History VideoGame / SuperMario3DLand

** Inverted with their shell attacks. Boom Boom blasts his shell at you like a cannonball, and Pom Pom ascends into the air and crashes down on you.

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: Giant Cosmic Clones seen in the special worlds.

A UsefulNotes/WiiU sequel with 4-player co-op multiplayer, ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'', was released in November 2013, followed by an UpdatedRerelease titled ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in February 2021.

* EternalEngine: World 7-3 takes place inside a giant clock and Special World 7-4 is just a harder version. Special Level 4-1 takes place here as well, but it focuses entirely on fighting enemies while a large platform transports Mario and Luigi onto the exit area.

* ExtendedGameplay: [[spoiler: Eight challenging bonus worlds in addition to the eight normal ones.]]

* GreenHillZone: World 1-1, as usual. The very fist stage of both the normal and special quests are both Green Hill Zones, then further stages are scattered through the game. The relatively open space in these levels provides Mario and Luigi an opportunity to learn to use the power of the Tanooki Leaf, and there are also wooden cogs that can only be spun with the Tanooki tail attack.

* LevelAte: World 3-5 and Special World 5-4. Both the floor and the moving platforms are made of cookie (presumably, in turn, made of vanilla and chocolate).

* MinecartMadness: Some of the levels feature large green monorails that are operated by having the player step on two large arrows facing either end of the monorail, causing it to go in the direction the arrow points. If the monorail moves over a geyser or a lava eruption it will bounce up and land on a higher track. Also, the final level of the game had you go through [[BigBad Bowser's]] castle on a skeletonized version of these.

* ScalingTheSummit: Mario has to climb a sandy mountain in World 5-1. At one point they enter a hollow to rise upwards while defeating the incoming enemies. They reach the flagpole with the help of a blue cannon (though the flagpole itself is slightly under the actual top).

* ShiftingSandLand: Desert stages are scattered throughout the worlds, such as 3-1 (a large sandy terrain which has a tall tower where the level's exit lies at the top, and is home to the sand-dwelling Sandmaargh), 5-1 (a sandy DeathMountain that has to be climbed while dealing with enemies like Pokeys and Boomerang Bros.) and 6-2 (the interior of a pyramid filled with dunes that rise and lower periodically).

* ShowDontTell: Some levels in the Special World begin with 30 seconds on the timer, and in one variation, require you to defeat enemies in order to extend the timer (in the other, you collect watch powerups). How does the game inform you of this? At the start of the level, Mario lands on a Goomba, and gets an extension to the timer.

** Mario gets to wear Boomerang Bro equipment as a power-up.
** This is Pom Pom's [[WeaponOfChoice weapon of choice]].

* BigBoosHaunt: Ghost House levels make an appearance as can be expected. World 4-4 is the first one, followed by World 6-3, World 8-4, Special World 4-2, Special World 5-5, and Special 6-5.

* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: World 6-2 is a pyramid level.

* DeathMountain: World 5-1 is the only mountain themed level in the game.

* EternalEngine: World 7-3 takes place inside a giant clock and Special World 7-4 is just a harder version.

* GreenHillZone: World 1-1 of course. Along with that is World 2-1, World 8-2, and Special World 1-1.

* LethalLavaLand: Of course many of the castle levels feature deadly lava.
* LevelAte: World 3-5 and Special World 5-4.

* PalmtreePanic: Worlds 6-1, S1-4, and S4-3.

* PoisonMushroom: They make a return in [[spoiler:the Special Worlds]].

* ShiftingSandLand: Not necessarily found only in World 2 the first desert stage is World 3-1 followed by World 5-1, and lastly World 6-2 which is a Pyramid stage.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Scattered about in the forms of World 3-4, World 6-5, Special World 2-4, and Special World 7-1.

* UndergroundLevel: What's a Mario game without them? This time around World 1-2, World 2-2, World 4-2, World 5-4, Special World 1-2, and Special World 8-2.
* UnderTheSea: Naturally for a Mario game the first is World 3-2, followed by Special World 2-2.

* CompositeCharacter: Composite ''power up'' in this case. The Tanooki Leaf is a Super Leaf that gives you the appearance of Tanooki Mario but with only the benefits of being Racoon Mario. The Statue Leaf, however, does allow you turn into a statue like how the Tanooki Suit allows you to in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''. This carries over to ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' but notably doesn't in ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros2'', where the normal leaves simply turn Mario into Racoon Mario.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: {{Exploited|Trope}}. The Flip-Swap platforms from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' are back, and they now activate whenever Mario ''jumps''.

* AIBreaker: If Mario stomps on Pom-Pon while she's in her shell and still on the ground, she'll keep trying to rise up and hit him, but fail and just push him up farther. Since this counts as a stomp, it's entirely possible to get five extra lives every time she rises back up.

* BubblyClouds: Not one single world but one level World 5-5. In addition this is the first time we see Coin Heavens appear in 3D.

* ThemeTuneCameo: Mario hums the classic theme music after receiving the picture between Worlds 5 and 6.

* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Pom-Pom's battle arenas have a pink motif, and Pom-Pom herself is magenta-colored. Also in the Boom-Boom/Pom-Pm double battles, Boom-Boom's area is blue and Pom-Pom's is red.

A UsefulNotes/WiiU sequel with 4-player co-op multiplayer, ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'', was released in November 2013.

