World 2-3 (NSMB)

World 2-3 is the third level of the desert world from the game New Super Mario Bros.. The level features many Piranha Plants ala Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and the first appearance of the Giant Piranha Plant in the game, this level also has some small puzzles to give it more fun.

Walkthrough

The level begins in the outside, then Mario or Luigi enters through a pipe and the level continues inside the sewers, where the Mario bros. enter sliding, and continue traveling through it. In some platforms, Mario or Luigi will have to ground pound to pass through them, also, there are "blocks" which are sensible when Mario or Luigi collides with them depending of which direction is the arrow. Crossing one of these blocks with the arrow in the bottom at the beginning will lead the player to a brick block with multiple coins inside. After ground-pounding and crossing this part, the Mario Bros. will have to solve a small puzzle to take one of the star coins, located above a Piranha Plant (see the picture) and also go to the next part of the level. After crossing the puzzle, Mario or Luigi will cross the midway point and then they'll have to slide in order to proceed. In the left corner, they can find a ? Block with a coin inside and in the left of this block there's an invisible block with an 1-up Mushroom inside it. The player can't reach the big platform of the right because he first needs to press the ? Switch to proceed and pressing it will make the Water go up in order to reach it or the secret exit that locates in the top, however, the player must be fast to go to the secret exit because he needs to press another ? Switch there. If the player goes to the level's normal exit, he'll find a Giant Piranha Plant in his path which takes 3 fireballs to kill, after the piranha plant the player can go to the right down path where he'll find two ? Blocks, one with a coin inside and the other with a Fire Flower inside and the top path where the level continues with another puzzle that in its left side contains the last star coin and to the right the player will find the level's exit, but before reach it the player needs to press a ! Switch to active some blocks in order to he finally reach the level's exit. The player can get the Trampoline at the end of the level to get an 1-up if he reaches the flagpole's top.

Star Coins

• The first Star Coin is located in the very beginning of the sewers, in the right, you'll have to wall jump to reach a platform where it is located;
• The second one you can get by two ways, you can kill the Piranha Plant if you're as Fire Mario or Fire Luigi or go to the right, jump, go to the left, jump, follow right, go down and fall on the small platform under the top platform to get it.
• The last Star Coin can be founded in the level's last puzzle, go to the left side and after jumping of a small brick bridge, follow the right path in order to get it.