Sky Land
- "Sky World" redirects here. For the Kid Icarus stage fromSuper Smash Bros. Brawl, seeList of stages debuting in Super Smash Bros. Brawl § Skyworld.
- Not to be confused withSky Island.
| Sky Land | |||||||
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 Map inSuper Mario Advance 4 | |||||||
| Game | Super Mario Bros. 3 | ||||||
| Number of levels | 13 | ||||||
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Sky Land[1][2] (alternativelyThe Sky,[3]Cloud Castle,[4] orSky World)[5] is the fifthworld inSuper Mario Bros. 3.
History[edit]
Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
Sky Land is unlocked after completingGiant Land inSuper Mario Bros. 3. It has ninelevels, threeHammer Brothers, twofortresses, threeToad's Houses, threeSpade Panels, a specialtower level, and acastle that has been taken over by anairship. There are two parts to the world, "The Ground" and "The Sky," connected by the tower level. The first three levels, the first fortress, the first Toad's House, one Spade Panel, and two of the Hammer Brothers are on the ground, while everything else is in the sky. The world's airship can move between the two. Theking of Sky Land is an older man, wearing a crown, and with long white hair, and a long white beard. During the events of the game, theKoopalingRoy Koopa turns him into a bird; theSuper Nintendo Entertainment System andGame Boy Advance versions ofSuper Mario Bros. 3 see him get turned into anAlbatoss.
This is the only world that can be returned to after completion, which is done by using theWarp Whistle inIce Land and picking theWarp Pipe in theWarp Zone that takes the player back to Sky Land, with all progress reset.
TheSuper Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 map shows that the ground area of World 5 was located to the east ofWorld 4 and south ofWorld 8. The ground map has a different layout when seen on the map on "The Sky"; the hills are arranged differently, the lake appears to be missing, the tower is southwest of where it normally is, and an additional path is shown at the northwest of it. This was fixed in the Game Boy Advance version. The map icon for the fortress in the sky portion is also colored blue, which occurs only in this world.
A sped-up version of the sky portion's music is reused as part ofPrincess Peach'sFinal Smash in theSuper Smash Bros. series,Peach Blossom.
Sky Land has the following levels:
| Image | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | World 5-1 | The first level is a large hill made up of stone blocks, water pools, andChain Chomps. |
 | World 5-2 | An underground sewer that starts off with the player falling, then moves on to uneven terrain. |
 | World 5-3 | A level split between two ground sections, and introduces theGoomba's shoe. |
 | World 5- Fortress 1 | The firstfortress level of Sky Land has narrow passageways guarded byThwomps andRoto-Discs. |
 | World 5- Tower | A talltower that serves as a bridge between the land and the sky. If the player wants to return to the ground portion, they can play a short descending segment, but to return to the sky, they will have to go through the tower again. |
 | World 5-4 | The first level that takes place in the sky portion of Sky Land; this level has many cloud platforms andRotary Lifts. |
 | World 5-5 | A stage made up almost entirely ofDonut Lifts. |
 | World 5-6 | An autoscrolling level where the player must usePara-Beetles as platforms to move forward. |
 | World 5-7 | A stage with manybricks andStarmen. |
 | World 5- Fortress 2 | The second fortress level has several broken platforms situated betweenlava both below and above. |
 | World 5-8 | A stage with Lakitu attacking the player as they jump across small platforms. |
 | World 5-9 | A diagonal autoscrolling stage with moving platforms andFire Chomps. |
 | World 5- Airship | Roy Koopa'sAirship with manycannon types. |
  | World 5- | Two sets of Hammer Brothers will move around the land portion of the map, with one set of Hammer Brothers moving around in the sky. The arenas are similar between them, with two rows of sevenbricks, though the area they are fought in differs by location. One of the Hammer Brother pairs on land will reward the player with aP-Wing upon being defeated, while the other will drop aStarman. The Hammer Brothers in the sky will leave behind aMusic Box. If the player meets the prerequisites for theTreasure Ship, a Hammer Brother will turn into the ship. |
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
Sky Land appeared in several episodes ofThe Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. The ground portion of Sky Land never made an appearance; Sky Land was implied to exist directly above theMushroom Kingdom itself, and is connected to the mainland by a stairway made out of floating blocks. Sky Land is ruled byEmperor Ed.
Reign Storm: One of the problems thatMario andLuigi face while trying to run the Mushroom Kingdom duringPrincess Toadstool's absence is that the stairway to Sky Land is floating off and dropping people in the garbage dump.
A Toadally Magical Adventure: The first episode where this world is shown as the title card. While unstated, theAce Magic Wand Factory seems to be based in Sky Land. Bowser and several Koopalings have their sights set on obtaining a special wand that is being delivered to theWizard King of the West; having spotted the Koopas, the Wizard King of the West alerts the Mario Bros. and requests for them to prevent the wand from being stolen.