* DifficultySpike:
** [[WordOfGod Officially acknowledged]] by Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto to start at the beginning of World 8.
** There's another difficulty spike that starts near the end of Special World 7. You know those speed run levels? You know those levels where Cosmic Mario is following you? Guess what? Nearly every level starting from S7-Castle is now a combination of both.

* GoldenSuperMode: White Tanooki Mario, available in a level after five or more lives have been lost. Using it renders Mario and Luigi invincible against enemies, but it also eliminates the shimmering effect of the starts earned in the file selection menu.

* SuperTitle64Advance: The "3D" in the game's name refers both to the use of stereoscopic 3D visuals, and the system that supports it (Nintendo 3DS).

* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the collectible photos depicts something that will happen in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld''. [[spoiler:In the photo, Princess Peach dresses in a Tanooki Suit. (So are the Toads, but they can be seen like this throughout the Special World portion of the game.)]] The developers even had ''3D World'' in mind during development of ''3D Land''! [[spoiler:Though the final Tanooki Peach isn't wearing a dress, but a suit with very puffy pants.]]

%%* GoldenSuperMode: White Tanooki Mario
%%** GoldAndWhiteAreDivine

* SlidingScaleOfLinearityVsOpenness: In the spirit of the 2D Mario games, it is Level 2.

%%* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''. The name may also be a reference to ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' and [[VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins its sequel]], which were Mario's first portable adventures.

%%* SuperTitle64Advance

* VideogameSettings: As a throwback to old-school Mario, it's only fitting that several stock video game locations appear. However, this game is notable for averting themes for each ''world''. Each world in this game is a medley of different settings, so you can find a [[ShiftingSandLand desert]] and an [[SlippySlideyIceWorld icy mountain]] in the same world. Same deal with the ''Galaxy'' games, but it was justified then because you were traveling between planets.
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%%** AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: 1-2, 2-2.
%%** BandLand: A portion of World 6's ghost house is piano-themed.
%%** BubblyClouds: 4-3, 5-5, 7-5.
%%** BigBoosHaunt: All the ghost houses.
%%** BigFancyCastle: 2-1. Although you never go ''in'' it.
%%** BonusStage: The Mystery Boxes.
%%** BuildLikeAnEgyptian: 6-2.
%%** CoolAirship: All the airships.
%%** DeathMountain: 5-1, 8-2.
%%** EternalEngine: 7-4, which takes place inside a giant clock.
%%** GreenHillZone: 1-1. 4-1 [[HailfirePeaks mixes this with]] some aspects of DeathMountain.
%%** LethalLavaLand: 8-6 and all the castles.
%%** LevelAte: 3-5 and S5-4. Based on Yoshi's Cookie, no less.
%%** MirrorWorld: Most of the special levels are alternate (and more difficult) versions of the main levels.
%%** NostalgiaLevel: 2-3, S1-3.
%%** PalmtreePanic: 6-1.
%%** RemilitarizedZone: 8-1.
%%** ShiftingSandLand: 3-1.
%%** SlippySlideyIceWorld: 3-4, 6-5. Levels are notable for not being slippery at all; you always have traction.
%%** TempleOfDoom: 5-2, a.k.a. the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] level, and 7-2.
%%** UndergroundLevel: 4-2, 5-4.
%%** UnderTheSea: 3-2, 7-1.

* TrueFinalBoss:
** [[spoiler:After defeating Dry Bowser in Special World 8, Bowser will kidnap Peach a second time, requiring the player to fight him in regular World 8 once again.]]

** [[spoiler:Dry Bowser. It's not as elaborate as the final boss, but he's fought at the end of Special World 8.]]
** [[spoiler:After Peach gets captured a second time and you go back to fight Bowser again, he shoots way faster fireballs in his second phase. This is the only difference in the entire last level, however.]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can throw fireballs at the Toad in the Toad House. [[UngratefulBastard And he gave you a power-up, too...]]

''Super Mario 3D Land'' is a 3D [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario platformer]] that came out in November 2011 for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS (retail version; as of 2012 the game is available from the Nintendo eShop as well). Unlike earlier 3D Mario games, the style of ''3D Land'' is essentially a blend between 2D and 3D Mario: Many elements, from linear level structure to Super Mushroom-based health to old-school power-ups like the Tanooki Suit, have been implemented into the 3D games for the first time. It's best described by Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto [[WordOfGod himself]] as "...more like a 3D Mario that plays like a 2D Mario game."

* SelfImposedChallenge: To add a final cruel twist of difficulty in [[spoiler: S8-Crown, it's possible to complete the last section (the "Thank you!!" message) by jumping across the flipping platforms. Since each letter only lasts for around a couple of seconds before disappearing, you'll need to move and jump extremely quickly to avoid falling into the BottomlessPit below.]]

* ShiftingSandLand: Not necesarily found only in World 2 the first desert stage is World 3-1 followed by World 5-1, and lastly World 6-2 which is a Pyramid stage.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Say hello to World 8-2, a lush, grassy meadow ''filled to the brim with flamethrowers''.
* CutscenePowerToTheMax: [[spoiler:Mario and the Toads all using Tanooki Suits to fly Peach back to the castle. It's a double moment in that Tanooki Suits couldn't fly that far originally, even if Mario skipped all the stages, and the suit's flight abilities weren't available in this game.]]

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Despite the name]], this has nothing to do with [[VideoGame/SuperMarioLand the Game Boy game]] or that series as a whole [[CaptainObvious beyond being a part of the same overall franchise]].

%%** CoolAirship: [[CaptainObvious All the airships.]]