A guide to completing World 2-3 in Super Mario Bros 3 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

How to Clear World 2-3

There is a Firesnake and Red Koopa Troopa on the first pyramid. At the top, the rightmost ? block contains a Super Mushroom or Super Leaf. You can use the Red Koopa Troopa shell to hit it if you're small.

Go to the right and jump over the gap to find another pyramid. This one has two Firesnakes on it. The rightmost ? block contains a Starman.

The next pyramid has a Firesnake and two Green Koopa Troopas. At the top, the leftmost ? block contains a Super Mushroom or Super Leaf.

After another gap, there are two short pyramids made of bricks, and a Green Koopa Troopa on each pyramid. Don't break these bricks. You can turn them into coins soon. The first pyramid has a Pile Driver Micro-Goomba on top, and there is another Pile Driver Micro-Goomba on the third wooden block between the pyramids. There is also a Pile Driver Micro-Goomba beneath that wooden block.

Stand on top of the second brick pyramid and jump up and slightly left to reveal a Note Block. The Note Block is two squares to the left of the top of the pyramid. Jump on that Note Block and jump up and one square right to reveal another Note Block. Use that second Note Block to reach a platform with some coins above it. Then go back onto the lowest Note Block, and jump up and one square left to reveal a brick with a coin in it. There are two more hidden bricks, and each one is just one square to the left of the one you're standing on. Reveal these bricks and jump up them, then run and jump to the left to reach the bricks to the left. Hit the leftmost upper brick to reveal a P Switch. Step on it, then fall down to the left to get all the coins where the pyramids were. There will be a coin in the left pyramid that you can't collect. Jump and hit it from beneath to get a 1UP mushroom.

After the P Switch wears off, go to the right, but beware of the two Pile Driver Micro-Goombas on top of the bricks above. Then go up the pyramid on the right, stomp a Green Koopa Troopa and kick its shell, then get up and out of the pyramid while the shell bounces around. Each brick that it hits will give you a coin. You can hit the remaining bricks in this pyramid, including all the ones on the right, and the brick next to the pipe, to get more coins.

When you're ready to move on, go down the pipe, then run to the right to hit the Goal Block and complete the level. Then you can continue on to the World 2 Quicksand Level.