Soda Jungle
Soda Jungle | |||
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Game | New Super Mario Bros. U New Super Luigi U New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | ||
Level(s) | 12 | ||
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Soda Jungle is a location introduced in New Super Mario Bros. U.
History
Super Mario series
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Soda Jungle is the jungle-themed fifth world of New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their reissues appearing in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. Soda Jungle is the largest world in the game, both physically and in terms of courses. It is similar to Giant Land from Super Mario Bros. 3, Forest of Illusion from Super Mario World, and World 4 from New Super Mario Bros. in terms of appearance, layout, and theme, as the jungle is giant-themed within both the world map and the normal levels and features big enemies or big variations of small enemies, like Big Goombas and Big Koopa Troopas. The dead trees in the center of the jungle leads to a haunted area, containing a few extra courses, including Boo Enemy Courses. This also makes this world the only world in New Super Mario Bros. U with more than one section. When the player enters the area, the area pixelates before loading again, similar to the transition screen in Super Mario World. The name is derived from soda as a reference to the poison in the world. There are 12 levels in this world, with the first Airship level appearing before entering the section, five normal levels in the outer areas, two that are in the haunted area along with the second Ghost House and the Boo Enemy Courses, a secret level, the Tower level, and the Castle level. Three Toad Houses can be found here as well, one green and two red. The bosses of this world are Bowser Jr., a larger Boom Boom, and Iggy Koopa.
There are several ways to enter this world. Completing Sparkling Waters or Frosted Glacier normally will bring the player to The Mighty Cannonship (All Aboard! in New Super Luigi U), the first airship in the game. Finishing Acorn Plains and Layer-Cake Desert's secret levels will immediately take the player to Soda Jungle. However, if the player manages to complete Sparkling Waters or Frosted Glacier's secret levels, they will both lead to Fuzzy Clifftop, Rock-Candy Mines' first level, bypassing Soda Jungle. Thus, every world before Soda Jungle leads to the latter by completing the previous world's castle. Soda Jungle also leads to every world afterward besides Peach's Castle and Superstar Road.
In the haunted area in Soda Jungle, the player must take a secret exit in either Painted Swampland or Deepsea Ruins (Painted Pipeworks or Deepsea Stone-Eyes for Luigi in New Super Luigi U) in order to create a pathway that will allow the player to leave the haunted area and proceed through the world, in a manner similar to the Forest of Illusion in Super Mario World; taking the normal paths otherwise in either stage will bring him back to the pathway in front of Which-Way Labyrinth (Boo's Favorite Haunt in New Super Luigi U).
In New Super Mario Bros. U, levels within the vicinity of Soda Jungle are as follows:
Level number | Level name | Preview | Description |
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Before Soda Jungle | |||
Soda Jungle-Airship | The Mighty Cannonship | The first Airship course in the game with Bowser Jr. as the boss. This level is partly underwater and features Targeting Teds. This is their only appearance in the game. | |
Inside Soda Jungle | |||
Soda Jungle-1 | Jungle of the Giants | A course with Big Blocks, Big Goombas, and Big Koopa Troopas. | |
Soda Jungle-2 | Bridge over Poisoned Waters | This course features poison and logs that spin when stepped on. Several Brick Blocks are found here, and this level also contains a secret exit that goes around Soda Jungle's haunted area. | |
Soda Jungle-3 | Bramball Woods | A course that takes place, as the name implies, in the dark woods with Bramballs. Several Donut Blocks are found here, too. | |
Soda Jungle-Tower | Snake Block Tower | A tower with Spinners, Amps, Big Amps, and large and normal sized Snake Blocks. | |
Haunted area | |||
Soda Jungle-Ghost House | Which-Way Labyrinth | A Ghost House with multiple doors. Glowing Baby Yoshis are found here, and this level reveals the fact that Baby Yoshis can eat Boos. This level also contains a secret exit. | |
Soda Jungle-4 | Painted Swampland | A course with several unenterable Warp Pipes. This level's background is inspired by Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night. | |
Soda Jungle-5 | Deepsea Ruins | A level featuring a lake where the player must swim through. This level marks the only appearance of Bulbers and Jellybeams in the game. The lake is filled with stationary Stone-Eyes. | |
Outside Soda Jungle | |||
Soda Jungle-6 | Seesaw Bridge | A course with poison and seesaws. | |
