Ride The Ski Lifts
Ride the Ski Lifts is the second level of World 5 in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. The player will meet up with several new enemies, along with the level having many Ski Lifts, which are only found on this level. The player will use Pink Yoshi in this level.
Overview
The player will start off in a snow covered area, standing beside a tree which has a hiding Yellow Egg Block . As the player advances, a Chomp Rock covered in snow will roll down, and if the player pushes it to their left, a hidden ? Cloud containing a 1-Up in a Bubble will appear. The player should roll the Chomp Rock to their right, squashing Penguins and Tap-Taps along the way, and collecting some regular Coins and red ones in the air. As the rock keeps rolling, it will fall into a small ditch, and will serve as a platform for the player to reach the top of this hill, along with some coins. The Middle Ring will be found here, and some small platforms that will lead the player into the sky.
The player will now be in another area of this level, and will see their first Flower, a regular egg sitting on the ground, and a flying Penguin. A hidden ? Cloud on the left will contain a ! Switch, which will make some blocks on the right side of this area visible. The player will now see their first Ski Lift, with many more alongside this area, and should hop onto it. A Lakitu with a flying Penguin will appear here, and a ? Cloud containing Stars will be placed over here. A cloud-like platform will have some coins and one Red Coin floating in the air. Another ? Cloud which contains a Flower and a Fly Guy holding a 1-Up will appear here, with some more coins ontop of a cloud-like platform. The ? Cloud over here will contain 3 stars, and another ! Switch ontop of breakable wall can be seen here. Yet another ? Cloud with Stars can be seen here, and an Egg Plant on a cloud platform with coins ontop of it too. If the player hit the ! Switch, they cannot get the coins trapped inside of the box with ! Blocks until the switch wears off. The last two ? Clouds over here will contain a 1-Up and Stars. The player will now see a flying Penguin, and another Middle Ring. The player will exit this area of the level and move on.
The player will now be in the final area of the game, and it will also gradually start snowing. A Dr. Freezegood will slide down a platform and onto the ground where some regular coins and Red Coins are If the player jumps up on the platform with a tree and looks up, they will find a ? Cloud which will contain a ! Switch. Hitting this switch will reveal a secret tunnel that will lead to a long vertical cave way that Yoshi will fall down in, and then into a room that will contain a Super Star, and will make the player turn into Superstar Mario. Four more Super Stars will appear along with a ! Block with an infinite amount of coins, until the effect of the Super Star wears out. Once the player exits through the pipe, they will be back outside. In the second section of this area, another Dr. Freezegood will slide down, and will fall into a hole, and a Flower with some coins can be seen here as well. A Ski Lift that will lead to a couple of Red Coins and an Expansion Block. Another Middle Ring can be seen here, as well as another Dr. Freezegood. The player will now need to ride the Ski Lifts over here, and will pass by some other Dr. Freezegood's on other Ski Lifts. In the middle of the hill, a lone Dr. Freezegood is standing here, and will contain 6 coins if the player defeats it. After a while, the player will eventually see a couple of Fly Guys holding 1-Ups, one will appear after another. Some Red Coins and regular coins can be seen here, and the Ski Lift will turn, and go downhill. Another Flower is seen where the Ski Lift turns in the opposite direction. Now, some Bumpties that can fly will hover around here, and will guard the final Flower to collect in this level. Solid ground covered with snow can be seen here, and a lone Bumpty, which is disguised as a Dr. Freezegood, will be ontop of it. And, a Winged Cloud will be right above that Bumpty, which will contain Stars. The Ski Lift will now turn again, and the player will see more Dr. Freezegoods on some other Ski Lifts, as well as some coins which will be in the player's path. More flying Bumpties can be seen here, and the player will need to hop of this Ski Lift and go to another one, with a Red Coin along with two regular ones in the same path the Ski Lift is going. Once again, the player will need to hop off of this Ski Lift and go on to another one. More coins and a Flying Bumpty can be seen here. The Ski Lift will drop down, and the played will land ontop of the snow. Another rope that will carry Ski Lifts will be right ontop of the player, and they will need to defeat a Dr. Freezegood on the Ski Lift that comes down so that the player can stand on it and ride it to the top. The final Red Coin of this level along with many regular ones can be seen here, and more flying Bumpties too. The Ski Lift will drop down to another rope, and the player will continue onwards, meeting a lot of flying Bumpties along the way. The player will now see the GOAL! Ring, and the Ski Lift will pass right through it. The player will now have access to the level Danger - Icy Conditions Ahead.
