encounters a boss, Clawgrip (Mouser in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic).

Enemies

Image	Name	Count
	Albatoss with Bob-Omb	3
	Bob-Omb	13 (11 in open air, 2 under Grass)
	Red Panser	1
	Pink Panser	2
	Spark	5
	Red Shyguy	(indefinitely generated from Jars)
	Pink Snifit	1
	Pidgit	2
	Red Beezo	1
	Pink Shyguy	4
	Red Birdo	1 (mini-boss)
	Clawgrip	1 (boss)

Items

It has been requested that this section be rewritten and expanded to include more information. Reason: Super Mario Advance Ace Coin and Yoshi Egg locations (tagged on October 14, 2024)

Image	Name	Count	Note(s)
	Mushroom	2	Only appear in Sub-space. The first one is between a brick wall and a ledge in the first main section, directly underneath a Cherry. The second one is enclosed by brick walls underneath a platform to the left of the ladder leading down to the cave section, requiring Bob-Omb explosions to reach it.
	Cherry	7
	Turtle shell	1	Under grass.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Italian	Zona 15	Zone 15
	Mondo 5-3	World 5-3

Trivia

• The Albatosses move much faster in this level than the other levels they appear in.

External links

• Level map at NESMaps.com