Up, Up, and a Koopa: The second episode where this world is shown as the title card. After abducting Emperor Ed, Bowser usesKooky's newKooper-Dooper Raiser-Upper from onboard theDoom Ship to levitate everything in the Mushroom Kingdom up to Sky Land (sometimes called "Sky World" in this episode) in an attempt to forcePrincess Toadstool into surrendering her kingdom. However, Bowser overloads the Raiser-Upper causing everything that was being levitated to fall back down to the Mushroom Kingdom. In the process, Emeperor Ed falls out of the Doom Ship and lands onToad. He alerts Princess Toadstool as to what's going on, so Mario and Luigi obtainRaccoon Power to bring Emperor Ed back to Sky Land and fly to the Doom Ship. However, they get caught, prompting Princess Toadstool and Toad to fly up to Sky Land usingP-Wings. Bowser then decides to take over Sky Land as well by tormenting its people with the Raiser Upper. However, Princess Toadstool and Toad make it to the Doom Ship, where they rescue Mario and Luigi. The group steals the Raiser Upper and use it to not only restore Sky Land and the Mushroom Kingdom back to normal, but to levitate the Doom Ship back toDark Land.
Maps[edit]
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Super Mario All-Stars
Gallery[edit]
World 5 as seen inBS Super Mario Collection
Raccoon Mario (with aP-Wing) in Sky Land
"The Ground", the first part of Sky Land
"The Sky", the second part of Sky Land
Sky Land as seen in the ending
Map of Sky Land as seen in the ending
Map features[edit]
Paths and spaces (ground)
Paths and spaces (sky)
Hills
Cloud
Title cards[edit]
Multimedia[edit]
Sky Land - BGMNames in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ワールド５ Wārudo5 Sora no Kuni | World 5: Sky Land (alternatively "The Sky"[6] in-game) | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 天空之城地[9] Tiānkōng zhī Chéngdì(Mandarin) | Sky Land | |
| Croatian | Nebeski Zemlja[10] | Sky Land | |
| Dutch | Luchtland[11] | Sky Land | |
| Hemelland[12] | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 | ||
| Finnish | Korkeat Taivaat[13] | The High Skies | |
| Taivasmaa[14] | Sky Land | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 | |
| French | Le ciel[?] | The sky | |
| Pays-ciel[15] | Sky-land | Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet | |
| Pays du Ciel[16] | Sky Land | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 | |
| German | Himmelhausen[?] | FromHimmel ("sky") with the place-name suffix-hausen | |
| Land des Himmels[17] | Land of Sky | Super Mario Power - Offizieller Nintendo Spieleberater | |
| Himmelland[18] | Sky Land | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 | |
| Greek | Ουρανού Γι[19] Ouranoú Gi | Sky Land | |
| Hungarian | Sky World[20] | - | |
| Ég[21] | Sky | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 | |
| Italian | Mondo del Cielo[22][23] | Sky World | |
| La terra del cielo[24] | The land of the sky | Consolemania | |
| Mondo dei[sic] Cielo[25] | Sky World | Club Nintendo | |
| Regno d'Aria[26] | Air/Sky Kingdom | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, "Reign Storm" | |
| Terra d'Aria[27] | Air/Sky Land | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, "Up, Up, and a Koopa" | |
| Terra del Cielo[27] | Sky Land | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, "Up, Up, and a Koopa", three instances | |
| Cielo[28] | Sky | Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 | |
| Il cielo[29] | The sky | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Korean | 하늘의 나라[30] Haneur-ui Nara | Sky Land | |
| 하늘[31] Haneul | Sky | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 | |
| Norwegian | Himmelriket[32] | Sky Kingdom | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 |
| Polish | Niebolandię[33] | Sky Land | |
| Portuguese(Brazilian) | Terra do Céu[34] | Sky Land | |
| Mundo do Céu[35] | Sky World | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Herbert Richers dub | |
| Céu[36] | Sky | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Uniarthe dub | |
| Portuguese(European) | Mundo do Céu[37] | Sky World | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 |
| Sky Land[38] | - | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, "Reign Storm" | |
| Romanian | Cerurile/Înaltul cerurilor[39] | The skies/The sky-high | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3; replace instances of "Sky World" |
| Țara cerurilor[39] | Land of the skies | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3; replaces instances of "Sky Land" | |
| Russian | Скайленд[40] Skaylend | Sky Land | |
| Sinhala | හිරු මැදින්[41] Hiru Mædin | Sky Land | |
| Spanish | El Cielo[42] | The Sky | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Reino de las Nubes[43] | Cloud Land | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Audiomaster 3000 dub |
| Spanish(European) | Zona de Cielo[44] | Sky Land | Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet |
| Reino de los Cielos[45] | Sky Kingdom | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, original dub | |
| Reino de las Nubes[46] | Cloud Land | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, re-dub | |
| Swedish | De Höga Skyarna[47] | The High Skies | |
| Himmellandet[48] | Sky Land | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 | |
| Thai | ท้องฟ้า[49] Thaawng-faa | Sky | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Notes[edit]
- There is a glitch in the original version where the Airship can "hide" in an undetermined area between "The Ground" and "The Sky". This means that, if this happens, the player can be permanently stuck and unable to continue, as they cannot reach the Airship to challenge it. The Airship appears to be in the top left corner of Sky Land's screen, where a miniature version of the ground is visible.[50]
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