Soda Jungle-7 | Wiggler Stampede | A course with giant and normal sized Wigglers. | |
Soda Jungle-Castle | Iggy's Volcanic Castle | A castle with giant lava waves. | |
Soda Jungle-Para-Beetles | Flight of the Para-Beetles | A course with giant and normal sized Para-Beetles, along with King Bills. |
In New Super Luigi U, levels within the vicinity of Soda Jungle are as follows:
Level number | Level name | Preview | Description |
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Before Soda Jungle | |||
Soda Jungle-Airship | All Aboard! | An airship level with various Hammer Brothers and Mechakoopas. | |
Inside Soda Jungle | |||
Soda Jungle-1 | Giant Swing-Along | A stage in which Luigi swings across vines to avoid giant enemies and falling into the poison. | |
Soda Jungle-2 | Dancing Blocks, Poison Swamp | A stage in which block platforms sink and rise as well as appear and retract. This level also contains a secret exit. | |
Soda Jungle-3 | Heart of Bramball Woods | A course with several Bramballs as obstacles. | |
Soda Jungle-Tower | Stone-Snake Tower | A tower stage featuring several Grrrols. | |
Haunted area | |||
Soda Jungle-Ghost House | Boo's Favorite Haunt | A Ghost House featuring several Circling Boo Buddies and rotating, swinging, and moving platforms. This level also contains a secret exit. | |
Soda Jungle-4 | Painted Pipeworks | A painted-style level with several swinging Warp Pipes, some of which are containing Piranha Plants. | |
Soda Jungle-5 | Deepsea Stone-Eyes | An underwater level containing moving Stone-Eyes. | |
Outside Soda Jungle | |||
Soda Jungle-6 | Sumo Bro Bridge | A stage featuring several moving seesaws and Sumo Brothers. | |
Soda Jungle-7 | Wiggler Floodlands | A vertical-scrolling level in which Luigi must bounce off of Big Wigglers to avoid the rising poison. | |
Soda Jungle-Castle | Iggy's Swinging-Chains Castle | A castle featuring swinging chains and waves of lava. | |
Soda Jungle-Para-Beetles | Para-Beetle Parade | A course that primarily focuses on the Para-Beetles and Heavy Para-Beetles. Piranha Plants, Banzai Bills, King Bills, and several P Switches are also present. |
Soda Jungle has the following Challenge Mode original courses:
- Airship 1-Up Rally - 1-Up Rally
- Be Gentle to Giants - Special
- Big Goomba Bounce Bash - 1-Up Rally
- Bowser's Airship Sneak - Special
- Marathon Glide - Special
- Poison-Swamp Scramble - Time Attack
- The Boo Ballet - Time Attack (Original Course)
- The Boo-Ballet Encore - Time Attack (Original Course)
- Piranha Plant Hideaway - Boost Mode Challenges (Original Course)
Its Boost Rush courses include the following:
- Painted Swampland – Expert Pack
- Iggy's Volcanic Castle – Expert Pack
Soda Jungle introduces the following enemies in each version of the game:
- New Super Mario Bros. U
- Cannons
- Cannonballs
- Giant cannons
- Giant cannonballs
- Mechakoopas
- Red Torpedo Bases
- Targeting Teds
- Mecha Cheeps
- Mecha Hand (minor)
- Big Goombas
- Big Koopa Troopas
- Bramballs
- Stalking Piranha Plants
- Amps
- Big Amps
- Spinners
- Broozers
- Scaredy Rats
- Bulbers
- Jellybeams
- Wigglers
- Big Wigglers
- Para-Beetles
- Heavy Para-Beetles
- King Bills
- Magmaarghs
- New Super Luigi U
Super Mario Run
Soda Jungle is the setting of Scuttlebug Forest and Spike Bar Jungle, two of the levels in World Star of Super Mario Run.
Super Mario Maker 2
In Super Mario Maker 2, Soda Jungle appears as the forest theme in the New Super Mario Bros. U style. The bottom of the level has adjustable water, which is replaced by poison in the night time variant.
Monopoly Gamer
Soda Jungle is the ninth property on the game board in Monopoly Gamer. It is one of two properties in the Red Color Set (along with Painted Swampland).
Gallery
Level maps
New Super Mario Bros. U
New Super Luigi U
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | ソーダジャングル[?] Sōda Janguru |
Soda Jungle | |
Chinese (simplified) | 苏打丛林[?] Sūdǎ Cónglín |
Soda Jungle | |
Chinese (traditional) | 蘇打叢林[?] Sūdǎ Cónglín |
Soda Jungle | |
Dutch | Cassismoeras[?] | Cassis Swamp | |
French (NOA) | Jungle Pimentée[?] | Spicy Jungle | |
French (NOE) | Jungle Cassis[?] | Cassis Jungle | |
German | Limonadendschungel[?] | Lemonade Jungle | |
Italian | Giungla gassata[?] | Fizzy jungle | |
Giungla Gassata[1] | Fizzy Jungle | ||
Korean | 소다 정글[?] Soda Jeonggeul |
Soda Jungle | |
Portuguese | Selva Gelatinosa[?] | Jelly Jungle | |
Russian | Шипучая пуща[?] Shipuchaya pushcha |
Effervescent Forest | |
Spanish (NOA) | Jungla Jarabe[?] | Syrup Jungle | |
Spanish (NOE) | Jungla Sirope[?] | Syrup (Pancakes) Jungle |
Trivia
- This is the only world in the game to have an English name actually transliterated from the original Japanese.
- Soda Jungle, Meringue Clouds, and Layer-Cake Desert are the only three worlds to have three Toad Houses, two red and one green.
- The Jungle area in Mario Golf: World Tour resembles this world.
References
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 213.