How to clear Yoshi's Island 3 in Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy Advance.
How to Clear Yoshi's Island 3
If you get at least 30 coins before a certain point in this level, you can get a 1-Up. The count is NOT based on how many coins are displayed in the upper-right of the screen, so there is no need to stop collecting coins if it says 99 in the upper-right corner.
You can optionally go to the right and hit the Message Block to learn about Dragon Coins.
If you have visited the Yellow Switch Palace, you can go to the right and get the three coins.
To the left of the Message Block, there are hills that you can jump up. At the top, there is a Single Swing Lift. If you jump on its platform, it will spin. Spin on this platform to get the three coins on the right, as well as the three coins beneath it if you didn't get them earlier.
After you get the coins, when the spinning platform is at the top, you can jump off on the right. Or if the spinning platform is too far down and can't rotate back up, you can jump on the Gray Block that the platform is attached to, and jump from there.
If there is a Yellow Block here, it contains a Super Mushroom. To the right, there are Stretch Blocks that grow and shrink. Be sure to get the Dragon Coin above the upper Stretch Block. Then jump to the right.
There are three coins to the right of the Single Swing Lift on the right, so get those coins and jump off on the right.
Next, there are two Prize Blocks. The left block contains a coin, and the right block contains a Yoshi Egg. Above that, there are two Red Koopa Paratroopas. If Yoshi eats one, he will spit flames the next time you press X or Y.
To the right of the two Prize Blocks, there is a Lift that goes left and right, and a Lift that goes up and down. Jump on each one, then jump onto the ledge on the right.
Have Yoshi eat the red Koopa Troopa or just stomp on it. There is a pipe after this ledge, but don't go down it yet. First, get on the Single Swing Lift and get the three coins to the right of it. Then let the lift swing down to the bottom, then get on the pipe and go down it.
Make sure not to collect too many of the coins, because you need them to turn into Brown Blocks to jump on. Step on the P Switch, then jump onto the Brown Blocks and go to the right to get a Dragon Coin. Then go through the pipe on the right.
Go to the left and get the two coins there. Then go to the right and go through the Midway Gate.
To the right of that, there is a green Koopa Paratroopa. Be sure to get the Dragon Coin above it. Then you can hit the Message Block for some information about jumping on enemies and jumping in shallow water.
After that, there is a red Koopa Troopa on some Blocks. The rightmost Block contains a coin.
Jump up from there to the ledge above, and there is a Prize Block that contains a Super Mushroom or Fire Flower.
To the right, get on the lift and get the three coins above it. Then jump off on the ledge on the right, then jump onto the Single Swing Lift and get the five coins when the lift swings downward.
After that, jump across the Stretch Blocks on the right, but be careful, because some of them alternate between horizontal and vertical. There are four coins and a Dragon Coin above the Stretch Blocks.
Jump onto the ledge to the right of the Stretch Blocks, then jump onto the lift that goes between two Red Koopa Paratroopas. There is a Single Swing Lift after that. Jump on it to reach the two coins and the ledge on the right.
Then hit the Bonus Block. If you have collected 30 or more coins in this level, it gives you a 1-Up Mushroom. If you have collected fewer than 30 coins in this level, it just gives you one coin.
Next, there are two Single Swing Lifts, and there are three coins between them. Jump across these lifts, then get the Dragon Coin afterward.
After that, you find the Giant Gate. Go through it to complete the level.
After the Level
The path to the north will be unlocked, so you can go to Yoshi's Island 4.
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