A guide to completing the World 6 Airship in Super Mario Bros 3 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

How to Clear the World 6 Airship

Go to the right and jump on the Bolt Lift. Keep jumping on it to make it move toward the right side, then jump to the right when you are close enough.

Jump up the ledges, then go to the right and jump on the first Bolt Lift until you can reach the second, and jump on the second Bolt Lift until you can reach the ledge on the right.

Go downward and to the right, through the area with Rocket Engines. Stand on top of the last Rocket Engine, then jump onto the ledge on the left to reach two ? Blocks. The one on the left contains a Super Mushroom or Super Leaf.

Then jump to the right (the floor will be below the bottom of the screen but you can still walk on it) and go to the right. Wait for the Rocket Engine to turn off, then quickly jump on the ledge in front of it, then quickly jump over the wall on the right. From there, you can go to the right and go down the pipe.

Lemmy Koopa

Lemmy Koopa rolls back and forth on top of a ball. Throughout the battle, he will stay on one side of the room for a short time, then he will move to the other side of the room. He will throw a bouncing ball that bounces slowly left and right. He eventually adds two more bouncing balls, until there are three. You can stomp on the bouncing balls, but this only makes them fall straight down before continuing to bounce left and right. Stomp Lemmy three times to defeat him.

After Lemmy is defeated, pick up the Magic Wand and you will clear World 6. You'll get a letter from the Princess, who gives you a P-Wing. This is an item that you can use on the World Map by pressing B. If you use it, you transform into Raccoon Mario with a P on your chest (only on the World Map), and when you enter a level, your P-Meter will be filled during the entire level, so you can fly the entire time (but you lose this ability if you get hit). This effect wears off after the level is completed, and you turn into normal Raccoon Mario.

Now you'll automatically go to World 7. The warp pipe on the right just leads to a dead end, so just go to World 7-1.